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Event: 6-Hours and The Can-Am, The Glen			Date: 22.7.1972
Track: Watkins Glen Grand Prix Course (United States), 5.435 kms		Organiser: unknown
Watkins Glen 6 Hours
World Championship for Makes (round 11)

(Race Results)

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Distance	Km/h	Pos.	Gr.
1^st	85	Andretti / Ickx	Ferrari 312 PB	SEFAC Ferrari	195	1059.5510 kms	175.9090	1^st	S3.0
2^nd	86	Peterson / Schenken	Ferrari 312 PB	SEFAC Ferrari	195			2^nd	S3.0
3^rd	10	Bell / Pace	Mirage M6 Ford	Gulf Racing Research Co.	181			3^rd	S3.0
4^th	68	Dean / Brown	Porsche 908/02	A. G. Dean	171			4^th	S3.0
5^th	42	Jöst / Casoni	Porsche 908/03	Reinhold Joest	166			5^th	S3.0
6^th	22	Jarier / Young	Ferrari 365 GTB/4	North American Racing Team	156			1^st	GT+2.5
7^th	16	Keyser / Beasley	Porsche 911 S	Toad Hall Racing	155			1^st	GT2.5
8^th	43	O'Steen / Helmick	Porsche 911 S	Ecurie Escargot	153			2^nd	GT2.5
9^th	26	Shierson / Barber	Chevron B19 Ford	Marathon - Douglas Shierson Racing	144			1^st	S2.0
10^th	35	Kepler / Orr	Chevrolet Corvette	Velvetouch GT	142			2^nd	GT+2.5
11^th	18	DeLorenzo / Reynolds	Ferrari 365 GTB/4	Baker Motor Co. - Castrol Oil Racing Team	135			3^rd	GT+2.5
12^th	64	Baechle / Laughlin	Chevrolet Corvette C3	C. Weaver Chevrolet	114			4^th	GT+2.5

Not classified:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Distance	Km/h	Reason	Gr.
37	Sherman / Lo Bianco	Chevron B19 Ford	LoBianco Trucking, Inc.	113				S2.0

Did not finish:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Distance	Km/h	Reason	Gr.
20	van Lennep / Adamowicz	Mirage M6 Ford	Gulf Racing Research Co.	141			Gearbox, accident	S3.0
87	Redman / Merzario	Ferrari 312 PB	SEFAC Ferrari	136			Crankshaft	S3.0
23	Pickett / Kemp	Chevrolet Corvette	Rinzler Motor Racing - Holliday Inns, Inc.	120			Engine	GT+2.5
21	Posey / Hobbs	Ferrari 365 GTB/4	North American Racing Team	117			Engine	GT+2.5
57	Heinz / Johnson	Chevrolet Corvette	Race Enterprises and Development, Inc.	102			Throttle linkage	GT+2.5
59	Haywood / Gregg	Porsche 911 S	Brumos Porsche-Audi Corp.	91			Engine	GT2.5
31	Alden / Wiernicki / Wiernicki	Chevrolet Corvette	Neil Allen	74			DQ: push start	GT+2.5
88	Abate / Soltau	Porsche 910	Edwin Abate, D.D.S.	72			Oil leak	S2.0
29	van Beuren, Jr. / Buffum	Chevron B21 Ford	Libre International Racing	66			Puncture	S2.0
11	Jordan / Crean	Chevron B21 Ford	John Crean Racing	39			Suspension	S2.0
61	Locke / Bailey	Porsche 911 S	Jim Locke	20			Oil leak	GT2.5
49	Greenwood / Smothers	Chevrolet Corvette	John Greenwood Racing	20			Valves	GT+2.5
55	McCaig / McCaig	Lola T212 Ford	Roger McCaig Racing	13			Spin	S2.0
33	Minter / Patrick	Alfa Romeo T33/3	Otto Zipper Racing Team	12			Engine	S3.0
28	De Cadenet / Birrane	Duckhams LM Ford	Alain de Cadenet	7			Engine	S3.0
90	Wisell / Larrousse	Lola T280 Ford	Ecurie Bonnier	5			Accident	S3.0
93	Fisher / Gloy	Chevron B16 Ford	Hobby Car Enterprises	0			Fire on formation lap	S2.0

Did not start:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.
25	Schuster / Perez Gama	Chevron B19 Ford	Marathon - Douglas Shierson Racing		S2.0
24	Cluxton / Moran	Ferrari Dino 246 GT	North American Racing Team		GT2.5
52	Kleinpeter / Belcher	Chevron B21 Ford	Promotional Advertising Corp.	Valve	S2.0
66	Murray / Knupp	Chevrolet Corvette	Mike Murray		GT+2.5
39	Bartling / Petermann / Brezinka	Porsche 910	Ray Brezinka		S2.0
63	Oleyar / Luebbe	Chevrolet Corvette	Michael Oleyar	Engine	GT+2.5
48	Greenwood / Smothers / Cordts	Chevrolet Corvette	John Greenwood Racing		GT+2.5
36	Miller / Orr / Miller / Kepler	Chevrolet Corvette	Velvetouch GT	Engine	GT+2.5
50	Greenwood / Long	Chevrolet Corvette	John Greenwood Racing	Accident	GT+2.5
17	Schumacher / Nagel / Lowther	Chevrolet Corvette	Bill Schumacher		GT+2.5

Did not qualify:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.
89	Oest / Tillson	Porsche 911 T	Holbert's Porsche-Audi		GT2.5
77	Stone / Jennings	Porsche 911 T	Silverstone Racing		GT2.5
80	Hochreuter	Porsche 911	Kennedy-Car Collision		GT2.5
27	Mollin / Weiss	Porsche 911 S	Richard C. Weiss		GT2.5

Did not practice:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.
99	Wechsler / Heppenstall	Royale RP4 Ford	Robert Wechsler		S2.0

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.
9	Bob Grossman	De Tomaso Pantera	Bob Grossman		GT+2.5
70	McDonald / Everett	Porsche 914/6	Algar Enterprises, Inc.	Reserve entry	GT2.5

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