Pole position: Mass in 1.55,249 = 169,764 kmh
Fastest lap: Stommelen in 1.55,53 = 169,351 kmh
Distance: 6 hours
Average speed: 157,404 kmh
Weather: Sunny
Ruleset: Group 1-5/76
Car info: 1976 Cars
A combined TransAm/Group 5 field here, with the usual suspects from earlier races: the Martini 935 (even two of them, after the triple defeat of the last races), three BMW coupés - though the Faltz entry was replaced by an ex-IMSA car for Gregg and Haywood, which was even faster than the Schnitzer car in qualifying. Furthermore the Evex-934/5, but the Kremer 935 was missing. |
Group 5
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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 | Martini Racing Porsche 935 |
Rolf Stommelen, D Manfred Schurti, FL (Jochen Mass, D) |
2857 tc | B6 | Div. 3 | 174 laps, 6:00.28,0 | 2 | 1.55,881 | 1.55,53 | |
2 | 2 | 6 | Egon Evertz KG Solingen Porsche 934/5 |
Leo Kinnunen, SF Toine Hezemans, NL Egon Evertz, D |
2857 tc | B6 | Div. 3 | 173 | 3 | 1.57,632 | ||
3 | 3 | 2 | Martini Racing Porsche 935 |
Jochen Mass, D Jacky Ickx, B (Rolf Stommelen, D) |
2857 tc | B6 | Div. 3 | 173 | 1 | 1.55,249 | ||
4 | 4 | 59 | Brumos Kendall BMW 3.0 CSL |
Peter Gregg, USA Hurley Haywood, USA |
3498 | L6 | Div. 3 Transam II | 170 | 6 | 2.01,193 | ||
5 | 5 | 10 | Team Schnitzer BMW 3.5 CSL |
Ronnie Peterson, S Dieter Quester, A |
3498 | L6 | Div. 3 | 166 | 7 | 2.01,665 | ||
6 | 3 | Ecurie Escargot Porsche Carrera RSR |
John Graves, USA Dave Helmick, USA John O'Steen, USA |
2994 | B6 | Transam II | 164 | 14 | 2.06,703 | |||
7 | 74 | Henninger Porsche Carrera RSR |
Ludwig Heimrath, CDN Jacques Bienvenue, CDN |
2994 | B6 | Transam II | 163 | 12 | 2.05,144 | Accident | ||
8 | 75 | Heimrath Racing Porsche Carrera RSR |
Norm Ridgely, CDN Jim Cook, CDN |
2994 | B6 | Transam II | 160 | 11 | 2.05,047 | |||
9 | 56 | Porsche Carrera RSR |
Bob Hagestad, USA Jerry Jolly, USA |
2994 | B6 | Transam II | 157 | 10 | 2.04,326 | |||
10 | 1 | 39 | Corman Auto Porsche Carrera RSR |
John Bauer, USA Walt Maas, USA |
2994 | B6 | Div. 2 GT | 157 | 18 | 2.12,161 | ||
11 | 6 | 16 | Vasek Polak Porsche Carrera RSR |
George Follmer, USA John Morton, USA |
2994 | B6 | Div. 2 GT | 155 | 8 | 2.01,984 | ||
12 | 78 | Babe’s Garage Chevrolet Corvette |
Babe Headley, USA Sam Feinstein, USA |
V8 | Transam I | 153 | 19 | 2.13,034 | ||||
13 | 7 | 36 | Porsche 934 |
Paul Miller, USA Kenper Miller, USA |
2993 tc | B6 | Div. 3 GT Transam II | 153 | 15 | 2.07,72 | ||
14 | 2 | 72 | Porsche Carrera RSR |
Mike Tillson, USA Dieter Oest, USA |
2994 | B6 | Div. 2 GT Transam II | 145 | 26 | 2.14,785 | ||
15 | 3 | 77 | Porsche 911 S |
Bruce Jennings, USA Bill Bean, USA |
2494 | B6 | Div. 2 GT Transam II 2500 | 144 | 33 | 2.25,851 | ||
