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Camel GT Challenge (Camel GT 250), Mid-Ohio Sports Car Cours
27 august 1978
Winners average : 144,934km/h
45 starters
Time : 02:46:17:543
| 1 | 94 | PORSCHE 935 930 890 0023 | Bill Whittington-Jim Busby | 104 Laps | 1.GTX |
| 2 | 2 | BMW 320i Turbo 003 | David Hobbs-Tom Klausler | 104 Laps | 2.GTX |
| 3 | 28 | PORSCHE 935 930 770 0960 | Cliff Kearns-Milt Minter | 103 Laps | 3.GTX |
| 4 | 30 | PORSCHE 935 930 770 0905 | Gianpiero Moretti | 102 Laps | 4.GTX |
| 5 | 99 | CHEVROLET CORVETTE | Phil Currinl | 100 Laps | 5.GTX |
| 6 | 19 | CHEVROLET MONZA Dekon 1011 | Chris Cord-Jim Adams | 100 Laps | 6.GTX |
| 7 | 07 | PORSCHE CARRERA RSR | David Cowart-Mauricio de Narvaez | 98 Laps | 1.GTO |
| 8 | 38 | PORSCHE CARRERA RSR 911 460 9113 | Bonky Fernandez-Walt Bohren | 98 Laps | 2.GTO |
| 9 | 58 | PORSCHE CARRERA RSR | Diego Febles | 97 Laps | 3.GTO |
| 10 | 93 | PORSCHE 934/5 930 670 0152 | Don Whittington | 97 Laps | 7.GTX |
| 11 | 55 | PORSCHE CARRERA RSR 911 560 9121 | Howard Meister-Rick Knoop | 97 Laps | 4.GTO |
| 12 | 18 | PORSCHE 935 930 890 0037 | John Paul-Hurley Haywood | 96 Laps | 8.GTX |
| 13 | 68 | CHEVROLET CORVETTE | Rick Hay-Michael Brockman | 95 Laps | 9.GTX |
| 14 | 42 | PORSCHE 911S | Bill Bean | 95 Laps | 1.GTU |
| 15 | 84 | DATSUN 240Z | Bob Speakman | 94 Laps | 2.GTU |
| 16 | 91 | PORSCHE CARRERA RSR | Werner Frank-Roger Schramm | 93 Laps | 5.GTO |
| 17 | 34 | PORSCHE 911S | George Drolsom-Mark Greb | 93 Laps | 3.GTU |
| 18 | 85 | PORSCHE 914/6 | John Hulen-Ron Coupland | 92 Laps | 4.GTU |
| 19 | 8 | PORSCHE CARRERA RSR 911 460 0035 | Bob Beasley-Bruce Jennings | 91 Laps | 6.GTO |
| 20 | 29 | CHEVROLET MONZA 001 | Hoyt Overbagh-Billy Hagan | 91 Laps | 7.GTO |
| 21 | 36 | PORSCHE 911S | Ron Case-John Rynerson | 89 Laps | 5.GTU |
| 22 | 32 | PORSCHE CARRERA RSR | Bob Akin-Robert Babbe | 89 Laps | 10.GTX |
| 23 | 51 | PORSCHE 911S | Robert Kirby-John Hotschkis | 89 Laps | 6.GTU |
| 24 | 82 | CHEVROLET CAMARO | Carmon Salomone-Fred Lang | 88 Laps | 11.GTX |
| 25 | 01 | PORSCHE 911S | Dave White-David Panaccione | 87 Laps | 7.GTU |
| 26 | 14 | CHEVROLET CORVETTE | Jerry Lancaster-John Luczyk | 86 Laps | 8.GTO |
| 27 | 08 | PORSCHE 911S 911 030 1263 | Terry Wolters-Wayne Miller | 86 Laps | 8.GTU |
| 28 | 81 | FORD GRANADA | David Crabtree | 84 Laps | 9.GTO |
| 29 | 60 | PORSCHE 911S | Rusty Bond-Ren Tilton | 84 Laps | 9.GTU |
