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Event: Date: 4.9.1978
Track: Road America, Elkhart Lake (United States), 6.437 kmsOrganiser: unknown

Trans-Am Road America
Trans-Am (round 8)
Weather:sunny, warm
Start time:unknown
Grid:unknown
Distance:unknown
Attendance:26481
Entered:50
Practiced:unknown
Started:unknown
Finished:unknown
Classes:
Trans-Am - Category II
Trans-Am - Category I
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Winners:
Overall:6Chevrolet Corvette 427Greg Pickett
Trans-Am - Category I:44Jaguar XJS 326Bob Tullius
Leaders:
laps 1-2:7Porsche 935Heimrath
laps 3-47:6Chevrolet CorvettePickett
laps I/10-44:44Jaguar XJSTullius
laps I/1-4:01Chevrolet CamaroShafer
laps I/5-9:40Chevrolet CorvetteDeLorenzo
Fastest Laps:
Overall:6Chevrolet Corvette 427Greg Pickett (USA)2:14.8950171.7959 km/h
Trans-Am - Category I:44Jaguar XJS 326Bob Tullius (USA)2:27.1410157.4984 km/h
Pole Positions:
Overall:6Chevrolet Corvette 427Greg Pickett (USA)2:14.5350172.2561 km/h
Trans-Am - Category I:43Chevrolet Corvette 454Frank Joyce (USA)2:26.4770158.2130 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:Chevrolet (29), Porsche (7)
Top engines by numbers:Chevrolet (29), Porsche (7)
Top car types by numbers:Chevrolet Corvette (20), Chevrolet Camaro (5), Chevrolet Monza (4)
Driver nationalities:USA (37), CDN (4)
Team nationalities:USA (36), CDN (4)
Most used colours:white (26%), yellow (14%), red (13%), orange (12%), blue (11%), black (10%)
Engine positions:front-engined (82%), rear-engined (15%), mid-engined (3%)
Average engine size:5844 cc
Oldest known drivers:Bob Tullius (48), Monte Shelton (44), Roger Schramm (37)
Youngest known drivers:Bill Adam (32), Rusty Schmidt (36), Roger Schramm (37)

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