Pole position: Rahal in 1.51,638 = 175,255 kmh
Fastest lap: Ongais in 1.53,471 = 172,424 kmh
Distance: 6 hours, including a 63 minute stop because of rain
Average speed: 125,121 kmh
Weather: Rain at end
Ruleset: Group 1-5/76
Car info: 1980 Cars
The best start was for Grohs, sharing a 935 with Olympic champion Bruce Jenner, but after a puncture Fitzpatrick took over, followed by Ongais and the two Lancias. When Ongais went by Fitzpatrick, who slowly lost a cylinder the MoMo Porsche of Jöst and Moretti blew up. Then the rain fell and flooded the track, and the race was stopped while the Lancias were in front now. It stayed that way, Heyer and Patrese winning, Cheever/Alboreto second and the first Porsche, that of Fitzpatrick and Redman third. |
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 | 31 | Lancia Squadra Corse Lancia Beta Montecarlo |
Hans Heyer, D Riccardo Patrese, I |
1425 tc | L4 | Group 5/Div. 1 | 139 laps, 6:02.15,393 | 3 | 1.52,2 | ||
2 | 2/2 | 32 | Lancia Squadra Corse Lancia Beta Montecarlo |
Michele Alboreto, I Eddie Cheever, USA |
1425 tc | L4 | Group 5/Div. 1 | 138 | 9 | 1.54,0 | ||
3 | 3/1 | 6 | Dick Barbour Racing/Sachs USA Porsche 935 K3 |
John Fitzpatrick, GB Brian Redman, GB (Dick Barbour, USA) |
B6 | Group 5/Div. 2 | 134 | 6 | 1.53,148 | |||
4 | 4/2 | Interscope Racing Porsche 935 K3 |
Ted Field, USA Danny Ongais, USA |
B6 | Group 5/Div. 2 | 133 | 5 | 1.53,0 | 1.53,471 | |||
5 | 5/3 | 4 | Dick Barbour Porsche 935 |
Jürgen Barth, D Volkert Merl, D |
B6 | Group 5/Div. 2 | 133 | 38 | no time | |||
6 | 6/3 | 33 | Jolly Club Lancia Beta Montecarlo |
Piercarlo Ghinzani, I Martino Finotto, I |
1425 tc | L4 | Group 5/Div. 1 | 133 | 12 | 1.56,6 | ||
7 | 7/4 | 69 | Racing Associates Porsche 935 K3 |
Roy Woods, USA Bob Akin, USA Charles Mendez, USA |
B6 | Group 5/Div. 2 | 132 | 14 | 1.58,4 | |||
8 | 8/5 | 13 | Porsche 935-77A |
Harald Grohs, D Raldolph Townsend, USA (Bruce Jenner, USA) |
B6 | Group 5/Div. 2 | 130 | 4 | 1.52,4 | |||
9 | 9/6 | 85 | Whittington Brothers Porsche 935 K3 |
Don Whittington, USA Hurley Haywood, USA Dale Whittington, USA |
B6 | Group 5/Div. 2 | 130 | 8 | 1.53,408 | |||
10 | 10/7 | 25 | BMW M1 |
Kenper Miller, USA Dave Cowart, USA |
3498 | L6 | Group 5/Div. 2 | 127 | 16 | 1.59,828 | ||
11 | 11/8 | 7 | Heimrath Racing Porsche 935 |
Ludwig Heimrath, CDN Johnny Rutherford, USA (Carlos Moran, ES) |
B6 | Group 5/Div. 2 | 122 | 13 | 1.58,061 | |||
12 | 1 | 98 | Porsche 911 SC |
John Bauer, USA Larry Green, USA |
2994 | B6 | TransAm | 121 | 18 | 2.04,4 | ||
13 | 12/9 | 5 | Racing Associates Porsche 935 K3 |
Skeeter McKitterick, USA Charles Mendez, USA (Brian Redman, GB) |
B6 | Group 5/Div. 2 | 117 | 17 | 2.00,352 | |||
14 | 13/10 | 73 | JLP Racing Porsche 935 JLP-2 |
John Paul Jr, USA John Paul Sr, USA Preston Henn, USA |
B6 | Group 5/Div. 2 | 116 | 10 | 1.55,144 | |||
15 | 2 | 11 | Chevrolet Corvette |
David Wolpert, USA Thomas Aquilante, USA |
V8 | TransAm | 114 | 35 | 2.16,001 | |||
16 | 3 | 57 | Porsche 911 SC |
Monte Shelton, USA Bruce Leven, USA |
2994 | B6 | TransAm | 114 | 20 | 2.07,3 | ||
17 | 4 | 81 | Chevrolet Corvette |
Philip Keirn, USA Ed Enington, USA (David Cuppy, USA) |
