Sebring 12 Hours 1979 - Race Results

Event: Coca-Cola Twelve Hours of Sebring International Grand Prix of Endrance		Date: 17.3.1979
Track: Sebring Airport (United States), 8.369 kms	Organiser: unknown
Sebring 12 Hours
Winston GT (round 2) FIA World Challenge for Endurance Drivers (round 2) IMSA GTO (round 2) IMSA GTU (round 2) International Motor Sport Association (round 2)

(Race Results)

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Distance	Km/h	Reason	Pos.	Gr.
1^st	9	Akin / McFarlin / Woods	Porsche 935	Dick Barbour Racing	239	2000.0930 kms	166.5124		1^st	GTX
2^nd	5	Mendez / Redman / Miller	Porsche 935	Busch Beer Racing	238				2^nd	GTX
3^rd	3	Garretson / Belcher / Bondurant	Porsche 935	Dick Barbour Racing	235				3^rd	GTX
4^th	6	Stommelen / Barbour / Mears	Porsche 935/77A	Dick Barbour Racing	234				4^th	GTX
5^th	38	Fernandez / Ferrer / Soldevilla	Porsche Carrera RSR	Boricua Racing	233				1^st	GTO
6^th	13	Shaw, Jr. / Ridgely	Porsche 935	Hal Shaw Racing	231				5^th	GTX
7^th	69	Kroll / Bartling	Porsche Carrera RSR	Bytzek Automotive	230				2^nd	GTO
8^th	54	Garcia / Montalvo / Vadia	Porsche Carrera RSR	Montura Ranch Estates	229				3^rd	GTO
9^th	98	Van Every / Tisdelle	Porsche Carrera RSR	Van Every Racing	226				4^th	GTO
10^th	37	Espinosa / Lopez / Cortes	Porsche Carrera RSR	Botero Racing Team	219				5^th	GTO
11^th	60	Bond / Tilton	Porsche 911	E. J. Pruitt & Sons	219				1^st	GTU
12^th	39	Trueman / Higgins / Mead	Porsche 911	Barrick Motor Racing	215				2^nd	GTU
13^th	77	Mandeville / Johnson / Downing	Mazda RX-7	Roger T. Mandeville	213				6^th	GTX
14^th	07	Cowart / Miller / McClain	Porsche Carrera RSR	Morrison's	205				6^th	GTO
15^th	89	Romero / Soto	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Hector Huerta	201				7^th	GTO
16^th	33	Welter / Aten / Refenning	Porsche 911	Peter Welter	198				3^rd	GTU
17^th	2	Henn / St. James / Guthrie	Ferrari 365 GTB/4	Thunderbird Swap-Shop	194				8^th	GTO
18^th	70	Bohren / Besmer	Mazda RX-7	Walt Bohren Racing	193				7^th	GTX
19^th	91	Schramm / Frank	Porsche Carrera RSR	Framm Promotions	192				9^th	GTO
20^th	51	Kirby / Baker / Winters	Porsche 914/4	Personalized Porsche	188				4^th	GTU
21^st	08	Wolters / Buchler / Northam	Porsche 911	Moran Construction	182				5^th	GTU
22^nd	62	Koll / Cook / Aase	Porsche 914/6	Koll Motor Sports	182				6^th	GTU
23^rd	93	Deacon / Riley / Franczak	Porsche 914/6	M. Rochas Porsche	179				7^th	GTU
24^th	18	Paul / Holbert	Porsche 935 JLP-1	JLP Racing	176			Transmission	8^th	GTX
25^th	52	Swanson / Gauthier	Chevrolet Camaro	Ours & Hours Racing	158				10^th	GTO
26^th	09	Haywood / Henn / Gregg	Porsche 935/77A	Thunderbird Swap-Shop	157			Engine	9^th	GTX
27^th	66	Loving / Small / Noseda	Chevrolet Camaro	Sunset Racing	148			DNF	11^th	GTO
28^th	46	DeNarvaez / Naon	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Mauricio deNarvaez	147			DNF	12^th	GTO
29^th	01	White / Overby	Porsche 911	Roehrig Racing	147				8^th	GTU
30^th	12	Smith / Tumbleston / Potter	Chevrolet Camaro	Ford Smith Racing	139			Engine	13^th	GTO
31^st	71	Jennings / Beasley	Porsche 911	Bruce Jennings	136			DNF	9^th	GTU
32^nd	44	Van Arsdale / Murry	Porsche 911	SUD Porsche Racing	131				10^th	GTU
33^rd	02	Roehrig / Roehrig	Porsche 911	Roehrig Racing	128				11^th	GTU
34^th	53	Thomas / Moise / Nehl	Chevrolet Camaro	Guy F. Thomas	122				10^th	GTX
35^th	00	Field / Ongais	Porsche 935/77A	Interscope Racing	120			Suspension	11^th	GTX
36^th	43	McDill / Frank	Chevrolet Camaro	Meldeau Tire Stores	118				12^th	GTX
37^th	81	Faul / Jones, Jr. / Lang	Chevrolet Corvette	Jones Ind. Racing	116			DNF	14^th	GTO
38^th	29	Hagan / Overbagh / Reed	Chevrolet Monza	Stratagraph	115			DNF	15^th	GTO
39^th	50	Brezinka / Hirsch / Hochreuter	Porsche 911	R & H Racing	109			DNF	12^th	GTU
40^th	75	Ramirez / Villa / Gordillo	Porsche 911	Mike Ramirez	108			Engine	13^th	GTU
41^st	36	Case / Panaccione	Porsche 911	Case Racing	106			DNF	14^th	GTU
42^nd	94	Whittington / Whittington	Porsche 935/79	Whittington Bros. Racing	104			Accident	13^th	GTX
43^rd	72	Scott / Honegger	Porsche 911	Bill Scott Racing-Z&W	99			DNF	15^th	GTU
44^th	92	Whittington / Whittington / Minter	Porsche 934	Whittington Bros. Racing	94			Suspension	16^th	GTO
45^th	88	Yerger / Orlando / Taylor	Alfa Romeo GTV	Day Enterprise Racing	90			DNF	16^th	GTU
46^th	85	Hulen / Coupland / Speakman	Porsche 914/6	John E. Hulen	82			DNF	17^th	GTU
47^th	56	Carter / Edwards / Valentine	Chevrolet Camaro	Peerless Racing	81			Engine	17^th	GTO
48^th	23	Kemp / Nierop / Baird	Ford Cobra II	Kemp Motoracing	80			Engine	14^th	GTX
49^th	27	Mummery / Sheehy / Sereix	Porsche 911 S	Miami Auto Racing	80			DNF	18^th	GTU
50^th	97	Londono / Garces / Gunn	Porsche 935	Ricardo Londono	77			DNF	15^th	GTX
51^st	8	Arutunoff / Marina / Sullivan	Lancia Stratos	Automobiles International	75			Engine	19^th	GTU
52^nd	34	Drolsom / Greb / Maffucci	Porsche 911	Drolsom Racing	75			Transmission	20^th	GTU
53^rd	03	Almeida / Rodriguez / Romero	Chevrolet Corvette	Motorcito Racing	73			Engine	18^th	GTO
54^th	31	Cruz / Lopez / Gonzalez	Porsche 911	Hiram Cruz	66			DNF	21^st	GTU
55^th	58	Febles / Currin	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Diego Febles Racing	65			Transmission	19^th	GTO
56^th	79	Bergstrom / Frisselle	Mazda RX-7	Sports Ltd. Racing	64			DNF	22^nd	GTU
57^th	04	Thompkins / Heinz	Chevrolet Corvette	Rick Thompkins	61			Engine	20^th	GTO
58^th	95	Bond / Dann	Chevrolet Monza	Ozone Industries	49			Transmission	21^st	GTO
59^th	22	Kirill / Wellik / Shafer	Chevrolet Camaro	Oftedahl Racing	37			DNF	22^nd	GTO
60^th	25	Zulkowski / Raney	Porsche 914/6	Metal Craft Racing	34			DNF	23^rd	GTU
61^st	17	LaGrow / Boyer	Chevrolet Camaro	Kenneth D. LaGrow	29			Out of fuel	16^th	GTX
62^nd	16	Overstreet / Mitchell	Porsche 914/6	Overstreet Racing Ent.	25			Engine	24^th	GTU
63^rd	28	Kearns / Moretti	Porsche 935	Desperado Racing	23			Out of fuel	17^th	GTX
64^th	61	Bean	Mazda RX-3	Bill Bean	19			DNF	25^th	GTU
65^th	7	Heimrath	Porsche 935	Heimrath Racing	17			DNF	18^th	GTX
66^th	57	Tremblay	Datsun 240Z	J. F. Tremblay	12			DNF	26^th	GTU
67^th	40	Southard	Porsche 914/6	Performance Specialists	11			DNF	27^th	GTU
68^th	67	Quintana	Porsche 911	Quintana Racing	9			DNF	28^th	GTU
69^th	48	Fillingham	Chevrolet Corvette	Fillingham Racing	8			Engine	23^rd	GTO
70^th	21	Shafer	Chevrolet Camaro	Oftedahl/Shafer Farms	8			Engine	24^th	GTO
71^st	15	Gebhardt	BMW CSL	Bavarian Motors	4			DNF	25^th	GTO
72^nd	4	Leuzinger	De Tomaso Pantera	B. R. Racing Team	0			Electrics	26^th	GTO

