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	3:27.6000
2^nd	1	Jean-Pierre Jabouille / Patrick Depailler	Alpine-Renault A443	Equipe Renault Elf Sport	3:28.4000
3^rd	43	Manfred Schurti / Rolf Stommelen	Porsche 935/78	Martini Racing Porsche System	3:30.9000
4^th	6	Bob Wollek / Jacky Ickx / Jürgen Barth	Porsche 936/78	Martini Racing Porsche System	3:35.2000
5^th	2	Didier Pironi / Jean-Pierre Jaussaud	Alpine-Renault A442B	Equipe Renault Elf Sport	3:35.7000
6^th	7	Hurley Haywood / Peter Gregg / Reinhold Jöst	Porsche 936/77	Martini Racing Porsche System	3:37.3000
7^th	3	Jean-Pierre Jarier / Derek Bell	Alpine-Renault A442A	Equipe Renault Elf Sport	3:37.9000
8^th	4	Jean Ragnotti / Guy Fréquelin / José Dolhem / Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Alpine-Renault A442A	Equipe Renault Elf Sport Calberson	3:42.7000
9^th	10	Vern Schuppan / Jacques Laffite / Sam Posey	Mirage M9 Renault	Grand Touring Cars Inc.	3:45.8000
10^th	8	Chris Craft / Alain De Cadenet	De Cadenet Lola LM Ford	Alain de Cadenet	3:46.2000
11^th	47	John Fitzpatrick / Toine Hezemans	Porsche 935/77A	Weisberg Gelo Team	3:46.5000
12^th	11	Michel Leclère / Sam Posey	Mirage M9 Renault	Grand Touring Cars Inc.	3:48.3000
13^th	19	Ian Grob / Guy Edwards	Ibec 308 LM Ford	Ibec Racing Developments Hesketh Team	3:50.2000
14^th	44	Jim Busby / Rick Knoop / Chris Cord	Porsche 935/77A	Porsche Kremer Racing	3:50.7000
15^th	12	Nick Faure / John Beasley / Simon Phillips / Martin Raymond	De Cadenet Lola T380 Ford	Simon Phillips Racing with Batco France	3:51.9000
16^th	90	Brian Redman / John Paul / Dick Barbour	Porsche 935/77A	Dick Barbour Racing	3:52.6000
17^th	94	Bill Whittington / Don Whittington / Franz Konrad	Porsche 935/77A	Whittington Brother Inc. Racing	3:52.8000
18^th	78	Xavier Mathiot / Marc Sourd / Christian Debias	WM P78 Peugeot	WM A.E.R.E.M.	3:52.9000
19^th	71	André Chevalley / François Trisconi	Inaltera Ford	A. Chevalley Racing	3:53.9000
20^th	46	Martin Raymond / "Steve" / Mike Franey	Porsche 935/77A	Porsche Kremer Racing	3:54.8000
21^st	48	Herbert Müller / Claude Haldi / "Nico"	Porsche 935	Meccarillos Cégécol Racing Team	3:55.8000
22^nd	34	Tom Walkinshaw / Rad Dougall / Dieter Quester	Osella PA6 BMW	BMW (G.B.) Racing-Tolemans Racing	3:56.2000
23^rd	41	Paulo Gomes / Marinho Amaral / Alfredo Guaraná Menezes	Porsche 935	A.S.A. Cachia-Team Pace	3:59.5000
24^th	23	Marc Surer / Eugen Strähl / Harry Blumer	Sauber C5 BMW	Francy Sauber PP AG	4:00.1000
25^th	84	Brad Frisselle / Robert Kirby / John Hotchkis	Chevrolet Monza	Wynn's International Belgium	4:02.3000
26^th	27	Tony Charnell / Robin Smith / Fréderic Alliot / Richard Jones	Chevron B31 Ford	Mogil Motors Ltd. with Kores Racing	4:03.3000
27^th	77	Jean-Daniel Raulet / Max Mamers	WM P77 Peugeot	WM A.E.R.E.M.	4:03.5000
28^th	45	"John Winter" / Dieter Schornstein / Philippe Gurdjian	Porsche 935 K2	Porsche Kremer Racing	4:04.2000
29^th	31	Michel Pignard / Laurent Ferrier / Lucien Rossiaud	Chevron B36 ROC	R.O.C. La Pierre du Nord	4:04.2000
30^th	28	Michel Lateste / Jean-François Auboiron / Dominique Lacaud	Lola T297 BMW	Dominique Lacaud	4:04.5000
31^st	91	Bob Garretson / Bob Akin / Steve Earle	Porsche 935/77A	Dick Barbour Racing	4:05.2000
