Watkins Glen 6 Hours 1972 - Racing Sports Cars

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Event: 6-Hours and The Can-Am, The Glen		Date: 22.7.1972
Track: Watkins Glen Grand Prix Course (United States), 5.435 kms	Organiser: unknown
Watkins Glen 6 Hours
World Championship for Makes (round 11)

Weather:	hot, humid
Start time:	unknown
Grid:	unknown
Distance:	6 hours
Attendance:	20000

Entered:	47
Practiced:	44
Qualified:	33
Started:	30
Finished:	13
Classified:	12

Classes:	Pract	Start	Class
Sports 3000	10	10	5
Sports 2000	10	7	1
Grand Touring +2500	15	9	4
Grand Touring 2500	9	4	2

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 21/7
1 non-qualifying practice session held for a total of 480 minutes 20/7
90 minutes pre-race warm-up held

Winners:
Overall:	85	Ferrari 312 PB	Andretti / Ickx
Sports 2000:	26	Chevron B19 Ford	Shierson / Barber
Grand Touring +2500:	22	Ferrari 365 GTB/4	Jarier / Young
Grand Touring 2500:	16	Porsche 911 S	Keyser / Beasley
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	85	Ferrari 312 PB	Jacky Ickx (B)	1:47.204	182.503 km/h	lap 188
Pole Positions:
Overall:	86	Ferrari 312 PB	Tim Schenken (AUS)	1:47.387	182.192 km/h
Sports 2000:	29	Chevron B21 Ford	van Beuren, Jr. / Buffum	1:57.496
Grand Touring +2500:	66	Chevrolet Corvette	Murray / Knupp	2:05.825
Grand Touring 2500:	59	Porsche 911 S	Haywood / Gregg	2:11.981
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (7), Ferrari (6), Chevrolet (6), Chevron (5), Mirage (2), Lola (2)
Top engines by numbers:	Ford (10), Porsche (7), Ferrari (6), Chevrolet (6)
Top car types by numbers:	Chevrolet Corvette (6), Porsche 911 (4), Ferrari 312 PB (3), Ferrari 365 GTB/4 (3)
Driver nationalities:	USA (41), GB (5), I (2), CDN (2), F (2), S (2)
Most used colours:	red (31%), yellow (18%), blue (16%), white (16%), orange (9%)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (56%), front-engined (30%), rear-engined (14%)
Average engine size:	3594 cc
Oldest known drivers:	Tony Dean (40), Ed Abate (39), Martin Birrane (37)
Youngest known drivers:	Hurley Haywood (24), John Buffum (25), Jean-Pierre Jarier (26)

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