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Laguna Seca Monterey Triple Crown

Laguna Seca Raceway, Monterey, California, USA

Date: 12/5/1974
Track length: ca. 3.050 m
Attendance: 25.600
Entries accepted: unknown
Starters: 42
Finishers: 32 (heat 1), 31 (heat 2)

Pole position: Gregg in 1.28,84 = 164,33 kmh
Fastest lap:

Distance: 2 x 50 laps
Average speed: 154,11 kmh (heat 1), 154,96 kmh (heat 2)
Weather: Warm and sunny
Ruleset: IMSA GT
Car info:  

 

A double-header meeting here. Holbert headed Forbes-Robinson at the beginning of the first heat, but Holbert hit a backmarker so EFR took the win. A great fight between Kwech (Capri) and Keyser (Carrera) saw Kwech finishing second after Keyser retired. Third came Gregg, who had started from the back.
In heat two Gregg took the lead from third on the grid, but a tire problem forced him into the pits. Kwech took over, but Minter pressed him hard and finally took the finish first.


Race 1
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 81 Far West Racing
Porsche Carrera RSR
Elliot Forbes-Robinson, USA
  B6 GTO 50 laps, 59.31,26        
2 1 3  
Ford Capri RS 2600 LW
Horst Kwech, USA
2999 V6 GTO 50        
3 3 59 Brumos Porsche-Audi
Porsche Carrera RSR
Peter Gregg, USA
  B6 GTO 50        
4 4   Toad Hall Racing
Porsche Carrera RSR
Milt Minter, USA
  B6 GTO 50        
5 5 30  
Porsche Carrera RSR
George Dyer, USA
  B6 GTO 50        
6 6 62 Sports Limited Racing
Porsche Carrera RSR
Bob Bergstrom, USA
  B6 GTO 49        
7 7 74  
Porsche Carrera RSR
Ludwig Heimrath, CDN
  B6 GTO 49        
8 1 45 FAR Performance
Datsun 240Z
Walt Maas, USA
ca. 2400 L6 GTU 48        
9 8 42 Hurtig Team Libra
BMW 3.0 CSL
Andy Petery, USA
3498 L6 GTO 48        
10 9 76 Silverstone Racing
Porsche Carrera RSR
Mike Downs, USA
  B6 GTO 48        
11 10 4 Applejack Racing
Porsche Carrera RSR
Bill Webbe, USA
  B6 GTO 48        
12 11 95  
Porsche Carrera RSR
Bob Hagestad, USA
  B6 GTO 47        
13 12 12  
Chevrolet Camaro
Frank Search, USA
  V8 GTO 47        
14 13 87  
Ford Mustang
Rainer Neumann, USA
  V8 GTO 47        
15 14 7  
Porsche Carrera RSR
Bob Harmon, USA
  B6 GTO 46        
16 2 17  
Porsche 911 Targa
Jim Cook, CDN
  B6 GTU 46        
17 3 58  
Porsche 911
Adrian Gang, USA
  B6 GTU 46        
18 15 110  
Chevrolet Camaro
Bob Mitchell, USA
  V8 GTO 46        
19 16 38  
AMC Javelin
John Bauer, USA
  V8 GTO 45        
20 4 89 Barrick Motor Racing
Porsche 911 S
Don Parish, USA
  B6 GTU 45        
21 17 33  
Chevrolet Corvette
Ted Mathey, USA
  V8 GTO 45        
22 18 71  
Chevrolet Corvette
Frank Fahey, USA
  V8 GTO 45        
23 19 43  
Chevrolet Camaro
Greg Pickett, USA
  V8 GTO 44        
24 20 19  
Chevrolet Corvette
Andy Porterfield, USA
  V8 GTO 44        
25 21 37  
Chevrolet Camaro
Peter Weinhold, USA
  V8 GTO 44        
26 5 83  
Porsche 911 S
Bill Koll, USA
  B6 GTU 45        
27 22 98  
Chevrolet Corvette
Gary Tucker, USA
  V8 GTO 44        
28 23 23 Days Inn Hotels
Porsche Carrera RSR
Gregg Loomis, USA
  B6 GTO 43        
29 24 28 Road & Competition Engineering
Shelby
Steve Saleen, USA
  V8 GTO 43        
DNF 25 1 Toad Hall Racing
Porsche Carrera RSR
Michael Keyser, USA
  B6 GTO 42        
31 26 77  
AMC Javelin
Buzz Dyer, USA
  V8 GTO 40        
32 6 69  
Porsche 911
Frank Harmstad, USA
  B6 GTU 39        
33 27 64  
Chevrolet Corvette
Jim Wilson, USA
  V8 GTO 37        
DNF 28 67  
Chevrolet Corvette
Larry Stephens, USA
  V8 GTO 24        
DNF 29 25 Bobcor
Alfa Romeo Montreal
Paul Nichter, USA
2997 V8 GTO 24        
DNF 30 14 Holbert’s Porsche-Audi
Porsche Carrera RSR
Al Holbert, USA
  B6 GTO 19        
DNF 31 24 Hurtig Team Libra
BMW 3.0 CSL
John Buffum, USA
3498 L6 GTO 18        
DNF 32 75 Sears Point Raceway
Chevrolet Camaro
Hugh Harn, USA
  V8 GTO 15        
DNF 33 27  
Chevrolet Corvette
Rich Sloma, USA
  V8 GTO 14        
DNF 34 16 Arrow Heating
Chevrolet Camaro
Joe Chamberlain, USA
  V8 GTO 8        
DNF 35 20  
Ford Mustang
Bill Maier, USA
  V8 GTO 7        
DNF 36 57  
Chevrolet Corvette
Rick Stark, USA
  V8 GTO 1        

