Sebring 12 Hours 1978 - Race Results

Event: The Twelve Hours of Sebring International Grand Prix of Endurance for the Camel GT Challenge		Date: 18.3.1978
Track: Sebring (United States), 8.369 kms	Organiser: unknown
Sebring 12 Hours
Camel GT Challenge (round 2) FIA World Challenge for Endurance Drivers (round 2) IMSA GTO (round 2) IMSA GTU (round 2) International Motor Sport Association (round 2)

(Race Results)

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Distance	Km/h	Reason	Pos.	Gr.
1^st	9	Redman / Mendez / Garretson	Porsche 935	Dick Barbour Performance	240	2008.4611 kms	167.3364		1^st	GTX
2^nd	95	Hagestad / Haywood	Porsche 935	Bob Hagestad	240				2^nd	GTX
3^rd	13	Shaw, Jr. / Spalding	Porsche 935	Ore House - Vail	239				3^rd	GTX
4^th	33	Paul / Fernandez	Porsche Carrera RSR	JLP Racing	233				1^st	GTO
5^th	32	Earle / Akin / Knoop	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Earle & Akin Racing	225				4^th	GTX
6^th	77	Romero / Soto	Porsche 911	Bill Scott Racing	219				1^st	GTU
7^th	42	Soldevilla / Gordillo	Porsche 911 S	El Sol Racing	213				2^nd	GTU
8^th	25	Miller / Bohren	BMW 3.5 CSL	KWM Racing	211			Accident	2^nd	GTO
9^th	96	Felton / Gimondo	Buick Skylark	Unicure	209				1^st	AC
10^th	62	Koll / Hamren / Sherman	Porsche 914/6	William J. Koll	209				3^rd	GTU
11^th	03	Gottlob / Terrill	Chevrolet Corvette	Cliff Gottlob	199				3^rd	GTO
12^th	99	Cook / Cooper / Southern	Datsun 260Z	Bob Bondurant	198				4^th	GTU
13^th	58	Febles / Poole	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Diego Febles Racing	197			Mechanical	4^th	GTO
14^th	57	Keller / Gray / Northam	Chevrolet Corvette C3	Sebring Racing	197				5^th	GTO
15^th	36	Case / Panaccione / Rynerson	Porsche 911	Case Racing	196				5^th	GTU
16^th	50	Hochreuter / Bartling / Brezinka	Porsche 911	Fritz Hochreuter	189				6^th	GTU
17^th	48	Sereix / St. James / Currin	Chevrolet Corvette	Autodyne	186				6^th	GTO
18^th	01	White / Roehrig / Mesnick	Porsche 911	Roehrig Racing Inc.	185				7^th	GTU
19^th	92	Sloyer / Fitzgerald	Plymouth Volare	Road Atlanta	184				2^nd	AC
20^th	79	Callas / Papke / Cook	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 3.0	Rennsport Porsche Works	182				7^th	GTO
21^st	89	Bond / Tilton	Porsche 911	Barrick Motor Racing	181				8^th	GTU
22^nd	05	Bond / Dann	Chevrolet Monza	Saltwater Band	181				5^th	GTX
23^rd	85	Hulen / Coupland / Engels	Porsche 914/6	John Hulen	174				9^th	GTU
24^th	93	Whittington / Boy	Porsche 934/5	Whittington Bros.	172				6^th	GTX
25^th	70	Speer / Turley	Porsche 911 S	Race Car Ent.	168				10^th	GTU
26^th	71	Higgins / Cooper / King	Porsche 911	Foreign Exchange Racing	168				11^th	GTU
27^th	88	Hamilton / Wade / Collins	Porsche 911	Hamilton House Racing	167				12^th	GTU
28^th	07	Cowart / Craw / Castellano	Porsche Carrera RSR	Morrison's Inc.	165			Suspension	8^th	GTO
29^th	00	Southard / Trueman	Porsche 914	Red Roof Inns	164			Mechanical	13^th	GTU
30^th	52	Kleinschmidt / Culpepper / Koch	MGB GT	Native Tan	160				14^th	GTU
31^st	21	DiLella / Cueto	Porsche 914/4	DiLella Racing	152				15^th	GTU
32^nd	51	Hotchkis / Kirby / Aase	Porsche 911	Wynn's International	142			Mechanical	16^th	GTU
33^rd	14	LaMay / Valentine / Parker	Ford Mustang	Robert LaMay	140			Accident	9^th	GTO
34^th	91	Frank / Schramm	Porsche Carrera RSR	Framm Promotions/W. Frank	140				10^th	GTO
35^th	08	Wolters / Miller	Porsche 911 S	Terry Wolters	129			Mechanical	17^th	GTU
