Sebring 12 Hours 1978 - Qualifying Results

Event: The Twelve Hours of Sebring International Grand Prix of Endurance for the Camel GT Challenge		Date: 18.3.1978
Track: Sebring (United States), 8.369 kms	Organiser: unknown
Sebring 12 Hours
Camel GT Challenge (round 2) FIA World Challenge for Endurance Drivers (round 2) IMSA GTO (round 2) IMSA GTU (round 2) International Motor Sport Association (round 2)

(Qualifying Results)

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Q Time	Km/h
1^st	2	Hobbs / Minter / Klausler	BMW 320i Turbo	McLaren North America	2:35.7340	193.4512
2^nd	6	Barbour / Stommelen / Schurti	Porsche 935/77A	Dick Barbour Performance	2:37.6030
3^rd	95	Hagestad / Haywood	Porsche 935	Bob Hagestad	2:40.5980
4^th	59	Gregg / *Frisselle	Porsche 935	Brumos Porsche	2:42.0100
5^th	9	Redman / Mendez / Garretson	Porsche 935	Dick Barbour Performance	2:45.2940
6^th	06	Shulnburg / Heinz / Keyser / *McClain	Chevrolet Corvette	R. V. Shulnburg Scrap Metal	2:48.1030
7^th	28	Kearns / Hinze / Behr	Porsche 935	Desperado Racing	2:50.7800
8^th	13	Shaw, Jr. / Spalding	Porsche 935	Ore House - Vail	2:51.9920
9^th	04	Thompkins / Blessing	Chevrolet Corvette	Rick Thompkins	2:53.6290	173.5130
10^th	33	Paul / Fernandez	Porsche Carrera RSR	JLP Racing	2:55.9100
11^th	86	Kleinpeter / Stevens	De Tomaso Pantera GT4K	Team Pantera	2:56.6400
12^th	48	Sereix / St. James / Currin	Chevrolet Corvette	Autodyne	2:57.5530
13^th	79	Callas / Papke / Cook	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 3.0	Rennsport Porsche Works	2:57.7370
14^th	24	Frank / Bergstrom	Porsche Carrera RSR	Executive Industries	2:58.1020
15^th	58	Febles / Poole	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Diego Febles Racing	2:58.1130
16^th	32	Earle / Akin / Knoop	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Earle & Akin Racing	2:58.4900
17^th	8	Beasley / Jennings	Porsche Carrera RSR	Robert Beasley	2:58.4910
18^th	25	Miller / Bohren	BMW 3.5 CSL	KWM Racing	2:58.7670
19^th	46	DeNarvaez / Naon	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Mauricio De Narvaez	2:59.7550
20^th	11	Javier Garcia	Chevrolet Corvette C3	Javier Garcia	3:01.7260
21^st	96	Felton / Gimondo	Buick Skylark	Unicure	3:02.4060	165.1638
22^nd	76	Thomas / Mueller / May	Porsche 911	Quality Inn	3:02.4630	165.1123
23^rd	07	Cowart / Craw / Castellano	Porsche Carrera RSR	Morrison's Inc.	3:03.0360
24^th	1	Kreider / *Baldwin	Chevrolet Corvette	Dale Kreider Racing	3:03.4950
25^th	77	Romero / Soto	Porsche 911	Bill Scott Racing	3:03.6570
26^th	20	Bostyan / Thompson / Yenko	Chevrolet Corvette	Bostyan Racing	3:03.8090
27^th	41	Jones, Jr. / Faul	Chevrolet Camaro	Jones Ind. Racing	3:04.2940
28^th	38	Meldeau / McDill	Chevrolet Camaro	Meldeau Tire Co.	3:05.6060
29^th	23	Overbagh / Hagan / Wamsley	Chevrolet Monza	Overbagh Motor Racing	3:06.1250
30^th	01	White / Roehrig / Mesnick	Porsche 911	Roehrig Racing Inc.	3:06.7060
31^st	93	Whittington / Boy	Porsche 934/5	Whittington Bros.	3:06.7260
32^nd	84	Speakman / Maffucci	Datsun 260Z	Worldparts	3:06.9340
33^rd	51	Hotchkis / Kirby / Aase	Porsche 911	Wynn's International	3:06.9810
34^th	92	Sloyer / Fitzgerald	Plymouth Volare	Road Atlanta	3:07.5540
35^th	71	Higgins / Cooper / King	Porsche 911	Foreign Exchange Racing	3:07.6920
36^th	91	Frank / Schramm	Porsche Carrera RSR	Framm Promotions/W. Frank	3:07.8030
37^th	73	Howey / Koch	Chevrolet Camaro	Howey Farms	3:08.3220
38^th	30	Gonzalez / Cruz / Villa	BMW 3.0 CSL	Aro-Mandy Racing	3:08.3710
39^th	89	Bond / Tilton	Porsche 911	Barrick Motor Racing	3:09.2230
40^th	85	Hulen / Coupland / Engels	Porsche 914/6	John Hulen	3:09.9460
41^st	81	Montalvo / Garcia	Ford Escort	Juan Montalvo	3:09.9990
42^nd	36	Case / Panaccione / Rynerson	Porsche 911	Case Racing	3:10.1880
43^rd	50	Hochreuter / Bartling / Brezinka	Porsche 911	Fritz Hochreuter	3:10.3830
44^th	47	Chitwood / Fillingham / Jones	Chevrolet Nova	Tim Chitwood	3:11.0230
45^th	45	Steele / Gaeta / Zulkowski	Porsche 911	Vann's Auto Body	3:11.4510
46^th	03	Gottlob / Terrill	Chevrolet Corvette	Cliff Gottlob	3:11.6610
47^th	88	Hamilton / Wade / Collins	Porsche 911	Hamilton House Racing	3:11.8700
48^th	19	Arutunoff / Goellnicht / Marina	Lancia Stratos	Hallet Motor Racing Circuit	3:12.0360
49^th	57	Keller / Gray / Northam	Chevrolet Corvette C3	Sebring Racing	3:12.0990
50^th	27	Mummery / Refenning / Sheehy	Porsche 911 S	Miami Auto Racing	3:12.1340
51^st	14	LaMay / Valentine / Parker	Ford Mustang	Robert LaMay	3:13.2470
52^nd	78	Bremner / *McKnight	Triumph TR7	Abingdon/Ashley Motors	3:13.5130
53^rd	62	Koll / Hamren / Sherman	Porsche 914/6	William J. Koll	3:14.3740
54^th	80	Adams / Bedard / Thomson	Oldsmobile Cutlass	Herb Adams	3:16.0500
55^th	61	Cosentino / Downing	Mazda RX-3	Faza Squadra	3:16.4530
56^th	70	Speer / Turley	Porsche 911 S	Race Car Ent.	3:16.7210
57^th	35	Beilcke / Grinbold / Gebhardt	BMW 2002	Team Beilcke	3:17.7600
58^th	08	Wolters / Miller	Porsche 911 S	Terry Wolters	3:20.0100
59^th	99	Cook / Cooper / Southern	Datsun 260Z	Bob Bondurant	3:20.7740
60^th	49	Schumacher / Hubbard / Kelly	Triumph GT6	Ted Schumacher Racing	3:21.1920
61^st	40	Quintana / *Stone	Ford Mustang	Quintana Racing	3:22.6170
62^nd	54	Lopez / *Garcia	Chevrolet Camaro	Raul Garcia	3:22.8960
63^rd	00	Southard / Trueman	Porsche 914	Red Roof Inns	3:23.1820
64^th	4	Leuzinger / Van der Werff	De Tomaso Pantera	B. R. Racing Team	3:24.9460
65^th	05	Bond / Dann	Chevrolet Monza	Saltwater Band	3:25.3870
66^th	21	DiLella / Cueto	Porsche 914/4	DiLella Racing	3:25.3940
67^th	34	Drolsom / Davenport	Porsche 911 S	Drolsom Racing Inc.	3:26.5750
68^th	87	Vazquez / Oyler	Porsche 911	Pedro Vazquez	3:27.5290
69^th	52	Kleinschmidt / Culpepper / Koch	MGB GT	Native Tan	3:27.7020
70^th	02	Redszus / Rosen	BMW 2002	H. David Redszus	3:28.4570
71^st	7	Heimrath / *Ridgely	Porsche 935	Heimrath Racing	no time
72^nd	3	Freeman / Harmon / Leydecker	Porsche Carrera RSR	Bill Freeman Racing	no time
73^rd	42	Soldevilla / Gordillo	Porsche 911 S	El Sol Racing	no time
74^th	09	Belcher / Bundy / *Holbert	Porsche 934/5	Belcher Racing	no time
75^th	17	LaGrow / Tumbleston	Chevrolet Camaro	Kenneth LaGrow	no time
76^th	0	Rutherford / Wallace / Wallace	Oldsmobile Cutlass	Chesrown Olds	no time
77^th	12	Garcia / Vilarchao	Chevrolet Corvette	George Garcia	no time

