Watkins Glen 6 Hours 1979 - Race Results

Event: 6-Hours including The Trans-Am and The Can-Am for the SCCA Citicorp Can-Am Challenge, The Glen		Date: 7.7.1979
Track: Watkins Glen Grand Prix Circuit (United States), 5.435 kms	Organiser: unknown
Watkins Glen 6 Hours
World Championship for Makes (round 7) Trans-Am (round 4)

(Race Results)

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Distance	Km/h	Reason	Pos.	Gr.	Pos.	Div.
1^st	94	Whittington / Ludwig / Whittington	Porsche 935/77A	Whittington Bros/Kremer Racing	175	951.0820 kms	158.4399		1^st	Gr.5		+2000
2^nd	70	Stommelen / Barbour / Newman	Porsche 935	Dick Barbour Performance	171				2^nd	Gr.5		+2000
3^rd	71	McFarlin / Woods / Akin	Porsche 935	Dick Barbour Performance	170		153.3544			-	1^st	TA-II
4^th	20	Forbes-Robinson / Townsend / Lunger	Porsche 935	Andial Porsche Service	169				3^rd	Gr.5		+2000
5^th	6	Mendez / Miller	Porsche 935	CMR Inc.	167			Lost wheel	4^th	Gr.5		+2000
6^th	18	Paul / Holbert	Porsche 935 JLP-1	J.L.P. Racing, Inc.	167					-	2^nd	TA-II
7^th	44	Tullius / Fuerstenau	Triumph TR8	JRT/Quaker State	162		146.1928		1^st	GT	1^st	TA-I/+2000
8^th	95	Whittington / Redman / Rutherford	Porsche 935/79	Whittington Brothers	161					-	3^rd	TA-II
9^th	72	McKitterick / Marcus / Garretson	Porsche 935	Dick Barbour Performance	161					-	4^th	TA-II
10^th	5	Miller / Cowart	BMW 3.5 CSL	K.W.M. Racing	161				5^th	Gr.5	5^th	TA-II/+2000
11^th	38	Fernandez / Ferrer	Porsche Carrera RSR	Boricua Motors Corp.	160					-	6^th	TA-II
12^th	97	Schramm / Frank	Porsche Carrera RSR	Framm Promotions	158					-	7^th	TA-II
13^th	66	Thomas / Ridgely / Kirby	Porsche 935	Stanton/Barbour	155					-	8^th	TA-II
14^th	92	Feinstein / Oleyar / Engels	Chevrolet Corvette 454	E. F. Miller & Co./Wayne County Auto	149					-	2^nd	TA-I
15^th	43	Joyce / Frank	Chevrolet Corvette C3 454	Phantom Racing	144					-	3^rd	TA-I
16^th	21	Wood / Gomez / Shafer	Chevrolet Camaro II	Oftedahl Racing	144					-	4^th	TA-I
17^th	10	Huber / Muniz / Muniz	Chevrolet Camaro II	Oftedahl Racing	142					-	5^th	TA-I
18^th	77	Jennings / Beasley / Bean	Porsche 911 S	Bruce Jennings	142					-	6^th	TA-I
19^th	29	Overbagh / Hagan	Chevrolet Monza 355	Stratagraph, Inc.	140					-	7^th	TA-I
20^th	16	Kassel / Roberts	Chevrolet Camaro 350	Tom's Mechanical Emporium/Kassel Auto Parts	136					-	8^th	TA-I
21^st	25	Maier / Siri, Jr. / Hinchliff	Ford Mustang Mach 1 302	Maier Racing, Inc.	126					-	9^th	TA-I
22^nd	90	Rynone / Wiernicki / Wiernicki	Chevrolet Corvette 427	Rynone Industries	121					-	10^th	TA-I
23^rd	13	Shaw, Jr. / Belcher	Porsche 935	Hal Shaw Racing	120			Pit fire		-	9^th	TA-II
24^th	7	Heimrath / Moran	Porsche 935	Heimrath Racing	117			Engine		Gr.5	10^th	TA-II/+2000
