Trans-Am Laguna Seca 1978 - Race Results

Event: Shasta Monterey Grand Prix Trans-Am & Can-Am Laguna Seca		Date: 8.10.1978
Track: Laguna Seca Raceway (United States), 3.058 kms	Organiser: unknown
Trans-Am Laguna Seca
Trans-Am (round 9)

(Race Results)

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Distance	Km/h	Reason	Pos.	Div.
1^st	6	Greg Pickett	Chevrolet Corvette C3 427	Pickett Racing	52	159.0032 kms	159.7966		1^st	TA-II
2^nd	1	Milt Minter	Pontiac Silverbird 366	Adams Assoc.	51				2^nd	TA-II
3^rd	7	Ludwig Heimrath	Porsche 935	Heimrath Racing	51				3^rd	TA-II
4^th	27	Rich Sloma	Chevrolet Corvette 427	Sloma Enterprises	50				4^th	TA-II
5^th	88	Tuck Thomas	Chevrolet Monza 350	Lancer Stores	49				5^th	TA-II
6^th	85	Bruce Leven	Porsche 934	Bayside Disposal Racing	49				6^th	TA-II
7^th	44	Bob Tullius	Jaguar XJS	Group 44	49		148.1562		1^st	TA-I
8^th	14	Gerry Wellik	Chevrolet Monza 350		48				7^th	TA-II
9^th	37	Lew Larimer	Chevrolet Corvette 350	Larimer Racing	48				2^nd	TA-I
10^th	4	Brian Fuerstenau	Jaguar XJS	Group 44	48				3^rd	TA-I
11^th	46	Neil Vanni	Datsun 280Z	Vanni Racing	48				4^th	TA-I
12^th	11	Gary Carlen	Chevrolet Corvette C3 350	Carlen Racing	47				5^th	TA-I
13^th	02	Carl Shafer	Chevrolet Camaro II	Oftedahl Racing	47				6^th	TA-I
14^th	60	John Brandt	Chevrolet Corvette 350	Brandt Moving & Storage	47				7^th	TA-I
15^th	98	Mark Pielsticker	Chevrolet Camaro 350	Pielsticker Racing	47				8^th	TA-I
16^th	78	Babe Headley	Chevrolet Corvette 427	Babe's Garage	47				9^th	TA-I
17^th	17	Rick Stark	Chevrolet Corvette 427	Rick Stark Ent.	47				10^th	TA-I
18^th	95	Jim DuBois	Chevrolet Camaro I 350	Dubois Racing	46				11^th	TA-I
19^th	28	Frank Search	Chevrolet Corvette 454	Search Racing	46				12^th	TA-I
20^th	77	Buzz Dyer	AMC Hornet AMX		46				13^th	TA-I
21^st	43	Frank Joyce	Chevrolet Corvette 454	Phantom Racing	46				14^th	TA-I
22^nd	34	Jim Sanborn	Chevrolet Corvette 350	Sanborn Racing	46				15^th	TA-I
23^rd	04	Pete Brallier	Chevrolet Corvette 427	Round Table Racing	45				16^th	TA-I
24^th	33	Larry Stephens	Chevrolet Corvette C3 Greenwood	Stephens Account. Corp.	44				8^th	TA-II
25^th	16	Darrel Overstreet	Porsche 914/6	Oversteering Racing	44				9^th	TA-II
26^th	31	Thomas Connell	Chevrolet Camaro	Connell Racing	43				17^th	TA-I
27^th	61	Gary Nylander	Porsche 911 S	Bear Gulch Racing	42				10^th	TA-II
28^th	25	Paul Traver	Chevrolet Monza 305	Traver Racing	39				18^th	TA-I
29^th	26	Tom Masterson	Porsche 911	Swag Engineering	35				11^th	TA-II
30^th	57	Monte Shelton	Porsche 935	Porsche+Audi Northwest	34			Engine	12^th	TA-II
31^st	23	Bob Zulkowski	Porsche 914/6	Metal Craft Racing	33			Turbo failure	19^th	TA-I
32^nd	13	Hal Shaw, Jr.	Porsche 935	Hal Shaw Racing	30				13^th	TA-II
33^rd	41	Paul Schwafel	Chevrolet Corvette C3 454	Schwafel Racing	28				20^th	TA-I
34^th	71	Bill Craine	Chevrolet Corvette 427	BC Autobody	20			Diff. cooler	21^st	TA-I
35^th	38	Ed Parks	Mazda RX-3	JLC Racing	16			Oil leak	14^th	TA-II
36^th	3	Dave Mock	Chevrolet Corvette C3	Vic Hubbard-Mocko Racing	15			Left rear hub	22^nd	TA-I
37^th	91	Gene Bothello	Chevrolet Corvette C3 427	Gene Bothello	8			Engine	23^rd	TA-I
38^th	12	Bob Matkovich	Chevrolet Corvette	El Camino Auto Parts	5			Engine	24^th	TA-I
39^th	80	Nick Engels	Chevrolet Corvette 427	Metamorphic	4			Accident	25^th	TA-I
40^th	5	William Maier	Ford Mustang 302	Maier Racing	2			Clutch	26^th	TA-I

Did not start:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Div.
03	Gary Fautch	Chevrolet Camaro 350	Oftedahl Racing		TA-I
21	Bruce Canepa	Porsche 934/5	Canepa Racing		TA-II

Did not qualify:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Div.
76	Joe Chamberlain	Chevrolet Corvette 427	Arrow Heating Company		TA-II