Talladega 6 Hours 1979 - Race Results

Event: Alabama International Speedway		Date: 1.4.1979
Track: 6 Hours of Talladega (United States), 6.437 kms	Organiser: unknown
Talladega 6 Hours
FIA World Challenge for Endurance Drivers (round 3)

(Race Results)

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Distance	Km/h	Reason	Pos.	Gr.
1^st	61	Waugh / Knoop	AMC Concord	Doell Assoc.	147	946.2943 kms	157.4309		1^st	RS
2^nd	19	Long / Cook	AMC Gremlin	Soundwind Enterprises	146				2^nd	RS
3^rd	01	Varde / Cowart	AMC Spirit	Joe Varde	145				3^rd	RS
4^th	99	Showket / Currin	AMC Pacer	Kal Showket	144				4^th	RS
5^th	38	Mandeville / Febles	Mazda RX-3	Roger Mandeville	144				5^th	RS
6^th	11	Starita / Hoerr	Datsun B210	Dick Starita	144				6^th	RS
7^th	20	Mecum / Garcia	Buick Skyhawk	Eddie Mecum, Sr.	144				7^th	RS
8^th	72	Ross / Palmer	Datsun 200SX	Tampa Bay Racing	142				8^th	RS
9^th	96	Felton / Cox	Buick Skyhawk	Gene Felton	142				9^th	RS
10^th	44	Baird / Amato	AMC Gremlin	Joe Amato	142				10^th	RS
11^th	10	Petery / Whitman	AMC Spirit	Amos Johnson	142				11^th	RS
12^th	15	Jackson / Weaver	AMC Gremlin	Rob Jackson	139				12^th	RS
13^th	64	Garza / Akin / Mendez	BMW 320i	Distant Thunder	139				13^th	RS
14^th	4	Ouellette / Picariello	Mazda RX-2	E. J. Pruitt	134				14^th	RS
15^th	7	Johnson / Barbour	AMC Spirit	Amos Johnson	134				15^th	RS
16^th	85	Kiricenkov / Bean	Ford Pinto	George Kiricenkov	133				16^th	RS
17^th	88	Griffin / Marsh	Datsun 510	MAS Racing	130				17^th	RS
18^th	6	Shaw / Woods	AMC Spirit	Amos Johnson	129				18^th	RS
19^th	26	Ingle / Harris	BMW 320i	Shadowfax Racing	127				19^th	RS
20^th	21	Vann / Roberts	AMC Gremlin	Andy Vann	124				20^th	RS
21^st	82	Johnson / Bell	Datsun 710	North Star Racing	124				21^st	RS
22^nd	83	Grantham / Griswold	Ford Pinto	Milt Griswold	123				22^nd	RS
23^rd	30	Taylor / Bailey / Yerger	Alfa Romeo Alfetta	Dave Yerger	121				23^rd	RS
24^th	08	Swope / Fernandez	AMC Spirit	S. C. Racing	119			Spin	24^th	RS
25^th	54	Wever / Kreider	Mazda RX-3	Wever/Palmer	118			DNF	25^th	RS
26^th	71	Sparks / Holbrook	Ford Pinto	Holbrook/Sparks	117				26^th	RS
27^th	48	Lyttle / Jones / McKee	Datsun 510	Tom Lyttle	113				27^th	RS
28^th	91	Jones / Levine	Ford Pinto	Steve Jones	112				28^th	RS
29^th	62	Sugg, Jr. / Feld, Jr.	BMW 2002	Speight Sugg, Jr.	111			DNF	29^th	RS
30^th	87	Fuller / Bullock	Ford Pinto	Whitehurst Racing	106			Fuel leak	30^th	RS
31^st	67	Denayer / Davis	AMC Gremlin	Larry Denayer	83			DNF	31^st	RS
32^nd	17	Daily / Kuykendall	Datsun 200SX	Balboa Datsun	78			DNF	32^nd	RS
33^rd	68	Howey / Koch	Ford Pinto	Howey Farms	63			DNF	33^rd	RS
34^th	57	Wolf / Darnell	Ford Capri	Tracy Wolf	60			DNF	34^th	RS
35^th	63	Downing / Paul	Mazda RX-2	Jim Downing	59			Gearbox	35^th	RS
36^th	98	Kitchell / Diehl	AMC Gremlin	Richard Kitchell	58			DNF	36^th	RS
37^th	52	Reeve / Harrison	Buick Skyhawk	Atlanta Racing Enterprises	56			Engine	37^th	RS
38^th	04	Story / Story / Ard	Ford Capri	Rozistante Enterprises	55			DNF	38^th	RS
39^th	16	Smith / Brown	AMC Gremlin	Danny Smith	49			Suspension	39^th	RS
40^th	50	Mecum, Jr. / Oyler	Buick Skyhawk	Eddie Mecum, Jr.	33			Engine	40^th	RS
41^st	59	St. James / Donaldson	AMC Gremlin	Autodyne	28			Engine	41^st	RS
42^nd	78	Haywood	Datsun 200SX	Performance Innovations	27			DNF	42^nd	RS
43^rd	3	Dearduff	Mazda RX-3	Jeff Dearduff	18			DNF	43^rd	RS
44^th	23	Gurley	Ford Capri	Nes Gurley	13			Mechanical	44^th	RS
45^th	90	Bobo	Mazda RX-3	James Bobo	11			DNF	45^th	RS
46^th	51	Cason	AMC Spirit	Brant Doell	2			Clutch	46^th	RS
47^th	1	Bohren	Mazda RX-2	Walt Bohren Racing	1			Gearbox	47^th	RS
48^th	75	Jones	AMC Pacer	Ron Oyler	1			DNF	48^th	RS
49^th	33	Richardson	Ford Pinto	Dave Richardson	0			DNF	49^th	RS

Did not start:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Gr.
03	Jerry Reid	Ford Pinto	Jerry Reid	RS
9	Blue / Watterson	AMC Gremlin	Randy Blue	RS
69	Kuenz	Ford Fiesta	Preston Henn	RS
70	Diehl / Kenny	AMC Gremlin	Joe Varde	RS

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Gr.
14	Rickmers / Timolat	BMW 2002	Tenn Tec Racing	RS
27	Pericles / Pericles	Mazda RX-2	Wheels Import	RS
46	Sharp / Hoerr	AMC Spirit	G. H. Sharp	RS
	Carlson / Spooner	Buick Skyhawk	Non-Celebrity Racing	RS