Watkins Glen Grand Prix 1966 - Race Results - Racing Sports Cars

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Event: 19th Annual Watkins Glen Sports Car Grand Prix			Date: 26.6.1966
Track: Watkins Glen Grand Prix Course (United States), 3.701 kms		Organiser: unknown
Watkins Glen Grand Prix
United States Road Racing Championship (round 5)

(Race Results)

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Distance	Km/h	Pos.	Gr.
1^st	26	John Fulp	Lola T70 Mk.2 Chevrolet	Raceway Engineering, Inc.	87	321.8688 kms	163.2840	1^st	O2L
2^nd	77	Mak Kronn	McKee Mk.6 Chevrolet	Honda of Waukegan	87			2^nd	O2L
3^rd	52	Bill Eve	Genie Mk X Ford	Eve & Jones Racing	85			3^rd	O2L
4^th	9	Skip Hudson	Lola T70 Chevrolet	T. M. I. Associates	85			4^th	O2L
5^th	8	Jerry Grant	Lola T70 Ford	All American Racers	85			5^th	O2L
6^th	56	Ralph Trieschmann	Porsche 906		82			1^st	U2L
7^th	15	Herb Wetanson	Porsche 906	Herb Wetanson	81			2^nd	U2L
8^th	12	George Wintersteen	Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport	Wintersteen Racing, Inc.	81			6^th	O2L
9^th	4	Peter Gregg	Porsche 906	Brumos Porsche Corp.	81			3^rd	U2L
10^th	41	John Dennis	Denmacher II	Suburban Racing Team	74			4^th	U2L
11^th	64	Oscar Koveleski	Cooper - Chevrolet	Auto World	66			7^th	O2L
12^th	48	Skip Barber	Brabham BT8 Climax		65			5^th	U2L
13^th	57	Chuck Dietrich	Elva Mk VII S BMW	Suzy Dietrich	63			6^th	U2L
14^th	95	Eppie Wietzes	Ford GT40	Comstock Racing Team	62			8^th	O2L

Did not finish:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Distance	Km/h	Reason	Gr.
75	Bob Montana	McKee Mk V Plymouth	Bob Montana	62			DNF	O2L
46	John Morton	Lotus 23 Porsche		48			DNF	U2L
31	Don Skogmo	Genie Mk VIII Chevrolet	Don R. Skogmo	38			DNF	O2L
0	Chuck Parsons	Genie Mk X Chevrolet	Hilton Racing Team	37			DNF	O2L
29	Bob Bucher	Lola T70 Mk.2 Ford	Young B.A.R.F. Racing Team, Inc.	34			DNF	O2L
3	Ludwig Heimrath	McLaren - Ford		25			DNF	O2L
6	Mark Donohue	Lola T70 Mk.2 Chevrolet	Roger Penske Racing Enterprises	18			Accident, fire	O2L
62	John Cannon	Genie Mk X Oldsmobile	Dan Blocker Motor Racing, Inc.	18			Accident	O2L
7	Joe Buzzetta	Porsche 906	Porsche Corp. of America	17			Accident	U2L
65	Ed Hamill	Hamill SR3 Oldsmobile	Hamill Cars, Inc.	15			DNF	O2L
23	Doug Revson	Lotus 23 Climax	Douglas Revson	13			DNF	U2L
17	Lothar Motschenbacher	McLaren Elva Mark II Oldsmobile	Lothar Motschenbacher	11			DNF	O2L
96	Mike Goth	McLaren Elva Mark IB Chevrolet	Mike Goth Racing	7			Transmission	O2L
88	Harold Keck	Shelby Cobra Ford	Archway Ford, Inc.	6			DNF	O2L
1	Charlie Kolb	Porsche 906	Schroeder Imported Motor Corp.	2			Clutch	U2L

Did not start:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.
33	Scooter Patrick	Porsche 906		Engine in practice	U2L
87	Bill Bowman	Porsche 906	William S. Bowman	Accident in practice	U2L
	Ken Miles	Porsche 906		Engine in practice	U2L

Did not qualify:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.
42	Candido DaMota	Lotus - Climax	Candido DaMota		U2L
19	Ed Hessert	Elva Mk VII Ford	Dr. E. C. Hessert		U2L
81	Alvin Forsyth	Chevrolet Corvette	Alvin M. Forsyth		O2L

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.
11	Chuck Sarle	Piranha	Charles R. Sarle		O2L
14	Bob Nagel	Elva - BMW	Robert J. Nagel		U2L
39	Charles Cox	McLaren Elva Mark II Chevrolet	Charles Cox	Car destroyed in Road America	O2L
44	Jerry Hansen	Wolverine	Jerry Hansen		O2L
45	Rick Muther	McLaren Elva Mark I	James A. Linen, IV		O2L
47	Bob Brown	Lola T70 Mk.2 Chevrolet	Robert R. Brown		O2L
69	John Keane	N & B Special	N & B Automotive		O2L
72	George Ralph	Elva Mk VIII BMW	Fred Opert Racing Enterprises		U2L
73	Fred Ashplant	Elva Mk VIII BMW	Fred Opert Racing Enterprises		U2L
92	Chuck Akins	Bobsy SR3	Ecurie Oh!! Good Grief		U2L
97	Charlie Hayes	McLaren Elva Mark II Chevrolet	Charles Hayes Racing		O2L
99	Steve Diulo	Lotus 19G	Steve Diulo		O2L

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