Le Mans 24 Hours 1979 - Grid - Racing Sports Cars

Event: 24 Heures du Mans		Date: 10.6.1979
Track: Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans (France), 13.626 kms	Organiser: Automobile Club de l'Ouest
Le Mans 24 Hours
FIA World Challenge for Endurance Drivers (round 6)

(Grid Positions)

Grid	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Q Time
1^st	14	Bob Wollek / Hurley Haywood	Porsche 936/78	Essex-Porsche	3:30.0700
2^nd	12	Brian Redman / Jacky Ickx	Porsche 936/78	Essex-Porsche	3:31.3700
3^rd	41	Bill Whittington / Klaus Ludwig / Don Whittington	Porsche 935 K3	Porsche Kremer Racing	3:34.6400
4^th	36	Manfred Schurti / Hans Heyer	Porsche 935/77A	Gelo Sportswear International	3:36.6500
5^th	10	Vern Schuppan / David Hobbs / Jean-Pierre Jaussaud	Ford M10	Grand Touring Cars Ltd./Ford Concessionnaires France	3:41.6300
6^th	5	Jean Ragnotti / Bernard Darniche	Rondeau M379 Ford	Jean Rondeau	3:43.2800
7^th	45	Axel Plankenhorn / Philippe Gurdjian / "John Winter"	Porsche 935 K3	Porsche Kremer Racing	3:43.9800
8^th	11	Derek Bell / David Hobbs / Vern Schuppan	Ford M10	Grand Touring Cars Ltd./Ford Concessionnaires France	3:44.8300
9^th	4	Henri Pescarolo / Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Rondeau M379 Ford	Jean Rondeau	3:45.5000
10^th	8	François Migault / Alain De Cadenet	De Cadenet Lola LM Ford	Alain de Cadenet	3:45.6100
11^th	37	John Fitzpatrick / Harald Grohs / Jean-Louis Lafosse	Porsche 935/77A	Gelo Sportswear International	3:46.2500
12^th	1	Xavier Lapeyre / André Chevalley / Patrick Perrier	Lola T286 Ford	Chevalley Racing Switzerland	3:47.5700
13^th	3	Pete Lovett / John Cooper / John Morrison	SG Lola T380 Ford	J. C. Racing Ltd.	3:47.8200
14^th	15	Ray Mallock / Martin Raymond	De Cadenet Lola T380 Ford	Fisons Agricole-Simon Phillips	3:48.4400
15^th	6	Chris Craft / Gordon Spice	Dome Zero RL Ford	Dome Co. Ltd.	3:49.2600
16^th	70	Rolf Stommelen / Dick Barbour / Paul Newman	Porsche 935	Dick Barbour	3:49.8400
17^th	42	Dieter Schornstein / Edgar Dören / Götz von Tschirnhaus	Porsche 935/77A	Sekurit Racing Team	3:51.0100
18^th	7	Tony Trimmer / Bob Evans	Dome Zero RL Ford	Dome Co. Ltd.	3:51.2400
19^th	55	Jean Rondeau / Jacky Haran	Rondeau M379 Ford	Jean Rondeau	3:54.2800
20^th	40	François Servanin / François Trisconi / Laurent Ferrier	Porsche 935/77A	Porsche Kremer Racing	3:55.0800
21^st	74	Randolph Townsend / Jean-Pierre Jarier / Raymond Touroul	Porsche 935	Jean-Pierre Jarier	3:55.7300
22^nd	53	Michel Pignard / Jacques Coulon / Serge Saulnier	WM P79 Peugeot	W.M. Aerem	3:56.0800
23^rd	76	Marcel Mignot / Hervé Poulain / Manfred Winkelhock	BMW M1	Hervé Poulain	3:57.3800
24^th	39	Jacques Guérin / Fréderic Alliot / "Chanaud"	Porsche 935	A.S.A. Cachia	3:57.4700
25^th	68	Ted Field / Milt Minter / John Morton	Porsche 935/79	Interscope Racing	3:58.4900