36^th	35	Beilcke / Grinbold / Gebhardt	BMW 2002	Team Beilcke	123				18^th	GTU
37^th	12	Garcia / Vilarchao	Chevrolet Corvette	George Garcia	122				11^th	GTO
38^th	2	Hobbs / Minter / Klausler	BMW 320i Turbo	McLaren North America	119			Accident	7^th	GTX
39^th	61	Cosentino / Downing	Mazda RX-3	Faza Squadra	116				19^th	GTU
40^th	09	Belcher / Bundy	Porsche 934/5	Belcher Racing	115			Mechanical	8^th	GTX
41^st	38	Meldeau / McDill	Chevrolet Camaro	Meldeau Tire Co.	113				9^th	GTX
42^nd	17	LaGrow / Tumbleston	Chevrolet Camaro	Kenneth LaGrow	112				10^th	GTX
43^rd	02	Redszus / Rosen	BMW 2002	H. David Redszus	111				20^th	GTU
44^th	34	Drolsom / Davenport	Porsche 911 S	Drolsom Racing Inc.	98			Engine	21^st	GTU
45^th	84	Speakman / Maffucci	Datsun 260Z	Worldparts	98			Mechanical	22^nd	GTU
46^th	47	Chitwood / Fillingham / Jones	Chevrolet Nova	Tim Chitwood	90			Gearbox	3^rd	AC
47^th	87	Vazquez / Oyler	Porsche 911	Pedro Vazquez	83			Gearbox	12^th	GTO
48^th	06	Shulnburg / Heinz / Keyser	Chevrolet Corvette	R. V. Shulnburg Scrap Metal	83			Mechanical	11^th	GTX
49^th	28	Kearns / Hinze / Behr	Porsche 935	Desperado Racing	79				12^th	GTX
50^th	24	Frank / Bergstrom	Porsche Carrera RSR	Executive Industries	77			Gearbox	13^th	GTX
51^st	46	DeNarvaez / Naon	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Mauricio De Narvaez	76			Mechanical	13^th	GTO
52^nd	27	Mummery / Refenning / Sheehy	Porsche 911 S	Miami Auto Racing	70			Clutch	23^rd	GTU
53^rd	0	Rutherford / Wallace / Wallace	Oldsmobile Cutlass	Chesrown Olds	66			Suspension	4^th	AC
54^th	3	Freeman / Harmon / Leydecker	Porsche Carrera RSR	Bill Freeman Racing	62			Mechanical	14^th	GTX
55^th	73	Howey / Koch	Chevrolet Camaro	Howey Farms	50			Engine	15^th	GTX
56^th	4	Leuzinger / Van der Werff	De Tomaso Pantera	B. R. Racing Team	48			Mechanical	14^th	GTO
57^th	6	Barbour / Stommelen / Schurti	Porsche 935/77A	Dick Barbour Performance	47			Suspension	16^th	GTX
58^th	11	Javier Garcia	Chevrolet Corvette C3	Javier Garcia	46			Mechanical	17^th	GTX
59^th	41	Jones, Jr. / Faul	Chevrolet Camaro	Jones Ind. Racing	45			Mechanical	18^th	GTX
60^th	76	Thomas / Mueller / May	Porsche 911	Quality Inn	43			Engine	24^th	GTU
61^st	19	Arutunoff	Lancia Stratos	Hallet Motor Racing Circuit	34			Suspension	25^th	GTU
62^nd	8	Beasley / Jennings	Porsche Carrera RSR	Robert Beasley	30			Mechanical	19^th	GTX
63^rd	45	Steele / Gaeta / Zulkowski	Porsche 911	Vann's Auto Body	28			Engine	26^th	GTU
64^th	20	Bostyan / Thompson / Yenko	Chevrolet Corvette	Bostyan Racing	26			Engine	15^th	GTO
65^th	30	Gonzalez / Cruz / Villa	BMW 3.0 CSL	Aro-Mandy Racing	25			Mechanical	16^th	GTO
66^th	80	Adams / Bedard / Thomson	Oldsmobile Cutlass	Herb Adams	21			Suspension	5^th	AC
67^th	86	Kleinpeter / Stevens	De Tomaso Pantera GT4K	Team Pantera	17			Engine	20^th	GTX
68^th	04	Thompkins / Blessing	Chevrolet Corvette	Rick Thompkins	15			Mechanical	17^th	GTO
69^th	59	Gregg	Porsche 935	Brumos Porsche	11			Accident	21^st	GTX
70^th	23	Overbagh	Chevrolet Monza	Overbagh Motor Racing	8			Engine	18^th	GTO
71^st	78	Bremner	Triumph TR7	Abingdon/Ashley Motors	7			Mechanical	27^th	GTU
72^nd	49	Schumacher	Triumph GT6	Ted Schumacher Racing	7			Mechanical	28^th	GTU
73^rd	7	Heimrath	Porsche 935	Heimrath Racing	6			Engine	22^nd	GTX
74^th	40	Quintana	Ford Mustang	Quintana Racing	5			Engine	23^rd	GTX
75^th	1	Kreider	Chevrolet Corvette	Dale Kreider Racing	4			Engine	24^th	GTX
76^th	54	Lopez	Chevrolet Camaro	Raul Garcia	2			Accident damage	25^th	GTX

