Spa 24 Hours 1979 - Grid - Racing Sports Cars

Event: 24 Heures de Francorchamps		Date: 22.7.1979
Track: Spa-Francorchamps (Belgium), 6.947 kms	Organiser: unknown
Spa 24 Hours
FIA World Challenge for Endurance Drivers (round 8)

(Grid Positions)

Grid	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Q Time
1^st	28	Hans-Joachim Stuck / Patrick Neve / Didier Theys	BMW 530i	Kinley	2:48.9900
2^nd	27	Raijmond van Hove / Alain Peltier / Jean Xhenceval	BMW 530i	Kinley	2:49.2700
3^rd	34	Bruno Giacomelli / Umberto Grano / Dirk Vermeersch	BMW 530i	Juma	2:49.3100
4^th	5	Vince Woodman / Win Percy / Jonathan Buncombe	Ford Capri III 3.0S	Esso GB	2:49.4000
5^th	24	Teddy Pilette / Carlo Facetti	Chevrolet Camaro Z28	Luigi Racing	2:49.4200
6^th	39	Jean-Pierre Beltoise / Philippe Gurdjian / Jean-Pierre Gabreau	BMW 530i	Daniel Benoit	2:49.5200
7^th	1	Gordon Spice / Alain Semoulin	Ford Capri III 3.0S	Gordon Spice Racing	2:49.9800
8^th	56	René Metge / Jean-Pierre Jaussaud	Triumph Dolomite Sprint	Elvia	2:50.1700
9^th	20	Loek Vermeulen / Henny Hemmes	Chevrolet Camaro Z28	ADP Computer Service	2:51.2700
10^th	30	Pierre Dieudonné / Thierry Boutsen	BMW 530i	J. P. Willeme	2:51.3900
11^th	33	Jean-Claude Andruet / Eddy Joosen	BMW 530i	Juma	2:51.6400
12^th	7	Romain Feitler / Francis Polak / Romain Wolf	Ford Capri III 3.0S	Serge Power	2:51.8100
13^th	8	Albert Vanierschot / Guy Pirenne	Ford Capri III 3.0S	Serge Power	2:51.9600
14^th	38	Jean-Louis Schlesser / Claude Ballot-Léna / Gérard Bleynie	BMW 530i	Jean-Marc Smadja	2:52.4500
15^th	3	Chris Craft / Jeff Allam	Ford Capri III 3.0S	Gordon Spice Racing	2:52.5200
16^th	11	Xavier Lapeyre / Alain Cudini	Ford Capri III 3.0S	Belgian BP Racing	2:52.5500
17^th	25	Stuart Graham / Brian Muir / Jacques Laffite	Ford Capri III 3.0S	Stuart Graham	2:52.5600
18^th	29	Claude Bourgoignie / Reine Wisell	BMW 3.0 CSi	J. P. Willeme	2:52.8900
19^th	15	Jacques Goujon / Tom Walkinshaw	Ford Capri III 3.0S	Michel de Deyne	2:53.0500
20^th	14	Alain Corbisier / Michel de Deyne / Marc Piessens	Ford Capri III 3.0S	Michel de Deyne	2:53.3000
21^st	9	Edouard Schinkel / Quirin Bovy / Claude de Wael	Ford Capri III 3.0S	Serge Power	2:53.5100
22^nd	21	Huub Vermeulen / Fred Frankenhout	Chevrolet Camaro Z28	ADP Computer Service	2:53.6700
23^rd	36	Spartaco Dini / André Gavage / Georges Cremer	BMW 530i	Classics Auto Francorchamps	2:53.6700
24^th	2	Jean-Michel Martin / Philippe Martin	Ford Capri III 3.0S	Gordon Spice Racing	2:53.6900
25^th	17	Jacques Cleutjens / Man Bergstein / Frans Lubin	Ford Capri III 3.0S	Jacques Cleutjens	2:53.7800
26^th	26	Hervé Regout / André Lierneux / Jacques Laffite	Ford Capri III 3.0S	Stuart Graham	2:53.8400
27^th	6	Les Blackburn / Hermes Delbar / Jean-Jacques Feider	Ford Capri III 3.0S	Les Blackburn	2:54.0300
28^th	52	Dieter Selzer / Alain Beauchef	Ford Escort II RS 2000	Berkenkamp Ford	2:54.2100
29^th	16	Claude Lamine / René Tricot / Thierry Carpentier	Ford Capri III 3.0S	Michel de Deyne	2:54.5100
30^th	4	Dany Beale / Daniël Herregods / Marc Duez	Ford Capri III 3.0S	Gordon Spice Racing	2:54.8400
31^st	55	Rudolf Dötsch / Hartmut Bauer / "Mac Intosh"	Ford Escort II RS 2000	KWS Motorsport	2:54.8900
32^nd	22	Jean-Paul Libert / Christine Beckers / Pascal Witmeur	Chevrolet Camaro Z28	ADP Computer Service	2:54.9400
33^rd	23	Dietmar Hackner / Axel Sonntag / Johann Weisheidinger	Opel Monza 3.0E	Abex Pagid Caramba Racing	2:55.4300
34^th	57	Chuck Nicholson / Tony Lanfranchi / Rex Greenslade / Gerry Marshall	Triumph Dolomite Sprint	Trip/Esso	2:55.6900
35^th	35	Michel Paulus / Jo de Gheldere / Pierre de Thoisy	BMW 3.0 CSi	Classics Auto Francorchamps	2:55.8400
36^th	41	Rob Slotemaker / Hans Maasland	BMW 530i	Hans Maasland	2:55.8800
37^th	37	Hans-Jörg Dürig / Peter Ulmann / Louis Bärtsch	BMW 530i	Écurie Bernoise	2:56.5900
38^th	54	Remy Marquet / Carlo Keller / Maurice Gaspard	Ford Escort II RS 2000	Ford	2:56.8600
39^th	50	Anny-Charlotte Verney / Jean-Pierre Delaunay / Cyril Grandet	Ford Escort II RS 2000	BP Racing	2:57.7400
40^th	75	Jean-Claude Boucher / Lucien Guitteny	Audi 80 GTE	Abex Pagid Racing	2:58.4600
41^st	53	Frank de Caluwé / Manu de Caluwé	Ford Escort II RS 2000	Ford	2:58.5000
42^nd	51	Alain Kridel / Nico Demuth	Ford Escort II RS 2000	P. Dunkel	2:58.7900
43^rd	72	Philippe Ménage / Bernard Carlier / Jean Degey	VW Scirocco GTI	Belgian VW Club	2:59.3700
44^th	59	Jean-Marie Guignard / Mario Luini / Sandro Plastina	Opel Kadett GT/E	Morges Race Fans	3:00.3900
45^th	76	Willi Bergmeister / Peter Seikel / Hans-Joachim Nowak	Audi 80 GTE	Abex Pagid Racing	3:00.9400
46^th	74	Oscar Kessler / Jean-Louis Hecq / Jean-Claude Toby	Audi 80 GTE	Abex Pagid Racing	3:02.9100
47^th	81	"Chavan" / Eric Mandron / Henri Sonveau	VW Golf GTi	Sigma Racing Team	3:04.5200
48^th	80	Claude Holvoet / Philippe de Leener / Jean Wanswart	Toyota Trueno	Duindistel	3:04.8900
49^th	73	Franz Dubois / Jean-François Vaney	Audi 80 GTE	Franz Dubois	3:05.6900
50^th	79	E. Otsuka / Keiji Takeshita / Kiyoshi Miyasbita / Junko Ejiri	Toyota T40	Yoshio Otsubo	3:05.9300

