Watkins Glen Grand Prix 1966 - Racing Sports Cars

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Event: 19th Annual Watkins Glen Sports Car Grand Prix		Date: 26.6.1966
Track: Watkins Glen Grand Prix Course (United States), 3.701 kms	Organiser: unknown
Watkins Glen Grand Prix
United States Road Racing Championship (round 5)

Weather:	unknown
Start time:	15:15
Grid:	unknown
Distance:	200 miles
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	47
Practiced:	35
Qualified:	32
Started:	29
Finished:	14
Classified:	14

Classes:	Pract	Start	Class
Sports Racing over 2000 cc	20	19	8
Sports Racing under 2000 cc	15	10	6

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Race notes:
The race was red-flagged and interrupted after collision of Buzzetta and Cannon, who was consequently hit by Donohue. The race was restarted after one hour.

Winners:
Overall:	26	Lola T70 Mk.2 Chevrolet	John Fulp
Sports Racing under 2000 cc:	56	Porsche 906	Ralph Trieschmann
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	8	Lola T70 Ford	Jerry Grant (USA)	1:17.200	172.602 km/h
:	26	Lola T70 Mk.2 Chevrolet	John Fulp (USA)	1:17.200	172.602 km/h
Pole Positions:
Overall:	8	Lola T70 Ford	Jerry Grant (USA)	1:15.000	177.672 km/h
Sports Racing under 2000 cc:	7	Porsche 906	Joe Buzzetta	1:22.400
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Lola (5), Porsche (5), Genie (4), McLaren (3), McKee (2), Lotus (2)
Top engines by numbers:	Chevrolet (9), Porsche (7), Ford (6), Oldsmobile (3), Climax (2)
Top car types by numbers:	Lola T70 (5), Porsche 906 (5), Genie Mk.10 (3)
Driver nationalities:	USA (26), CDN (3)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (92%), front-engined (8%)
Oldest known drivers:	Chuck Parsons (42), Chuck Dietrich (42), Don Skogmo (36)
Youngest known drivers:	John Morton (24), Peter Gregg (26), Lothar Motschenbacher (28)

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