6-Hour Champion Spark Plug Challenge 1978 - Qualifying Results

Event: Arthur L. Montgomery Camel GT Challenge		Date: 3.9.1978
Track: Road Atlanta (United States), 4.056 kms	Organiser: unknown
6-Hour Champion Spark Plug Challenge
FIA World Challenge for Endurance Drivers (round 7)

(Qualifying Results)

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Q Time	Km/h
1^st	96	Felton / Gregg	Buick Skyhawk	Gene Felton	1:44.2070	140.1031
2^nd	78	McFarlin / Haywood	Datsun 200SX	Performance Innovations	1:44.8220
3^rd	30	Bohren / Fernandez	Mazda RX-2	Monarch Motor Racing	1:44.9030
4^th	63	Downing / Paul	Mazda RX-2	Jim Downing	1:45.1440
5^th	11	Devendorf / Starita	Datsun B210	Roselle Racing/Ward Datsun	1:45.6780
6^th	38	Mandeville / Febles	Mazda RX-3	Roger Mandeville	1:45.7160
7^th	7	Barbour / Johnson	AMC Pacer	Levi's Team Highball	1:45.8190
8^th	80	Hoerr / Frisselle	Datsun 510	R/A Hoerr	1:45.9000
9^th	2	Roberts / Waugh	AMC Gremlin	Jim Roberts	1:46.2500
10^th	6	Shaw / Knoop	AMC Pacer	Levi's Team Highball	1:46.2680
11^th	52	Reeve / Harrison	Buick Skyhawk	Atlanta Racing Enterprises	1:46.5260
12^th	46	Sharp / *Posey	Datsun 200SX	Performance Tuning	1:46.5600
13^th	00	Mitchell / Winston	Ford Pinto	John Winston	1:46.6800
14^th	79	Gordon / Dinkel / Minter	Volvo 142 E	IPD	1:47.0410
15^th	86	Hoerr / Smith	Datsun 510	R/A Hoerr	1:47.1580
16^th	19	Long / Cook	AMC Gremlin	Southwind Enterprises	1:47.1840
17^th	89	Thomson / Headley	Oldsmobile Starfire	TF Performance	1:47.3230
18^th	20	Garcia / Mecum	Buick Skyhawk	Eddie Mecum, Sr.	1:47.7090
19^th	64	Garza / Earle / Akin	BMW 320	Distant Thunder Racing	1:47.7620
20^th	09	Varde / Belcher	AMC Gremlin	Varde Racing	1:47.8280
21^st	22	Sharp / Fitzgerald	Datsun B210	The Landing	1:48.4010
22^nd	51	Griswold / Cord	AMC Gremlin	Doell Assoc.	1:48.7600
23^rd	92	Whittington / Whittington	Mazda RX-2	Roger Mandeville	1:49.0470
24^th	72	Ross / Mendez	Datsun 200SX	Tampa Bay Racing	1:49.0940
25^th	91	Walsh / McClure / Yenko	Ford Pinto	Jerry Walsh	1:49.3020
26^th	42	Feld, Jr. / *Chitwood	AMC Gremlin	Sam Chitwood	1:49.3730
27^th	34	Bowman / Colomb	Oldsmobile Starfire	D. Bowman Assoc.	1:49.5770
28^th	21	Vann / Richardson	AMC Gremlin	AVTRCM	1:50.0540
29^th	94	Morrow / Cargill	Dodge Colt	Eric Morrow	1:50.1720
30^th	93	Yarosh / Hinze / Whittington	AMC Gremlin	Art Yarosh	1:50.1790
31^st	82	Bell / Johnson	Datsun 710	North Star Racing	1:50.2030
32^nd	59	St. James / Moise / Donaldson	AMC Gremlin	Zabatt Engine Service	1:50.2800
33^rd	49	Cason / Valentine	AMC Concord	Doell Assoc.	1:50.4850
34^th	10	Currin / Kendrick	BMW 2002	Munich West	1:50.6180
35^th	40	Pyne / *Taylor	Ford Pinto	Tom Pyne	1:51.1020
