Watkins Glen Grand Prix 1965 - Race Results - Racing Sports Cars

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Event: 18th Annual Watkins Glen Sports Car Grand Prix Weekend			Date: 27.6.1965
Track: Watkins Glen Grand Prix Course (United States), 3.701 kms		Organiser: unknown
Watkins Glen Grand Prix
United States Road Racing Championship (round 5) USRRC GT (round 5)

(Race Results)

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time	Distance	Km/h	Pos.	Gr.
1^st	65	Hall	Chaparral 2A Chevrolet	Chaparral Cars	87	2:01:01.3000	322.0298 kms	159.5021	1^st	O2L
2^nd	66	Sharp	Chaparral 2A Chevrolet	Chaparral Cars	87	2:01:01.5000			2^nd	O2L
3^rd	91	Skip Scott	Shelby Cobra 427	Howe Sound Co.	84	2:01:25.0000			3^rd	O2L
4^th	16	George Follmer	Lotus 23 Porsche	Team Ocean Motors	84	2:02:11.0000			1^st	U2L
5^th	7	Augie Pabst	Chaparral 1 Chevrolet	Augie Pabst	83	2:02:13.0000			4^th	O2L
6^th	33	Bob Johnson	Shelby Cobra 289	Shelby-American, Inc.	83	2:02:22.0000			1^st	GT+2.0
7^th	35	Don Skogmo	Genie Mk VIII Ford	Don R. Skogmo	81	2:01:39.0000			5^th	O2L
8^th	28	Gerry Bruihl	Lotus 23 Climax	Enduro Speed, Inc.	81	2:01:45.0000			2^nd	U2L
9^th	71	Albert Schall	Carliss & Schall Special	Robert Pitcairn	79	2:01:32.0000			6^th	O2L
10^th	20	George Ralph	Elva Mk VIII BMW	Chevron Racing Team	78	2:01:48.0000			3^rd	U2L
11^th	69	Richard Holquist	Ferrari 250 LM	Scuderia Bear (W. S. McKelvey)	78	2:02:04.0000			7^th	O2L
12^th	77	Mak Kronn	Elva Mk VII S BMW	S. K. F. Ltd.	77	2:02:37.0000			4^th	U2L
13^th	14	Herb Wetanson	Porsche 904 GTS	Herb Wetanson	76	2:02:18.0000			1^st	GT2.0
14^th	38	Newton Davis	Lotus 30	Dutchess Auto Co.	74	2:01:28.0000			8^th	O2L
15^th	1	Mike Goth	Lotus 23 Alfa Romeo	G.R.T. Enterprises	71	2:02:10.0000			5^th	U2L
16^th	3	Joe Buzzetta	Elva Mk VII S Porsche	Competition Imports, Inc.	69	2:02:09.0000			6^th	U2L
17^th	88	Harold Keck	Shelby Cobra 427	Archway Ford, Inc.	66	2:02:13.0000			9^th	O2L

Did not finish:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time	Distance	Km/h	Reason	Gr.
13	Tom Payne	Shelby Cobra	Shelby-American, Inc.	51				DNF	GT+2.0
57	Chuck Dietrich	Elva Mk VII S BMW	Robert Amey	46				Head gasket	U2L
52	John Fulp	Lola T70 Chevrolet	John R. Fulp, Jr.	40				Transmission	O2L
83	Roger Heftler	Elva Mk VII S BMW	Roger Heftler	38				DNF	U2L
18	Ludwig Heimrath	McLaren Elva Mark I Ford	Ludwig Heimrath	18				Front A-arm	O2L
6	Bruce Jennings	Elva Mk VII S Porsche	Tim LoSporco	15				DNF	U2L
24	Rick Muther	Lola T70 Chevrolet	Pacesetter Homes	14				Fuel line	O2L
48	Lewis Kerr	Brabham BT8 Climax	John Timken	11				DNF	U2L
36	Dick Brown	Elva Mk VIII BMW	Ecurie Greene, Inc.	11				DNF	U2L
60	Don Wester	Genie Mk X Ford	Don Wester Enterprises	9				Accident	O2L
4	Mike Hall	427 LMD (McKee Mk IV Ford)	Geo. W. Lehman	6				Transmission	O2L
12	George Wintersteen	Cooper Monaco T61 Chevrolet	Wintersteen Racing, Inc.	5				Water pump, oil leak	O2L
93	Doug Revson	Lotus 23P Climax		5				DNF	U2L

Did not start:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.
97	Charlie Hayes	Lang Cooper Monaco T61 Chevrolet	Craig Lang Enterprises	Half shaft => chassis	O2L

Did not qualify:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.
17	Jody Porter	Abarth-Simca	Jonathan H. Porter		GT2.0
19	Dan Gerber	Gerber-Payne Special (McKee Mk III Ford)	Daniel F. Gerber, Jr.		O2L
26	Horst Kwech	Alfa Romeo	Knatz Cont. Auto's, Inc.		GT2.0
37	Pete van der Vate	Alfa Romeo TI	Monty Winkler		GT2.0
43	Jim Mederer	Shelby Cobra	Mary Lou Mederer		GT+2.0
49	Art Riley	Volvo P1800	Art Riley		GT2.0
51	Chris Farrell	Piranha	Chris Farrell		O2L
63	Brad Parker	Elva Mk VII BMW	L. M. Donovan		U2L
68	George Owen	Alfa Romeo Zagato	Geo. Owen		GT2.0
81	Walter Mann	Porsche 718 RS 61	Walter J. Mann		U2L
94	George Waltman	Triumph TR4	Genser Forman Triumph Dist., Inc.		GT2.0
95	Dennis Brown	Porsche 718 RS 61			U2L

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.
8	Dick Macon	McLaren Elva Mark I	Richard C. Macon		O2L
15	Bob Montana	McKee Mk V Plymouth	Bob Montana		O2L
21	M. R. J. Wyllie	Elva - BMW	M. R. J. Wyllie		O2L
22	Bob Nagel	Elva - BMW	Robert J. Nagel		U2L
23	Sherman Decker	Cooper Monaco T61 Ford	Greenwich Autos, Inc.		O2L
31	Russ MacGrotty	Lotus Elan	MacGrotty Chevrolet		GT2.0
41	John Dennis	Denmacher - Porsche	Suburban Racing Team		U2L
42	Gary Stephenson	Elva - Porsche	Gary Stephenson		U2L
45	Harry Theodoracopulos	Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ	Harry Theodoracopulos		GT2.0
53	William Wilbourne	Porsche 718 RS 61	Wm. Wilbourne		U2L
58	Peter Lerch	McT Ford	Peter Lerch		O2L
61	Bud Morley	Elva - BMW	Bud Morley		U2L
92	Rajah Rodgers	Austin-Healey	N. A. Vixler, Jr.		O2L
96	Bob Grossman	Ferrari 330 P	Scuderia Bear (W. S. McKelvey)		O2L

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