Can-Am Watkins Glen 1978 - Race Results

Event: World Championship 6-Hours including The Trans-Am and The Can-Am for the SCCA Citicorp Can-Am Challenge, The Glen		Date: 9.7.1978
Track: Watkins Glen Grand Prix Circuit (United States), 5.435 kms	Organiser: unknown
Can-Am Watkins Glen
SCCA Citicorp Can-Am Challenge (round 5)

(Race Results)

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time	Distance	Km/h	Reason	Pos.	Gr.	FL Time
1^st	2	Warwick Brown	Lola T333 CS Chevrolet	Racing Team VDS	55	1:40:03.333	298.8552 kms	179.2487			-	1:46.2820
2^nd	10	Al Holbert	Lola T333 CS Chevrolet	Hogan Racing, Ltd.	55	1:40:31.897					-	1:47.1160
3^rd	58	Rocky Moran	Lola T333 CS Chevrolet	Rocky Moran	54						-	1:48.6370
4^th	39	John Gunn	Lola T332 Chevrolet (GG-4)	Gunn's Godies	53						-	1:49.4820
5^th	59	Michael Allen	Lola T332 CS Chevrolet	Don Weber	53						-
6^th	3	Elliot Forbes-Robinson	Spyder NF-10 Chevrolet	Newman-Freeman Racing	52						-	1:46.3960
7^th	9	Bob Nagel	Lola T332 RNF Chevrolet	Nagel Racing Enterprises	52						-	1:51.6090
8^th	47	Tony Cicale	Ralt RT1 Ford	Cicale Champion Racing	52					1^st	U2L
9^th	7	Tom Spalding	Schkee DB1 Chevrolet	Tom Spalding Racing	52						-	1:47.1570
10^th	56	Leonard Janke	Lola T332 Chevrolet	Janke Auto	50						-
11^th	37	Horst Kroll	Lola T300 Chevrolet	Horst Kroll Racing	49				Broken axle mount		-
12^th	54	S. Peter Smith	Chevron B19/21 Ford	Red Roof Inns	49					2^nd	U2L
13^th	13	Brian Burgess	Chevron B21/23 Ford	Dog Ring Services	48					3^rd	U2L
14^th	61	E. B. Lunken	March 73S Ford	E. B. Lunken Racing	47					4^th	U2L
15^th	1	Alan Jones	Lola T333 CS Chevrolet	Carl A. Haas Racing Team, Ltd.	45						-	1:45.1940
16^th	12	Michael Brayton	Wolf Brayton 001 Chevrolet	Michael Brayton	41				Accident		-
17^th	30	Howard Kelly	Lola T330/2CA Chevrolet	Howard Kelly Racing	41				Overheating		-	1:48.8890
18^th	43	Dean Dietrich	March 76A Chevrolet	Dietrich Racing Ltd.	34						-
19^th	73	Bill Phaneuf	Chevron B26/31 Ford	Systems Mechanical Contractors	32				Accident	5^th	U2L
20^th	00	Randolph Townsend	Shadow DN10 Dodge	Shadow Cars	25				Gearbox failure		-
21^st	35	Dwight Zillig	Lola T332 Chevrolet	Phantom Racing Team	21				Fuel spill on driver		-
22^nd	80	Mike Roche	Lola T332 Chevrolet	Roche Racing	19				Suspension		-
23^rd	0	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Shadow DN10 Dodge	Shadow Cars	17				Gearbox		-	1:48.0810
24^th	68	Ray Petry	Chevron B21 Ford						DNF		U2L
25^th	4	Alain De Cadenet	De Cadenet Lola LM Ford	British Post Office					DNF		-
26^th	15	Bill Tempero	Chevron B78C Chevrolet	Cloverleaf Texaco					DNF		-
27^th	8	George Follmer	Prophet - Chevrolet	U.S. Racing					DNF		-

Did not start:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.
60	Dave Johnson	Lola T290 Ford	P.S.B. Speakers		U2L

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Gr.
5		Lola T333 CS Chevrolet	Racing Team VDS	-
11	Vern Schuppan	Elfin MR8A Chevrolet	Vern Schuppan/Robert Boxx	-
26	Rick Villate	Lola T294	RVR, Inc.	U2L
46	John Morton	Lola T333 CS Chevrolet	John Morton	-
51	Warren Purdy	Lola T290 Ford	Warren Purdy	U2L
52	Don Chab	Chevron B19/26	C & H Specialties	U2L