36^th	68	Sattele / Davenhall	Mercury Capri	Metric Shop	1:51.4000
37^th	08	Swope / Hamilton	AMC Gremlin	Keith Swope	1:51.6460
38^th	27	Meyer / Bond	Mazda RX-2	Mike Meyer	1:51.7000
39^th	36	Espinosa / Lopez / Alberto	BMW 2002	Botero Racing	1:51.8790
40^th	57	Wiese / *Poulos	Ford Pinto	Team Loon	1:52.8270
41^st	14	Rickmers / Fellin / Timolat	BMW 2002	Cliff Rickmers	1:52.9180
42^nd	17	Jackson / Weaver	AMC Gremlin	Rob Jackson	1:53.0370
43^rd	47	Lyttle / Jones / McKee	Datsun 510	Tom Lyttle	1:53.3320
44^th	03	Diehl / Smith	AMC Gremlin	Varde Racing	1:53.3950
45^th	16	Rutherford / *Kearns	AMC Gremlin	Danny Smith	1:53.9300
46^th	25	Carlson / DeLorenzo	AMC Gremlin	Ralph Steele	1:53.9510
47^th	69	Blue / Watterson	AMC Gremlin	Racing Team Blue	1:54.5150
48^th	12	Vogt / Cloud	BMW 2002	Ed Vogt	1:54.8650
49^th	98	Bannerman / *Kitchell	AMC Gremlin	Richard Kitchell	1:54.9820
50^th	90	Bobo / Angelos / *Brown	Mazda RX-2	James Bobo	1:55.3570
51^st	62	Sugg / Gaines	BMW 1600	J. Speight Sugg	1:55.4080
52^nd	1	Sparks / Holbrook	Ford Pinto	Holspa Racing	1:55.5020
53^rd	37	Coffey / Coffey	Mazda RX-2	Kevin Coffey	1:55.5150
54^th	73	Ellis-Brown / Tremblay	Volvo 142 E	David Ellis-Brown	1:55.7090
55^th	50	Goad / Murphy	Ford Pinto	Griff Goad	1:55.9340
56^th	85	Kiricenkov / Ashby	Ford Pinto	George Kiricenkov	1:57.1870
57^th	9	Reid / Reed / Hagan	Ford Pinto	Jerry Reid	1:59.9590
58^th	01	Hair / *Harris	Datsun 510	George Hair	2:00.9710
59^th	48	Shaw / Northam	Honda Civic	W. L. Shaw	2:01.8910
60^th	8	Kull / Kull, Jr. / Bonner	Ford Pinto	William Kull, Sr.	2:04.0790
61^st	31	Henn / Sahlman	AMC Pacer	Thunderbird Racing	2:04.8310
62^nd	4	McPheron / Schumacher	Ford Capri	Ted Schumacher	2:06.8510
63^rd	26	Diaz / Valdes-Pages / Gutierrez	Ford Pinto	Union Capital Corp.	2:51.9440
64^th	43	Baldwin / Sloyer	BMW 2002	Bavarian Motors International	no time
65^th	13	Ouellette / *Carusso	Mazda RX-2	E. J. Pruitt & Co.	no time
66^th	39	Barker / Uria / Meehan	Ford Pinto	Wayne Barker	no time
67^th	87	Schumacher / *Yenko	Oldsmobile Starfire	Larry Schumacher	no time
68^th	18	Pericles / Pericles	Mazda RX-3	Ray Pericles	no time
69^th	41	Ulinski / Lawrence	Mazda RX-2	Chuck Ulinski	no time
70^th	99	Jones / *Underwood	Ford Pinto	Steve Jones	no time

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant
3	Strebin / McKinley	Ford Pinto	Gary Strebin
44	Amato / Baird	AMC Gremlin	Joe Amato
55	Lee White	Ford Pinto	Lee White
77	Sparks / Holbrook	Ford Pinto	Holspa Racing
84	Buchler / Young	Ford Pinto	Bob Buchler
88	Picariello / Baker	Plymouth Arrow	Picariello Racing
95	Heron / Lee	Honda Civic	Steven Heron Racing