1977 WMC - round 6

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Mosport 6 Hours

Mosport, Canada

Date: 20/8/1977
Track length: 3.957 m
Attendance:
Entries accepted: 26
Starters: 23
Finishers: 13, 11 classified

Pole position: Ickx in 1.20,123 = 177,808 kmh
Fastest lap: Ickx in 1.21,948 = 173,848 kmh

Distance: 6 hours
Average speed: 158,303 kmh
Weather: Warm and dry
Ruleset: Group 1-5/76
Car info: 1977 Cars

Five real Group 5 cars at the start - the ETCC wasn’t the only championship in bad shape. Faltz had entered his long-distance 320 with Cheever and another young man called Gilles Villeneuve. Pole was for the Martini Porsche of Ickx/Schurti, with the Vasek Polak 935 of Follmer/Lunger second, the Turbo BMW 320 (Hobbs/Peterson) third and then the first TransAm car of Gregg and Wollek. Behind them, Heimrath/Miller; Heimrath would spice the proceedings here a little. He started with a protest against Gregg’s rear suspension.
Follmer took the lead surprisingly after the start, but Ickx retook him after two laps. But a pit stop hampered the Martini car, and a blown head gasket ended the race a little later.
Follmer was in front again, but soon Wollek/Gregg took over, and this was to be the order at the finish, with the Faltz 320 third and winning Group 5 overall.
And Heimrath’s protest? It was denied, but his next protest against Gregg’s engine was justified and the proud winner of this race was the 1962 Canadian Champion: Ludwig Heimrath...

Overall result

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

DSQ 59 Brumos Porsche
Porsche 934/935 Peter Gregg, USA
Bob Wollek, F
2993 tc B6 TransAm-2 243 laps, 5:59.51,288 4 1.23,416 Illegal suspension

1 7
Porsche 934/935 Ludwig Heimrath, CDN
Paul Miller, USA
2993 tc B6 TransAm-2 240 laps, 5:59.58,827 5 1.25,175

2 1 23 Faltz-Alpina Essen
BMW 320 Eddie Cheever, USA
Gilles Villeneuve, CDN
1998 L4 Group 5/Div. 1 234 11 1.30,106

3 44 Group 44
Jaguar XJ-S Bob Tullius, USA
Brian Fuerstenau, USA
5344 V12 TransAm-1 229 14 1.31,347

4 98
Porsche 911 Tom Spalding, USA
John Bauer, USA
Elliot Forbes-Robinson, USA
B6 TransAm-1 227 17 1.34,040

5 9
Porsche Carrera RSR Klaus Bytzek, CDN
Rudi Bartling, CDN
Harry Bytzek, CDN
2994 B6 TransAm-2 224 13 1.30,564

6 13
Porsche Carrera RSR Hal Shaw Jr, USA
Howard Meister, USA
2994 B6 TransAm-2 224 16 1.33,822

7 88
Porsche Carrera RSR Peter Overing, CDN
Fritz Hochreuter, CDN
2994 B6 TransAm-2 222 20 1.35,915

8 1 2 McLaren North America
BMW 320 Turbo David Hobbs, GB
Ronnie Peterson, S
1998 tc L4 Group 5/Div. 1 215 3 1.22,905

9 60
Chevrolet Corvette John Brandt, USA
Michael Oleyar, USA
V8 TransAm-1 214 23 1.37,199

10 18
Porsche Carrera RSR Eitel Maier, CDN
Jerry Jolly, USA
2994 B6 TransAm-2 200 22 1.36,809

11 90
Chevrolet Corvette Tom Rynone, USA
Mike Wiernicki, USA
Neil Wiernicki, USA
V8 TransAm-1 199 19 1.35,632

DNF 57
Porsche 911 John Wood, USA
Chip Mead, USA
B6 TransAm-1 187 18 1.34,043 Engine

NC Vasek Polak
Porsche 934/935 Monte Shelton, USA
Skeeter McKitterick, USA
2993 tc B6 TransAm-2 154 7 1.26,015 Insufficient distance

DNF 75
Porsche Carrera RSR Norm Ridgely, CDN
Jim Cook, CDN
2994 B6 TransAm-2 114 10 1.29,665 Engine

DNF 31
Chevrolet Monza Warren Agor, USA
Paul Nichter, USA
V8 TransAm-2 94 9 1.27,318 Differential

DNF 80
Chevrolet Corvette Nick Engels, USA
Bob Nagel, USA
V8 TransAm-1 92 15 1.32,077 Engine

DNF 16 Vasek Polak
Porsche 935 George Follmer, USA
Brett Lunger, USA
2857 tc B6 Group 5/Div. 3 80 2 1.22,167 Engine

DNF 61
Porsche 935 Jim Busby, USA
Eppie Wietzes, CDN
2857 tc B6 Group 5/Div. 3 45 6 1.25,302 Engine

DNF 19
Chevrolet Monza Chris Cord, USA
Jim Adams, USA
V8 TransAm-2 42 8 1.26,294 Engine

