Daytona 6 Hours 1979 - Qualifying Results

Event: 6 Hour Champion Spark Plug Challenge Daytona		Date: 1.7.1979
Track: Daytona International Speedway (United States), 6.180 kms	Organiser: unknown
Daytona 6 Hours
FIA World Challenge for Endurance Drivers (round 7)

(Qualifying Results)

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Q Time	Km/h
1^st	96	Felton / Sheehy / Sereix	Buick Skyhawk	Gene Felton	2:16.1690	163.3822
2^nd	38	Mandeville / Febles	Mazda RX-3	Roger Mandeville	2:17.0470
3^rd	63	Downing / Paul	Mazda RX-3	Jim Downing	2:17.3680
4^th	61	Waugh / St. James / Cason	AMC Concord	Doell Assoc.	2:17.9160
5^th	6	Shaw / Whittington / *Whittington	AMC Spirit	Amos Johnson	2:18.0920
6^th	7	Johnson / Barbour	AMC Spirit	Amos Johnson	2:18.5080
7^th	54	Wever / Whittington / *Kreider	Mazda RX-3	Wever/Palmer	2:18.6210
8^th	27	Meyer / Bond	Mazda RX-3	Mike Meyer	2:18.7820
9^th	4	Ouellette / Garcia	Mazda RX-2	E. J. Pruitt	2:18.9900
10^th	78	Haywood / McFarlin	Mazda RX-3	Performance Innovations	2:19.2150
11^th	99	Showket / Currin	AMC Concord	Kal Showket	2:19.5390
12^th	44	Baird / Amato	AMC Spirit	Joe Amato	2:19.6660
13^th	50	Mecum, Jr. / Garcia	Buick Skyhawk	Eddie Mecum, Sr.	2:19.7850
14^th	19	Knoop / Akin	AMC Gremlin	Southwind Enterprises	2:20.5910
15^th	08	Fernandez / Swope	AMC Spirit	S. C. Racing	2:20.8330
16^th	72	Ross / Mendez	Datsun 200SX	Tampa Bay Racing	2:20.9960
17^th	55	White / *Read	Ford Pinto	Dick Read	2:21.8780
18^th	42	Feld, Jr. / Gaines	AMC Gremlin	American Raceway Leasing	2:21.8790
19^th	16	Smith / Ashcraft	AMC Gremlin	Danny Smith	2:21.8950
20^th	59	Moise / Donaldson / Courtney	AMC Spirit	Milton Moise	2:22.8330
21^st	21	Vann / Mottern	AMC Gremlin	Andy Vann	2:23.5700
22^nd	11	Devendorf / Starita / Sharp	Datsun B210	Dick Starita	2:24.2820
23^rd	88	McKnight / Stropus / *McFarlin	Datsun 510	MAS Racing	2:24.3900
24^th	73	Cohen / *Behr	BMW 320i	Foreign Car Clinic	2:25.4980
25^th	03	Diehl / Kenny / Varde	AMC Gremlin	Joe Varde	2:25.5380
26^th	93	Boy / Yarosh / *Whittington	AMC Gremlin	Russ Boy	2:25.6250
27^th	47	Crosby / Crosby	AMC Gremlin	Bob Crosby	2:25.6260
28^th	68	Blue / Watterson	AMC Gremlin	Randy Blue	2:25.7030
29^th	91	Phelps / McDill	Chevrolet Vega	Warren Phelps	2:25.7610
30^th	66	Maffucci / Doyle	Mazda RX-2	Jim Downing	2:25.9840
31^st	22	Fitzgerald / Sharp / Harriss	Datsun B210	Linda Sharp	2:26.1140
32^nd	31	Davis / Kanady	AMC Gremlin	R & R Racing	2:26.3810
33^rd	69	Currin / Showket	AMC Pacer	Kal Showket	2:26.7350
34^th	57	McDonald / *Jaeschke	Datsun 200SX	Rick Jaeschke	2:26.8900
