Talladega 6 Hours 1979 - Qualifying Results

Event: Alabama International Speedway		Date: 1.4.1979
Track: 6 Hours of Talladega (United States), 6.437 kms	Organiser: unknown
Talladega 6 Hours
FIA World Challenge for Endurance Drivers (round 3)

(Qualifying Results)

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Q Time	Km/h
1^st	19	Long / Cook	AMC Gremlin	Soundwind Enterprises	2:26.2090	158.5027
2^nd	44	Baird / Amato	AMC Gremlin	Joe Amato	2:27.8180
3^rd	61	Waugh / Knoop	AMC Concord	Doell Assoc.	2:28.6740
4^th	96	Felton / Cox / *Huber	Buick Skyhawk	Gene Felton	2:31.3830
5^th	63	Downing / Paul	Mazda RX-2	Jim Downing	2:32.2780
6^th	20	Mecum / Garcia	Buick Skyhawk	Eddie Mecum, Sr.	2:32.5360
7^th	17	Daily / Kuykendall	Datsun 200SX	Balboa Datsun	2:32.7120
8^th	6	Shaw / Woods	AMC Spirit	Amos Johnson	2:32.7710
9^th	1	Bohren / *Cox	Mazda RX-2	Walt Bohren Racing	2:33.3610
10^th	38	Mandeville / Febles	Mazda RX-3	Roger Mandeville	2:33.9450
11^th	08	Swope / Fernandez	AMC Spirit	S. C. Racing	2:34.0190
12^th	50	Mecum, Jr. / Oyler	Buick Skyhawk	Eddie Mecum, Jr.	2:34.1820
13^th	78	Haywood / *McFarlin	Datsun 200SX	Performance Innovations	2:34.9870
14^th	54	Wever / Kreider	Mazda RX-3	Wever/Palmer	2:36.3370
15^th	51	Cason / *Cord	AMC Spirit	Brant Doell	2:36.3370
16^th	99	Showket / Currin	AMC Pacer	Kal Showket	2:36.3760
17^th	67	Denayer / Davis	AMC Gremlin	Larry Denayer	2:37.4030
18^th	64	Garza / Akin / Mendez	BMW 320i	Distant Thunder	2:37.4940
19^th	72	Ross / Palmer / *Mendez	Datsun 200SX	Tampa Bay Racing	2:37.8580
20^th	16	Smith / Brown / *Alexander	AMC Gremlin	Danny Smith	2:38.2190
21^st	11	Starita / Hoerr	Datsun B210	Dick Starita	2:38.6370
22^nd	21	Vann / Roberts	AMC Gremlin	Andy Vann	2:38.9440
23^rd	01	Varde / Cowart	AMC Spirit	Joe Varde	2:39.6740
24^th	4	Ouellette / Picariello	Mazda RX-2	E. J. Pruitt	2:40.6140
25^th	98	Kitchell / Diehl	AMC Gremlin	Richard Kitchell	2:42.5500
26^th	10	Petery / Whitman	AMC Spirit	Amos Johnson	2:43.3020
27^th	59	St. James / Donaldson / *Moise	AMC Gremlin	Autodyne	2:44.0070
28^th	26	Ingle / Harris	BMW 320i	Shadowfax Racing	2:44.5090
29^th	57	Wolf / Darnell	Ford Capri	Tracy Wolf	2:45.2190
30^th	15	Jackson / Weaver	AMC Gremlin	Rob Jackson	2:45.7130
31^st	62	Sugg, Jr. / Feld, Jr.	BMW 2002	Speight Sugg, Jr.	2:45.7530
32^nd	90	Bobo / *Parker	Mazda RX-3	James Bobo	2:48.4570
33^rd	23	Gurley / *Jeralds	Ford Capri	Nes Gurley	2:48.9590
34^th	04	Story / Story / Ard	Ford Capri	Rozistante Enterprises	2:50.7520
35^th	85	Kiricenkov / Bean	Ford Pinto	George Kiricenkov	2:50.7880
36^th	7	Johnson / Barbour	AMC Spirit	Amos Johnson	2:51.4200
37^th	83	Grantham / Griswold	Ford Pinto	Milt Griswold	2:51.5980
38^th	33	Richardson / *Goad	Ford Pinto	Dave Richardson	2:53.3290
39^th	91	Jones / Levine	Ford Pinto	Steve Jones	2:53.9530
40^th	48	Lyttle / Jones / McKee	Datsun 510	Tom Lyttle	2:59.7060
41^st	87	Fuller / Bullock	Ford Pinto	Whitehurst Racing	3:04.4030
42^nd	3	Dearduff / *Dearduff	Mazda RX-3	Jeff Dearduff	3:04.9810
43^rd	30	Taylor / Bailey / Yerger	Alfa Romeo Alfetta	Dave Yerger	3:11.1920
44^th	9	Blue / Watterson	AMC Gremlin	Randy Blue
45^th	52	Reeve / Harrison	Buick Skyhawk	Atlanta Racing Enterprises	no time
46^th	68	Howey / Koch	Ford Pinto	Howey Farms	no time
47^th	69	Kuenz / *Henn	Ford Fiesta	Preston Henn
48^th	70	Diehl / Kenny	AMC Gremlin	Joe Varde
49^th	71	Sparks / Holbrook	Ford Pinto	Holbrook/Sparks	no time
50^th	75	Jones / Oyler / Stradley	AMC Pacer	Ron Oyler	no time
51^st	82	Johnson / Bell	Datsun 710	North Star Racing	no time
52^nd	88	Griffin / Marsh	Datsun 510	MAS Racing	no time

Other present cars:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant
03	Jerry Reid	Ford Pinto	Jerry Reid

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant
14	Rickmers / Timolat	BMW 2002	Tenn Tec Racing
27	Pericles / Pericles	Mazda RX-2	Wheels Import
46	Sharp / Hoerr	AMC Spirit	G. H. Sharp
	Carlson / Spooner	Buick Skyhawk	Non-Celebrity Racing