Watkins Glen Grand Prix 1965 - Qualifying Results

Event: 18th Annual Watkins Glen Sports Car Grand Prix Weekend		Date: 27.6.1965
Track: Watkins Glen Grand Prix Course (United States), 3.701 kms	Organiser: unknown
Watkins Glen Grand Prix
United States Road Racing Championship (round 5) USRRC GT (round 5)

(Qualifying Results)

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Q Time	Km/h
1^st	65	Hall / *Sharp	Chaparral 2A Chevrolet	Chaparral Cars	1:16.5000	174.1954
2^nd	66	Sharp / *Hall	Chaparral 2A Chevrolet	Chaparral Cars	1:17.2000
3^rd	60	Don Wester	Genie Mk X Ford	Don Wester Enterprises	1:19.2000
4^th	24	Rick Muther	Lola T70 Chevrolet	Pacesetter Homes	1:19.2000
5^th	97	Charlie Hayes	Lang Cooper Monaco T61 Chevrolet	Craig Lang Enterprises	1:19.3000
6^th	52	John Fulp	Lola T70 Chevrolet	John R. Fulp, Jr.	1:21.0000
7^th	4	Mike Hall	427 LMD (McKee Mk IV Ford)	Geo. W. Lehman	1:21.1000
8^th	12	George Wintersteen	Cooper Monaco T61 Chevrolet	Wintersteen Racing, Inc.	1:21.2000
9^th	18	Ludwig Heimrath	McLaren Elva Mark I Ford	Ludwig Heimrath	1:22.7000
10^th	16	George Follmer	Lotus 23 Porsche	Team Ocean Motors	1:23.3000
11^th	91	Skip Scott	Shelby Cobra 427	Howe Sound Co.	1:23.0000
12^th	33	Bob Johnson	Shelby Cobra 289	Shelby-American, Inc.	1:23.5000
13^th	3	Joe Buzzetta	Elva Mk VII S Porsche	Competition Imports, Inc.	1:24.1000
14^th	93	Doug Revson	Lotus 23P Climax		1:24.4000
15^th	48	Lewis Kerr	Brabham BT8 Climax	John Timken	1:24.8000
16^th	57	Chuck Dietrich	Elva Mk VII S BMW	Robert Amey	1:24.9000
17^th	35	Don Skogmo	Genie Mk VIII Ford	Don R. Skogmo	1:25.0000
18^th	13	Tom Payne	Shelby Cobra	Shelby-American, Inc.	1:25.1000
19^th	77	Mak Kronn	Elva Mk VII S BMW	S. K. F. Ltd.	1:25.3000
20^th	38	Newton Davis	Lotus 30	Dutchess Auto Co.	1:25.5000
21^st	7	Augie Pabst	Chaparral 1 Chevrolet	Augie Pabst	1:25.7000
22^nd	88	Harold Keck	Shelby Cobra 427	Archway Ford, Inc.	1:26.0000
23^rd	36	Dick Brown	Elva Mk VIII BMW	Ecurie Greene, Inc.	1:26.1000
24^th	69	Richard Holquist	Ferrari 250 LM	Scuderia Bear (W. S. McKelvey)	1:26.7000
25^th	28	Gerry Bruihl	Lotus 23 Climax	Enduro Speed, Inc.	1:27.0000
26^th	83	Roger Heftler	Elva Mk VII S BMW	Roger Heftler	1:27.2000
27^th	71	Albert Schall	Carliss & Schall Special	Robert Pitcairn	1:27.3000
28^th	6	Bruce Jennings	Elva Mk VII S Porsche	Tim LoSporco	1:27.4000
29^th	20	George Ralph	Elva Mk VIII BMW	Chevron Racing Team	1:27.6000
30^th	1	Mike Goth	Lotus 23 Alfa Romeo	G.R.T. Enterprises	1:28.2000
31^st	14	Herb Wetanson	Porsche 904 GTS	Herb Wetanson	1:29.3000

Other present cars:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant
17	Jody Porter	Abarth-Simca	Jonathan H. Porter
19	Dan Gerber	Gerber-Payne Special (McKee Mk III Ford)	Daniel F. Gerber, Jr.
26	Horst Kwech	Alfa Romeo	Knatz Cont. Auto's, Inc.
37	Pete van der Vate	Alfa Romeo TI	Monty Winkler
43	Jim Mederer	Shelby Cobra	Mary Lou Mederer
49	Art Riley	Volvo P1800	Art Riley
51	Chris Farrell	Piranha	Chris Farrell
63	Brad Parker	Elva Mk VII BMW	L. M. Donovan
68	George Owen	Alfa Romeo Zagato	Geo. Owen
81	Walter Mann	Porsche 718 RS 61	Walter J. Mann
94	George Waltman	Triumph TR4	Genser Forman Triumph Dist., Inc.
95	Dennis Brown	Porsche 718 RS 61

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant
8	Dick Macon	McLaren Elva Mark I	Richard C. Macon
15	Bob Montana	McKee Mk V Plymouth	Bob Montana
21	M. R. J. Wyllie	Elva - BMW	M. R. J. Wyllie
22	Bob Nagel	Elva - BMW	Robert J. Nagel
23	Sherman Decker	Cooper Monaco T61 Ford	Greenwich Autos, Inc.
31	Russ MacGrotty	Lotus Elan	MacGrotty Chevrolet
41	John Dennis	Denmacher - Porsche	Suburban Racing Team
42	Gary Stephenson	Elva - Porsche	Gary Stephenson
45	Harry Theodoracopulos	Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ	Harry Theodoracopulos
53	William Wilbourne	Porsche 718 RS 61	Wm. Wilbourne
58	Peter Lerch	McT Ford	Peter Lerch
61	Bud Morley	Elva - BMW	Bud Morley
92	Rajah Rodgers	Austin-Healey	N. A. Vixler, Jr.
96	Bob Grossman	Ferrari 330 P	Scuderia Bear (W. S. McKelvey)