Riverside 6 Hours 1979 - Race Results

Event: Los Angeles Times Grand Prix of Endurance		Date: 22.4.1979
Track: Riverside International Raceway (United States), 5.311 kms	Organiser: unknown
Riverside 6 Hours
Winston GT (round 4) FIA World Challenge for Endurance Drivers (round 4) IMSA GTO (round 4) IMSA GTU (round 4) International Motor Sport Association (round 4)

(Race Results)

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Distance	Km/h	Reason	Pos.	Gr.
1^st	94	Whittington / Whittington	Porsche 935/79	Whittington Brothers Racing	195	1035.6130 kms	171.9085		1^st	GTX
2^nd	18	Paul / Holbert	Porsche 935 JLP-1	JLP Racing	195				2^nd	GTX
3^rd	16	Follmer / Lunger / Bell	Porsche 935/77A	Vasek Polak	189				3^rd	GTX
4^th	9	McFarlin / Woods / Akin	Porsche 935	Dick Barbour Racing	189				4^th	GTX
5^th	59	Gregg / Ludwig	Porsche 935/79	Brumos Porsche	185				5^th	GTX
6^th	6	Stommelen / Redman / Barbour	Porsche 935/77A	Dick Barbour Racing	183				6^th	GTX
7^th	07	Cowart / Miller	Porsche Carrera RSR	Morrison's	181				1^st	GTO
8^th	54	Garcia / Herman	Porsche Carrera RSR	Montura Racing	181				2^nd	GTO
9^th	4	McKitterick / Garretson / Belcher	Porsche 935	Dick Barbour Racing	179				7^th	GTX
10^th	83	Devendorf / Adamowicz	Datsun 280ZX	Electramotive	178				1^st	GTU
11^th	23	Cook / Kirby	Porsche Carrera	Cerwin-Vega	176				3^rd	GTO
12^th	79	Bergstrom / Frisselle	Mazda RX-7	Sports Ltd. Racing	175				2^nd	GTU
13^th	62	Koll / Bean	Porsche 914/6	Koll Motor Sports	174				3^rd	GTU
14^th	77	Mandeville / Downing	Mazda RX-7	Roger Mandeville	174				4^th	GTU
15^th	21	Earle / Smith	Porsche Carrera	Vasek Polak	173				8^th	GTX
16^th	46	DeNarvaez / Naon	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	de Narvaez Racing	173				4^th	GTO
17^th	24	Frank / Kent-Cooke	Chevrolet Monza	Tom Frank	172				9^th	GTX
18^th	35	Fisher / Parks	Mazda RX-7	JLC Racing	171				5^th	GTU
19^th	7	Bohren / Cortez	Mazda RX-7	Walt Bohren Racing	171				6^th	GTU
20^th	06	Milledge / Overstreet	Porsche 914/6	Darrel Overstreet	170				7^th	GTU
21^st	60	Bond / Tilton	Porsche 911	E. J. Pruitt	167				8^th	GTU
22^nd	55	Meister / Knoop	Porsche Carrera RSR	Alan L. Johnson	166			DNF	5^th	GTO
23^rd	82	Harrison / Brewster	Porsche 914/6	Schneider Autohaus	164				9^th	GTU
24^th	56	Borlase / Kravig	Porsche 911	Rick Borlase	158				6^th	GTO
25^th	39	Hansen / Higgins	Porsche 911	Barrick Motor Racing	156				10^th	GTU
26^th	32	Espinosa / Lopez / Cortes	Porsche Carrera RSR	Botero Racing	152				7^th	GTO
27^th	38	Ferrer / Fernandez	Porsche Carrera RSR	Boricua Racing	143				8^th	GTO
28^th	8	Arutunoff / Marina	Lancia Stratos	Automobile International	141				11^th	GTU
29^th	10	Chandler / Thomas	Porsche 935/79	Otis Chandler	136				10^th	GTX
30^th	64	Aase / Johnson	Porsche 911	Dennis Aase	127			DNF	12^th	GTU
31^st	52	Baker / Winters	Porsche 914/4	Personalized Autohaus	123			DNF	13^th	GTU
32^nd	17	Kline / Mederer	Mazda RX-7	Racing Beat	113				14^th	GTU
33^rd	01	White / Bedard	BMW 320i	J. Kurt Roehrig	113			DNF	15^th	GTU
34^th	00	Field / Minter	Porsche 935/77A	Interscope Racing	100			DNF	11^th	GTX
35^th	09	Bondurant / Henn	Porsche 935/77A	Thunderbird Swap Shop	99			DNF	12^th	GTX
36^th	49	Currin / Carusso	Chevrolet Corvette C3	Autodyne	90			DNF	9^th	GTO
37^th	5	Mendez / Miller	Porsche 935	Busch Beer Racing	88			DNF	13^th	GTX
38^th	2	Winkelhock / Hobbs	BMW 320i Turbo	McLaren North America	55			DNF	14^th	GTX
39^th	19	Cord / Adams	Chevrolet Monza	Chris Cord	48			DNF	15^th	GTX
40^th	48	Leary / Mollett	Datsun 240Z	Frank Leary	42			DNF	16^th	GTU
41^st	25	Zulkowski / Storc	Porsche 914/6	Metal Craft Racing	42			DNF	17^th	GTU
42^nd	30	Moretti / Haywood	Porsche 935/79	Electrodyne/Moretti	41			Accident	16^th	GTX
43^rd	34	Richie	Porsche 911	Craig Richie	40			DNF	18^th	GTU
44^th	37	Wellik	Chevrolet Corvette	Doug Rippie	39			DNF	10^th	GTO
45^th	33	Posey	Datsun 280ZX	Bob Sharp Racing	37			Accident	19^th	GTU
46^th	26	Ware	Chevrolet Camaro	John Ware	36			DNF	11^th	GTO
47^th	51	Lawson	Porsche 914/6	John Goodspeed	34			DNF	20^th	GTU
48^th	63	Gustafson / Halsmer	Porsche 911	Greg Gustafson	32			DNF	21^st	GTU
49^th	41	Jones, Jr.	Chevrolet Camaro	Jones Ind. Racing	32			DNF	17^th	GTX
50^th	31	Marx	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	RSR Associates	13			DNF	12^th	GTO
51^st	11	Nylander	Porsche 911	Race Tech	13			DNF	22^nd	GTU
52^nd	3	Busby	BMW 320i Turbo	Jim Busby Racing	8			Engine	18^th	GTX
53^rd	13	Shaw, Jr.	Porsche 935	Hal Shaw Racing	6			DNF	19^th	GTX
54^th	22	Mandella	Porsche 914/6	Cerwin-Vega	5			DNF	23^rd	GTU
55^th	36	Case / Sharp	Porsche 911	Case Racing	1			DNF		GTU

