6-Hour Champion Spark Plug Challenge 1978 - Race Results

Event: Arthur L. Montgomery Camel GT Challenge		Date: 3.9.1978
Track: Road Atlanta (United States), 4.056 kms	Organiser: unknown
6-Hour Champion Spark Plug Challenge
FIA World Challenge for Endurance Drivers (round 7)

(Race Results)

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Distance	Km/h	Reason	Pos.	Gr.
1^st	52	Reeve / Harrison	Buick Skyhawk	Atlanta Racing Enterprises	198	802.9983 kms	133.7638		1^st	RS
2^nd	11	Devendorf / Starita	Datsun B210	Roselle Racing/Ward Datsun	198				2^nd	RS
3^rd	63	Downing / Paul	Mazda RX-2	Jim Downing	197				3^rd	RS
4^th	2	Roberts / Waugh	AMC Gremlin	Jim Roberts	195				4^th	RS
5^th	30	Bohren / Fernandez	Mazda RX-2	Monarch Motor Racing	194			DNF	5^th	RS
6^th	38	Mandeville / Febles	Mazda RX-3	Roger Mandeville	194				6^th	RS
7^th	92	Whittington / Whittington	Mazda RX-2	Roger Mandeville	194				7^th	RS
8^th	51	Griswold / Cord	AMC Gremlin	Doell Assoc.	193				8^th	RS
9^th	10	Currin / Kendrick	BMW 2002	Munich West	191				9^th	RS
10^th	09	Varde / Belcher	AMC Gremlin	Varde Racing	190			DNF	10^th	RS
11^th	79	Gordon / Dinkel / Minter	Volvo 142 E	IPD	190				11^th	RS
12^th	7	Barbour / Johnson	AMC Pacer	Levi's Team Highball	188				12^th	RS
13^th	22	Sharp / Fitzgerald	Datsun B210	The Landing	188				13^th	RS
14^th	94	Morrow / Cargill	Dodge Colt	Eric Morrow	187				14^th	RS
15^th	6	Shaw / Knoop	AMC Pacer	Levi's Team Highball	185				15^th	RS
16^th	08	Swope / Hamilton	AMC Gremlin	Keith Swope	184				16^th	RS
17^th	64	Garza / Earle / Akin	BMW 320	Distant Thunder Racing	184				17^th	RS
18^th	80	Hoerr / Frisselle	Datsun 510	R/A Hoerr	182			DNF	18^th	RS
19^th	25	Carlson / DeLorenzo	AMC Gremlin	Ralph Steele	181				19^th	RS
20^th	27	Meyer / Bond	Mazda RX-2	Mike Meyer	180				20^th	RS
21^st	47	Lyttle / Jones / McKee	Datsun 510	Tom Lyttle	178				21^st	RS
22^nd	37	Coffey / Coffey	Mazda RX-2	Kevin Coffey	177				22^nd	RS
23^rd	20	Garcia / Mecum	Buick Skyhawk	Eddie Mecum, Sr.	176				23^rd	RS
24^th	90	Bobo / Angelos	Mazda RX-2	James Bobo	176				24^th	RS
25^th	78	McFarlin / Haywood	Datsun 200SX	Performance Innovations	173			DNF	25^th	RS
26^th	62	Sugg / Gaines	BMW 1600	J. Speight Sugg	169				26^th	RS
27^th	49	Cason / Valentine	AMC Concord	Doell Assoc.	162			DNF	27^th	RS
28^th	4	McPheron / Schumacher	Ford Capri	Ted Schumacher	159			DNF	28^th	RS
29^th	85	Kiricenkov / Ashby	Ford Pinto	George Kiricenkov	156			DNF	29^th	RS
30^th	17	Jackson / Weaver	AMC Gremlin	Rob Jackson	155			DNF	30^th	RS
31^st	50	Goad / Murphy	Ford Pinto	Griff Goad	151				31^st	RS
32^nd	69	Blue / Watterson	AMC Gremlin	Racing Team Blue	149				32^nd	RS
33^rd	86	Hoerr / Smith	Datsun 510	R/A Hoerr	145			DNF	33^rd	RS
34^th	31	Henn / Sahlman	AMC Pacer	Thunderbird Racing	137			DNF	34^th	RS
