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1979 / World Championship for Makes

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Races

Date Circuit Q Race
February 3 Daytona International Speedway XVIII Daytona 24 hours
March 18 Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello IV Mugello 6 hours
April 22 Circuit Dijon-Prenois IV Dijon 6 hours
May 6 Silverstone Circuit IV Silverstone 6 hours
June 3 Nürburgring Nordschleife XXV ADAC Nürburgring 1000 kms
June 24 Autodromo di Pergusa IV Enna 6 hours
July 7 Watkins Glen International XII Watkins Glen 6 hours
August 5 Brands Hatch Grand Prix Circuit XIII B.O.A.C. 500
September 6 Autodromo Vallelunga VII Vallelunga 6 hours

Standings

1 Don Whittington 127
2 Dick Barbour 98
3 Tony Garcia 94
4 Roger Mandeville 92
5 Rolf Stommelen 88
6 Bill Whittington 85
7 Klaus Ludwig 79
8 Charles Mendez 68
9 Rob McFarlin 67
10 Bob Akin 65
11 Diego Febles 62
12 Jim Downing 61
13 Brian Redman 58
14 Roy Woods 56
15 Derek Bell 54
16 Rusty Bond 53
17 Bob Garretson 51
18 Paul Miller 50
18 Marco Vanoli 50
18 Alberto Vadia 50
18 Angelo Pallavicini 50
22 Phil Currin 47
22 Dave Cowart 47
22 Ren Tilton 47
25 Hurley Haywood 46
26 Tom Waugh 43
27 Ted Field 42
28 Rick Mears 41
29 Amos Johnson 38
30 Rick Knoop 36
30 Albert Naon 36
30 Tony Adamowicz 36
33 Karl Showket 35
33 Edgar Dören 35
33 Götz von Tschirnhaus 35
33 Dieter Schornstein 35
37 Juan Montalvo 34
37 Skeeter McKitterick 34
37 Javier García 34
37 John Paul 34
41 Bill Bean 32
41 Lance van Every 32
41 Ash Tisdelle 32
41 Walt Bohren 32
41 Gary Belcher 32
41 Bonky Fernandez 32
41 Henri Pescarolo 33
41 Robert Kirby 32
49 Jim Cook 31
49 Axel Plankenhorn 31
51 William Koll 30
51 Carson Baird 30
51 Joe Amato 30
56 Enzo Calderari 28
61 Al Holbert 27
68 Danny Ongais 24
68 Jean-Claude Andruet 24
72 Chris Craft 23
72 Jeff Allam 23
72 Paul Newman 23
84 Herbert Müller 22
94 Gordon Spice 21
94 Jürgen Barth 21
107 Jean Ragnotti 20
107 Bernard Darniche 20
107 Bob Bondurant 20
107 Bob Wollek 20
107 John Fitzpatrick 20
107 Manfred Schurti 20
107 David Hobbs 20
120 Manfred Winkelhock 19
129 Brett Lunger 18
129 George Follmer 18
146 Volkert Merl 16
162 Bruno Giacomelli 15
162 Jürgen Lässig 15
162 Jean-Pierre Beltoise 15
204 John Winter 12
315 Walter Röhrl 4
315 Riccardo Patrese 4