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Event: Glen Five Star, Six Hours, Can-Am, Formula 5000, Trans-Am, VW Gold CupDate: 13.7.1974
Track: Watkins Glen Grand Prix Course (United States), 5.435 kmsOrganiser: unknown

Watkins Glen 6 Hours
Weather:hot
Start time:unknown
Grid:unknown
Distance:6 hours
Attendance:73500
Entered:48
Practiced:37
Qualified:34
Started:29
Finished:15
Classified:13
Classes:PractStartClass
Sports 3000652
Sports 2000110
Grand Touring863
Trans-Am (only)22178
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Pre-race sessions:
2 qualifying sessions held for a total of 240 minutes on 11-12/7
20 minute pre-race warm-up held
Winners:
Overall:1Matra-Simca MS670CJarier / Beltoise
Grand Touring:34Porsche Carrera RSRPosey / Hobbs / Forbes-Robinson
Fastest Laps:
Overall:1Matra-Simca MS670CJean-Pierre Beltoise (F)1:44.0500188.1259 km/h
Trans-Am (only):59Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 3.0Peter Gregg (USA)1:58.2000165.5258 km/h
Pole Positions:
Overall:2Matra-Simca MS670CGérard Larrousse (F)1:43.6980188.6747 km/h
Sports 2000:99Chevron B23 FordFisher / Dupont2:01.8220
Grand Touring:5Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 3.0Keyser / Minter2:00.4810
Trans-Am (only):59Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 3.0Peter Gregg (USA)1:56.4790167.9576 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:Porsche (10), Chevrolet (9), Matra (2), Ferrari (2), Alfa Romeo (2)
Top engines by numbers:Porsche (10), Chevrolet (9), Ford (3), Matra (2), Alfa Romeo (2), Ferrari (2)
Top car types by numbers:Porsche 911 Carrera (8), Chevrolet Camaro (5), Chevrolet Corvette (4)
Driver nationalities:USA (45), CDN (6), F (5), CH (2), I (2), RA (2)
Team nationalities:USA (21), CDN (3), F (2)
Most used colours:blue (27%), white (23%), red (17%), yellow (13%), black (7%), orange (5%)
Engine positions:front-engined (48%), rear-engined (31%), mid-engined (21%)
Oldest known drivers:Maurice Carter (50), Teodoro Zeccoli (45), George Follmer (40)
Youngest known drivers:Hurley Haywood (26), John Buffum (27), Jean-Pierre Jarier (28)

Official Race Programme:

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