Did not start:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Gr.
88	Maashoff / Korpiel / Maashoff	Porsche 911	Crismark	GTO
66	Crevier / Laetsch / McKitterick	Ferrari 365 GTB/4	Joe Crevier	GTO
12	Gonzalez / Morton	Porsche 935	Vasek Polak	GTX
15	Gebhardt / Beilcke	BMW 3.5 CSL	Bavarian Motors International	GTO
20	Larry Stephans	Chevrolet Corvette	Larry Stephans	GTX
45	Perlin / McNicol	Porsche 911	Mike Perlin	GTU
78	Burns / Scopazzi	Alfa Romeo GTV	Anthony's Auto Craft	GTU

Did not qualify:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.
14	Vegher / Hines	Alfa Romeo GTV	Veloce Motors West		GTU
75	Pearson / Cortez	Ford Mustang	Patrick Pearson		GTO

Practiced:

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Distance	Km/h	Reason	Pos.	Gr.
	0T	Field / Minter	Porsche 935/79	Interscope Racing						GTX
	83T	Devendorf / Adamowicz	Datsun 240Z	Electramotive						GTU

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Gr.
40	Craine / Mathey	Chevrolet Corvette	Bill Craine	GTX
43	Gregg / Jones	Porsche 911	Bob Gregg	GTU
47	Shaw / Cordoba / LaCava	Honda Civic	William L. Shaw	GTX
76	Joe Chamberlain	Chevrolet Corvette	Arrow Racing	GTX
85	Pielsticker / Gallant	Chevrolet Monza	Mark Pielsticker	GTO