Sebring 12 Hours 1978 - Grid - Racing Sports Cars

Event: The Twelve Hours of Sebring International Grand Prix of Endurance for the Camel GT Challenge		Date: 18.3.1978
Track: Sebring (United States), 8.369 kms	Organiser: unknown
Sebring 12 Hours
Camel GT Challenge (round 2) FIA World Challenge for Endurance Drivers (round 2) IMSA GTO (round 2) IMSA GTU (round 2) International Motor Sport Association (round 2)

(Grid Positions)

Grid	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Q Time
1^st	2	David Hobbs / Milt Minter / Tom Klausler	BMW 320i Turbo	McLaren North America	2:35.7340
2^nd	6	Dick Barbour / Rolf Stommelen / Manfred Schurti	Porsche 935/77A	Dick Barbour Performance	2:37.6030
3^rd	95	Bob Hagestad / Hurley Haywood	Porsche 935	Bob Hagestad	2:40.5980
4^th	59	Peter Gregg	Porsche 935	Brumos Porsche	2:42.0100
5^th	9	Brian Redman / Charles Mendez / Bob Garretson	Porsche 935	Dick Barbour Performance	2:45.2940
6^th	06	R. V. Shulnburg / Dave Heinz / Michael Keyser	Chevrolet Corvette	R. V. Shulnburg Scrap Metal	2:48.1030
7^th	28	Clif Kearns / Marty Hinze / Stephen Behr	Porsche 935	Desperado Racing	2:50.7800
8^th	13	Hal Shaw, Jr. / Tom Spalding	Porsche 935	Ore House - Vail	2:51.9920
9^th	04	Rick Thompkins / Randy Blessing	Chevrolet Corvette	Rick Thompkins	2:53.6290
10^th	33	John Paul / Bonky Fernandez	Porsche Carrera RSR	JLP Racing	2:55.9100
11^th	86	Hugh Kleinpeter / Jef Stevens	De Tomaso Pantera GT4K	Team Pantera	2:56.6400
12^th	48	Luis Sereix / Lyn St. James / Phil Currin	Chevrolet Corvette	Autodyne	2:57.5530
13^th	79	Michael Callas / Peter Papke / Jim Cook	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 3.0	Rennsport Porsche Works	2:57.7370
14^th	24	Tom Frank / Bob Bergstrom	Porsche Carrera RSR	Executive Industries	2:58.1020
15^th	58	Diego Febles / Alec Poole	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Diego Febles Racing	2:58.1130
16^th	32	Steve Earle / Bob Akin / Rick Knoop	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Earle & Akin Racing	2:58.4900
17^th	8	Bob Beasley / Bruce Jennings	Porsche Carrera RSR	Robert Beasley	2:58.4910
18^th	25	Kenper Miller / Walt Bohren	BMW 3.5 CSL	KWM Racing	2:58.7670
19^th	46	Mauricio DeNarvaez / Albert Naon	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Mauricio De Narvaez	2:59.7550
20^th	11	Javier Garcia	Chevrolet Corvette C3	Javier Garcia	3:01.7260
21^st	96	Gene Felton / Vince Gimondo	Buick Skylark	Unicure	3:02.4060
22^nd	76	Frank Thomas / Lee Mueller / Paul May	Porsche 911	Quality Inn	3:02.4630
23^rd	07	Dave Cowart / Nick Craw / Joe Castellano	Porsche Carrera RSR	Morrison's Inc.	3:03.0360
24^th	1	Dale Kreider	Chevrolet Corvette	Dale Kreider Racing	3:03.4950
25^th	77	Francisco Romero / Ernesto Soto	Porsche 911	Bill Scott Racing	3:03.6570
26^th	20	Richard Bostyan / Jerry Thompson / Don Yenko	Chevrolet Corvette	Bostyan Racing	3:03.8090
27^th	41	Herb Jones, Jr. / Steve Faul	Chevrolet Camaro	Jones Ind. Racing	3:04.2940
28^th	38	Mike Meldeau / Bill McDill	Chevrolet Camaro	Meldeau Tire Co.	3:05.6060
29^th	23	Hoyt Overbagh	Chevrolet Monza	Overbagh Motor Racing	3:06.1250
30^th	01	Dave White / J. Dana Roehrig / Gary Mesnick	Porsche 911	Roehrig Racing Inc.	3:06.7060
31^st	93	Don Whittington / Russ Boy	Porsche 934/5	Whittington Bros.	3:06.7260
32^nd	84	Bob Speakman / John Maffucci	Datsun 260Z	Worldparts	3:06.9340
33^rd	51	John Hotchkis / Robert Kirby / Dennis Aase	Porsche 911	Wynn's International	3:06.9810
34^th	92	Dave Sloyer / Jim Fitzgerald	Plymouth Volare	Road Atlanta	3:07.5540