35^th	62	Sugg / Speer	BMW 2002	J. Speight Sugg, Jr.	2:28.2520
36^th	81	Jordan / Marsh	Datsun 510	MAS Racing	2:28.5750
37^th	15	Jackson / Weaver	AMC Gremlin	Rob Jackson	2:28.9700
38^th	17	Daily / Kuykendall	Datsun 200SX	Balboa Datsun	2:29.5070
39^th	5	Esseltine / Lambke	Datsun 510	Bob Esseltine	2:29.6960
40^th	30	Taylor / Edwards / Yerger	Alfa Romeo Alfetta	Dave Yerger	2:29.7400
41^st	33	Morrow / Moseley / *Cason	Plymouth Arrow	Music City Racing	2:30.0490
42^nd	2	Pericles / Pericles	Mazda RX-2	Wheels Import	2:30.0730
43^rd	09	Aiken / Dumont	Ford Pinto	Bennett Aiken	2:30.1300
44^th	82	Johnson / Bell	Datsun 710	North Star Racing	2:30.2090
45^th	23	Gurley / Jeralds	Ford Capri	Nes Gurley	2:31.2850
46^th	86	Dickson / Kleinschmidt / Kleinschmidt	AMC Spirit	Hoerr Brothers	2:33.0300
47^th	39	Clark / Hair / Sloyer	Oldsmobile Starfire	George Clark	2:36.1870
48^th	46	Sharp / Bergstrom	AMC Spirit	G. H. Sharp	2:36.4410
49^th	48	Northam / Shaw	Honda Civic	International Racing Systems	2:37.9330
50^th	64	Stradley / Mummery	AMC Pacer	Wayne Stradley	2:38.4840
51^st	3	Dearduff / *Dearduff	Mazda RX-3	Bob Dearduff	2:40.7210
52^nd	07	Warner / Lee	Honda Civic	Rich Lee	2:42.0830
53^rd	92	Matz / Hoopert	BMW 2002	Rolls Canard	2:43.4840
54^th	83	Grantham / *Griswold	Ford Pinto	Milt Griswold	2:46.9500
55^th	0	Worthington / Lee	Chevrolet Vega	Bob's Speed Products	2:49.5860
56^th	49	McDonald / *Smith	Ford Maverick	Richard Wagner	2:55.3730
57^th	06	Henn / Henn / Henn	AMC Pacer	Preston Henn	2:57.6080
58^th	9	Mellon / Reid / Tiller	Ford Pinto	Jerry Reid	no time
59^th	12	Stricklin / Eckelberry	Datsun 510	Jim Stricklin	no time
60^th	14	Rickmers / Crider	BMW 2002	Tenn Tec Racing	no time
61^st	51	Knoop / Akin	AMC Spirit	Brant Doell	no time
62^nd	52	Reeve / Tilton	Buick Skyhawk	Atlanta Racing Enterprises	no time
63^rd	75	Oyler / Reisinger / Jones	AMC Pacer	Ron Oyler	no time
64^th	84	Bonner / Kull	Ford Pinto	William Kull	no time
65^th	87	Evans / Elmore	Ford Pinto	Robert Buchler	no time
66^th	01	Varde / Cowart	AMC Spirit	Varde/Llauget	no time
67^th	02	Kenyon / Palmer	AMC Gremlin	Kim Kenyon	no time
68^th	04	Story / Story / Barnes	Ford Capri	Rozinante Enterprises	no time
69^th	05	Long / Ard / Gilmore	AMC Gremlin	Donnie Ard	no time

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant
00	Dale Swope	AMC Gremlin	S. C. Racing
1	Walt Bohren	Mazda RX-2	Walt Bohren Racing
28	Moore / Keller	Ford Pinto	Burns Moore
60	Pete Harrison	Buick Skyhawk	Pete Harrison
77	Skip Grenier	Mazda RX-2	Skip Grenier