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12 Hours of Sebring
Race story

The Twelve Hours of Sebring International Grand Prix of Endurance for the Camel GT Challenge, Sebring

18 march 1978

Winners average : 167,336km/h

76 starters

Time : 12:00:08:986

Categories

GTX

GTO

GTU

1	9	PORSCHE 935 930 890 0037	Brian Redman-Charles Mendez-Bob Garretson	240 Laps	1.GTX
2	95	PORSCHE 935 930 770 0957	Hurley Haywood-Bob Hagestad	240 Laps	2.GTX
3	13	PORSCHE 935 930 670 0180	Hal Shaw-Tom Spalding	239 Laps	3.GTX
4	33	PORSCHE CARRERA RSR 911 460 9113	Bonky Fernandez-John Paul	233 Laps	1.GTO
5	32	PORSCHE CARRERA RSR 911 460 9048	Steve Earle-Bob Akin-Rick Knoop	225 Laps	4.GTX
6	77	PORSCHE 911S	Pepe Romero-Ernesto Soto	219 Laps	1.GTU
7	42	PORSCHE 911S	Chiqui Soldevilla-Luis Gordillo	213 Laps	2.GTU
8	25	BMW 3.0 CSL	Kenper Miller-Walt Bohren	211 Laps	2.GTO
9	96	BUICK SKYLARK	Gene Felton-Vince Gimondo	209 Laps	1.AC
10	62	PORSCHE 914/6	Bill Koll-David Hamren-Dennis Sherman	209 Laps	3.GTU
11	03	CHEVROLET CORVETTE	Cliff Gotlob-Danny Terrill	199 Laps	3.GTO
12	99	DATSUN 240Z	Steve Cook-Bill Cooper-Ron Southern	198 Laps	4.GTU
13	58	PORSCHE CARRERA RSR	Diego Febles-Alec Poole	197 Laps	4.GTO
14	57	CHEVROLET CORVETTE	Terry Keller-Bob Gray-Nort Northam	197 Laps	5.GTO
15	36	PORSCHE 911S	Ron Case-David Panaccione-John Rynerson	196 Laps	5.GTU
16	50	PORSCHE 911S	Fritz Hochreuter-Rudy Bartling-Rainer Brezinka	189 Laps	6.GTU
17	48	CHEVROLET CORVETTE	Luis Sereix-Phil Currin-Lyn St James	186 Laps	6.GTO
18	01	PORSCHE 911S	Dave White-Dana Roehrig-Gary Mesnick	185 Laps	7.GTU
19	92	PLYMOUTH VOLARE	Dave Sloyer-Jim Fitzgerald	184 Laps	2.AC
20	79	PORSCHE CARRERA RSR	Michael Callas-Peter Papke-Jim Cook	182 Laps	7.GTO
21	89	PORSCHE 911S	Rusty Bond-Ren Tilton	181 Laps	8.GTU
22	05	CHEVROLET MONZA	Stephen Bond-Phil Dann	181 Laps	5.GTX
23	85	PORSCHE 914/6	John Hulen-Ron Coupland-Nick Engels	174 Laps	9.GTU
24	93	PORSCHE 934/5 930 670 0152	Don Whittington-Russ Boy	172 Laps	6.GTX
25	70	PORSCHE 911S	Mark Speer-Windle Turley	168 Laps	10.GTU
26	71	PORSCHE 911S	John Higgins-Tim Cooper-James King	168 Laps	11.GTU
27	88	PORSCHE 911S	Joseph Hamilton-Chuck Wade-Ron Collins	167 Laps	12.GTU
28	07	PORSCHE CARRERA RSR	David Cowart-Nick Craw-Joe Castellano	165 Laps	8.GTO
29	00	PORSCHE 914/6	Steve Southard-Jim trueman	164 Laps	13.GTU
