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Event: Rivet Supply World Manufacturers Championship 6 Hours			Date: 6.5.1979
Track: Silverstone Circuit (United Kingdom), 4.719 kms		Organiser: unknown
Silverstone 6 Hours
World Championship for Makes (round 4)

(Race Results)

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Distance	Km/h	Reason	Pos.	Gr.	Pos.	Div.	FL Time	Km/h
1^st	3	Fitzpatrick / Heyer / Wollek	Porsche 935/77A	Gelo Sportswear Team	229	1078.9900 kms	179.8313		1^st	Gr.5	1^st	+2000
2^nd	8	De Cadenet / Migault	De Cadenet Lola LM Ford	Alain de Cadenet	222				1^st	S+2.0
3^rd	26	Dören / Schornstein	Porsche 935/77A	Sekurit Racing Team	217				2^nd	Gr.5	2^nd	+2000
4^th	30	Grandet / Delaunay	Porsche Carrera	Jean-Pierre Delaunay	210				1^st	GT	3^rd	+2000
5^th	2	Schurti / Wollek / Fitzpatrick	Porsche 935/77A	Gelo Sportswear Team	210				3^rd	Gr.5	4^th	+2000
6^th	24	Zbinden / Kofel	Porsche 934	Scuderia Basilea	210				2^nd	GT	5^th	+2000
7^th	29	Schlesser / Bleynie / Guérin	Porsche 911 SC	Jacques Guérin	207				3^rd	GT	6^th	+2000
8^th	14	Leim / Simonsen	Porsche 934	Kenneth Leim	197				4^th	GT	7^th	+2000
9^th	20	Williams / Wood	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Charles Yvey Racing	197				4^th	Gr.5	8^th	+2000
10^th	1	Redman / Mass	Porsche 936/78	Porsche System	193			Accident	2^nd	S+2.0			1:23.25	204.0471
11^th	16	Raymond / Phillips	Porsche Carrera RSR	Maltin Car Concessionaires	191				5^th	Gr.5	9^th	+2000
12^th	9	Craft / Spice	Dome Zero RL Ford	Dome Co Ltd.	189				3^rd	S+2.0
13^th	12	Bell / Preece	Aston Martin AM V8	Robin Hamilton - Aston Martin Distributors	185				6^th	Gr.5	10^th	+2000

Not classified:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Distance	Km/h	Reason	Gr.	Div.	FL Time	Km/h
19	Niblett / Dron	Porsche 934 Carrera RSR	L' Escalier (Night Club & Restaurant)	158				Gr.5	+2000
43	Smith / Jacobsen / Jones	Chevron B36 Ford	Mogil Motors Ltd.	156				S2.0		1:29.72	188.5600

Did not finish:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Distance	Km/h	Reason	Gr.	Div.	FL Time	Km/h
49	Mercer / Jenvey	Lotus Esprit S1	Morfe Racing with Polaroof				Distributor	Gr.5	-2000
45	Kristoffersen / Winther	BMW 320	Willy F Racing Team	162			DQ: outside assistance	Gr.5	-2000
27	Neville / Poole	Porsche Carrera RSR		132			Differential	GT	+2000
52	Payne / Evans	Lotus Elan	Arthur Hough Pressings/Castrol Ark Racing	96			Gearbox	Gr.5	-2000
18	Lovett / Fletcher / Wingrove	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Badger Motor Accessories/A. Wingrove	88			Clutch	Gr.5	+2000
22	Pallavicini / Vanoli	Porsche 934	Lubrifilm Racing Team	72			Fuel injection	GT	+2000
17	Beasley / Harper	Porsche Carrera RS	John Harper	67			Engine	GT	+2000
31	Touroul / Bernard	Porsche Carrera	A.S. Ile de France	59			Piston	GT	+2000
21	Yates-Smith / Linwood	Porsche Carrera RSR	Tuckers Fast Food Franchise Ltd.	18			Engine	Gr.5	+2000
51	Patrese / Röhrl	Lancia Beta Montecarlo Turbo	A.S.A.-Corso Marche 38 Turin	4			Head gasket	Gr.5	-2000

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.	Div.
5	Ludwig / Hezemans / Plankenhorn	Porsche 935 K3	Porsche Kremer Racing		Gr.5	+2000
6	Plankenhorn / "Winter"	Porsche 935/77A	Porsche Kremer Racing		Gr.5	+2000
7	Ian Bracey	Ibec 308 LM Ford	Ian Bracey		S+2.0
10	Franey / Gschwender / Böhm	Porsche 935	Mahlke Racing		Gr.5	+2000
11	Finotto / Facetti	Porsche 935	Jolly Club		Gr.5	+2000
15	Calderari / Severi / Spavetti	Porsche Carrera RSR	Ecurie Biennoise		GT	+2000
23		Porsche Carrera RS	Lubrifilm Racing Team		GT	+2000
25	Salamin / Collet / Loewe	Porsche 930	Ecurie 13 Etoiles		GT	+2000
28	Lovett / Morrison	BMW 530i	Dick Lovett Specialist Cars		T	+2000
41	Birchenhough / Harrower / Joscelyne	Lola T297 Ford	Dorset Racing Associates		S2.0
48	Marshall / Fox	Lotus Esprit S1	Team Macinnes Racing		Gr.5	-2000
53	Walton / Soper	Fiat X1/9	Radbourne Racing Ltd.		GT	-2000
54	Richard Lloyd	Volkswagen Golf	The Akai Golf		T	-2000

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