Did not start:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.
0	Ongais / Field	Porsche 935/79	Interscope Racing	Alternate car	GTX
41	Jones, Jr. / Hollis	Chevrolet Camaro	Jones Ind. Racing		GTX
47	Chitwood / Chitwood	Chevrolet Nova	Tim Chitwood	Withdrawn	GTO
78	Gonzalez / Matienzo	Chevrolet Camaro	Iggy Gonzalez		GTX
87	Williamson / Miller / Gano	Chevrolet Corvette	U-Mo Racing		GTO
14	Garza / McVey / Cross	Porsche Carrera	Precision School of Racing	Withdrawn	GTO
74	Garcia / Cueto	Chevrolet Camaro	Raul Garcia		GTO
76	Williams / Doran	Datsun 240Z	Associated Speed & Performance	Withdrawn	GTU
90	Lee / Kump	AMC AMX	Bob's Speed Products	Withdrawn	GTO
86	Ross / Tavilla	Ford Pinto	Team Ross Racing		GTX
06	Wonzer / Van Arsdale	Triumph GT6	Gary J. Wonzer		GTU
68	Cosentino / Bean / Ashby	Mazda RX-3	Faza Squadra		GTU

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Gr.
10	Johnson / Shaw	AMC Spirit	Levi's Team Highball	GTX
24	Shaw / Yenko / Thompson	Chevrolet Monza	Graham Shaw	GTX
26	Cortes / Powell	Ford Mustang	Alejandro Cortes	GTO
83	Hamilton / Hoskins	Porsche 911	Hamilton House Racing	GTU