Le Mans 24 Hours 1978 - Grid - Racing Sports Cars

Event: 24 Heures du Mans		Date: 11.6.1978
Track: Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans (France), 13.640 kms	Organiser: Automobile Club de l'Ouest
Le Mans 24 Hours
FIA World Challenge for Endurance Drivers (round 5)

(Grid Positions)

Grid	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Q Time
1^st	5	Jacky Ickx / Henri Pescarolo / Jochen Mass	Porsche 936/78	Martini Racing Porsche System	3:27.600
2^nd	1	Jean-Pierre Jabouille / Patrick Depailler	Alpine-Renault A443	Equipe Renault Elf Sport	3:28.400
3^rd	43	Manfred Schurti / Rolf Stommelen	Porsche 935/78	Martini Racing Porsche System	3:30.900
4^th	6	Bob Wollek / Jacky Ickx / Jürgen Barth	Porsche 936/78	Martini Racing Porsche System	3:35.200
5^th	2	Didier Pironi / Jean-Pierre Jaussaud	Alpine-Renault A442B	Equipe Renault Elf Sport	3:35.700
6^th	7	Hurley Haywood / Peter Gregg / Reinhold Jöst	Porsche 936/77	Martini Racing Porsche System	3:37.300
7^th	3	Jean-Pierre Jarier / Derek Bell	Alpine-Renault A442A	Equipe Renault Elf Sport	3:37.900
8^th	4	Jean Ragnotti / Guy Fréquelin / José Dolhem / Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Alpine-Renault A442A	Equipe Renault Elf Sport Calberson	3:42.700
9^th	10	Vern Schuppan / Jacques Laffite / Sam Posey	Mirage M9 Renault	Grand Touring Cars Inc.	3:45.800
10^th	8	Chris Craft / Alain De Cadenet	De Cadenet Lola LM Ford	Alain de Cadenet	3:46.200
11^th	47	John Fitzpatrick / Toine Hezemans	Porsche 935/77A	Weisberg Gelo Team	3:46.500
12^th	11	Michel Leclère / Sam Posey	Mirage M9 Renault	Grand Touring Cars Inc.	3:48.300
13^th	19	Ian Grob / Guy Edwards	Ibec 308 LM Ford	Ibec Racing Developments Hesketh Team	3:50.200
14^th	44	Jim Busby / Rick Knoop / Chris Cord	Porsche 935/77A	Porsche Kremer Racing	3:50.700
15^th	12	Nick Faure / John Beasley / Simon Phillips / Martin Raymond	De Cadenet Lola T380 Ford	Simon Phillips Racing with Batco France	3:51.900
16^th	90	Brian Redman / John Paul / Dick Barbour	Porsche 935/77A	Dick Barbour Racing	3:52.600
17^th	94	Bill Whittington / Don Whittington / Franz Konrad	Porsche 935/77A	Whittington Brother Inc. Racing	3:52.800
18^th	78	Xavier Mathiot / Marc Sourd / Christian Debias	WM P78 Peugeot	WM A.E.R.E.M.	3:52.900
19^th	71	André Chevalley / François Trisconi	Inaltera Ford	A. Chevalley Racing	3:53.900
20^th	46	Martin Raymond / "Steve" / Mike Franey	Porsche 935/77A	Porsche Kremer Racing	3:54.800
21^st	48	Herbert Müller / Claude Haldi / "Nico"	Porsche 935	Meccarillos Cégécol Racing Team	3:55.800
22^nd	34	Dieter Quester / Tom Walkinshaw / Rad Dougall	Osella PA6 BMW	BMW (G.B.) Racing-Tolemans Racing	3:56.200
23^rd	41	Paulo Gomes / Marinho Amaral / Alfredo Guaraná Menezes	Porsche 935	A.S.A. Cachia-Team Pace	3:59.500
24^th	23	Marc Surer / Eugen Strähl / Harry Blumer	Sauber C5 BMW	Francy Sauber PP AG	4:00.100
25^th	84	Brad Frisselle / Robert Kirby / John Hotchkis	Chevrolet Monza	Wynn's International Belgium	4:02.300
26^th	27	Tony Charnell / Robin Smith / Fréderic Alliot / Richard Jones	Chevron B31 Ford	Mogil Motors Ltd. with Kores Racing	4:03.300
27^th	77	Jean-Daniel Raulet / Max Mamers	WM P77 Peugeot	WM A.E.R.E.M.	4:03.500
28^th	45	"John Winter" / Dieter Schornstein / Philippe Gurdjian	Porsche 935 K2	Porsche Kremer Racing	4:04.200
29^th	31	Michel Pignard / Laurent Ferrier / Lucien Rossiaud	Chevron B36 ROC	R.O.C. La Pierre du Nord	4:04.200
30^th	28	Michel Lateste / Jean-François Auboiron / Dominique Lacaud	Lola T297 BMW	Dominique Lacaud	4:04.500
31^st	91	Bob Garretson / Bob Akin / Steve Earle	Porsche 935/77A	Dick Barbour Racing	4:05.200
32^nd	68	Edgar Dören / Romain Feitler / Hervé Poulain / Gerhard Holup	Porsche 934	Hervé Poulain	4:07.000
33^rd	89	Claude Ballot-Léna / Jean-Louis Lafosse	Ferrari 512 BB	Pozzi-Thompson J.M.S.	4:07.100
