Watkins Glen 6 Hours 1971 - Racing Sports Cars

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Event: Six-Hours and The Can-Am, The Glen		Date: 24.7.1971
Track: Watkins Glen Grand Prix Course (United States), 3.907 kms	Organiser: unknown
Watkins Glen 6 Hours
International Championship for Makes (round 11)

Weather:	warm, humid, brief rain
Start time:	unknown
Grid:	2-2-2, PP right
Distance:	6 hours
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	43
Practiced:	35
Qualified:	26
Started:	26
Finished:	12
Classified:	10

Classes:	Pract	Start	Class
Prototype	8	7	1
Sports	10	9	3
Grand Touring +2500	6	5	3
Grand Touring 2500	10	5	3

Photo Gallery Entered Cars Technical Data Appearance Race Results Grid Qualifying Lap Times

Pre-race sessions:
2 qualifying sessions held for a total of 285 minutes on 23-24/7
1 non-qualifying practice session held for a total of 480 minutes on 21/7
90 minute pre-race warm-up held

Winners:

Overall:	30	Alfa Romeo T33/3	de Adamich / Peterson
Sports:	1	Porsche 917K	Siffert / van Lennep
Grand Touring +2500:	49	Chevrolet Corvette	Johnson / Greenwood
Grand Touring 2500:	59	Porsche 914/6	Gregg / Haywood

Fastest Laps:

Overall:

Porsche 917K

Derek Bell (GB)

1:08.297

205.967 km/h

Pole Positions:

Overall:	6	Ferrari 512 M	Mark Donohue (USA)	1:07.740	207.662 km/h
Prototype	40	Ferrari 312 PB	Ickx / Andretti	1:08.640
Grand Touring +2500	49	Chevrolet Corvette	Johnson / Greenwood	1:21.760
Grand Touring 2500	59	Porsche 914/6	Gregg / Haywood	1:24.800

Notes of interest:

Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (10), Ferrari (5), Chevrolet (5), Alfa Romeo (3), Lola (3)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (10), Chevrolet (6), Ferrari (5), Alfa Romeo (3), Ford (2)
Top car types by numbers:	Chevrolet Corvette (5), Ferrari 512 M (4), Alfa Romeo T33/3 (3), Porsche 917 (3)
Driver nationalities:	USA (41), GB (7), I (2), CDN (2), CH (2)
Engine positions:	middle-engined (65%), front-engined (19%), rear-engined (16%)
Oldest known drivers:	Tony Dean (39), Bob Bondurant (38), Mario Cabral (37)
Youngest known drivers:	Hurley Haywood (23), Alain De Cadenet (26), George Eaton (26)

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