Road America 500 Miles 1979 - Race Results

Event: Pabst 500, Road America Silver Anniversary		Date: 2.9.1979
Track: Road America, Elkhart Lake (United States), 6.437 kms	Organiser: unknown
Road America 500 Miles
Winston GT (round 13) FIA World Challenge for Endurance Drivers (round 9) IMSA GTO (round 13) IMSA GTU (round 13) International Motor Sport Association (round 13)

(Race Results)

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Distance	Km/h	Reason	Pos.	Gr.	FL Time	In	Km/h
1^st	2	Hobbs / Bell	BMW 320i Turbo	McLaren North America	125	804.6720 kms	161.5814		1^st	GTX
2^nd	5	Mendez / Miller	Porsche 935	CMR, Inc.	125				2^nd	GTX
3^rd	0	Field / Minter	Porsche 935/79	Interscope Racing	125				3^rd	GTX
4^th	3	Busby / Aase	BMW M1	Jim Busby Racing	122				4^th	GTX
5^th	9	McFarlin / Akin	Porsche 935	Dick Barbour Racing	120				5^th	GTX
6^th	44	Tullius / Fuerstenau	Triumph TR8	Group 44	116				1^st	GTO	2:28.6550	20	155.8956
7^th	54	Garcia / Herman	Porsche Carrera RSR	Montura Racing	116				2^nd	GTO
8^th	46	DeNarvaez / Naon	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Mauricio DeNarvaez	115				3^rd	GTO
9^th	79	Bergstrom / Knoop	Mazda RX-7	Sports Ltd. Racing	114				1^st	GTU
10^th	89	Romero / Febles	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Hector Huerta	113				4^th	GTO
11^th	77	Mandeville / Downing	Mazda RX-7	Roger T. Mandeville	113				2^nd	GTU
12^th	17	Kline / Mederer	Mazda RX-7	Racing Beat	112				3^rd	GTU
13^th	62	Koll / Cook	Porsche 914/6	Koll Motor Sports	112				4^th	GTU
14^th	61	Lancaster / Luczyk	Chevrolet Corvette	L & L Racing Ent.	109				5^th	GTO
15^th	42	Ashby / Bean	Porsche 911	Bullwinkele Racing	109				5^th	GTU
16^th	03	Frank / Bartling	Porsche 934	Werner Frank	109				6^th	GTO
17^th	66	Nierop / Ridgely	Porsche 935	Renaissance Group	107				6^th	GTX
18^th	38	DeAscentis / Trotter	Chevrolet Corvette	DeAscentis Racing	107				7^th	GTO
19^th	4	McKitterick / Garretson	Porsche 935	Dick Barbour Racing	106				7^th	GTX
20^th	34	Drolsom / Clark	Porsche 911	Drolsom Racing	102				6^th	GTU
21^st	40	Southard / Roe	Porsche 914/6	Performance Specialists	102				7^th	GTU
22^nd	7	Bohren / Cortez	Mazda RX-7	Walt Bohren Racing	99				8^th	GTU
23^rd	6	Redman / Barbour / McKitterick	Porsche 935	Dick Barbour Racing	98			DNF	8^th	GTX
24^th	85	Hulen / Coupland	Porsche 914/6	John E. Hulen	89			DNF	9^th	GTU
25^th	31	Boand / Feldott	Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray	Bard Boand Racing	88				8^th	GTO
26^th	83	Devendorf / Adamowicz	Datsun 280ZX	Electramotive	87				10^th	GTU	2:30.8610	23	153.6151
27^th	52	Baker / Haas / Smith-Haas	Porsche 914/4	Personalized Porsche	85				11^th	GTU
28^th	73	Howey / Koch	Chevrolet Camaro	Howey Farms	84			DNF	9^th	GTO
29^th	28	Irwin / Kivela	Chevrolet Corvette	Auto Concepts	81				10^th	GTO
30^th	29	Cronin / Bolt	Fiat 128	Thomas E. Cronin	76			DNF	12^th	GTU
31^st	48	Currin / Carusso	Chevrolet Corvette	Autodyne	71			DNF	11^th	GTO
32^nd	86	Gregg / Haywood / Leven	Porsche 935/77A	Bayside Disposal Racing	68			DNF	9^th	GTX	2:14.9620	9	171.7122
33^rd	43	Gregg / Jones	Porsche 911	Bob Gregg	58			DNF	13^th	GTU
34^th	45	Guffey / Buchinger	Datsun 280Z	Michael Guffey	54			DNF	12^th	GTO
35^th	39	Higgins / King / Seacrist	Porsche 911	Foreign Exchange	50			DNF	14^th	GTU
36^th	72	Keirn / Errington	Chevrolet Corvette	Keirn Garage	47				13^th	GTO
37^th	60	Bond / Tilton	Porsche 911	E. J. Pruitt & Sons	44			DNF	15^th	GTU
38^th	07	Heimrath / Lunger	Porsche 935	Ludwig Heimrath	28			DNF	10^th	GTX
39^th	56	Carter	Chevrolet Camaro	Peerless Racing	8			DNF	14^th	GTO
40^th	8	Arutunoff	Lancia Stratos	Automobile International	7			DNF	16^th	GTU
41^st	25	Miller	BMW 3.5 CSL	Deren Automotive	1			DNF	15^th	GTO
42^nd	01	White	BMW 320i	Roehrig Racing	0			DNF	17^th	GTU

Did not start:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.
14	Schmidt / Grunnet	Chevrolet Corvette	Corvettes Unlimited		GTO
41	Leuzinger / Van der Werff	De Tomaso Pantera	B. R. Racing Team		GTO

Did not practice:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.
00		Porsche 935/77A	Interscope Racing		GTX

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Gr.
13	Shaw, Jr. / Belcher	Porsche 935	Hal Shaw Racing	GTX
19	Cord / Adams	Chevrolet Monza	Chris Cord	GTX
49	Pirrotta / Lang	Chevrolet Corvette	Joseph Pirrotta	GTO
51	Kirby / Hotchkis	Porsche Carrera RSR	Kirby-Hitchcock Racing	GTO
98	Van Every / Tisdelle	Porsche Carrera RSR	Van Every Racing	GTO