25^th	80	Carter / DeLorenzo	Chevrolet Camaro	Maurice C. Carter	115			Off course		-	11^th	TA-II
26^th	47	McKnight / Lutz	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Doug Lutz	111			Ignition		-	12^th	TA-II
27^th	37	Schulte / Cleveland	Chevrolet Corvette String Ray 350	Kassel Auto Parts	105					-	11^th	TA-I
28^th	52	Schuler / Schuler	Datsun 280Z	Fred Schuler, Inc.	98					-	12^th	TA-I
29^th	3	Busby / Winkelhock	BMW M1	BMW of North America and Munich	96			Off course		Special
30^th	55	Howes / Sturtevant	Porsche Carrera	Intrepid Design Inc.	78			Oil pressure		-	14^th	TA-II
31^st	85	Gregg / Haywood / Leven	Porsche 935	Bayside Disposal Racing	72			Engine		-	15^th	TA-II
32^nd	0	Field / Ongais	Porsche 935/79	Interscope Racing	48			Accident		Gr.5		+2000
33^rd	23	Zulkowski / Storc	Porsche 914/6	Metal Craft Racing	48			Unknown		-	13^th	TA-I
34^th	30	Fryer / Lowther	AMC Javelin	University of Pittsburgh Auto Racing Team	48			Accident		-	14^th	TA-I
35^th	57	Shelton / Shelton	Porsche 935	Monte's Motor Co.	46			Accident		-	16^th	TA-II
36^th	64	Baechle	Chevrolet Corvette 427	Endurance Racing Enterprises	25			Overheating		-	15^th	TA-I
37^th	65	Salerno	Chevrolet Corvette 454	Alan F. Salerno	25			Oil leak		-	16^th	TA-I
38^th	93	Oleyar	Chevrolet Corvette 454	E. F. Miller & Co./Little Foreign Car Shop	18			Off course		-	17^th	TA-I
39^th	51	Aquilante	Chevrolet Corvette 350	Thomas Aquilante	15			Engine		-	18^th	TA-I
40^th	11	Muniz	Chevrolet Camaro II	Oftedahl Racing	11			Flame bottom of car		-	19^th	TA-I
41^st	19	Cord	Chevrolet Monza 350	Chris Cord Racing	10			Accident		-	17^th	TA-II
42^nd	09	Mears	Porsche 935/77A	Bayside Disposal Racing	7			Fire		Gr.5		+2000
43^rd	15	Mancuso	Chevrolet Corvette 355	Motion Merchants	3			Off course		-	20^th	TA-I

Did not start:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.	Div.
98	Green / Bauer	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Larry Green/Bauer Racing		-	TA-I
00	Ongais / Field	Porsche 935/77A	Interscope Racing	Spare car	Gr.5	+2000
42	Minter / Scott	VW Rabbit	Bill Scott Racing Development		T	-2000
61	Cosentino / Fisher	Mazda RX-3	Faza Squadra		T	-2000
91	Werl / Spencer / Vecchi	Ford Mustang	HDJ		-	TA-I

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.	Div.
12	Shafer / Muniz	Chevrolet Camaro	Oftedahl Racing		-	TA-I
35	Bienvenue / Dancose / Duval	Porsche Carrera	Jacques Bienvenue		GT	+2000
60	Brandt / Wood	Chevrolet Corvette 350	John J. Brandt, Jr.		-	TA-I
73	Kirby / Hotchkis	Porsche 935	Dick Barbour Performance	Became car no.66	Gr.5	+2000
74	Jones / Sullivan	Chevrolet Camaro	Chet's Speed Shop		-	TA-I
81	Speyer / Farrell	Datsun 510	Al Speyer		-	TA-II
83	Hamilton / Overby	Porsche 911	Hamilton House Overby Racing		-	TA-I