Pole position: Stommelen in 1.50,354 = 177,294 kmh
Fastest lap: Stommelen in 1.54,763 = 17,482 kmh
Distance: 6 hours
Average speed: 158,440 kmh
Weather: Warm and dry
Ruleset: Group 1-5/76
Car info: 1979 Cars
Ludwig did not share a normal K3 with the Whittington brothers this time; these brothers had demolished their car a week ago so a car had to be built from a spare and Kremer’s spare parts suitcase. Stommelen shared a car with Barbour and Newman, but while the Germans were more or less from the same level, the Whittington brothers were clearly faster than Stommelen’s copilots. One of them smashed the car in the armco during the race, so they could finish second - behind Ludwig & Co. |
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Overall result
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| 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 | 94 | Whittington Brothers Porsche 935 K3 |
Don Whittington, USA Klaus Ludwig, D Bill Whittington, USA |
B6 | Group 5/Div. 2 | 175 laps, 6:00.0,97 | 2 | 1.50,763 | |||
| 2 | 2/2 | 70 | Dick Barbour Porsche 935 |
Rolf Stommelen, D Dick Barbour, USA Paul Newman, USA |
B6 | Group 5/Div. 2 | 171 | 1 | 1.50,354 | 1.54,763 | ||
| 3 | 1 | 71 | Dick Barbour Porsche 935 |
Rob McFarlin, USA Roy Woods, USA Bob Akin, USA |
2857 tc | B6 | TransAm II | 170 | 9 | 1.57,38 | ||
| 4 | 3/3 | 20 | Andial Porsche Service Porsche 935 |
Elliot Forbes-Robinson, USA Raldolph Townsend, USA Brett Lunger, USA |
B6 | Group 5/Div. 2 | 169 | 4 | 1.53,279 | |||
| 5/NRF | 4/4 | 6 | CMR Inc. Porsche 935 |
Charles Mendez, USA Paul Miller, USA |
B6 | Group 5/Div. 2 | 167 | 10 | 1.57,654 | |||
| 6 | 2 | 18 | JLP Racing Porsche 935 JLP-1 |
John Paul Sr, USA Al Holbert, USA |
B6 | TransAm II | 167 | 7 | 1.54,418 | |||
| 7 | 1/1 | 44 | JRT/Quaker State Triumph TR8 |
Bob Tullius, USA Brian Fuerstenau, USA |
3528 | V8 | Group 4/TransAm I | 162 | 20 | 2.06,159 | ||
| 8 | 3 | 95 | Whittington Brothers Porsche 935-79 |
Bill Whittington, USA Brian Redman, GB Johnny Rutherford, USA |
B6 | TransAm II | 161 | 8 | 1.56,651 | |||
| 9 | 4 | 72 | Dick Barbour Porsche 935 |
Skeeter McKitterick, USA Joe Marcus, USA Bob Garretson, USA |
B6 | TransAm II | 161 | 16 | 2.00,684 | |||
| 10 | 5/5/5 | 5 | K.W.M. Racing BMW 3.5 CSL |
Kenper Miller, USA Dave Cowart, USA |
3498 | L6 | Group 5/Div. 2/TransAm II | 161 | 18 | 2.02,613 | ||
| 11 | 6 | 38 | Boricua Racing Porsche Carrera RSR |
Bonky Fernandez, PR Tato Ferrer, PR |
2994 | B6 | TransAm II | 160 | 24 | 2.07,936 | ||
| 12 | 7 | 97 | Framm Promotions Porsche Carrera RSR |
Roger Schramm, USA Werner Frank, USA |
2994 | B6 | TransAm II | 158 | 25 | 2.09,099 | ||
| 13 | 8 | 66 | Stanton/Barbour Porsche 935 |
Tuck Thomas, USA Norm Ridgely, CDN Bob Kirby, USA |
B6 | TransAm II | 155 | 19 | 2.02,777 | |||
| 14 | 2 | 92 | E.F. Miller Chevrolet Corvette |
Sam Feinstein, USA Michael Oleyar, USA Nick Engels, USA |
7440 | V8 | TransAm I | 149 | 44 | no time | ||
| 15 | 3 | 43 | Phantom Racing Chevrolet Corvette |
Frank Joyce, USA Tom Frank, USA |
7440 | V8 | TransAm I | 144 | 23 | 2.07,370 | ||
| 16 | 4 | 21 | Oftedahl Racing Chevrolet Camaro |
John Wood, USA Mario Gomez, MEX Carl Shafer, USA |
V8 | TransAm I | 144 | 40 | 2.16,907 | |||
| 17 | 5 | 10 | Oftedahl Racing Chevrolet Camaro |
John Huber, USA Daniel Muniz, MEX Miguel Muniz, MEX |
V8 | TransAm I | 142 | 26 | 2.09,112 | |||
| 18 | 6 | 77 | Porsche 911 S |
Bruce Jennings, USA Bob Beasley, USA Bill Bean, USA |
B6 | TransAm I | 142 | 41 | no time | |||
| 19 | 7 | 29 | Stratagraph Inc. Chevrolet Monza |
Hoyt Overbagh, USA Billy Hagan, USA |
5817 | V8 | TransAm I | 140 | 39 | 2.18,301 | ||