35^th	68	Sattele / Davenhall	Mercury Capri	Metric Shop	133			DNF	35^th	RS
36^th	03	Diehl / Smith	AMC Gremlin	Varde Racing	131			DNF	36^th	RS
37^th	73	Ellis-Brown / Tremblay	Volvo 142 E	David Ellis-Brown	128			DNF	37^th	RS
38^th	9	Reid / Reed / Hagan	Ford Pinto	Jerry Reid	116			DNF	38^th	RS
39^th	00	Mitchell / Winston	Ford Pinto	John Winston	113			DNF	39^th	RS
40^th	72	Ross / Mendez	Datsun 200SX	Tampa Bay Racing	93			DNF	40^th	RS
41^st	89	Thomson / Headley	Oldsmobile Starfire	TF Performance	75			DNF	41^st	RS
42^nd	41	Ulinski / Lawrence	Mazda RX-2	Chuck Ulinski	71			DNF	42^nd	RS
43^rd	96	Felton / Gregg	Buick Skyhawk	Gene Felton	65			DNF	43^rd	RS
44^th	21	Vann / Richardson	AMC Gremlin	AVTRCM	63			DNF	44^th	RS
45^th	59	St. James / Moise / Donaldson	AMC Gremlin	Zabatt Engine Service	59			DNF	45^th	RS
46^th	1	Sparks / Holbrook	Ford Pinto	Holspa Racing	54			DNF	46^th	RS
47^th	82	Bell / Johnson	Datsun 710	North Star Racing	50			DNF	47^th	RS
48^th	12	Vogt / Cloud	BMW 2002	Ed Vogt	47			DNF	48^th	RS
49^th	34	Bowman / Colomb	Oldsmobile Starfire	D. Bowman Assoc.	44			DNF	49^th	RS
50^th	16	Rutherford	AMC Gremlin	Danny Smith	36			DNF	50^th	RS
51^st	19	Long / Cook	AMC Gremlin	Southwind Enterprises	34			DNF	51^st	RS
52^nd	39	Barker / Uria / Meehan	Ford Pinto	Wayne Barker	33			DNF	52^nd	RS
53^rd	93	Yarosh	AMC Gremlin	Art Yarosh	20			DNF	53^rd	RS
54^th	01	Hair	Datsun 510	George Hair	17			DNF	54^th	RS
55^th	46	Sharp	Datsun 200SX	Performance Tuning	16			DNF	55^th	RS
56^th	57	Wiese	Ford Pinto	Team Loon	15			DNF	56^th	RS
57^th	42	Feld, Jr.	AMC Gremlin	Sam Chitwood	12			DNF	57^th	RS
58^th	14	Rickmers	BMW 2002	Cliff Rickmers	11			DNF	58^th	RS
59^th	98	Bannerman	AMC Gremlin	Richard Kitchell	11			DNF	59^th	RS
60^th	99	Jones	Ford Pinto	Steve Jones	7			DNF	60^th	RS
61^st	26	Diaz	Ford Pinto	Union Capital Corp.	6			DNF	61^st	RS
62^nd	91	Walsh	Ford Pinto	Jerry Walsh	4			DNF	62^nd	RS
63^rd	8	Kull	Ford Pinto	William Kull, Sr.	4			DNF	63^rd	RS
64^th	13	Ouellette	Mazda RX-2	E. J. Pruitt & Co.	3			DNF	64^th	RS
65^th	87	Schumacher	Oldsmobile Starfire	Larry Schumacher	2			DNF	65^th	RS
66^th	40	Pyne	Ford Pinto	Tom Pyne	0			DNF	66^th	RS
67^th	36	Espinosa	BMW 2002	Botero Racing	0			DNF	67^th	RS

Did not start:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Gr.
48	Shaw / Northam	Honda Civic	W. L. Shaw	RS
18	Pericles / Pericles	Mazda RX-3	Ray Pericles	RS
43	Baldwin / Sloyer	BMW 2002	Bavarian Motors International	RS

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Gr.
3	Strebin / McKinley	Ford Pinto	Gary Strebin	RS
44	Amato / Baird	AMC Gremlin	Joe Amato	RS
55	Lee White	Ford Pinto	Lee White	RS
77	Sparks / Holbrook	Ford Pinto	Holspa Racing	RS
84	Buchler / Young	Ford Pinto	Bob Buchler	RS
88	Picariello / Baker	Plymouth Arrow	Picariello Racing	RS
95	Heron / Lee	Honda Civic	Steven Heron Racing	RS