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Watkins Glen 6 hours

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

Date: 9/7/1977
Track length: 5.435 m
Attendance:
Entries accepted: 52
Starters: 44
Finishers: 26, 22 classified

Pole position: Mass in 1.52,518 = 173,884 kmh
Fastest lap: Mass in 1.53,277 = 172,719 kmh

Distance: 6 hours
Average speed: 155,860 kmh
Weather: Hot and humid
Ruleset: Group 1-5/76
Car info: 1977 Cars

 

While there were over 40 starters, not many of them were Group 5 cars. The duel for pole was tight: the turbo BMW was only 0,25 seconds behind the Martini Porsche.
The order in the race was the same, but only for 45 minutes - then the BMW had a brake defect and crashed out of the race. Stuck and Parsons held on with their atmospheric Faltz 320 much longer, but retired all the same.
The victory of the Martini car was in danger only once: an unexpected pit stop due to oil loss moved the lead to Haywood/Hagestad, but one hour from the finish the Martini car took over and won.
With this win, Porsche was World Champion again...


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
1 1 1 Martini Racing
Porsche 935-77
Jochen Mass, D
Jacky Ickx, B
2857 tc B6 Group 5/Div. 3 173 laps, 6:01.56,685 1 1.52,518 1.53,277  
2 2 16 Vasek Polak
Porsche 935
George Follmer, USA
Brett Lunger, USA
2857 tc B6 Group 5/Div. 3 170 3 1.56,062    
3 3 95  
Porsche 934/935
Hurley Haywood, USA
Bob Hagestad, USA
2993 tc B6 Group 5/Div. 3/TransAm-2 169 5 1.57,824    
4 4 66 Dick Barbour
Porsche 934/935
Dick Barbour, USA
Johnny Rutherford, USA
2993 tc B6 Group 5/Div. 3/TransAm-2 166 10 2.01,831    
5 5   Interscope Racing
Porsche 934/935
Danny Ongais, USA
Ted Field, USA
2993 tc B6 Group 5/Div. 3/TransAm-2 165 8 1.58,380    
6 6 59 Brumos Porsche
Porsche 934/935
Peter Gregg, USA
Claude Ballot-Léna, F
John Gunn, USA
2993 tc B6 Group 5/Div. 3/TransAm-2 163 6 1.57,879    
7 1 51  
Porsche Carrera RSR
Robert Frostrom, USA
Monte Shelton, USA
2994 B6 Group 5/Div. 2/TransAm-2 162 22 2.08,323    
8 7 7 Heimrath Racing
Porsche 934/935
Ludwig Heimrath, CDN
Paul Miller, USA
2993 tc B6 Group 5/Div. 3/TransAm-2 160 9 2.00,46    
9   57 John Wood Racing
Porsche Carrera RSR
Bob Lazier, USA
John Wood, USA
2994 B6 TransAm-1 158 30 2.11,224    
10 8 20 Vasek Polak
Porsche 935
Janet Guthrie, USA
Randy Lewis, USA
2857 tc B6 Group 5/Div. 3/TransAm-2 157 13 2.03,516    
11 2 98  
Porsche 911 S
John Bauer, USA
Tom Spalding, USA
2494 B6 Group 4/Div. 2/TransAm-1 156 25 2.09,759    
12 9 61 Jim Busby Racing
Porsche 934/5
Jim Busby, USA
Tom Frank, USA
2993 tc B6 Group 5/Div. 3 156 7 1.58,353    
13   78 Babe’s Garage
Chevrolet Corvette
Milton Headley, USA
Sam Feinstein, USA
  V8 TransAm-1 155 28 2.10,242    
14   44 Group 44
Jaguar XJ-S
Brian Fuerstenau, USA
Bob Tullius, USA
5344 V12 TransAm-1 154 21 2.08,182    
15 10 2 Vasek Polak
Porsche 934/935
Gary Belcher, USA
Roy Woods, USA
2993 tc B6 Group 5/Div. 3/TransAm-2 153 14 2.03,884    
16 3 74  
Porsche 911 S
Bruce Jennings, USA
Bill Bean, USA
2494 B6 Group 4/Div. 2/TransAm-2 147 38 2.19,538    
17   31  
Chevrolet Monza
Warren Agor, USA
Paul Nichter, USA
  V8 TransAm-2 145 16 2.06,065    
18   93 Little Foreign Car Shop
Chevrolet Corvette
Michael Oleyar, USA
John Brandt, USA
