Watkins Glen 6 Hours 1970 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: Six-Hours and The Can-Am, The Glen		Date: 11.7.1970
Track: Watkins Glen Grand Prix Course (United States), 3.701 kms	Organiser: unknown
Watkins Glen 6 Hours
International Championship for Makes (round 9)

Weather:	cool, occasional rain
Start time:	unknown
Grid:	2-2-2
Distance:	6 hours
Attendance:	45000

Entered:	30
Practiced:	27
Qualified:	26
Started:	26
Finished:	20
Classified:	18

Classes:	Pract	Start	Class
Prototype 3000	2	2	1
Prototype 2000	2	2	2
Sports 5000	9	9	8
Sports 2000	3	3	3
Grand Touring +2500	4	4	1
Grand Touring 2500	6	6	5

Photo Gallery Entered Cars Technical Data Appearance Race Results Grid Qualifying Lap Times

Pre-race sessions:
2 qualifying sessions held for a total of 285 minutes on 10/7
90 minute pre-race warm-up held

Winners:
Overall:	2	Porsche 917 K	Rodriguez / Kinnunen
Prototype 3000:	36	Porsche 908/02	Marko / Lins
Prototype 2000:	46	Chevron B16 Ford	Christian / Reynolds / Rinzler
Sports 2000:	52	Porsche 906	Rosen / Jacobs
Grand Touring +2500:	5	Chevrolet Camaro 427	Grossman / Yenko
Grand Touring 2500:	77	Porsche 911 T	Tullius / Jennings
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	2	Porsche 917 K	Pedro Rodriguez (MEX)	1:04.900	205.322 km/h
Pole Positions:
Overall:	1	Porsche 917 K	Jo Siffert (CH)	1:06.300	200.986 km/h
Prototype 3000:	36	Porsche 908/02	Marko / Lins	1:12.600
Prototype 2000:	46	Chevron B16 Ford	Christian / Reynolds / Rinzler	1:19.500
Sports 2000:	53	Porsche 906	Wise / Frank	1:22.500
Grand Touring +2500:	20	Chevrolet Corvette 427	Barker / Greenwood	1:21.100
Grand Touring 2500:	41	Lotus 47	Bandy / Cargill	1:26.300
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (15), Chevrolet (4), Ferrari (3), Chevron (2)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (15), Chevrolet (5), Ferrari (3), Ford (3)
Top car types by numbers:	Porsche 917 (5), Porsche 911 (4), Ferrari 512 S (3), Porsche 906 (3), Chevrolet Corvette (3)
Driver nationalities:	USA (27), CDN (5), GB (4), CH (3), D (3), F (2), S (2), A (2)
Team nationalities:	USA (13), GB (3), D (3), CDN (2), I (2)
Most used colours:	blue (39%), red (20%), white (19%), yellow (10%), orange (6%)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (69%), rear-engined (15%), front-engined (16%)
Average engine size:	3984 cc
Oldest known drivers:	Jo Bonnier (40), Tony Dean (38), Vic Elford (35)
Youngest known drivers:	John Greenwood (25), Jacky Ickx (25), Leo Kinnunen (27)

Official Race Programme:

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