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Watkins Glen 6 hours

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

Date: 5/7/1980
Track length: 5.435 m
Attendance:
Entries accepted: 45
Starters: 38
Finishers: 23, 19 classified

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
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