Watkins Glen 6 Hours 1984 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: Camel Continental Watkins Glen		Date: 8.7.1984
Track: Watkins Glen International Circuit (United States), 5.440 kms	Organiser: unknown
Watkins Glen 6 Hours
International Motor Sport Association (round 10) IMSA GTO (round 10) IMSA GTU (round 10) International Motor Sport Association (round 10)

Weather:	sunny, cool
Start time:	7/7 14:00 and 8/7 14:00
Grid:	unknown
Distance:	2 x 3 hours
Attendance:	33000

Entered:	93
Practiced:	unknown
Qualified:	60
Started:	57
Finished:	26

Classes:	Start	Class
IMSA GTP	21	21
IMSA GTO	19	19
IMSA GTU	17	17

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Race notes:
Race ran as two heats for 3 hours.

Pre-race sessions:
2 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 90 minutes on 6/7
1 qualifying sessions held for a total of 30 minutes on 6/7
20 minute pre-race warm-up held

Winners:
Overall:	14	Porsche 962	Holbert / Bell / Adams
IMSA GTO:	91	Porsche 934	Vincentz / Mullen
IMSA GTU:	87	Porsche 924 Carrera	Schneider / Forbes-Robinson
Leaders:
laps 111-119:	14	Porsche 962	Holbert/Bell
laps 120-123:	56	March 84G Chevrolet	Lanier/Whittington
laps 124-194:	14	Porsche 962	Holbert/Bell
laps 1-8:	7	Ford Mustang Turbo	Ludwig/Wollek
laps 9-110:	56	March 84G Chevrolet	Lanier/Whittington
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	14	Porsche 962	Derek Bell (GB)	1:44.7100	186.8513 km/h	lap 128
IMSA GTO:	47	Chevrolet Corvette C3	Walt Bohren (USA)	1:57.8900	165.9604 km/h	lap 2
IMSA GTU:	87	Porsche 924 Carrera	Elliot Forbes-Robinson (USA)	2:00.3700	162.5421 km/h	lap 29
Pole Positions:
Overall:	14	Porsche 962	Derek Bell (GB)	1:41.9660	191.8789 km/h
IMSA GTO:	4	Chevrolet Camaro III	Gene Felton (USA)	1:55.7830	168.9811 km/h
IMSA GTU:	87	Porsche 924 Carrera	Schneider / Forbes-Robinson	2:02.3290	186.8513 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (10), Mazda (10), Chevrolet (9), March (6), Argo (4), Datsun (4)
Top engines by numbers:	Chevrolet (15), Mazda (12), Porsche (10), Datsun (4), Ford (3), BMW (3), Pontiac (3)
Top car types by numbers:	Mazda RX-7 (9), Chevrolet Corvette (5), Argo JM16 (4), Chevrolet Camaro (4)
Driver nationalities:	USA (108), GB (3), I (2), CDN (2)
Team nationalities:	USA (44)
Most used colours:	white (38%), red (29%), yellow (9%), blue (9%), black (5%)
Engine positions:	front-engined (49%), mid-engined (45%), rear-engined (6%)
Oldest known drivers:	Gaston Andrey (58), Innes Ireland (54), Bob Tullius (54)
Youngest known drivers:	John Paul, Jr. (24), John Lloyd (29), Fulvio Ballabio (30)
Female drivers:	Lyn St. James

Official Race Programme:

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