Other present cars:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant
16	Slodowick / McCandless / Miller	Porsche 914/6	Striped Tiger Racing
65	Valhuerdi / Jernigan	Shelby GT350	Ahmed Valhuerdi

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant
10	Young / Johnson / Buchler	Pontiac Grand Am	Clay Young
15	Gebhardt / Romer	BMW 3.5 CSL	Bavarian Motors, Inc.
18	Almeida / Rodriguez / Romero	Chevrolet Corvette	Motorcito Racing
26	Smith / Budd / Foshee	Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint Veloce	Eleven-Tenths Racing
39	Potter / Boyer	Ford Mustang	Neil Potter
43	Harris / Gano	Ford Pinto	Harris Engineering
44	Murry / Van Arsdale	Porsche 911	Sud Porsche Racing
55	Duprey / Lapp	Datsun 240Z	Ron Duprey
60	Berner / Goebbels	Porsche Carrera	Motex Automotive
63	Pelz / Doran	Chevrolet Camaro	Pelz Jewelers
66	Noseda / Small	Chevrolet Camaro	Ralph Noseda
68	Mendez / Rodriguez / Lopez	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Luis Mendez
69	Abbott / Murray / Walker	Ford Pinto	T/A Racing School
74	Hulse / Kline	Porsche 911	George Hulse
75	Ramirez / Cao / Godinez	Porsche 911	Mike Ramirez
90	Lee / Church / Kump	AMC AMX	Bob's Speed Products
94	Whittington / Whittington	Porsche 935/77A	Whittington Bros.
97	Ansley / Connelly	Chevrolet Corvette	Ansley Racing
98	Tolman / Hurst	Saab 900 Turbo	The Racing Team