| 20 | 8 | 16 | Tom’s Mechanical Emporium/Kassel Auto Parts Chevrolet Camaro |
Neil Kassel, USA Thomas Roberts, USA |
5736 | V8 | TransAm I | 136 | 36 | 2.15,739 | ||
| 21 | 9 | 25 | Maier Racing, Inc. Ford Mustang Mach 1 |
Bill Maier, USA Art Siri Jr, USA Ed Hinchliff, USA |
4949 | V8 | TransAm I | 126 | 38 | 2.16,604 | ||
| NC | 90 | Ryone Industries Chevrolet Corvette |
Thomas Ryone, USA Neil Wiernicki, USA Mike Wiernicki, USA |
7000 | V8 | TransAm I | 121 | 21 | 2.06,522 | |||
| DNF | 13 | Hal Shaw Racing Porsche 935 |
Hal Shaw Jr, USA Gary Belcher, USA |
2857 tc | B6 | TransAm II | 120 | 17 | 2.01,558 | Oil leak | ||
| DNF | 7 | Heimrath Racing Porsche 935 |
Ludwig Heimrath, CDN Carlos Moran, ES |
B6 | Group 5/Div. 2/TransAm II | 117 | 11 | 1.57,806 | Engine | |||
| DNF | 80 | Mo Carter Chevrolet Camaro |
Maurice Carter, CDN Tony De Lorenzo, USA |
V8 | TransAm II | 115 | 14 | 1.59,726 | Accident | |||
| DNF | 47 | Porsche Carrera RSR |
Jon McKnight, USA Doug Lutz, USA |
2994 | B6 | TransAm II | 111 | 27 | 2.10,352 | Ignition | ||
| NC | 37 | Kassel Auto Parts Chevrolet Corvette |
Paul Schulte, USA John Cleveland, USA |
5736 | V8 | TransAm I | 105 | 35 | 2.15,289 | |||
| DNF | 52 | Datsun 280Z |
Robert Schuler, USA David Schuler, USA |
L6 | TransAm I | 98 | 32 | 2.13,719 | ||||
| DNF | 3 | BMW of North America, Inc BMW M1 |
Jim Busby, USA Manfred Winkelhock, D David Hobbs, GB |
3498 | L6 | Special | 96 | 13 | 1.59,618 | Electrics/accident? | ||
| DNF | 55 | Intrepid Design Inc. Porsche Carrera ?RSR |
Alan Howes, USA David Sturtevant, USA |
2994 | B6 | TransAm II | 78 | 42 | no time | Oil pressure | ||
| DNF | 85 | Bayside Disposal Racing Porsche 935 |
Peter Gregg, USA Hurley Haywood, USA Bruce Leven, USA |
B6 | TransAm II | 72 | 3 | 1.52,657 | Engine | |||
| DNF | Interscope Racing Porsche 935-79 |
Ted Field, USA Danny Ongais, USA |
B6 | TransAm II | 48 | 6 | 1.54,019 | Accident | ||||
| DNF | 23 | Metal Craft Racing VW-Porsche 914/6 |
Bob Zulkowski, USA Bernie Storc, USA |
B6 | TransAm I | 48 | 33 | 2.14,599 | ||||
| DNF | 30 | University of Pittsburgh AMC Javelin |
Bob Fryer, USA Ed Lowther, USA |
V8 | TransAm I | 48 | 30 | 2.12,596 | Accident | |||
| DNF | 57 | Monte’s Motor Co. Porsche 934/935 |
Neil Shelton, USA Monte Shelton, USA |
B6 | TransAm II | 46 | 15 | 2.00,038 | Accident | |||
| DNF | 64 | Endurance Racing Enterprises Chevrolet Corvette |
Bob Baechle, USA Craig Carter, USA |
7000 | V8 | TransAm I | 25 | 43 | no time | Overheating | ||
| DNF | 65 | Chevrolet Corvette |
Al Salerno, USA Bob Lapane, USA |
7440 | V8 | TransAm I | 25 | 31 | 2.13,506 | Oil leak | ||
| DNF | 93 | E.F. Miller Chevrolet Corvette |
Michael Oleyar, USA Nick Engels, USA |
7440 | V8 | TransAm I | 18 | 34 | 2.14,892 | Accident | ||
| DNF | 51 | Chevrolet Corvette |
Thomas Aquilante, USA David Wolpert, USA Wade White, USA |
5736 | V8 | TransAm I | 15 | 37 | 2.16,210 | Engine | ||
| DNF | 19 | Chevrolet Monza |
Daniel Muniz, MEX Carl Shafer, USA |
5736 | V8 | TransAm II | 10 | 12 | 1.58,434 | Accident | ||
| DNF | 09 | Bayside Disposal Racing Porsche 935-77A |
Rick Mears, USA Preston Henn, USA Peter Gregg, USA |
B6 | Group 5/Div. 2 | 7 | 5 | 1.53,677 | Fire | |||
| DNF | 15 | Motion Merchants Chevrolet Corvette |
James Mancuso, USA David Kicak, USA |
5736 | V8 | TransAm I | 3 | 29 | 2.11,675 | Accident | ||
| DNS | 00 | Interscope Racing Porsche 935-77A |
Danny Ongais, USA Ted Field, USA |
B6 | Group 5/Div. 2 | no time | Spare car | |||||
| DNS | 98 | Porsche Carrera RSR |
Larry Green, USA John Bauer, USA |
2994 | B6 | TransAm II | 28 | 2.12,596 | ||||