Race 2
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   Toad Hall Racing
Porsche Carrera RSR
Milt Minter, USA
  B6 GTO 50 laps, 59.11,64        
2 2 3  
Ford Capri RS 2600 LW
Horst Kwech, USA
2999 V6 GTO 50        
3 3 81 Far West Racing
Porsche Carrera RSR
Elliot Forbes-Robinson, USA
  B6 GTO 50        
4 4 14 Holbert’s Porsche-Audi
Porsche Carrera RSR
Al Holbert, USA
  B6 GTO 50        
5 5 74  
Porsche Carrera RSR
Ludwig Heimrath, CDN
  B6 GTO 50        
6 6 4 Applejack Racing
Porsche Carrera RSR
Hurley Haywood, USA
  B6 GTO 49        
7 7 62 Sports Limited Racing
Porsche Carrera RSR
Bob Bergstrom, USA
  B6 GTO 49        
8 8 1 Toad Hall Racing
Porsche Carrera RSR
Michael Keyser, USA
  B6 GTO 48        
9 9 95  
Porsche Carrera RSR
Bob Hagestad, USA
  B6 GTO 48        
10 1 45 FAR Performance
Datsun 240Z
Walt Maas, USA
ca. 2400 L6 GTU 48        
11 10 42 Hurtig Team Libra
BMW 3.0 CSL
Andy Petery, USA
3498 L6 GTO 48        
12 11 87  
Ford Mustang
Rainer Neumann, USA
  V8 GTO 47        
13 12 16 Arrow Heating
Chevrolet Camaro
Joe Chamberlain, USA
  V8 GTO 46        
14 13 67  
Chevrolet Corvette
Larry Stephens, USA
  V8 GTO 46        
DNF 14 23 Days Inn Hotels
Porsche Carrera RSR
Charlie Kemp, USA
  B6 GTO 45        
16 2 58  
Porsche 911
Adrian Gang, USA
  B6 GTU 45        
17 3 89 Barrick Motor Racing
Porsche 911 S
Dave Causey, USA
  B6 GTU 45        
18 4 83  
Porsche 911 S
David Hamren, USA
  B6 GTU 45        
19 15 38  
AMC Javelin
John Bauer, USA
  V8 GTO 45        
20 5 69  
Porsche 911
Frank Harmstad, USA
  B6 GTU 45        
21 16 37  
Chevrolet Camaro
Peter Weinhold, USA
  V8 GTO 45        
22 17 77  
AMC Javelin
Buzz Dyer, USA
  V8 GTO 44        
23 18 64  
Chevrolet Corvette
Jim Wilson, USA
  V8 GTO 44        
24 19 28 Road & Competition Engineering
Shelby
Steve Saleen, USA
  V8 GTO 44        
25 20 33  
Chevrolet Corvette
Ted Mathey, USA
  V8 GTO 44        
26 21 19  
Chevrolet Corvette
Dave Stewart, USA
  V8 GTO 43        
27 22 98  
Chevrolet Corvette
Gary Tucker, USA
  V8 GTO 43        
28 23 20  
Ford Mustang
Bill Maier, USA
  V8 GTO 43        
DNF 24 24 Hurtig Team Libra
BMW 3.0 CSL
John Buffum, USA
3498 L6 GTO 42        
30 25 7  
Porsche Carrera RSR
Bob Harmon, USA
  B6 GTO 42        
31 26 27  
Chevrolet Corvette
Rich Sloma, USA
  V8 GTO 38        
DNF 27 76 Silverstone Racing
Porsche Carrera RSR
George Stone, USA
  B6 GTO 36        
DNF 28 12  
Chevrolet Camaro
Frank Search, USA
  V8 GTO 36        
34 6 17  
Porsche 911 Targa
Jim Cook, CDN
  B6 GTU 36        
35 29 110 Bolus & Snopes
Chevrolet Camaro
Tom Nehl, USA
  V8 GTO 34        
DNF 30 59 Brumos Porsche-Audi
Porsche Carrera RSR
Peter Gregg, USA
  B6 GTO 31        
DNF 31 43  
Chevrolet Camaro
Bill Green, USA
  V8 GTO 23        
DNF 32 30  
Porsche Carrera RSR
George Dyer, USA
  B6 GTO 7        
DNF 33 71  
Chevrolet Corvette
Frank Fahey, USA
  V8 GTO 2        
DNF 34 57  
Chevrolet Corvette
Rick Stark, USA
  V8 GTO 1        
DNF 35 25 Bobcor
Alfa Romeo Montreal
Bert Everett, USA
2997 V8 GTO          
DNF 36 75 Sears Point Raceway
Chevrolet Camaro
Hugh Harn, USA
  V8 GTO