Trans-Am Laguna Seca 1979 - Race Results

Event: Sprite Bottlers Monterey Grand Prix Laguna Seca		Date: 14.10.1979
Track: Laguna Seca Raceway (United States), 3.058 kms	Organiser: unknown
Trans-Am Laguna Seca
Trans-Am (round 9)

(Race Results)

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time	Distance	Km/h	Reason	Pos.	Gr.	Pos.	Div.
1^st	86	Peter Gregg	Porsche 935/77A	Bayside Disposal Racing	52	58:48.4200	159.0032 kms	162.2283		1^st	Cat.II	1^st	TA-II
2^nd	26	Milt Minter	Porsche 935/77A	Vasek Polak Racing	52	59:24.6399				2^nd	Cat.II	2^nd	TA-II
3^rd	6	Greg Pickett	Chevrolet Corvette C3	Pickett Racing	52					3^rd	Cat.II	3^rd	TA-II
4^th	29	Hurley Haywood	Porsche 935	Vasek Polak Racing	51					4^th	Cat.II	4^th	TA-II
5^th	111	Bruce Canepa	Porsche 935	Bruce Canepa	51					5^th	Cat.II	5^th	TA-II
6^th	85	Bruce Leven	Porsche 935	Bayside Disposal Racing	50					6^th	Cat.II	6^th	TA-II
7^th	13	Randolph Townsend	Porsche 935	Andial	50					7^th	Cat.II	7^th	TA-II
8^th	16	Roy Woods	Porsche 935/77A	Vasek Polak Racing	49					8^th	Cat.II	8^th	TA-II
9^th	88	Tuck Thomas	Chevrolet Monza	Lancer Stores	49					9^th	Cat.II	9^th	TA-II
11^th	44	Bob Tullius	Triumph TR8	Group 44	49	59:55.3000	149.8299 kms	150.9388		1^st	Cat.I	1^st	TA-I
12^th	43	Frank Joyce	Chevrolet Corvette C3	Phantom Racing	48					2^nd	Cat.I	2^nd	TA-I
13^th	91	Gene Bothello	Chevrolet Corvette C3	FEMSA/Kennedy	48					3^rd	Cat.I	3^rd	TA-I
14^th	92	Gary Carlen	Chevrolet Corvette C3 Roadster		48					4^th	Cat.I	4^th	TA-I
15^th	20	Larry Stephens	Chevrolet Corvette C3		47				Mechanical	10^th	Cat.II	10^th	TA-II
16^th	22	Mike Meek	Chevrolet Corvette C3		47					5^th	Cat.I	5^th	TA-I
17^th	11	Paul Canary	Chevrolet Corvette	Arthur Treacher's	47					6^th	Cat.I	6^th	TA-I
18^th	96	Terry Herman	Porsche 911		47					7^th	Cat.I	7^th	TA-I
19^th	27	Rich Sloma	Chevrolet Corvette	Automotive Enterprises	47					11^th	Cat.II	11^th	TA-II
20^th	36	David Arken	Chevrolet Corvette/Roadster		47					8^th	Cat.I	8^th	TA-I
21^st	12	Bob Matkovich	Chevrolet Corvette C3	Round Table Racing	47					9^th	Cat.I	9^th	TA-I
22^nd	39	Rich Colombo	Chevrolet Corvette		46					10^th	Cat.I	10^th	TA-I
23^rd	17	Rick Stark	Chevrolet Corvette	Rick Stark Enterprises	45					11^th	Cat.I	11^th	TA-I
24^th	32	Art Siri, Jr.	Chevrolet Corvette C3	American GT Racing	45					12^th	Cat.I	12^th	TA-I
25^th	46	Neil Vanni	Datsun 280Z	Wild Ride Racing	44				Mechanical	13^th	Cat.I	13^th	TA-I
26^th	0	Michael Oleyar	Chevrolet Camaro	Oftedahl Racing	43					14^th	Cat.I	14^th	TA-I
27^th	31	Marc Rothman	Porsche Carrera		43					12^th	Cat.II	12^th	TA-II
28^th	84	Geoff Knight	Chevrolet Camaro	Knight Realty	43					15^th	Cat.I	15^th	TA-I
29^th	65	Ed Ruiz	Chevrolet Corvette		36				Mechanical	16^th	Cat.I	16^th	TA-I
30^th	61	Jim Busby	BMW 320i Turbo	Jim Busby Racing	31				Clutch	13^th	Cat.II	13^th	TA-II
31^st	14	Pete Brallier	Chevrolet Corvette	Round Table Racing	31					17^th	Cat.I	17^th	TA-I
32^nd	18	John Paul	Porsche 935 JLP-1	JLP Racing	27				Oil leak	14^th	Cat.II	14^th	TA-II
33^rd	21	Peter Shutts	Shelby GT350		26				Ignition	18^th	Cat.I	18^th	TA-I
34^th	56	Bruce Sanders	Porsche 914/6		24				Oil leak	19^th	Cat.I	19^th	TA-I
35^th	41	Bill Craine	Chevrolet Corvette C3	B.C. Auto Body	11				Ignition	20^th	Cat.I	20^th	TA-I
36^th	80	Herb Adams	Pontiac Fire-Am		10				Oil leak	21^st	Cat.I	21^st	TA-I
37^th	2	George Follmer	Chevrolet Monza Turbo	Roy Woods Racing	6				Transmission	15^th	Cat.II	15^th	TA-II
38^th	37	Lew Larimer	Chevrolet Corvette C3		6				Oil leak	22^nd	Cat.I	22^nd	TA-I
39^th	78	Babe Headley	Chevrolet Corvette	Babe's Garage	5				Spindel	23^rd	Cat.I	23^rd	TA-I
	3	Dave Mock	Chevrolet Corvette		4				Transmission	24^th	Cat.I	24^th	TA-I
	25	William Maier	Ford Mustang	William Maier	2				Engine	25^th	Cat.I	25^th	TA-I

Did not start:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.	Div.
23	Bob Zulkowski	Porsche 914/6	Metal Craft Racing		Cat.I	TA-I
33	Mark Pielsticker	Chevrolet Monza	Mark Pielsticker	Accident in practice	Cat.I	TA-I
44A	Tom Eastham	Chevrolet Camaro Z28			Cat.I	TA-I
74	Bob Young	Chevrolet Corvette			Cat.I	TA-I
93	Michael Oleyar	Chevrolet Corvette	E. F. Miller & Co.		Cat.I	TA-I

Did not qualify:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.	Div.
71	Jeff Weymouth	Chevrolet Corvette			Cat.I	TA-I

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Gr.	Div.
9		Porsche 934	Vasek Polak Racing	Cat.II	TA-II
10	Roy Woods	Chevrolet Monza Turbo	Roy Woods	Cat.II	TA-II
57	Monte Shelton	Porsche 935		Cat.II	TA-II
	Rainer Neuman	Ford Mustang
	Larry Green	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Green Racing