DNF 45
Chevrolet Corvette James Mancuso, USA
William Coykendall, USA
V8 TransAm-1 37 24 1.43,781 Differential

DNF 1 Martini Racing
Porsche 935-77 Jacky Ickx, B
Manfred Schurti, FL
2857 tc B6 Group 5/Div. 3 34 1 1.20,123 1.21,948 Head gasket

DNF 5
Chevrolet Corvette Bill Adam, CDN
Cam Champion, CDN
V8 TransAm-1 15 12 1.30,176 Accident

DNS 11
Chevrolet Corvette Murray Edwards, CDN
Karl Karlson, CDN
V8 TransAm-1 21 1.36,005

DNS 36
Porsche Carrera RSR Brian Hardacre, CDN
2994 B6 TransAm-2 25 1.44,34

Overall result
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
DSQ		59	Brumos Porsche Porsche 934/935	Peter Gregg, USA Bob Wollek, F	2993 tc	B6	TransAm-2	243 laps, 5:59.51,288	4	1.23,416		Illegal suspension
1		7	Porsche 934/935	Ludwig Heimrath, CDN Paul Miller, USA	2993 tc	B6	TransAm-2	240 laps, 5:59.58,827	5	1.25,175
2	1	23	Faltz-Alpina Essen BMW 320	Eddie Cheever, USA Gilles Villeneuve, CDN	1998	L4	Group 5/Div. 1	234	11	1.30,106
3		44	Group 44 Jaguar XJ-S	Bob Tullius, USA Brian Fuerstenau, USA	5344	V12	TransAm-1	229	14	1.31,347
4		98	Porsche 911	Tom Spalding, USA John Bauer, USA Elliot Forbes-Robinson, USA		B6	TransAm-1	227	17	1.34,040
5		9	Porsche Carrera RSR	Klaus Bytzek, CDN Rudi Bartling, CDN Harry Bytzek, CDN	2994	B6	TransAm-2	224	13	1.30,564
6		13	Porsche Carrera RSR	Hal Shaw Jr, USA Howard Meister, USA	2994	B6	TransAm-2	224	16	1.33,822
7		88	Porsche Carrera RSR	Peter Overing, CDN Fritz Hochreuter, CDN	2994	B6	TransAm-2	222	20	1.35,915
8	1	2	McLaren North America BMW 320 Turbo	David Hobbs, GB Ronnie Peterson, S	1998 tc	L4	Group 5/Div. 1	215	3	1.22,905
9		60	Chevrolet Corvette	John Brandt, USA Michael Oleyar, USA		V8	TransAm-1	214	23	1.37,199
10		18	Porsche Carrera RSR	Eitel Maier, CDN Jerry Jolly, USA	2994	B6	TransAm-2	200	22	1.36,809
11		90	Chevrolet Corvette	Tom Rynone, USA Mike Wiernicki, USA Neil Wiernicki, USA		V8	TransAm-1	199	19	1.35,632
DNF		57	Porsche 911	John Wood, USA Chip Mead, USA		B6	TransAm-1	187	18	1.34,043		Engine
NC			Vasek Polak Porsche 934/935	Monte Shelton, USA Skeeter McKitterick, USA	2993 tc	B6	TransAm-2	154	7	1.26,015		Insufficient distance
DNF		75	Porsche Carrera RSR	Norm Ridgely, CDN Jim Cook, CDN	2994	B6	TransAm-2	114	10	1.29,665		Engine
DNF		31	Chevrolet Monza	Warren Agor, USA Paul Nichter, USA		V8	TransAm-2	94	9	1.27,318		Differential
DNF		80	Chevrolet Corvette	Nick Engels, USA Bob Nagel, USA		V8	TransAm-1	92	15	1.32,077		Engine
DNF		16	Vasek Polak Porsche 935	George Follmer, USA Brett Lunger, USA	2857 tc	B6	Group 5/Div. 3	80	2	1.22,167		Engine
DNF		61	Porsche 935	Jim Busby, USA Eppie Wietzes, CDN	2857 tc	B6	Group 5/Div. 3	45	6	1.25,302		Engine
DNF		19	Chevrolet Monza	Chris Cord, USA Jim Adams, USA		V8	TransAm-2	42	8	1.26,294		Engine
DNF		45	Chevrolet Corvette	James Mancuso, USA William Coykendall, USA		V8	TransAm-1	37	24	1.43,781		Differential
DNF		1	Martini Racing Porsche 935-77	Jacky Ickx, B Manfred Schurti, FL	2857 tc	B6	Group 5/Div. 3	34	1	1.20,123	1.21,948	Head gasket
DNF		5	Chevrolet Corvette	Bill Adam, CDN Cam Champion, CDN		V8	TransAm-1	15	12	1.30,176		Accident
DNS		11	Chevrolet Corvette	Murray Edwards, CDN Karl Karlson, CDN		V8	TransAm-1		21	1.36,005
DNS		36	Porsche Carrera RSR	Brian Hardacre, CDN	2994	B6	TransAm-2		25	1.44,34