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Watkins Glen 6 hours

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

Date: 10/7/1976
Track length: 5.435 m
Attendance:
Entries accepted: 40
Starters: 33
Finishers: 19, 16 classified

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.
Three Porsches took the lead after the start, with the Schnitzer BMW next. After only a few laps, the Hermetite car was retired but the others went on - until the fourth hour, when the leading Porsche #2 came in with brake troubles: the pads had melted, and the repair took 12 minutes. The car was sent out again, driven flat out to make up for lost time. They managed to pass the American BMW to regain third, but the win was for the #1 Porsche of Schurti and Stommelen; second was the Evex Porsche of Kinnunen, Evertz and Hezemans.
The BMW took the win in TransAm, though...


Group 5
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