| 30 | 15 | BMW 3.0 CSL | Alf Gebhardt-Kenper Miller | 80 Laps | 10.GTO |
| 31 | 62 | CHEVROLET CAMARO | Robert Vincent | 79 Laps | 12.GTX |
| 32 | 56 | CHEVROLET CAMARO | Craig Carter-Murray Edwards | 78 Laps | 11.GTO |
| 33 | 27 | PORSCHE 911SC | Jack Refenning-John Gunn | 73 Laps | 10.GTU |
| 34 | 40 | PORSCHE 914/6 | Steve Southard | 61 Laps | 11.GTU |
| 35 | 59 | PORSCHE 935 930 890 0018 | Peter Gregg | 53 Laps | 13.GTX |
| 36 | 41 | CHEVROLET CAMARO | Herb Jones-Steve Faul | 50 Laps | 14.GTX |
| 37 | 77 | CHEVROLET VEGA | Dan Furey | 49 Laps | 15.GTX |
| 38 | 64 | PORSCHE 911S | Dennis Aase-Jim Cook | 47 Laps | 12.GTU |
| 39 | 76 | PORSCHE 911S | Frank Thomas-Lee Mueller | 37 Laps | 13.GTU |
| 40 | 1 | CHEVROLET MONZA Turbo Dekon 1014 | Dave Heinz-David McClain-Jerry Thompson | 36 Laps | 16.GTX |
| 41 | 83 | DATSUN 260Z | Don Devendorf | 35 Laps | 14.GTU |
| 42 | 39 | CHEVROLET CORVETTE | Skip de Ascentis-Larry trotter | 31 Laps | 12.GTO |
| 43 | 61 | MAZDA RX7 | Al Cosentino-Craig Fisher | 25 Laps | 15.GTU |
| 44 | 4 | PORSCHE CARRERA RSR | Rudy Bartling-Norm Ridgely | 10 Laps | 17.GTX |
| 45 | 97 | CHEVROLET CAMARO | Don Axtman | 8 Laps | 18.GTX |
| 0 | OLDSMOBILE CUTLASS | Gene Rutherford | GTO | ||
| 02 | PORSCHE 911 | Dana Roehrig-Kurt Roehrig | GTU | ||
| 6 | MAZDA RX7 | Bob Speakman | GTU | ||
| 49 | CHEVROLET CORVETTE 194678S412662 | Jim Moyer | GTX | ||
| 65 | CHEVROLET CORVETTE | Richard Valentine | GTO | ||
| 3 | PORSCHE CARRERA RSR | Klaus Bytzek-Rudy Bartling | GTO | ||
| 6 | PORSCHE CARRERA RSR 005 0009 | Luis Mendez | GTO | ||
| 9 | CHEVROLET MONZA | Gene Harrington | GTO | ||
| 11 | PORSCHE CARRERA RSR | Hans Berner | GTO | ||
| 31 | FORD CAPRI | Clayton Dopke-Gerhard Lier | GTO | ||
| 44 | PORSCHE 911 | Kent Murry | GTU | ||
| 45 | MAZDA RX3 | Andrew Koslowiecki-Ronald Bergman | GTU | ||
| 50 | PORSCHE 911 | Fritz Hochreuter | GTU | ||
| 58 | PORSCHE CARRERA RSR | Diego Febles | GTO | ||
| 63 | OPEL MANTA | Tim Meehan | GTU | ||
| 66 | CHEVROLET MONZA | Don Yenko-Jerry Thompson-Jim Phillips | GTX | ||
| 67 | DODGE CHALLENGER | Glenn Bunch | GTX | ||
| 69 | MAZDA RX3 | Craig Fisher | GTU | ||
| 72 | FORD MUSTANG | Fred Werl-Jimmy Spencer | GTO | ||
| 73 | CHEVROLET CAMARO | Clark Howey-Dale Koch | GTO | ||
| 86 | DATSUN 280Z | Logan Blackburn | GTU | ||
| 87 | CHEVROLET CAMARO | Larry Mattera | GTO |
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