34^th	88	Jean-Claude Andruet / Spartaco Dini	Ferrari 512 BB	Pozzi-Thompson J.M.S.	4:07.300
35^th	29	Michel Dubois / Daniel Gache / Julien Sanchez	Chevron B36 ROC	R.O.C. Modylock	4:07.800
36^th	87	Jean-Pierre Delaunay / Jacques Guérin / Gregg Young	Ferrari 512 BB	Luigi Chinetti Sr.	4:16.300
37^th	69	Willy Braillard / Jean-Louis Ravenel / Jacky Ravenel / Philippe Dagoreau	Porsche 934	Jean Louis Ravenel-V.S.D.	4:08.000
38^th	30	Jacques Henry / Albert Dufréne / Max Cohen-Olivar	Chevron B36 ROC	R.O.C. La Pierre du Nord	4:08.300
39^th	61	Guy Chasseuil / Jean-Claude Lefebvre	Porsche 934	Auto Daniel Urcun	4:09.100
40^th	72	Jean Rondeau / Bernard Darniche / Jacky Haran	Rondeau M378 Ford	Jean Rondeau	4:09.400
41^st	32	Ian Harrower / Juliette Slaughter / Brian Joscelyne / Tony Birchenhough	Lola T294S Ford	Dorset Racing Association with Kelly Girl	4:10.400
42^nd	85	Teddy Pilette / Nick Faure / "Jean Beurlys" / Raymond Touroul	Ferrari 512 BB	"Beurly's"	4:10.900
43^rd	24	Michel Elkoubi / Philippe Streiff / Pierre Yver	Lola T296 Ford	Pronuptia M.R.E.	4:11.700
44^th	33T	Bob Evans / Richard Down	Lola T294S Ford	Cloud Engineering Ltd. - Dorset	4:12.000
45^th	26	Georges Morand / Christian Blanc / Eric Vuagnat	Lola T296 Ford	G.V.E.A.	4:12.200
46^th	21	Pierre-François Rousselot / Jean-Marie Lemerle / Alain Levié	Lola T294 ROC	Jean-Marie Lemerle	4:13.700
47^th	97	Gordon Spice / John Rulon-Miller / Larry Perkins	Porsche Carrera RSR	Charles Ivey Engineering	4:14.700
48^th	25	Bruno Sotty / Gérard Cuynet / Jean-Claude Dufrey	Lola T294/6 Ford	Pronuptia	4:15.800
49^th	86	François Migault / Lucien Guitteny	Ferrari 365 GT4/BB - 512BB	Ecurie Grand Compétition Car	4:15.900
50^th	20	Sandro Plastina / Jean-Daniel Grandjean / Mario Luini	Cheetah G601 Ford	C. H. Graemiger	4:19.300
51^st	66	Anny-Charlotte Verney / Xavier Lapeyre / François Servanin	Porsche Carrera RSR	Anny-Charlotte Verney	4:19.600
52^nd	62	Christian Bussi / "Segolen" / Jean-Claude Briavoine	Porsche 934	"Ségolen"	4:21.600
53^rd	76	Marianne Hoepfner / Christine Dacremont	WM P76 Peugeot	WM A.E.R.E.M.	4:22.800
54^th	65	Antoine Salamin / Gérard Vial / Yves Courage / Joël Laplacette	Porsche 930	Joël Laplacette	4:25.000
55^th	64	Georges Bourdillat / Alain-Michel Bernard / Jean-Luc Favresse	Porsche Carrera	Georges Bourdillat	4:28.200
56^th	9	John Cooper / Bob Evans / Pete Lovett	De Cadenet Lola LM Ford	Alain de Cadenet	3:52.900
57^th	14	Guy Chasseuil / Hubert Striebig	TOJ SC303 Ford	B.P. Racing	4:14.800
58^th	22	Anna Cambiaghi	Lola T296/7 ROC	Agence Locomotiv	4:27.800
59^th	40	Clemens Schickentanz / Hans Heyer	Mercedes-Benz 450 SLC	A.M.G. Motorenbau GmbH	4:26.100
60^th	73	Guy de Saint-Pierre / Marcel Mignot	Alpine A310 Renault	Bernard Décure	4:34.400
61^st	98	Jean Belliard / Thierry Perrier	Porsche Carrera	Thierry Perrier	4:23.500
62^nd	96	Alain Cudini / Pierre Dieudonné	BMW 3.5 CSL	Garage du Bac	4:25.300
63^rd	60	Simon De Lautour / Gérard Bleynie / Roland Ennequin	Porsche 934	Meccarillos Cégécol Racing Team	no time
64^th	63	Christian Gouttepifre / Raymond Touroul / Robert Boubet	Porsche Carrera RS	Christian Gouttepifre	no time

Other present cars:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant
33	Richard Down / Bob Evans	Lola T294S Ford	Cloud Engineering Ltd. - Dorset
T		Alpine-Renault A442	Equipe Renault Elf Sport

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant
42	Franz Konrad / Volkert Merl	Porsche 935/77A	Konrad Racing
50	Richard Jenvey / John Morrison	Lotus Esprit S1	Morfe Racing with Polaroof
70	David Preece / Robin Hamilton	Aston Martin AM V8 Turbo	Robin Hamilton
92		Porsche 934	Holly Cars L.S.A.
	Ted Toleman	BMW 3.5 CSL	BMW (GB) Racing avec Toleman Delivery
		Ferrari 512 BB	Ecurie Grand Competition Car
		Ferrari 308 GTB	Luigi Chinetti Sr.
		Chevron B36	Agence Locomotiv
	Hervé Poulain	BMW 320	Hervé Poulain
	Florian Vetsch	Ferrari 308 GTB	Florian Vetsch