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100 Miles of Lime Rock

Lime Rock Park, Lime Rock, Connecticut, USA

Date: 26/5/1975
Track length: 2.414 m
Attendance:
Entries accepted: unknown
Starters: 31 (heat 1), 28 (heat 2)
Finishers:

Pole position: Gregg in 0.54,934 = 161,36 kmh
Fastest lap: Holbert in 0.55,2 = 160,58 kmh

Distance: 2 heats, 100 miles each
Average speed: 156,36 kmh (heat 1), 156,84 kmh (heat 2)
Weather:
Ruleset: IMSA GT
Car info: 1975 Cars

 

A short, twisty circuit, ideally suited to the Carrera’s. Gregg could hold off Stuck to win heat one. In heat two, Stuck was leading for a while, but then Gregg went by followed by Holbert. On the last lap, Gregg made a rare error, handing victory to Holbert, with Stuck and Posey three and four at the line.


Heat 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 59 Brumos Porsche
Porsche Carrera RSR
Peter Gregg, USA
2994 B6 GTO 66 laps, 1:02.21,5 1 0.54,934    
2 2   BMW of North America, Inc
BMW 3.0 CSL
Hans-Joachim Stuck, D
3498 L6 GTO 66 laps, 1:02.36,8 2      
3 3    
Porsche Carrera RSR
Al Holbert, USA
2994 B6 GTO 66 3   0.55,2  
4 4   BMW of North America, Inc
BMW 3.0 CSL
Sam Posey, USA
3498 L6 GTO 66 4      
5 5    
Porsche Carrera RSR
Michael Keyser, USA
2994 B6 GTO 64 6      
6 6    
Porsche Carrera RSR
John O'Steen, USA
2994 B6 GTO 64 31      
7 7    
Chevrolet Camaro
Carl Shafer, USA
  V8 GTO 64 5      
8 8    
Porsche Carrera RSR
Ludwig Heimrath, CDN
2994 B6 GTO 64 7      
9 9    
Porsche Carrera RSR
Jim Busby, USA
2994 B6 GTO 64 10      
10 1   Bob Sharp Racing
Datsun 240Z
Bob Sharp, USA
ca. 2400 L6 GTU 63 9   0.58,4  
11 10    
Porsche Carrera RSR
Bill Schmid, USA
2994 B6 GTO 63 12      
12 11    
Chevrolet Monza
Warren Agor, USA
  V8 GTO 62 18      
13 12    
Porsche Carrera RSR
George Dyer, USA
2994 B6 GTO 62 8      
14 13    
Porsche Carrera RSR
Norm Ridgely, CDN
2994 B6 GTO 61 17      
15 14    
Chevrolet Corvette
John Orr, USA
  V8 GTO 60 20      
16 15    
Chevrolet Corvette
Babe Headley, USA
  V8 GTO 59 14      
17 2    
Ford Escort
Tom Ciccone, USA
  L4 GTU 59 13      
DNF 16 111  
Ferrari 365 GT4 Berlinetta Boxer
Milt Minter, USA
4390 V12 GTO 58 11      
19 17    
Chevrolet Corvette
Frank Brown, USA
  V8 GTO 58 26      
20 3    
Porsche 911 S
George Drolsom, USA
  B6 GTU 58 27      
21 18    
Chevrolet Corvette
Norm Fisher
  V8 GTO 57 21      
22 4    
Porsche 911 S
Fritz Hochreuter, CDN
  B6 GTU 56 25      
23 19    
Ford Mustang
Wendell Scott, USA
  V8 GTO 54 22      
DNF 5    
Mazda Savanna RX-3
Raymond Walle, USA
2 x 491 R2 GTU 52 24      
25 20    
Chevrolet Corvette
Craig Carter, USA
  V8 GTO 52 16      
DNF 6    
VW-Porsche 914/6
John Hotchkis Sr, USA
1991 B6 GTU 38 23      
DNF 21    
Shelby
Robert Vincent, USA
  V8 GTO 16 29      
DNF 7    
Ford Escort
Bert Everett, USA
  L4 GTU 10 15      
DNF 22    
Chevrolet Corvette
Barry Ruble
  V8 GTO 7 30      
DNF 23    
Chevrolet Camaro
Jerry Robinson, USA
  V8 GTO 3 32      
DNF 24    
Chevrolet Corvette
Darrell Carter, USA
  V8 GTO 3 19      
DNS      
Chevrolet Monza
Harry Theodorocopulous, USA
  V8 GTO   28?     Accident

Heat 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    
Porsche Carrera RSR
Al Holbert, USA
2994 B6 GTO 66 laps, 1:02.09,9     0.52,2  
2 2    
Porsche Carrera RSR
Peter Gregg, USA
2994 B6 GTO 66        
3 3   BMW of North America, Inc
BMW 3.0 CSL
Hans-Joachim Stuck, D
3498 L6 GTO 66        
4 4   BMW of North America, Inc
BMW 3.0 CSL
Sam Posey, USA
3498 L6 GTO 66        
5 5    
Chevrolet Camaro
Carl Shafer, USA
  V8 GTO 64        
6 6    
Porsche Carrera RSR
John O'Steen, USA
2994 B6 GTO 64        
7 7    
Porsche Carrera RSR
George Dyer, USA
2994 B6 GTO 64        
8 8    
Porsche Carrera RSR
Jim Busby, USA
2994 B6 GTO 64        
9 1   Bob Sharp Racing
Datsun 240Z
Bob Sharp, USA
ca. 2400 L6 GTU 63     0.57,7  
10 9    
Chevrolet Monza
Warren Agor, USA
  V8 GTO 63        
11 10    
Porsche Carrera RSR
Bill Schmid, USA
2994 B6 GTO 63        
12 11    
Porsche Carrera RSR
Norm Ridgely, CDN
2994 B6 GTO 61        
13 12    
Chevrolet Corvette
Babe Headley, USA
  V8 GTO 60        
14 13    
Chevrolet Corvette
Frank Brown, USA
  V8 GTO 59        
15 14    
Chevrolet Camaro
Craig Carter, USA
  V8 GTO 58        
16 2    
VW-Porsche 914/6
John Hotchkis Sr, USA
1991 B6 GTU 58        
17 3    
Ford Escort
Bert Everett, USA
  L4 GTU 58        
18 4    
Mazda Savanna RX-3
Raymond Walle, USA
2 x 491 R2 GTU 58        
19 15    
Chevrolet Corvette
John Orr, USA
  V8 GTO 58        
20 16    
Chevrolet Camaro
Norm Fisher
  V8 GTO 58        
21 5    
Porsche 911 S
George Drolsom, USA
  B6 GTU 57        
22 6    
Porsche 911 S
Fritz Hochreuter, CDN
  B6 GTU 57        
23 17    
Ford Mustang
Wendell Scott, USA
  V8 GTO 55        
24 7    
Ford Escort
Tom Ciccone, USA
  L4 GTU 54        
25 18    
Porsche Carrera RSR
Ludwig Heimrath, CDN
2994 B6 GTO 47        
DNF 19 111  
Ferrari 365 GT4 Berlinetta Boxer
Milt Minter, USA
4390 V12 GTO 24        
DNF 20    
Chevrolet Corvette
Barry Ruble
  V8 GTO 11        
DNF 21    
Chevrolet Corvette
Darrell Carter, USA
  V8 GTO 2