32^nd	68	Romain Feitler / Edgar Dören / Hervé Poulain / Gerhard Holup	Porsche 934	Hervé Poulain	4:07.0000
33^rd	89	Claude Ballot-Léna / Jean-Louis Lafosse	Ferrari 512 BB	Pozzi-Thompson J.M.S.	4:07.1000
34^th	88	Jean-Claude Andruet / Spartaco Dini	Ferrari 512 BB	Pozzi-Thompson J.M.S.	4:07.3000
35^th	29	Michel Dubois / Daniel Gache / Julien Sanchez	Chevron B36 ROC	R.O.C. Modylock	4:07.8000
36^th	87	Jean-Pierre Delaunay / Jacques Guérin / Gregg Young	Ferrari 512 BB	Luigi Chinetti Sr.	4:16.3000
37^th	69	Willy Braillard / Jean-Louis Ravenel / Jacky Ravenel / Philippe Dagoreau	Porsche 934	Jean Louis Ravenel-V.S.D.	4:08.0000
38^th	30	Jacques Henry / Albert Dufréne / Max Cohen-Olivar	Chevron B36 ROC	R.O.C. La Pierre du Nord	4:08.3000
39^th	61	Guy Chasseuil / Jean-Claude Lefebvre	Porsche 934	Auto Daniel Urcun	4:09.1000
40^th	72	Jean Rondeau / Bernard Darniche / Jacky Haran	Rondeau M378 Ford	Jean Rondeau	4:09.4000
41^st	32	Ian Harrower / Juliette Slaughter / Brian Joscelyne / Tony Birchenhough	Lola T294S Ford	Dorset Racing Association with Kelly Girl	4:10.4000
42^nd	85	Teddy Pilette / Nick Faure / "Jean Beurlys" / Raymond Touroul	Ferrari 512 BB	"Beurly's"	4:10.9000
43^rd	24	Michel Elkoubi / Philippe Streiff / Pierre Yver	Lola T296 Ford	Pronuptia M.R.E.	4:11.7000
44^th	33T	Bob Evans / Richard Down	Lola T294S Ford	Cloud Engineering Ltd. - Dorset	4:12.0000
45^th	26	Georges Morand / Christian Blanc / Eric Vuagnat	Lola T296 Ford	G.V.E.A.	4:12.2000
46^th	21	Pierre-François Rousselot / Jean-Marie Lemerle / Alain Levié	Lola T294 ROC	Jean-Marie Lemerle	4:13.7000
47^th	97	Gordon Spice / John Rulon-Miller / Larry Perkins	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 3.0	Charles Ivey Engineering	4:14.7000
48^th	25	Bruno Sotty / Gérard Cuynet / Jean-Claude Dufrey	Lola T294/6 Ford	Pronuptia	4:15.8000
49^th	86	François Migault / Lucien Guitteny	Ferrari 365 GT4/BB - 512BB	Ecurie Grand Compétition Car	4:15.9000
50^th	20	Sandro Plastina / Jean-Daniel Grandjean / Mario Luini	Cheetah G601 Ford	C. H. Graemiger	4:19.3000
51^st	66	Anny-Charlotte Verney / Xavier Lapeyre / François Servanin	Porsche Carrera RSR	Anny-Charlotte Verney	4:19.6000
52^nd	62	Christian Bussi / "Segolen" / Jean-Claude Briavoine	Porsche 934	"Ségolen"	4:21.6000
53^rd	76	Marianne Hoepfner / Christine Dacremont	WM P76 Peugeot	WM A.E.R.E.M.	4:22.8000
54^th	65	Antoine Salamin / Gérard Vial / Yves Courage / Joël Laplacette	Porsche 930	Joël Laplacette	4:25.0000
55^th	64	Georges Bourdillat / Alain-Michel Bernard / Jean-Luc Favresse	Porsche Carrera	Georges Bourdillat	4:28.2000
56^th	9	Pete Lovett / John Cooper / Bob Evans	De Cadenet Lola LM Ford	Alain de Cadenet	3:52.9000
57^th	14	Guy Chasseuil / Hubert Striebig	TOJ SC303 Ford	B.P. Racing	4:14.8000
58^th	22	Anna Cambiaghi	Lola T296/7 ROC	Agence Locomotiv	4:27.8000
59^th	40	Clemens Schickentanz / Hans Heyer	Mercedes-Benz 450 SLC	A.M.G. Motorenbau GmbH	4:26.1000
60^th	73	Guy de Saint-Pierre / Marcel Mignot	Alpine A310 Renault	Bernard Décure	4:34.4000
61^st	98	Jean Belliard / Thierry Perrier	Porsche Carrera	Thierry Perrier	4:23.5000
62^nd	96	Pierre Dieudonné / Alain Cudini	BMW 3.5 CSL	Garage du Bac	4:25.3000
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 911 Carrera RSR 3.0	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