Can-Am Road America 1979 - Grid - Racing Sports Cars

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Event:			Date: 22.7.1979
Track: Road America, Elkhart Lake (United States), 6.437 kms		Organiser: unknown
Can-Am Road America
SCCA Citicorp Can-Am Challenge (round 6)

(Grid Positions)

Grid	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Q Time
1^st	5	Keke Rosberg	Spyder NF-11 Chevrolet	Newman Freeman Racing	2:01.7600
2^nd	4	Elliot Forbes-Robinson	Spyder NF-11 Chevrolet	Newman Freeman Racing	2:04.0770
3^rd	1	Jacky Ickx	Lola T333 CS Chevrolet	Carl A. Haas Racing Teams, Ltd.	2:04.0880
4^th	2	Geoff Lees	Lola T333 CS/VDS Chevrolet	Racing Team VDS	2:04.1280
5^th	10	Al Holbert	Hogan HR-001 Chevrolet	Hogan Racing, Ltd.	2:04.1800
6^th	8	Bobby Rahal	Prophet - Chevrolet	U.S. Racing - Herb Caplan	2:04.1830
7^th	46	John Morton	Lola T333 CS Chevrolet	John Morton Racing - 'Toys for Big Boys'	2:05.2040
8^th	58	Rocky Moran	Lola T332 Chevrolet	American Spirit Racing	2:07.3970
9^th	11	Vern Schuppan	Elfin MR8A Chevrolet	Wendy's Hamburgers/Stuart and Beth Bradbury/Hong Kong's Teddy Yip/Tom Barrett Classic Cars	2:07.7740
10^th	79	Bob Brown	Lola T333 CS Chevrolet	Bobby Brown Racing, Inc.	2:09.0660
11^th	98	Tom Spalding	Schkee - Chevrolet	Sony Corp.	2:09.3590
12^th	39	John Gunn	Lola T332 Chevrolet (GG-5)	Gunn's Godies	2:10.3670
13^th	6	Bob Nagel	Lola T332 RNF Chevrolet	Nagel Racing Ent.	2:12.3010
14^th	67	Robert J. Nelkin	Lola T333 CS Chevrolet	Nelkin Racing	2:12.3720
15^th	9	Bill Tempero	Lola T332C Chevrolet	Bill Tempero Racing	2:13.0500
16^th	51	Tim Evans	Lola T290 Ford	Diversified Engineering Services	2:13.0750
17^th	13	Randolph Townsend	Spyder NF-11 Chevrolet	Newman Freeman Racing	2:13.6150
18^th	69	Mike Hall	Lola T294 Ford	United Racing Ltd.	2:14.1960
24^th	7	Michael Allen	Lola T332 CS Chevrolet	Don Weber

Other present cars:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant
27	Jim Gustafson	Jackal 79 (March 73A Chevrolet)	Jim Gustafson
31	Gerre Payvis	Lola T333 CS Chevrolet	Christine B. Snyder
37	Horst Kroll	Lola - Chevrolet	Horst Kroll Racing
43	Dean Dietrich	DRL Hawke 79 (March 76A)	Del Hayes Ams/Oil Dealers
52	Gary Gove	Chevron B26 Ford	Pete Lovely Volkswagen
54	S. Peter Smith	Bobsy 2-L Ford	Red Roof Inns, Inc.
56	Leonard Janke	Lola T332 Chevrolet	Janke Auto Co.
70	Jeff Miller	Lola T496	Wynnfurst Ltd.
71	Jim Gutfreund	Lola T292	Great Plains Motor Racing
89	Gordon Hamilton	Chevron B36	Ticker Tape Racing
86	Hugh Kleinpeter	Ralt CCK

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant
12	Michael Brayton	Wolf Brayton 001 Chevrolet	Michael Brayton
23	Duane Eitel	Chevron B28 Chevrolet	Eitel-Kehr Racing, Duane Eitel
26	Rick Villate	Lola T294	RVR Inc.
34	Bertil Roos	Chevron B27	Roos Racing School
38	Danny Johnson	Chevron B24/28 J	Dan Johnson
40	Tom Jones	March 74A Chevrolet	Development Five Thousand
44	Jerry Hansen	Lola T332 CS Chevrolet	Jerry Hansen
47	Tony Cicale	Ralt RT1 1/2	Cicale Champion Racing
61	E. B. Lunken	March 73S BMW	E. B. Lunken Engineering
72	Chuck Smith	Chevron B19/21 Ford	Chuck Smith
76	Rick Parsons	Conquest I Chevrolet	DY-CON Inc.

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