XII Watkins Glen 6 hours
Date
July 7, 1979
Circuit
Watkins Glen International
Distance
5.436 Km x 175 Laps = 951.30 Km
Pole Position
Rolf Stommelen , 1.50.354
Peter Gregg , 1.52.657
Manfred Winkelhock , 1.59.618
Bob Tullius , 2.06.159
Fastest Lap
Rolf Stommelen , 1.54.763

Race Result

Race Result

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Pos Driver Laps
1 Klaus Ludwig Bill Whittington Don Whittington 175
2 Rolf Stommelen Dick Barbour Paul Newman 171
3 Roy Woods Bob Akin Rob McFarlin 170
4 Elliott Forbes-Robinson Brett Lunger Randolph Townsend 169
5 Paul Miller Charles Mendez 167
6 Al Holbert John Paul 167
7 Bob Tullius Brian Fuerstenau 162
8 Brian Redman Johnny Rutherford Bill Whittington 161
9 Bob Garretson Buzz Marcus Skeeter McKitterick 161
10 Dave Cowart Kenper Miller 161
11 Tato Ferrer Bonky Fernandez 160
12 Werner Frank Roger Schramm 158
13 Norm Ridgely Tuck Thomas Robert Kirby 155
14 Nick Engels Sam Feinstein Michael Oleyar 149
15 Tom Frank Frank Joyce 144
16 Mario Gomez Carl Shafer John Wood 144
17 Daniel Muñiz John Huber Miguel Muñiz 142
18 Bruce Jennings Bob Beasley Bill Bean 142
19 Hoyt Overbagh Billy Hagan 140
20 Neil Kassel Tom Roberts 136
21 William Maier Art Siri Jr. Ed Hinchcliff 126
22 Michael Wiernicki Thomas Rynone Neil Wiernicki 121
DNF Hal Shaw Jr. Gary Belcher 120
DNF Carlos Moran Ludwig Heimrath Jr. 117
DNF Tony de Lorenzo Maurice Carter 115
DNF Jon McKnight Doug Lutz 111
DNF John Cleveland Paul Schulte 105
DNF Robert Schuler David Schuler 98
DNF Manfred Winkelhock Jim Busby David Hobbs 96
DNF David Sturtevant Alan Howes 78
DNF Bruce Leven Hurley Haywood Peter Gregg 72
DNF Danny Ongais Ted Field 48
DNF Bernie Storc Bob Zulkowski 48
DNF Bob Fryer Ed Lowther 48
DNF Neil Shelton Monte Shelton 46
DNF Craig Carter Bob Baechle 25
DNF Bob Lapane Al Salerno 25
DNF Tom Aquilante David Wolpert Wade White 15
DNF Carl Schafer Daniel Muñiz 11
DNF Jim Adams Chris Cord 10
DNF Rick Mears Preston Henn 7
DNF James Mancuso David Kicak 3

Did not start

Driver
Milt Minter Bill Scott 3
Al Cosentino Craig Fisher
Jimmy Spencer Fred Werl
John Bauer Larry Green

Qualifying Result

Qualifying Result

Qualifying Result

Pos Driver Time
1 Rolf Stommelen Paul Newman Dick Barbour 1.50.354
2 Bill Whittington Klaus Ludwig Don Whittington 1.50.763
3 Hurley Haywood Bruce Leven Peter Gregg 1.52.657
4 Randolph Townsend Elliott Forbes-Robinson Brett Lunger 1.53.279
5 Rick Mears Preston Henn 1.53.677
6 Danny Ongais Ted Field 1.54.019
7 Al Holbert John Paul 1.54.418
8 Brian Redman Johnny Rutherford 1.56.651
9 Roy Woods Bob Akin Rob McFarlin 1.57.380
10 Paul Miller Charles Mendez 1.57.654
11 Ludwig Heimrath Jr. Carlos Moran 1.57.806
12 Chris Cord Jim Adams 1.58.434
13 Jim Busby Manfred Winkelhock 1.59.618
14 Maurice Carter Tony de Lorenzo 1.59.726
15 Neil Shelton Monte Shelton 2.00.038
16 Bob Garretson Skeeter McKitterick Buzz Marcus 2.00.684
17 Gary Belcher Hal Shaw Jr. 2.01.558
18 Dave Cowart Kenper Miller 2.02.613
19 Tuck Thomas Norm Ridgely Robert Kirby 2.02.777
20 Bob Tullius Brian Fuerstenau 2.06.159
21 Neil Wiernicki Michael Wiernicki Thomas Rynone 2.06.522
22 Daniel Muñiz Carl Schafer 2.07.354
23 Frank Joyce Tom Frank 2.07.370
24 Bonky Fernandez Tato Ferrer 2.07.936
25 Roger Schramm Werner Frank 2.09.099
26 John Huber Daniel Muñiz Miguel Muñiz 2.09.112
27 Doug Lutz Jon McKnight 2.10.352
28 John Bauer Larry Green 2.12.596
29 David Kicak James Mancuso 2.11.675
30 Bob Fryer Ed Lowther 2.12.596
31 Al Salerno Bob Lapane 2.13.506
32 Robert Schuler David Schuler 2.13.719
33 Bernie Storc Bob Zulkowski 2.14.599
34 Nick Engels Sam Feinstein Michael Oleyar 2.14.892
35 Paul Schulte John Cleveland 2.15.289
36 Tom Roberts Neil Kassel 2.15.739
37 Tom Aquilante Wade White David Wolpert 2.16.210
38 Art Siri Jr. William Maier Ed Hinchcliff 2.16.604
39 Hoyt Overbagh Billy Hagan 2.18.301
40 Mario Gomez John Wood Carl Shafer 2.16.907
41 Bob Beasley Bruce Jennings -
42 Alan Howes David Sturtevant -
43 Bob Baechle Craig Carter -

Entry List

Entry List

Lap chart

Lap chart

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