Road America 500 Miles 1979 - Grid

Event: Pabst 500, Road America Silver Anniversary		Date: 2.9.1979
Track: Road America, Elkhart Lake (United States), 6.437 kms	Organiser: unknown
Road America 500 Miles
Winston GT (round 13) FIA World Challenge for Endurance Drivers (round 9) IMSA GTO (round 13) IMSA GTU (round 13) International Motor Sport Association (round 13)

(Grid Positions)

Grid	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Q Time	Km/h
1^st	86	Peter Gregg / Hurley Haywood / Bruce Leven	Porsche 935/77A	Bayside Disposal Racing	2:14.9790	171.6896
2^nd	6	Brian Redman / Dick Barbour / Skeeter McKitterick	Porsche 935	Dick Barbour Racing	2:15.6750
3^rd	07	Ludwig Heimrath / Brett Lunger	Porsche 935	Ludwig Heimrath	2:16.0000
4^th	2	David Hobbs / Derek Bell	BMW 320i Turbo	McLaren North America	2:16.5560
5^th	4	Skeeter McKitterick / Bob Garretson	Porsche 935	Dick Barbour Racing	2:19.3910
6^th	5	Charles Mendez / Paul Miller	Porsche 935	CMR, Inc.	2:20.1700
7^th	0	Ted Field / Milt Minter	Porsche 935/79	Interscope Racing	2:21.5440
8^th	3	Jim Busby / Dennis Aase	BMW M1	Jim Busby Racing	2:21.9470
9^th	66	Kees Nierop / Norm Ridgely	Porsche 935	Renaissance Group	2:25.5230
10^th	48	Phil Currin / John Carusso	Chevrolet Corvette	Autodyne	2:27.8090	156.7871
11^th	9	Rob McFarlin / Bob Akin	Porsche 935	Dick Barbour Racing	2:29.6470
12^th	83	Don Devendorf / Tony Adamowicz	Datsun 280ZX	Electramotive	2:29.8660	154.6354
13^th	89	Francisco Romero / Diego Febles	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Hector Huerta	2:30.0450
14^th	44	Bob Tullius / Brian Fuerstenau	Triumph TR8	Group 44	2:30.5050
15^th	79	Bob Bergstrom / Rick Knoop	Mazda RX-7	Sports Ltd. Racing	2:32.0450
16^th	54	Tony Garcia / Terry Herman	Porsche Carrera RSR	Montura Racing	2:32.6100
17^th	46	Mauricio DeNarvaez / Albert Naon	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Mauricio DeNarvaez	2:32.8170
18^th	03	Werner Frank / Rudy Bartling	Porsche 934	Werner Frank	2:32.9550
19^th	17	Jeff Kline / Jim Mederer	Mazda RX-7	Racing Beat	2:34.0390
20^th	77	Roger Mandeville / Jim Downing	Mazda RX-7	Roger T. Mandeville	2:34.2920
21^st	01	Dave White	BMW 320i	Roehrig Racing	2:35.7380
22^nd	72	Philip Keirn / Ed Errington	Chevrolet Corvette	Keirn Garage	2:36.3750
23^rd	14	Rusty Schmidt / Doug Grunnet	Chevrolet Corvette	Corvettes Unlimited	2:36.5580
24^th	62	Bill Koll / Jim Cook	Porsche 914/6	Koll Motor Sports	2:36.6480
25^th	38	Skip DeAscentis / Larry Trotter	Chevrolet Corvette	DeAscentis Racing	2:37.0590
26^th	31	Bard Boand / Keith Feldott	Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray	Bard Boand Racing	2:37.2320
27^th	7	Walt Bohren / Ron Cortez	Mazda RX-7	Walt Bohren Racing	2:37.0590
28^th	42	Tom Ashby / Bill Bean	Porsche 911	Bullwinkele Racing	2:37.4630
29^th	56	Craig Carter	Chevrolet Camaro	Peerless Racing	2:37.5080
30^th	61	Jerry Lancaster / John Luczyk	Chevrolet Corvette	L & L Racing Ent.	2:38.7520
31^st	25	Kenper Miller	BMW 3.5 CSL	Deren Automotive	2:41.4440
32^nd	39	John Higgins / James King / Roger Seacrist	Porsche 911	Foreign Exchange	2:41.9630
33^rd	43	Bob Gregg / Len Jones	Porsche 911	Bob Gregg	2:43.7910
34^th	85	John Hulen / Ron Coupland	Porsche 914/6	John E. Hulen	2:44.2370
35^th	45	Michael Guffey / Jack Buchinger	Datsun 280Z	Michael Guffey	2:44.4300
36^th	73	Clark Howey / Dale Koch	Chevrolet Camaro	Howey Farms	2:45.0680
37^th	34	George Drolsom / Fred Clark	Porsche 911	Drolsom Racing	2:45.2200
38^th	28	Ray Irwin / Robert Kivela	Chevrolet Corvette	Auto Concepts	2:46.5780
39^th	40	Steve Southard / Earl Roe	Porsche 914/6	Performance Specialists	2:46.7320
40^th	52	Wayne Baker / Paul Haas / Margie Smith-Haas	Porsche 914/4	Personalized Porsche	2:48.8970
41^st	8	Anatoly Arutunoff	Lancia Stratos	Automobile International	2:54.9140
42^nd	29	Tom Cronin / Ken Bolt	Fiat 128	Thomas E. Cronin	2:59.1140
43^rd	41	Mark Leuzinger / Mike Van der Werff	De Tomaso Pantera	B. R. Racing Team	no time
44^th	60	Rusty Bond / Ren Tilton	Porsche 911	E. J. Pruitt & Sons	no time

Other present cars:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant
00		Porsche 935/77A	Interscope Racing

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant
13	Hal Shaw, Jr. / Gary Belcher	Porsche 935	Hal Shaw Racing
19	Chris Cord / Jim Adams	Chevrolet Monza	Chris Cord
49	Joe Pirrotta / Bill Lang	Chevrolet Corvette	Joseph Pirrotta
51	Robert Kirby / John Hotchkis	Porsche Carrera RSR	Kirby-Hitchcock Racing
98	Lance Van Every / Ash Tisdelle	Porsche Carrera RSR	Van Every Racing