26^th	43	Claude Haldi / Rodrigo Téran / Herbert Loewe	Porsche 935	Claude Haldi	3:59.8700
27^th	52	Max Mamers / Jean-Daniel Raulet	WM P79 Peugeot	W.M. Aerem	4:00.0100
28^th	63	Claude Ballot-Léna / Michel Leclère / Peter Gregg	Ferrari 512 BB	C. H. Pozzi/J.M.S. Racing	4:00.7800
29^th	27	Florian Vetsch / Marc Sourd / Roger Carmillet	Chevron B36 ROC	Racing Organisation Course	4:01.3200
30^th	62	Jean-Claude Andruet / Spartaco Dini	Ferrari 512 BB	C. H. Pozzi/J.M.S. Racing	4:02.4200
31^st	23	Bruno Sotty / Gérard Cuynet / Marc Frischknecht	Lola T296 Ford	Pronuptia	4:02.9200
32^nd	71	Rob McFarlin / Bob Akin / Roy Woods	Porsche 935/77A	Dick Barbour	4:03.3900
33^rd	51	Denis Morin / Roger Dorchy	WM P79 Peugeot	W.M. Aerem	4:04.1700
34^th	20	Michel Elkoubi / Pierre Yver / Max Cohen-Olivar	Lola T298 BMW	Lambretta S.A.F.D.	4:05.7400
35^th	29	Tony Charnell / Richard Jones / Robin Smith	Chevron B36 Ford	Mogil Motors Ltd.	4:05.8000
36^th	64	Jean-Pierre Delaunay / Cyril Grandet / Preston Henn	Ferrari 512 BB	N.A.R.T.	4:06.3000
37^th	32	Alain Cudini / Hubert Striebig / Hughes Kirschoffer	TOJ SC206 BMW	Hubert Striebig	4:06.6200
38^th	82	Herbert Müller / Angelo Pallavicini / Marco Vanoli	Porsche 934	Lubrifilm Racing Team	4:06.6500
39^th	73	Robert Kirby / John Hotchkis / Bob Harmon	Porsche 935	Dick Barbour - Wynn's International	4:07.0500
40^th	18	Daniel Brillat / Jean-Pierre Aeschlimann	Cheetah G601 BMW	Daniel Brillat - Ecurie Cedac Suisse	4:07.1700
41^st	26	Pierre-François Rousselot / Michel Dubois / Marc Menant	Chevron B36 ROC	Racing Organisation Course	4:07.5900
42^nd	31	Dominique Lacaud / Michel Lateste	Lola T297 BMW	Kores Racing - France Chauffage	4:08.0800
43^rd	33	Alain Dechelette / Charles Dechelette / Marcel Tarrès	Chevron B36 ROC	Chevalley Racing Switzerland - Racing Organisation Course	4:08.2600
44^th	35	Gianfranco Brancatelli / Maurizio Micangeli / Carlo Pietromarchi	De Tomaso Pantera	Carlo Pietromarchi	4:10.7700
45^th	61	Nick Faure / Bernard de Dryver / Steve O'Rourke / "Jean Beurlys"	Ferrari 512 BB	"Beurlys"	4:11.9800
46^th	17	Sandro Plastina / Philippe Roux / Mario Luini	Cheetah G601 BMW	Cheetah Racing Cars	4:12.0200
47^th	28	Albert Dufréne / Bernard Verdier / Noël del Bello	Chevron B36 ROC	Racing Organisation Course	4:12.1700
48^th	84	Anny-Charlotte Verney / Patrick Bardinon / René Metge	Porsche 934	Anny-Charlotte Verney	4:12.2900
49^th	24	Richard Jenvey / Nick Mason / Brian Joscelyne / Tony Birchenhough	Lola T297 Ford	Dorset Racing Associates	4:12.4700
50^th	22	Eric Vuagnat / Jacques Boillat	Lola T296 Ford	Georges Morand	4:12.9100
51^st	86	Georges Bourdillat / Roland Ennequin / Alain-Michel Bernard	Porsche 934	Kores Racing	4:15.1700
52^nd	87	Christian Bussi / Bernard Salam	Porsche 934	Christian Bussi	4:15.8200