V8 | TransAm | 107 | 37 | 2.18,346 | |||
18 | 1 | 36 | MoMo Porsche 934 |
Bruce Jenner, USA Chet Vincentz, USA Bob Garretson, USA |
2993 tc | B6 | GT | 102 | 32 | 2.12,9 | ||
19 | 5 | 9 | Rocky Mountain Performance Chevrolet Camaro |
Bob Raub, USA Roy Woods, USA |
V8 | TransAm | 101 | 24 | 2.09,135 | |||
DNF | 83 | Chevrolet Corvette |
Herb Forrest, USA Craig Leifheit, USA |
V8 | TransAm | 98 | 28 | 2.10,634 | Spin | |||
NC | 93 | Little Foreign Car Shop Chevrolet Corvette |
Michael Oleyar, USA Bill Craine, USA |
V8 | TransAm | 93 | 31 | 2.12,811 | ||||
NC | 18 | Tom Ryone Chevrolet Corvette |
David Kicak, USA Tom Eastham, USA |
V8 | TransAm | 93 | 40 | no time | ||||
DNF | 19 | Chevrolet Monza |
Chris Cord, USA Jim Adams, USA |
V8 | Group 5/Div. 2 | 91 | 11 | 1.55,5 | Gearbox | |||
NC | 52 | Datsun 280ZX |
David Schuler, USA Robert Schuler, USA |
L6 | TransAm | 84 | 34 | 2.14,8 | ||||
NC | 64 | Auto Barn Chevrolet Corvette |
Robert Boechle, USA David Laughlin, USA |
V8 | TransAm | 84 | 29 | 2.11,3 | ||||
DNF | 23 | VW-Porsche 914/6 |
Bob Zulkowski, USA Bernie Storc, USA Gary Pullyblank, CDN |
B6 | TransAm | 74 | 30 | 2.12,199 | Spin | |||
DNF | 26 | Porsche 911 SC |
Robert Overby, USA Frank Harmstad, USA |
2994 | B6 | TransAm | 72 | 33 | 2.14,7 | Engine | ||
DNF | 80 | Mo Carter Chevrolet Camaro |
Maurice Carter, CDN Tony De Lorenzo, USA |
V8 | Group 5/Div. 2 | 67 | 15 | 1.58,544 | Engine | |||
DNF | 30 | MoMo Porsche 935 J |
Reinhold Jöst, D Gianpiero Moretti, I |
3160 | B6 | Group 5/Div. 2 | 45 | 2 | 1.52,0 | Engine | ||
DNF | 10 | Rocky Mountain Performance Chevrolet Camaro |
Robert Young, USA Bob Lazier, USA |
V8 | TransAm | 42 | 23 | 2.08,527 | Drive Shaft | |||
DNF | 46 | Buist/Syfert Chevrolet Corvette |
Catherine Kizer, USA Jack Broomall, USA |
V8 | TransAm | 40 | 27 | 2.10,6 | Spin | |||
DNF | 68 | Chevrolet Corvette |
Dave Heinz, USA Bob Nagel, USA Richard Valentine, USA |
V8 | Group 5/Div. 2 | 40 | 19 | 2.06,04 | Spin | |||
DNF | 16 | Tom’s Mechanical Emporium Chevrolet Camaro |
Thomas Roberts, USA Paul Schulte, USA |
V8 | TransAm | 34 | 36 | 2.17,931 | Ignition | |||
DNF | 28 | Porsche 935 K3 |
Marty Hinze, USA Dale Whittington, USA |
B6 | Group 5/Div. 2 | 18 | 22 | 2.07,7 | Gearbox | |||
DNF | 60 | Atlas Van Lines Chevrolet Corvette |
John Brandt, USA Mark Pielsticker, USA Keith Feldott, USA |
V8 | TransAm | 14 | 25 | 2.10,3 | Tyres | |||
DNF | 20 | BMW Motorsport BMW M1 |
Hans-Joachim Stuck, D David Hobbs, GB |
3498 | L6 | Group 5/Div. 2 | 10 | 7 | 1.53,2 | Accident | ||
DNF | 38 | University of Pittsburgh AMC Javelin |
Bob Fryer, USA Don Yenko, USA |
V8 | TransAm | 10 | 21 | 2.07,3 | Brakes | |||
DNF | 71 | Dick Barbour Porsche 935 |
Bobby Rahal, USA Jürgen Barth, D Bob Garretson, USA |
B6 | Group 5/Div. 2 | 6 | 1 | 1.51,638 | Engine | |||
DNS | 91 | Porsche Carrera RSR |
Roger Schramm, USA Rudi Bartling, CDN |
B6 | GT | 26 | 2.10,4 | |||||
DNS | 3 | Dick Barbour Porsche 935 |
Jim Busby, USA Rick Mears, USA Peter Gregg, USA |
B6 | Group 5/Div. 2 | 39 | no time | Engine | ||||
DNQ | 00 | Interscope Racing Porsche 935-77A |
Ted Field, USA Danny Ongais, USA |
2857 tc | B6 | Group 5/Div. 2 | no time |