Brands Hatch 6 Hours 1979 - Race Results

Event: Rivet Supply World Manufacturers' Championship Six Hours		Date: 5.8.1979
Track: Brands Hatch Circuit (United Kingdom), 4.207 kms	Organiser: unknown
Brands Hatch 6 Hours
World Championship for Makes (round 8)

(Race Results)

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Distance	Km/h	Pos.	Gr.	Pos.	Div.
1^st	1	Jöst / Merl	Porsche 908/3 Turbo	Joest Racing	231	971.6286 kms	161.9016	1^st	S+2.0
2^nd	27	Plankenhorn / Ludwig	Porsche 935 K3	Porsche Kremer Racing	229			1^st	Gr.5	1^st	+2000
3^rd	34	Raymond / Charnell	Chevron B36 Ford	Mogil Motors Limited	220			1^st	S2.0
4^th	24	Schornstein / Dören	Porsche 935/77A	Sekurit-Racing Team-Aachen	218			2^nd	Gr.5	2^nd	+2000
5^th	31	Patrese / Röhrl	Lancia Beta Montecarlo Turbo	ASA Corsa Marche 38	214			3^rd	Gr.5	1^st	-2000
6^th	8	De Cadenet / Migault	De Cadenet Lola LM Ford	Alain De Cadenet	212			2^nd	S+2.0
7^th	3	Lovett / Cooper	SG Lola T380 Ford	JC Racing Limited	212			3^rd	S+2.0
8^th	18	Calderari / Spavetti / Maritz	Porsche Carrera RSR	Ecurie Biennoise	209			1^st	GT	3^rd	+2000
9^th	5	Pallavicini / Vanoli / Cescato	Porsche Carrera RSR	Lubrifilm Racing Team	208			2^nd	GT	4^th	+2000
10^th	14	Williams / Wood	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Charles Ivey Engineering	205			3^rd	GT	5^th	+2000
11^th	19	Beasley / Harper	Porsche Carrera RSR	John R. Beasley	204			4^th	GT	6^th	+2000
12^th	6	Delaunay / Bienvault / Lachaud	Porsche Carrera	Sylvain Lachaud	203			5^th	GT	7^th	+2000
13^th	17	Schlesser / Bleynie / Guérin	Porsche 911 SC	Gerard Bleynie	202			6^th	GT	8^th	+2000
14^th	7	Perrier / Carmillet	Porsche Carrera	Thierry Perrier	200			7^th	GT	9^th	+2000
15^th	20	Dron / Niblett	Porsche 934 Carrera RSR	Mark Niblett	199			4^th	Gr.5	10^th	+2000
16^th	10	Leim / Lombardi	Porsche 934	Kenneth Leim	198			8^th	GT	11^th	+2000
17^th	4	Earle / Phillips / Griswold	Porsche Carrera RSR	Maltin Car Concessionaires Ltd.	197			5^th	Gr.5	12^th	+2000
18^th	22	Classick / Spero / Wykeham	Morgan Plus 8 Rover	Morris Stapleton Motors, London's Morgan Agents	193			9^th	GT	13^th	+2000
19^th	11	Bourdillat / Ennequin	Porsche 934	A. M. Bernard	191			10^th	GT	14^th	+2000
20^th	15	Lanfranchi / Yates-Smith	Porsche 911 SC	Tuckers Fast Food Franchise Ltd.	185			11^th	GT	15^th	+2000
21^st	12	Edwards / Robinson / Cleare	Porsche Carrera RSR	Scotts Corner Garage/T. W. Robinson Demolition	185			6^th	Gr.5	16^th	+2000
22^nd	32	Percy / Slaughter	Porsche 924	Gordon Ramsay Racing Team	177			1^st	ser.GT	2^nd	-2000
23^rd	39	Berenger / Geeraerts	BMW 320i	Geeraerts and Berenger	174			7^th	Gr.5	3^rd	-2000

Not classified:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Gr.	Div.
9	Salamin / Collet / Vial	Porsche 930	Ecurie 13 Etoiles	154	GT	+2000
33	Lundgardh / Braun	Porsche 935	Tuff/Kote Dinol Racing	136	Gr.5	-2000
37	Jenvey / Mercer / Chittenden	Lotus Esprit S1	Richard Jenvey	69	Gr.5	-2000

Did not finish:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Reason	Gr.	Div.
36	Jones / Clark / Birchenhough	Lola T297 Ford	Dorset Racing Associates	126	Oil leak	S2.0
29	Blackburn / Bruce	Ford Capri III	Les Blackburn	125	Wishborne mounting	T	+2000
28	Bourgoignie / "Winter"	Porsche 935 K3	Porsche Kremer Racing	100	Engine	Gr.5	+2000
42	Brillat / Aeschlimann	Cheetah G601 BMW	D. Brillat	71	DNF	S2.0
38	Payne / Evans / Eccles	Lotus Elan	Arthur Hough Pressings/Castrol Ark Racing	49	Engine	Gr.5	-2000
16	Winkelhock / Grob / Edwards	March-BMW M1	March Engines Limited	45	Electrics => engine => spin	S+2.0

Practiced:

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Distance	Km/h	Reason	Pos.	Gr.	Pos.	Div.
	31T	Patrese / Röhrl	Lancia Beta Montecarlo Turbo	ASA Corsa Marche 38				Spare car		Gr.5		-2000

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Gr.	Div.
2	Haldi / Loewe	Porsche 935	Claude Haldi	Gr.5	+2000
21	Patterson / Allam	Ford Capri 3000S	Allam Motor Services Racing with BP	ser.T	+2000
23	Brancatelli / Pietromarchi / Micangeli	De Tomaso Pantera	Sala-Maranello	Gr.5	+2000
25	Fitzpatrick / Schurti / Wollek	Porsche 935/77A	Gelo Sportswear Team	Gr.5	+2000
26	Fitzpatrick / Schurti / Wollek	Porsche 935/77A	Gelo Sportswear Team	Gr.5	+2000
40	Piazzi / Zorzi / Sterzel	Fiat X1/9	Giuseppe Piazzi	Gr.5	-2000
	Götz / Blanckley	Chevron B31 BMW	Rolf Götz	S2.0
	Lemerle / Levié	Lola T298 ROC	Jean-Marie Lemerle	S2.0