53^rd	25	Alain Levié / Jean-Marie Lemerle / Jean-Pierre Malcher	Lola T298 ROC	Jean-Marie Lemerle	4:17.3800
54^th	72	Bob Garretson / Skeeter McKitterick / Ed Abate	Porsche 935	Dick Barbour	4:18.1900
55^th	50	Robin Hamilton / Mike Salmon / David Preece	Aston Martin AM V8 Turbo	Robin Hamilton	4:24.4800
56^th	16	Guy Edwards / Ian Grob / Dieter Quester	March-BMW M1	March Racing	3:59.3900
57^th	77	Tetsu Ikuzawa / Yojiro Terada / Claude Buchet	Mazda RX-7 252i	Mazda Auto Tokyo Co. Ltd.	4:18.8800
58^th	21	François Calmels / Renaud Laverre / Patrice Lenormand	Lola T296 ROC	Lambretta S.A.F.D.	4:25.9900
59^th	80	Antoine Salamin / Gérard Vial / Philippe Collet	Porsche 930	Ecurie des 13 Etoiles	4:35.2500
60^th	30	Pascal Foix / Michel Bienvault / Murray Smith	Lola T296 ROC	A.S.A. Cachia - Francois Migault	no time

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant
2	Patrick Perrier / Marco Capoferri / Renzo Zorzi	Lola T286 Ford	Chevalley Racing Switzerland
54	Walter Brun / Alain Cudini	BMW M1	Walter Brun Racing Organisation
60	Douglas Rowe / A. A. Lorent / Bill Adam	Chevrolet Corvette	PP Sauber - Douglas J. Rowe
65		Ferrari 512 BB	N.A.R.T.
66	Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari 512 BB	SA. Mo. Car S.p.A.
67	Don Whittington / Bill Whittington	Porsche 935/79	Don Whittington
81	Eckhard Schimpf / Edgar Dören / Gerhard Holup / Uwe Reich	Porsche 934	Autohaus Max Moritz GmbH
	Fritz Werner / Marco Vanoli / Angelo Pallavicini	Porsche Carrera RSR	Angelo Pallavicini
	Claude Bourgoignie	Porsche 935	Porsche Kremer Racing
	Jean-Louis Lafosse / René Metge	Porsche 935	ASA Cachia
	John Paul / Michael Keyser	Porsche 935 JLP-1	J.L.P. Racing
	Eugen Strähl / Georges Blättler / Harry Blumer	Sauber C5 BMW	Sauber Racing
	Max Welti / Louis Bärtsch / Georges Blättler	Sauber C5 BMW	Sauber Racing
	Ian Bracey / Richard Bond / Divina Galica	Ibec P5 LM Ford	Ian Bracey
	Hubert Striebig / Hughes Kirschoffer	Porsche 934	Hubert Striebig
	Guy Somekh / Stanislas Machoir / J. J. Enjalbert / Jean-Luc Thepenier	Porsche Carrera	Stanislas Machoir
	Jacques Guérin / Simon De Lautour / Jean-Louis Lafosse	Porsche Carrera	ASA Cachia
	Jorge Cortes / Honorato Espinosa / Francisco Lopez / Pedro DeNarvaez	Porsche Carrera RSR	Botero Racing
		Porsche 934	Jean-Luc Thepenier
	"Segolen"	Porsche Carrera	"Segolen"
	Thierry Perrier / Roger Carmillet / Guy de Saint-Pierre	Porsche Carrera	Thierry Perrier
	Richard Jenvey	Lotus Esprit S1	Richard Jenvey
	Heinz Schulthess	Saab 900 Turbo	Ecurie 3 Chevrons
	Philippe Alliot / Fréderic Alliot	Porsche 934	Kores Racing
	Jean-Luc Favresse	Lola T296 ROC	Roland Germain
	Jean-Louis Lafosse / René Metge	Porsche Carrera	ASA Cachia
	Jean Belliard / Roland Imbert / J. C. Martinez	Porsche Carrera	Jean Belliard