Can-Am Mid-Ohio 1979 - Race Results

Event: Valvoline Can-Am Mid-Ohio		Date: 10.6.1979
Track: Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course (United States), 3.862 kms	Organiser: unknown
Can-Am Mid-Ohio
SCCA Citicorp Can-Am Challenge (round 4)

(Race Results)

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time	Distance	Km/h	Reason	Pos.	Gr.
1^st	1	Alan Jones	Lola T333 CS Chevrolet	Haas Racing Teams	50	1:11:54.058	193.1213 kms	161.1404			-
2^nd	5	Keke Rosberg	Spyder NF-11 Chevrolet	Newman-Freeman Racing	50	1:12:36.045					-
3^rd	4	Elliot Forbes-Robinson	Spyder NF-11 Chevrolet	Newman-Freeman Racing	50						-
4^th	58	Rocky Moran	Lola T333 CS Chevrolet	American Spirit	48						-
5^th	2	Geoff Lees	Lola T333 CS Chevrolet	Racing Team VDS	48						-
6^th	51	Tim Evans	Lola T290 Ford	Diversified Eng. Services	47					1^st	U2L
7^th	52	Gary Gove	Chevron B26 Ford	Pete Lovely VW	46					2^nd	U2L
8^th	6	Howard Kelly	Lola T332 RNF Chevrolet	Nagel Racing	46						-
9^th	79	Bob Brown	Lola T333 CS Chevrolet	Brown Racing	46						-
10^th	37	Horst Kroll	Lola T300 Chevrolet	Kroll Racing	45						-
11^th	34	Bertil Roos	Chevron B27 Ford	Roos Racing School	44					3^rd	U2L
12^th	67	Robert J. Nelkin	Lola T333 CS Chevrolet	Nelkin Racing	44						-
13^th	28	John McCormack	McLaren M23 Repco	John McCormack	28				Overheating		-
14^th	39	John Gunn	Lola T332 Chevrolet (GG-5)	Gunn's Godies	18				Transmission		-
15^th	19	John Sorbello	Sorbello GM5 Chevrolet	John Sorbello	16				Brakes		-
16^th	10	Al Holbert	Hogan HR-001 Chevrolet	Carl Hogan Racing	11				Fuel system		-
17^th	54	S. Peter Smith	Bobsy 2-L Ford	Red Roof Inns	9				Body damage	4^th	U2L
18^th	61	E. B. Lunken	March 73S BMW	Lunken Engineering	9				Suspension	5^th	U2L
19^th	23	Duane Eitel	Chevron B28 Chevrolet	Eitel-Kehr Racing	9				Overheating		-
20^th	73	Joe Salyer	Chevron B26/31 Ford	Systems-Mechanical Constractors	7				Driver sick	6^th	U2L
21^st	8	George Follmer	Prophet - Chevrolet	U. S. Racing	5				Broken exhaust manifold		-
22^nd	74	Robert L. Douglas	Lola T212 Ford	Red Roof Inns	4				Broken wheel		U2L
23^rd	0	Steven Payne-Herbert	Lola T294 Ford	Steve Payne-Herbert	2				Fuel injection valve broken		U2L
24^th	26	Rick Villate	Lola T294 Ford	RVR	1				Engine	9^th	U2L

Did not start:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.
96	Chris Strong	Chevron B36 Ford	Chris Strong Racing		U2L
72	Chuck Smith	Chevron B19/21 Ford	Charles L. Smith		U2L

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Gr.
7	Michael Allen	Lola T332 CS Chevrolet	Allen & Weber Racing	-
9	Bill Tempero	Lola T333 CS Chevrolet	Tempero Racing	-
21	Bill Henry	Lola T296	Noonshadow Racing	U2L
27	Jim Gustafson	Jackal 79 (March 73A Chevrolet)	Gustafson Racing Team	-
47	Tony Cicale	Ralt RT1 1/2	Cicale-Champion Racing	U2L
68	Price Cobb	Lola T332 Chevrolet	Nelkin Racing	-
75	Don Chab	Chevron B19	Chab Racing	U2L