Talladega 6 Hours 1978 - Race Results

Event: 6 Hours of Talladega Camel GT Challenge		Date: 2.4.1978
Track: Talladega (United States), 6.437 kms	Organiser: unknown
Talladega 6 Hours
Camel GT Challenge (round 3) FIA World Challenge for Endurance Drivers (round 3) IMSA GTO (round 3) IMSA GTU (round 3) International Motor Sport Association (round 3)

(Race Results)

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Distance	Km/h	Reason	Pos.	Gr.	FL Time	In	Km/h
1^st	59	Gregg / Frisselle	Porsche 935	Brumos Porsche	175	1126.5410 kms	187.3985		1^st	GTX	1:53.4000	7	204.3609
2^nd	94	Whittington / Whittington	Porsche 935/77A	Whittington Brothers Racing	167				2^nd	GTX
3^rd	6	Barbour / Rutherford	Porsche 935/77A	Dick Barbour Racing	161				3^rd	GTX
4^th	33	Fernandez / Cowart	Porsche Carrera RSR	Boricua Racing	161				1^st	GTO	2:06.2700	131	183.5312
5^th	32	Earle / Akin	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Earle & Akin Racing Associates	159				4^th	GTX
6^th	1	Kreider / Davidson	Chevrolet Corvette	Dale Kreider	156				5^th	GTX
7^th	76	Mueller / Thomas	Porsche 911	Quality Inn	156				1^st	GTU	2:09.5700	24	178.8577
8^th	68	Hay / Currin	Chevrolet Corvette	Rick Hay	156				6^th	GTX
9^th	01	White / Roehrig	Porsche 911 S	J. Dana Roehrig	151				2^nd	GTU
10^th	34	Drolsom / Davenport	Porsche 911 S	Drolsom Racing	149				3^rd	GTU
11^th	62	Koll / Hamren	Porsche 914/6	William Koll	148				4^th	GTU
12^th	7	Johnson / Mandeville	AMC Pacer	Amos Johnson	144				1^st	RS
13^th	16	Shaw / Woodward	AMC Pacer	Amos Johnson	143				2^nd	RS
14^th	0	Rutherford / Wallace	Oldsmobile Cutlass	Gene Rutherford	142				1^st	AC
15^th	27	Mummery / Refenning / Sheehy	Porsche 911 S	Ray Mummery	142				5^th	GTU
16^th	10	Young / Johnson / Buchler	Pontiac Grand Am	Clay Young	141				2^nd	AC
17^th	67	Pelz / Upchurch	Chevrolet Camaro	Charles F. Pelz	140				7^th	GTX
18^th	9	Paul / Bondurant	Porsche 935	Dick Barbour	133			Accident	8^th	GTX
19^th	19	Arutunoff / Marina	Lancia Stratos	Anatoly Arutunoff	133				6^th	GTU
20^th	65	Valentine / Pierce	Chevrolet Corvette	RJV Enterprises	133				2^nd	GTO
21^st	58	Febles / Romero	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Diego Febles Racing	132				3^rd	GTO
22^nd	36	Panaccione / Case	Porsche 911	Ron Case	129				7^th	GTU
23^rd	13	Spalding / Shaw, Jr.	Porsche 935	Hal Shaw Racing	127				9^th	GTX
24^th	23	Overbagh / Hagan	Chevrolet Monza	Overbagh Motor Racing	125			DNF	10^th	GTX
25^th	21	Vann / Neshkin	AMC Gremlin	Andy Vann	125				3^rd	RS
26^th	95	Haywood / Hagestad	Porsche 935	Bob Hagestad	124			Electrics	11^th	GTX
27^th	99	Long / Cook / Danner	AMC Gremlin	Southwind Enterprises	114				4^th	RS
28^th	45	Gaeta / Steele	Porsche 911	Vann's Auto Body	109				8^th	GTU
29^th	60	Bond / Tilton	Porsche 911	R & R Racing	88			Overheating	9^th	GTU
30^th	79	Wood / Swope	AMC Pacer	Robert Wood	80			Engine	5^th	RS
31^st	78	Bremner / McKnight	Triumph TR7	Abingdon/Ashley Motors	57			Accident	10^th	GTU
32^nd	30	Moretti / Mendez	Porsche 935	Electrodyne Inc.	52			Accident damage	12^th	GTX
33^rd	28	Kearns / Minter	Porsche 935	Desperado Racing	50			DNF	13^th	GTX
34^th	61	Cosentino / Downing	Mazda RX-3	Faza Squadra	42			DNF	11^th	GTU
35^th	06	Keyser / Shulnburg	Chevrolet Corvette	Shulnburg Scrap Metal	39			Overheating	14^th	GTX
36^th	96	Felton	Buick Skylark	Gene Felton	34			DNF	3^rd	AC	2:07.1300	23	182.2904
37^th	51	Hotchkis / Aase	Porsche 911	Wynn's International	29			Accident	12^th	GTU
38^th	46	DeNarvaez	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Mauricio DeNarvaez	8			Electrics	4^th	GTO
39^th	15	Gebhardt	BMW 3.5 CSL	Bavarian Motors International	1			Accident	5^th	GTO
40^th	49	Montgomery	AMC Concord	Doell Assoc.	1			DNF	4^th	AC

Did not start:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.
93	Whittington / Whittington	Porsche 934/5	Whittington Brothers		GTX
26	Foshee / Smith / Brennan	Alfa Romeo GTV	John Foshee/Ernie Smith		GTU

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Gr.
03	Gottlob / Terrill	Chevrolet Corvette	Cliff Gottlob	GTO
07	Dave Cowart	Porsche Carrera RSR	Morrison's Inc.	GTO
16	Dean / McGraw	Mazda RX-3	Bob Dean	RS
25	Miller / Bohren	BMW 3.5 CSL	KWM Racing	GTO
38	Roger Mandeville	Mazda RX-2	Roger Mandeville	RS
42	Sam Chitwood	AMC Gremlin	Chitwood Racing	RS
48	G. H. Sharp	Datsun 200SX	G. H. Sharp	RS
48	John Carusso	Chevrolet Corvette	Autodyne Inc.	GTO
53	Joe Dawkins	Ford Mustang	Joe Dawkins	GTX
63	Jim Downing	Mazda RX-2	Jim Downing	RS
70	Speer / Turley	Porsche 911 S	Race Car	GTU
80	Hoerr / Hoerr	Datsun 510	Hoerr Brothers	RS
80	Adams / Bedard	Oldsmobile Cutlass	Herb Adams	AC
84	Speakman / Maffucci	Datsun 260Z	Wolrdparts	GTU
86	Hulen / Coupland	Porsche 914/6	John Hulen	GTU
92	Sloyer / Fitzgerald	Plymouth Volare	David Sloyer	AC
98	Tolman / Hurst	Saab 900 Turbo	Racing Team	GTX