  V8 TransAm-1 140 33 2.13,378    
19   45 Motion Merchants
Chevrolet Corvette
William Coykendall, USA
James Mancuso, USA
  V8 TransAm-1 137 24 2.09,286    
20 4 79 Michael Callas Rennsport Porsche
Porsche Carrera RSR
Michael Callas, USA
Peter Papke, USA
2994 B6 Group 4/Div. 2/TransAm-2 136 29 2.10,395    
21 11 30 Alex Davidson Racing
Chevrolet Corvette
Alex Davidson, USA
Kerry Hitt, USA
  V8 Group 4/Div. 3/TransAm-2 135 34 2.13,652    
22   80  
Chevrolet Corvette
Nick Engels, USA
Bob Nagel, USA
  V8 TransAm-1 124 27 2.10,079    
DNF   9 Team Apple/Monoca Huber
Chevrolet Corvette
John Huber, USA
Ron Weaver, USA
  V8 TransAm-1 121 26 2.09,839   Engine
DNF   76 Rick Mancuso Chevrolet
Chevrolet Corvette
Paul de Pirro, USA
Buzz Fyhrie, USA
(Burt Greenwood, USA)
  V8 TransAm-2 120 15 2.05,931   Engine
NC   18 Free Spirit Racing
Chevrolet Corvette
David Kicak, USA
Robert Young, USA
  V8 TransAm-1 120 39 2.19,680    
NC   96 Free Spirit
Chevrolet Corvette
Neil Kassel, USA
Rex Franklin, USA
  V8 TransAm-1 117 43 no time    
NC   92 E.F. Miller
Chevrolet Corvette
John Orr, USA
Bill Jobe, USA
  V8 TransAm-1 112 36 2.15,151    
DNF   4 Jägermeister BMW Faltz
BMW 320
Hans-Joachim Stuck, D
Benny Parsons, USA
(Harald Grohs, D)
1998 L4 group 5/Div. 1 110 12 2.03,339   Engine
DNF   64 Auto Barn
Chevrolet Corvette
Bob Baechle, USA
Earl Hurlbut, USA
  V8 TransAm-1 98 37 2.16,784   Engine
NC   28 Weiss Racing
Porsche 911 SC
Dick Weiss, USA
Bill Wolfe, USA
2994 B6 Group 4/Div. 2/TransAm-1 95 40 2.21,094    
DNF   77 John Greenwood Racing
Chevrolet Corvette
John Greenwood, USA
Dick Smothers, USA
  V8 TransAm-2 92 4 1.56,814   Fuel system
DNF   56 Carters Brothers
Chevrolet Camaro
Craig Carter, USA
David Laughlin, USA
  V8 TransAm-2 90 19 2.07,608   Spin
DNF   83  
Porsche 911 S
Bill Scott, USA
Joe Colontonio, USA
2494 B6 Group 4/Div. 2/TransAm-2 89 35 2.13,666   Bodywork
DNF   90 Ryone Industries
Chevrolet Corvette
Tom Rynone, USA
Neil Wiernicki, USA
(Mike Wiernicki, USA)
  V8 Group 4/Div. 3/TransAm-1 72 32 2.13,293   Engine
DNF   94  
Porsche 934
Elliot Forbes-Robinson, USA
Mike Tillson, USA
2993 tc B6 Group 4/Div. 3/TransAm-2 68 17 2.06,12   Oil leak
DNF   13  
Porsche Carrera RSR
Hal Shaw Jr, USA
Raldolph Townsend, USA
2994 B6 Group 5/Div. 2/TransAm-2 59 31 2.12,667    
DNF   38  
Porsche Carrera RSR
John Paul Sr, USA
Phil Currin, USA
2994 B6 TransAm-2 58 18 2.07,565   Suspension
DNF   6 Pickett Racing
Chevrolet Monza
Greg Pickett, USA
Tom Gloy, USA
(Dave Mock, USA)
  V8 TransAm-2 55 11 2.02,713   Accident
DNF   48 LaCue Racing
Chevrolet Camaro
Len La Cue, USA
Doug Mills, USA
  V8 TransAm-1 52 23 2.09,240   Engine
DNF   75  
Porsche Carrera RSR
Norm Ridgely, CDN
Jim Cook, CDN
2994 B6 Group 5/Div. 2/TransAm-2 48 20 2.07,692   Spin
DNF   71 Triumph Manufacturinh
Chevrolet Camaro
Ted Sullivan, USA
David Jones, USA
  V8 TransAm-1 40 42 no time   Engine
DNF   15 Iroquis Racing
Chevrolet Corvette
Bill Schumacher, USA
Rick Hay, USA
  V8 Group 4/Div. 3 31 44 no time   Gearbox
DNF   3 McLaren North America
BMW 320 Turbo
Ronnie Peterson, S
David Hobbs, GB
1998 tc L4 group 5/Div. 2 20 2 1.52,997   Brakes
DNF   17 Hallett Motor Racing Circuit
Lancia Stratos
Brian Goellnicht, USA
Anatoly Arutunoff, USA
2418 V6 Group 4/Div. 2/TransAm-2 6 41 no time   Throttle