Can-Am Watkins Glen 1979 - Grid - Racing Sports Cars

Event: 6-Hours including The Trans-Am and The Can-Am for the SCCA Citicorp Can-Am Challenge		Date: 8.7.1979
Track: Watkins Glen Grand Prix Circuit (United States), 5.435 kms	Organiser: unknown
Can-Am Watkins Glen
SCCA Citicorp Can-Am Challenge (round 5)

(Grid Positions)

Grid	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Q Time
1^st	5	Keke Rosberg	Spyder NF-11 Chevrolet	Newman Freeman Racing	1:40.2030
2^nd	8	Bobby Rahal	Prophet - Chevrolet	U.S. Racing-Herb Caplan	1:40.9990
3^rd	4	Elliot Forbes-Robinson	Spyder NF-11 Chevrolet	Newman Freeman Racing	1:41.8260
4^th	1	Jacky Ickx	Lola T333 CS Chevrolet	Carl A. Haas Racing Teams Ltd.	1:42.4960
5^th	2	Geoff Lees	Lola T333 CS/VDS Chevrolet	Racing Team VDS	1:43.2810
6^th	10	Al Holbert	Hogan HR-001 Chevrolet	Hogan Racing Ltd.	1:43.4970
7^th	46	John Morton	Lola T333 CS Chevrolet	John Morton Racing-Toys for Big Boys	1:45.5030
8^th	58	Rocky Moran	Lola T332 Chevrolet	American Spirit Racing	1:45.9040
9^th	79	Bob Brown	Lola T333 CS Chevrolet	Bobby Brown Racing Inc.	1:45.9400
10^th	11	Vern Schuppan	Elfin MR8A Chevrolet	Thomas W. Barrett/Theodore Racing	1:46.5060
11^th	37	Horst Kroll	Lola T332 Chevrolet	Horst Kroll Racing	1:48.5550
12^th	39	John Gunn	Lola T332 Chevrolet (GG-5)	Dallas Heyner	1:49.2490
13^th	47	Tony Cicale	Ralt RT1 1/2 Hart	Cicale Champion Racing	1:49.4760
14^th	9	Bill Tempero	Lola T332C Chevrolet	Bill Tempero Racing	1:49.6330
15^th	51	Tim Evans	Lola T290 Ford	Diversified Engineering Services	1:52.5890
16^th	54	S. Peter Smith	Bobsy 2-L Ford	Red Roof Inns Inc.	1:53.0030
17^th	13	Randolph Townsend	Spyder NF-11 Chevrolet	Newman Freeman Racing	1:53.3130
18^th	28	John McCormack	McLaren M23 Repco	John McCormack	1:53.7420
19^th	94	John Timken, Jr.	Lola T296 Ford	Essex Racing Service	1:54.8470
20^th	52	Gary Gove	Chevron B26 Ford	Pete Lovely Volkswagen	1:55.0090
21^st	34	Bertil Roos	Chevron B27 Ford	Roos Racing School	1:55.4300
22^nd	56	Leonard Janke	Lola T332 Chevrolet	E. Janke Automobile Co.	1:56.1050
23^rd	31	Gerre Payvis	Lola T333 CS Chevrolet	Christina B. Snyder	1:56.8960
24^th	59	Roman Pechmann	Lola T290 Ford	Roman Pechmann	1:59.1130
25^th	19	John Sorbello	Sorbello GM5 Chevrolet		2:00.3260
26^th	72	Chuck Smith	Chevron B19/21 Ford	Charles L. Smith	2:09.3990
27^th	81	T. Patrick McGonegle	Lola T332 Chevrolet		2:14.5640
28^th	97	Robert E. Dugo	Lola B.A.D. 1 Chevrolet	Robert E. Dugo	3:50.4370

Other present cars:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant
1T	Jacky Ickx	Lola T333 CS Chevrolet	Carl A. Haas Racing Team, Ltd.

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant
6	Howard Kelly	Lola T332 RNF Chevrolet	Wm. Nagel Racing Enterprises
15	Dave Hoover	Lola T300	Broccoli Racing
27	Jim Gustafson	Jackal 79 (March 73A Chevrolet)	Jim Gustafson Racing Team
33	Brian Burgess	Chevron B21/23	Dog Ring Services
40	Tom Jones	March 74A Chevrolet	Development 5000
43	Dean Dietrich	DRL Hawke 79 (March 76A)	Dietrich Racing Ltd.
61	E. B. Lunken	March 73S BMW	E. B. Lunken Engineering
67	Robert J. Nelkin	Lola T333 CS Chevrolet	Nelkin Racing Organization
96	Chris Strong	Chevron B36	Chris Strong