Other present cars:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant
57T	Chuck Nicholson / Tony Lanfranchi / Rex Greenslade	Triumph Dolomite Sprint	Esso GB
31	"Davit" / Jean-Charles Goris	BMW 530i	J. P. Willeme
18	Amos Johnson / Les Delano / Jeremy Nightingale	AMC Spirit	Amos Johnson
32	Michel Delcourt / Jean-Pierre Rieu / Guy Trignaux	BMW 3.0 CSi	Écurie Chardon des Dunes-Dragons
12	Jack Robertson / Richard Jones / Stuart Patterson	Ford Capri III 3.0S	Jeff Allam
10	Dany Swyssen / Jacques Berger / Marc Donner	Ford Capri III 3.0S	Serge Power
60	Erwin van den Broeck / Kurt Van Maldeghem / Hans Schnock	BMW 323i	REMC
61	Roland Imbert / J. C. Martinez	Alfa Romeo GTV	Roland Imbert
70	Dominique Schwarts / Jean-Paul Prossnitz / Michel Chapel	VW Scirocco GTi	Belgian VW Club
58	Franco Wipf / Philippe Jeanneret / Paul Schmid	Opel Kadett GT/E	Fribourgeoise
78	Nobuhide Tachi / Kiyoshi Miyasbita / Jiro Isobe	Toyota T40	Yoshio Otsubo
71	Jean Jamin / Jean Degey / Pierre Vaillant	VW Scirocco GTi	Belgian VW Club
62	Michèle Lauria / Nello Brunetti / Vittorio Ciardi	Alfa Romeo GTV	Jolly Club
77	Michel Leclère / Richard Mattozza / Rene Hernandez	Alfa Romeo Alfasud	Richard Mattozza

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant
19	Bob Akin	AMC Spirit	Amos Johnson
40	Henri Pescarolo / Jean-Pierre Beltoise	BMW 530i	Daniel Benoit