Did not start:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.
81	Montalvo / Garcia	Ford Escort	Juan Montalvo		GTU
16	Slodowick / McCandless / Miller	Porsche 914/6	Striped Tiger Racing	Engine	GTU

Did not qualify:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.
65	Valhuerdi / Jernigan	Shelby GT350	Ahmed Valhuerdi		GTX

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Gr.
10	Young / Johnson / Buchler	Pontiac Grand Am	Clay Young	AC
15	Gebhardt / Romer	BMW 3.5 CSL	Bavarian Motors, Inc.	GTX
18	Almeida / Rodriguez / Romero	Chevrolet Corvette	Motorcito Racing	GTX
26	Smith / Budd / Foshee	Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint Veloce	Eleven-Tenths Racing	GTU
39	Potter / Boyer	Ford Mustang	Neil Potter	GTX
43	Harris / Gano	Ford Pinto	Harris Engineering	GTX
44	Murry / Van Arsdale	Porsche 911	Sud Porsche Racing	GTU
55	Duprey / Lapp	Datsun 240Z	Ron Duprey	GTU
60	Berner / Goebbels	Porsche Carrera	Motex Automotive	GTX
63	Pelz / Doran	Chevrolet Camaro	Pelz Jewelers	GTX
66	Noseda / Small	Chevrolet Camaro	Ralph Noseda	GTX
68	Mendez / Rodriguez / Lopez	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Luis Mendez	GTO
69	Abbott / Murray / Walker	Ford Pinto	T/A Racing School	GTX
74	Hulse / Kline	Porsche 911	George Hulse	GTU
75	Ramirez / Cao / Godinez	Porsche 911	Mike Ramirez	GTU
90	Lee / Church / Kump	AMC AMX	Bob's Speed Products	GTX
94	Whittington / Whittington	Porsche 935/77A	Whittington Bros.	GTX
97	Ansley / Connelly	Chevrolet Corvette	Ansley Racing	GTX
98	Tolman / Hurst	Saab 900 Turbo	The Racing Team	GTX