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1972 Home
Watkins Glen
Race story

Camel 500 km, Watkins Glen

10 september 1972

Winners average : 146,497km/h

54 starters

Time : 3:26:59,000

Categories

GTO

GTU

1	59	PORSCHE 911S 911 030 1263	Peter Gregg-Hurley Haywood	93 Laps	1.GTU
2	88	CHEVROLET CAMARO	Maurice Carter-Paul Nichter	93 Laps	1.TO
3	77	PORSCHE 911S	Bruce Jennings-George Stone	93 Laps	2.GTU
4	48	CHEVROLET CORVETTE	Charles West	91 Laps	1.GTO
5	43	PORSCHE 911S	Dave Helmick-John O'steen	90 Laps	3.GTU
6	99	CHEVROLET CORVETTE	Phil Currin	89 Laps	2.GTO
7	83	CHEVROLET CORVETTE	Lou d'Amico-Bob Farrell	89 Laps	3.GTO
8	89	PORSCHE 911T	Mike Tillson-Dieter Oest	88 Laps	4.GTU
9	0	PORSCHE 911S 911 230 0056	Fritz Hochreuter-Harry Bytzek	88 Laps	5.GTU
10	58	PORSCHE 914/6	Hector Rebaque-Guilllermo Rojas	87 Laps	6.GTU
11	72	PORSCHE 911T	Marc Dancose	86 Laps	7.GTU
12	5	PORSCHE 911S	George Dickinson-William Stroh-Ernst Pultz	85 Laps	8.GTU
13	6	PORSCHE 911S	Ron Cohn-Klaus Bischoff	85 Laps	9.GTU
14	19	CHEVROLET CAMARO	Paul Hecker-Ed Prutton	84 Laps	2.TO
15	16	BMW 2002 1666282	Phil Dermer	84 Laps	1.TU
16	78	CHEVROLET CAMARO	Richard Stevens-Robert Barg	83 Laps	3.TO
17	66	CHEVROLET CORVETTE	Mike Murray-Ike Knupp	82 Laps	4.GTO
18	2	CHEVROLET CAMARO	John Scott-Robert Luebbe	82 Laps	4.TO
19	84	BMW 2002	Andy Peterey-Hans Ziereis	81 Laps	2.TU
20	90	ALFA ROMEO GTV	Bob Heiberg	80 Laps	3.TU
21	21	PORSCHE 911S	Jeffrey Foster	79 Laps	10.GTU
22	97	PORSCHE 911T	Hans Niederer	79 Laps	11.GTU
23	11	LOTUS EUROPA 47/GT/60	Mike Rahal-Horst Kroll	78 Laps	12.GTU
24	30	FORD PINTO	Lanny Hughey-Joe Amato-John Leonard	74 Laps	4.TU
25	42	BMW 2002	John Magee-Dave Nicholas	74 Laps	5.TU
26	10	CHEVROLET CORVETTE	Bill Schumacher-Ed Lowther-Bob Nagel	71 Laps	5.GTO
27	75	CHEVROLET CORVETTE	Tony de Lorenzo	69 Laps	6.GTO
28	92	FORD PINTO	Al Wheatley	69 Laps	6.TU
29	75	CHEVROLET CORVETTE	Richard Ortman-Jim Moyer	69 Laps	7.GTO
30	86	ALFA ROMEO GTV	John Diamanti	65 Laps	7.TU
31	4	CHEVROLET CORVETTE	Bob Baechle-Gary Shaw	60 Laps	8.GTO
32	7	CHEVROLET CAMARO	Eddie Johnson-Clay Young	54 Laps	5.TO
33	69	OPEL MANTA	Steve Coleman-Dennis Shaw	54 Laps	8.TU
34	61	CHEVROLET CORVETTE	Bob Kiefer-Tom Swindell	43 Laps	9.GTO
35	65	CHEVROLET CAMARO	Lou Statzer	37 Laps	6.TO
36	36	CHEVROLET CORVETTE	Fred Kepler-John Orr	34 Laps	10.GTO
37	37	FORD MUSTANG	Warren Tope	32 Laps	7.TO
38	28	CHEVROLET CORVETTE	Andrew Bach	32 Laps	11.GTO
39	67	CHEVROLET CAMARO	Richard Small-Jerry Lipke	30 Laps	8.TO
40	41	CHEVROLET CORVETTE	Rod Harris	28 Laps	12.GTO
41	14	PORSCHE 911S	Andrew Carduner-Harry Theodoracopoulos	26 Laps	13.GTU
42	23	CHEVROLET CORVETTE	Wilbur Pickett	24 Laps	13.GTO
43	89	CHEVROLET CAMARO	Alfie Ruys de Perez	23 Laps	9.TO
44	81	CHEVROLET CAMARO	John Putnam	18 Laps	10.TO
45	1	PORSCHE 911S	Bob Beasley-Michael Keyser	18 Laps	14.GTU
46	25	FORD PINTO	Jac Hamm	18 Laps	9.TU
47	91	CHEVROLET CAMARO	Mike Summers-Craig Carter	16 Laps	11.TO
48	3	FORD MUSTANG 9F02R112073	John Gimbel	14 Laps	12.TO
49	35	CHEVROLET CORVETTE	Paul Miller	13 Laps	14.GTO
50	85	CHEVROLET CAMARO	Lee Wiese	12 Laps	13.TO
51	80	SHELBY 350GT	Kirby Stumpf	8 Laps	15.GTO
52	93	FORD PINTO	Jerry Walsh	6 Laps	10.TU
53	38	CHEVROLET CORVETTE	Mike Wiernicki	5 Laps	16.GTO
54	76	PORSCHE 911T	Mike Downs	3 Laps	15.GTU

Cars that did not start

8	FORD PINTO	Carson Baird-Joe Amato	TU
9	CHEVROLET CAMARO	Alfie Ruys de Perez-Craig Fisher	TO
12	FORD PINTO	Jerry Naughton-Wayne Lockhart	TU
13	SHELBY GT350	Robert Dugo-Gordon Barkley	GTO
18	CHEVROLET CAMARO	Ed Pratt	TO

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