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Watkins Glen Trans-Am race

Watkins Glen Grand Prix Course, Watkins Glen, New York, USA

Date: 16/8/1970
Track length: ca. 3.700 m
Attendance:
Entries accepted: unknown
Starters: 35 (O), 18 (U)
Finishers: 21 (O), 14 (U)

Pole position:
Fastest lap: Jones in 1.14,65 (O), Kwech in 1.23,0 (U)

Distance: 91 laps (O), 42 laps (U)
Average speed: 166,91 kmh (O), 154,35 kmh (U)
Weather: Some rain
Ruleset: SCCA Sedan
Car info:  

 

A combination of Vic Elford's expert wet-weather driving plus a most unusual bungle of the Sunoco Javelin team's pit work resulted in the Chaparral-sponsored Chevrolet team's first victory in the series. British driver Elford finished 9,8 seconds ahead of a battle for second place which was decided in the order Donohue and Follmer. Follmer's Mustang hesitated slightly on the last lap, almost out of fuel.
(Report from Race report 4 by Eddie Guba)

Over 2000 cc
Pos Pos in class # Team / Entrant
Car- Engine		 Drivers, Nationality Engine
vol. (cc)		 Engine
Type		 Group Distance,
time		 Qualifying position Qualifying time Fastest lap Reason out,
remarks
1 1 1 Chaparral
Chevrolet Camaro		 Vic Elford, GB
 ca. 5000 V8 O 91 laps in 2:00.59,0        
2 2 6 Penske Racing
AMC Javelin		 Mark Donohue, USA
 ca. 5000 V8 O 91 laps in 2:01.08,8        
3 3 16 Bud Moore
Ford Mustang Boss 302		 George Follmer, USA
 ca. 5000 V8 O 91 laps in 2:01.10,7        
4 4 15 Bud Moore
Ford Mustang Boss 302		 Parnelli Jones, USA
 ca. 5000 V8 O 91 laps in 2:01.45,3        
5 5 9 Penske Racing
AMC Javelin		 Peter Revson, USA
 ca. 5000 V8 O 90        
6 6 42 AAR
Plymouth Barracuda		 Swede Savage, USA
 ca. 5000 V8 O 90        
7 7 2 Chaparral
Chevrolet Camaro		 Ed Leslie, USA
 ca. 5000 V8 O 89        
8 8    
Chevrolet Camaro		 Maurice Carter, CDN
 ca. 5000 V8 O 88        
9 9    
Chevrolet Camaro		 Tony De Lorenzo, USA
 ca. 5000 V8 O 86        
10 10    
Chevrolet Camaro		 Milt Minter, USA
 ca. 5000 V8 O 86        
11 11    
Chevrolet Camaro		 Richard Brown, CDN
 ca. 5000 V8 O 84        
12 12    
Chevrolet Camaro		 Paul Nichter, USA
 ca. 5000 V8 O 83        
13 13    
Chevrolet Camaro		 Peter Schwartzott, USA
 ca. 5000 V8 O 83        
14 14    
Chevrolet Camaro		 Alfred Ruys de Perez, USA
 ca. 5000 V8 O 83        
15 15    
Chevrolet Camaro		 David Lowler
 ca. 5000 V8 O 81        
16 16    
Chevrolet Camaro		 Craig Fisher, CDN
 ca. 5000 V8 O 81        
17 17    
Chevrolet Camaro		 Paul Jett, USA
 ca. 5000 V8 O 80        
18 18    
Chevrolet Camaro		 Bob Barg, CDN
 ca. 5000 V8 O 79        
19 19    
Chevrolet Camaro		 Francois Gurtan
 ca. 5000 V8 O 76        
20 20    
Chevrolet Camaro		 Bob Bienerth, USA
 ca. 5000 V8 O 76        
21 21    
Chevrolet Camaro		 Vince Gimondo, USA
 ca. 5000 V8 O 71        
DNF      
Pontiac Firebird		 John Cordts, CDN
 ca. 5000 V8 O 78        
DNF      
Chevrolet Camaro		 Warren Fairbanks, USA
 ca. 5000 V8 O 72        
DNF      
Ford Mustang Boss		 Dean Gregson, USA
 ca. 5000 V8 O 64        
DNF      
Ford Mustang		 Warren Tope, USA
 ca. 5000 V8 O 55        
DNF      
Chevrolet Camaro		 Bob Grossman, USA
 ca. 5000 V8 O 54        
DNF   4 Owens/Corning
Chevrolet Camaro		 Jerry Thompson, USA
 ca. 5000 V8 O 54        
DNF      
Chevrolet Camaro		 Larry Bock, USA
 ca. 5000 V8 O 34        
DNF   77  
Dodge Challenger		 Sam Posey, USA
 ca. 5000 V8 O 24        
DNF      
Ford Mustang Boss		 Ed Henchlieff
 ca. 5000 V8 O 21        
DNF      
Chevrolet Camaro		 Warren Agor, USA
 ca. 5000 V8 O 15        
DNF      
Chevrolet Camaro		 Dick Young
 ca. 5000 V8 O 15        
DNF      
Pontiac Firebird		 Derek Johnson
 ca. 5000 V8 O 8        
DNF      
AMC Javelin		 Ted Roberts
 ca. 5000 V8 O 7        
DNF      
Chevrolet Camaro		 Roy Woods, USA
 ca. 5000 V8 O 2        

Under 2000 cc
Pos Pos in class # Team / Entrant
Car- Engine		 Drivers, Nationality Engine
vol. (cc)		 Engine
Type		 Group Distance,
time		 Qualifying position Qualifying time Fastest lap Reason out,
remarks
1 1    
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA		 Horst Kwech, USA
 1570 L4 U 42 laps, 1:00.36        
2 2    
Alfa Romeo		 Lee Midgley, USA
   L4 U 42 laps, 1:01.41        
3 3    
BMW 2002		 Hans Ziereis, USA
 1990 L4 U 42 laps, 1:01.44        
4 4    
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA		 Gaston Andrey, USA
 1570 L4 U 42 laps, 1:02.06        
5 5    
BMW 2002		 Don Pike, USA
 1990 L4 U 41        
6 6    
Alfa Romeo		 Charles Thieriot, USA
   L4 U 41        
7 7    
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA		 Bert Everett, USA
 1570 L4 U 40        
8 8    
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA		 Roger Lewis
 1570 L4 U 39        
9 9    
Alfa Romeo		 Jon Norman, USA
   L4 U 39        
10 10    
Volvo		 Art Mollin, USA
 1778 L4 U 39        
11 11    
Alfa Romeo		 Ed Wachs, USA
   L4 U 38        
12 12    
Abarth 1000 TC		 Craig Fisher, CDN
 982 L4 U 38        
13 13    
Volvo		 Ronald Polimeni
 1778 L4 U 36        
14 14    
Morris Mini Cooper S		 Rod Bremner, CDN
 1293 L4 U 23        
DNF      
BMW 2002		 Robert Lazebnik, USA
 1990 L4 U 24       Front suspension
DNF      
Ford Escort		 Bob Tanner
 1990 L4 U 9        
DNF      
BMW 2002		 Russell Norburn, USA
 1990 L4 U 7        
DNF      
BMW 2002		 Peter Schuster, USA
 1990 L4 U 1