16 | 8 | 14 | Holbert Porsche Porsche 934 |
Al Holbert, USA Jim Busby, USA |
2993 tc | B6 | Div. 3 GT Transam II | 134 | 9 | 2.02,402 | ||
17 | 93 | Chevrolet Corvette |
Michael Oleyar, USA Richard Weiss, USA |
V8 | Transam I | 122 | 29 | 2.17,592 | ||||
NC | 95 | Porsche Carrera RSR |
Robert Frostrom, USA John Moore, USA (Bill Spreadbury, USA) |
2994 | B6 | Transam II | 109 | 25 | 2.14,472 | |||
DNF | 57 | Porsche Carrera RSR |
Bob Grossman, USA John Wood, USA |
2994 | B6 | Div. 2 GT | 105 | 21 | 2.14,067 | |||
NC | 92 | Sherrill Chevrolet Corvette |
John Orr, USA Craig Carter, USA |
V8 | Transam I | 104 | 23 | 2.14,378 | ||||
DNF | 22 | Bandag Chevrolet Corvette |
Denny Long, USA Bill Jobe, USA |
V8 | Transam I | 101 | 22 | 2.14,076 | ||||
NC | 76 | Arrow Heating Chevrolet Camaro |
Joe Chamberlain, USA Carl Shafer, USA |
V8 | Transam I | 95 | 17 | 2.11,828 | ||||
DNF | 90 | Chevrolet Corvette |
Tom Rynone, USA Neil Wiernicki, USA Mike Wiernicki, USA |
V8 | Transam I | 85 | 27 | 2.15,206 | Oil leak | |||
DNF | 13 | Chevrolet Monza |
Warren Agor, USA Steve Bradley, USA |
V8 | Transam II | 67 | 16 | 2.09,33 | ||||
DNF | 79 | Porsche Carrera RSR |
Michael Callas, USA Wiley Doran, USA (Adrian Gang, USA) |
2994 | B6 | Transam II | 57 | 24 | 2.14,437 | Engine | ||
DNF | 60 | Chevrolet Corvette |
John Brandt, USA Doug Mills, USA |
V8 | Transam I | 45 | 20 | 2.13,385 | ||||
DNF | 7 | Chevrolet Corvette |
Allen Anderson, USA Bernie de Graff, USA |
V8 | Transam I | 29 | 28 | 2.16,239 | Overheating | |||
DNF | 43 | Bill Scott Racing VW Scirocco |
Milt Minter, USA (Jürgen Barth, D) (Bill Scott, USA) |
L4 | Div. 2 Transam II 2500 | 11 | 32 | 2.25,355 | Transmission | |||
DNF | 42 | Bill Scott Racing VW Scirocco |
Bill Scott, USA (Milt Minter, USA) (Steve Behr, USA) |
1596 | L4 | Div. 2 Transam II 2500 | 11 | 31 | 2.24,29 | Transmission | ||
DNF | 28 | Hager Racing Chevrolet Corvette |
Joseph Pirotta, USA (Don Hager, USA) |
V8 | Transam I | 5 | 30 | 2.19,688 | Crankshaft | |||
DNF | 40 | Creative Racing Chevrolet Corvette |
David Kicak, USA (Ralph Manaker, USA) |
V8 | Transam I | 5 | 34 | 2.26,218 | Piston | |||
DNF | 11 | Hermetite Products BMW 3.5 CSL |
Tom Walkinshaw, GB (John Fitzpatrick, GB) (Brian Redman, GB) |
3498 | L6 | Div. 3 | 3 | 4 | 2.00,306 | Engine | ||
DNF | 5 | Racing Consultants Porsche Carrera RSR |
John Gunn, USA (Carson Baird, USA) |
2994 | B6 | Transam II | 2 | 13 | 2.05,632 | Accident damage | ||
DNS | 1 | Auto Sense Chevrolet Monza |
Michael Keyser, USA Ed Wachs, USA |
V8 | Transam II | (5) | 2.00,411 | Withdrawn | ||||
DNS | 16T | Vasek Polak Porsche 934 |
George Follmer, USA |
2993 tc | B6 | Div. 3 GT Transam II | no time | Accident |