35^th	71	John Higgins / Tim Cooper / James King	Porsche 911	Foreign Exchange Racing	3:07.6920
36^th	91	Werner Frank / Roger Schramm	Porsche Carrera RSR	Framm Promotions/W. Frank	3:07.8030
37^th	73	Clark Howey / Dale Koch	Chevrolet Camaro	Howey Farms	3:08.3220
38^th	30	Mandy Gonzalez / Hiram Cruz / Manuel Villa	BMW 3.0 CSL	Aro-Mandy Racing	3:08.3710
39^th	89	Rusty Bond / Ren Tilton	Porsche 911	Barrick Motor Racing	3:09.2230
40^th	85	John Hulen / Ron Coupland / Nick Engels	Porsche 914/6	John Hulen	3:09.9460
41^st	81	Juan Montalvo / Tony Garcia	Ford Escort	Juan Montalvo	3:09.9990
42^nd	36	Ron Case / Dave Panaccione / Jack Rynerson	Porsche 911	Case Racing	3:10.1880
43^rd	50	Fritz Hochreuter / Rudy Bartling / Rainer Brezinka	Porsche 911	Fritz Hochreuter	3:10.3830
44^th	47	Tim Chitwood / Sam Fillingham / K. P. Jones	Chevrolet Nova	Tim Chitwood	3:11.0230
45^th	45	Gary Steele / Jim Gaeta / Bob Zulkowski	Porsche 911	Vann's Auto Body	3:11.4510
46^th	03	Cliff Gottlob / Danny Terrill	Chevrolet Corvette	Cliff Gottlob	3:11.6610
47^th	88	Joseph Hamilton / Chuck Wade / Ron Collins	Porsche 911	Hamilton House Racing	3:11.8700
48^th	19	Anatoly Arutunoff	Lancia Stratos	Hallet Motor Racing Circuit	3:12.0360
49^th	57	Terry Keller / Bob Gray / Nort Northam	Chevrolet Corvette C3	Sebring Racing	3:12.0990
50^th	27	Ray Mummery / Jack Refenning / Tom Sheehy	Porsche 911 S	Miami Auto Racing	3:12.1340
51^st	14	Robert LaMay / Richard Valentine / Larry Parker	Ford Mustang	Robert LaMay	3:13.2470
52^nd	78	Rod Bremner	Triumph TR7	Abingdon/Ashley Motors	3:13.5130
53^rd	62	Bill Koll / David Hamren / Dennis Sherman	Porsche 914/6	William J. Koll	3:14.3740
54^th	80	Herb Adams / Pat Bedard / Marv Thomson	Oldsmobile Cutlass	Herb Adams	3:16.0500
55^th	61	Al Cosentino / Jim Downing	Mazda RX-3	Faza Squadra	3:16.4530
56^th	70	M. L. Speer / Windle Turley	Porsche 911 S	Race Car Ent.	3:16.7210
57^th	35	Bruno Beilcke / Sepp Grinbold / Alf Gebhardt	BMW 2002	Team Beilcke	3:17.7600
58^th	08	Terry Wolters / Wayne Miller	Porsche 911 S	Terry Wolters	3:20.0100
59^th	99	Steve Cook / Bill Cooper / Ron Southern	Datsun 260Z	Bob Bondurant	3:20.7740
60^th	49	Ted Schumacher	Triumph GT6	Ted Schumacher Racing	3:21.1920
61^st	40	Manuel Quintana	Ford Mustang	Quintana Racing	3:22.6170
62^nd	54	Joaquin Lopez	Chevrolet Camaro	Raul Garcia	3:22.8960
63^rd	00	Steve Southard / Jim Trueman	Porsche 914	Red Roof Inns	3:23.1820
64^th	4	Mark Leuzinger / Mike Van der Werff	De Tomaso Pantera	B. R. Racing Team	3:24.9460
65^th	05	Stephen Bond / Philip Dann	Chevrolet Monza	Saltwater Band	3:25.3870
66^th	21	Vince DiLella / Manuel Cueto	Porsche 914/4	DiLella Racing	3:25.3940
67^th	34	George Drolsom / Hugh Davenport	Porsche 911 S	Drolsom Racing Inc.	3:26.5750
68^th	87	Pedro Vazquez / Ron Oyler	Porsche 911	Pedro Vazquez	3:27.5290
69^th	52	Charles Kleinschmidt / Lee Culpepper / William Koch	MGB GT	Native Tan	3:27.7020
70^th	02	H. David Redszus / Merv Rosen	BMW 2002	H. David Redszus	3:28.4570
71^st	7	Ludwig Heimrath	Porsche 935	Heimrath Racing	no time
72^nd	3	Bill Freeman / Bob Harmon / Byron Leydecker	Porsche Carrera RSR	Bill Freeman Racing	no time
73^rd	42	Chiqui Soldevilla / Luis Gordillo	Porsche 911 S	El Sol Racing	no time
74^th	09	Gary Belcher / Doc Bundy	Porsche 934/5	Belcher Racing	no time
75^th	17	Kenneth LaGrow / Jimmy Tumbleston	Chevrolet Camaro	Kenneth LaGrow	no time
76^th	0	Gene Rutherford / Tom Wallace / Kathy Wallace	Oldsmobile Cutlass	Chesrown Olds	no time
77^th	12	George Garcia / Daniel Vilarchao	Chevrolet Corvette	George Garcia	no time

