Watkins Glen 6 Hours 1978 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: World Championship 6-Hours including The Trans-Am and The Can-Am for the SCCA Citicorp Can-Am Challenge, The Glen		Date: 8.7.1978
Track: Watkins Glen Grand Prix Circuit (United States), 5.435 kms	Organiser: unknown
Watkins Glen 6 Hours
World Championship for Makes (round 7) Trans-Am (round 5)

Weather:	heavy rain, cloudy, humid
Start time:	12:00
Grid:	unknown
Distance:	6 hours
Attendance:	35000

Entered:	63
Practiced:	51
Qualified:	47
Started:	44
Finished:	23
Classified:	19

Classes:	Pract	Start
Group 5	17	16
Group 4 - Grand Touring	3	3
Trans-Am (only)	31	25

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

Race notes:
Entire field black-flagged for 59 minutes because of rain.

Pre-race sessions:
2 qualifying sessions held for a total of 240 minutes on 7/7
60 minute pre-race warm-up held

Winners:
Overall:	30	Porsche 935/77A	Hezemans / Fitzpatrick / Gregg
Group 4 - Grand Touring:	29	Chevrolet Monza 350	Overbagh / Hagan
Leaders:
laps 114-124:	90	Porsche 935	Barbour/Schurti/Stommelen
laps 1-21:	0	Porsche 935	Ongais/Field
laps 125-146:	30	Porsche 935	Hezemans/Fitzpatrick/Gregg
laps 22-26:	30	Porsche 935	Hezemans/Fitzpatrick/Gregg
laps 27-35:	0	Porsche 935	Ongais/Field
laps 36-83:	30	Porsche 935	Hezemans/Fitzpatrick/Gregg
laps 84-89:	90	Porsche 935	Barbour/Schurti/Stommelen
laps 90-113:	30	Porsche 935	Hezemans/Fitzpatrick/Gregg
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	30	Porsche 935/77A	John Fitzpatrick (GB)	1:54.700	170.576 km/h
Trans-Am (only):	44	Jaguar XJS	Brian Fuerstenau (USA)	2:07.302	153.689 km/h
Pole Positions:
Overall:	90	Porsche 935/77A	Rolf Stommelen (D)	1:53.611	172.211 km/h
Group 4 - Grand Touring:	17	Porsche 934	Pallavicini / Calderari	2:15.399
Trans-Am (only):	19	Chevrolet Monza 350	Cord / Adams	1:58.651
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (20), Chevrolet (16), BMW (4)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (20), Chevrolet (16), BMW (4)
Top car types by numbers:	Porsche 935 (10), Chevrolet Corvette (10), Porsche 911 Carrera (6)
Driver nationalities:	USA (74), GB (4), D (3), F (2), A (2), CH (2), S (2)
Most used colours:	white (29%), red (22%), yellow (14%), blue (10%), silver (6%)
Engine positions:	front-engined (52%), rear-engined (45%), mid-engined (3%)
Oldest known drivers:	Billy Hagan (46), Monte Shelton (44), George Follmer (44)
Youngest known drivers:	Markus Höttinger (22), Enzo Calderari (26), Hans-Joachim Stuck (27)
Female drivers:	Janet Guthrie

Official Race Programme:

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