Other present cars:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant
16	Dan Slodowick / Cliff McCandless / Jay C. Miller	Porsche 914/6	Striped Tiger Racing
65	Ahmed Valhuerdi / Bruce Jernigan	Shelby GT350	Ahmed Valhuerdi

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant
10	Clay Young / Eddie Johnson / Bob Buchler	Pontiac Grand Am	Clay Young
15	Alf Gebhardt / Franz Romer	BMW 3.5 CSL	Bavarian Motors, Inc.
18	Tico Almeida / Rene Rodriguez / Pepe Romero	Chevrolet Corvette	Motorcito Racing
26	Ernie Smith / Gene Budd / John Foshee	Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint Veloce	Eleven-Tenths Racing
39	Neil Potter / William Boyer	Ford Mustang	Neil Potter
43	William Harris / Charles Gano	Ford Pinto	Harris Engineering
44	Kent Murry / George Van Arsdale	Porsche 911	Sud Porsche Racing
55	Ron Duprey / Bob Lapp	Datsun 240Z	Ron Duprey
60	Hans Berner / Willy Goebbels	Porsche Carrera	Motex Automotive
63	Charles Pelz / Wiley Doran	Chevrolet Camaro	Pelz Jewelers
66	Ralph Noseda / Richard Small	Chevrolet Camaro	Ralph Noseda
68	Luis Mendez / Jaime Rodriguez / Joaquin Lopez	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Luis Mendez
69	Thomas Abbott / Mike Murray / J. Byron Walker	Ford Pinto	T/A Racing School
74	George Hulse / Dennis Kline	Porsche 911	George Hulse
75	Mike Ramirez / Robert Cao / Manuel Godinez	Porsche 911	Mike Ramirez
90	Bob Lee / Guy Church / Rick Kump	AMC AMX	Bob's Speed Products
94	Bill Whittington / Don Whittington	Porsche 935/77A	Whittington Bros.
97	Tony Ansley / Ron Connelly	Chevrolet Corvette	Ansley Racing
98	Ralph Tolman / Rick Hurst	Saab 900 Turbo	The Racing Team