30	52	MGB GT	Charles Kleinschmidt-Lee Culpepper-William Koch	160 Laps	14.GTU
31	21	PORSCHE 914/6 471 29 12215	Vince DiLella-Manuel Cueto	152 Laps	15.GTU
32	51	PORSCHE 911S	John Hotschkis-Robert Kirby-Dennis Aase	142 Laps	16.GTU
33	14	FORD MUSTANG	Bob LaMay-Richard Valentine-Larry Parker	140 Laps	9.GTO
34	91	PORSCHE CARRERA RSR	Werner Frank-Roger Schramm	140 Laps	10.GTO
35	08	PORSCHE 911S 911 030 1263	Terry Wolters-Wayne Miller	129 Laps	17.GTU
36	35	BMW 2002	Bruno Beilcke-Sepp Grinbold-Alf Gebhardt	123 Laps	18.GTU
37	12	CHEVROLET CORVETTE	George Garcia-Daniel Vilarchao	122 Laps	11.GTO
38	2	BMW 320i Turbo 001	David Hobbs-Milt Minter-Tom Klausler	119 Laps	7.GTX
39	61	MAZDA RX3	Al Cosentino-Jim Downing	116 Laps	19.GTU
40	09	PORSCHE 934/5	Gary Belcher-Doc Bundy	115 Laps	8.GTX
41	38	CHEVROLET CAMARO	Mike Meldeau-Bill McDill	113 Laps	9.GTX
42	17	CHEVROLET CAMARO	Kenneth LaGrow-Jimmy Tumbleston	112 Laps	10.GTX
43	02	BMW 2002	H.David Redszus-Merv Rosen	111 Laps	20.GTU
44	34	PORSCHE 911S	George Drolsom-Hugh Davenport	98 Laps	21.GTU
45	84	DATSUN 260Z	Bob Speakman-John Maffucci	98 Laps	22.GTU
46	47	CHEVROLET NOVA	Tim Chitwood-Sam Fillingham-K.P Jones	90 Laps	3.AC
47	87	PORSCHE 911S	Pedro Vasquez-Ron Oyler	83 Laps	12.GTO
48	06	CHEVROLET CORVETTE Greenwood 008	R.V Schulnburg-Michael Keyser-Dave Heinz	83 Laps	11.GTX
49	28	PORSCHE 935 930 770 0960	Cliff Kearns-Marty Hinze-Steve Behr	79 Laps	12.GTX
50	24	PORSCHE CARRERA RSR 911 460 9056	Tom Frank-Bob Bergstrom	77 Laps	13.GTX
51	46	PORSCHE CARRERA RSR 911 360 1099	Mauricio de Narvaez-Albert Naon	76 Laps	13.GTO
52	27	PORSCHE 911S	Ray Mummery-Jack Refenning-Tom Sheehy	70 Laps	23.GTU
53	0	OLDSMOBILE CUTLASS	Gene RutherFORD-Tom Wallace-Kathy Wallace	66 Laps	4.AC
54	3	PORSCHE CARRERA RSR	Bill Freeman-Bob Harmon-Byron Leydecker	62 Laps	14.GTX
55	73	CHEVROLET CAMARO	Clark Howey-Dale Koch	50 Laps	15.GTX
56	4	DE TOMASO PANTERA 2846	Mark Leuzinger-Mike van der Werff	48 Laps	14.GTO
57	6	PORSCHE 935	Dick Barbour-Rolf Stommelen-Manfred Schurti	47 Laps	16.GTX
58	11	CHEVROLET CORVETTE	Javier Garcia	46 Laps	17.GTX
59	41	CHEVROLET CAMARO	Herb Jones-Steve Faul	45 Laps	18.GTX
60	76	PORSCHE 911S	Frank Thomas-Lee Mueller-Paul May	43 Laps	24.GTU
61	19	LANCIA STRATOS	Anatoly Arutunoff-José Marina-Brian Goellnicht	34 Laps	25.GTU
62	8	PORSCHE CARRERA RSR 911 460 0035	Bob Beasley-Bruce Jennings	30 Laps	19.GTX
63	45	PORSCHE 911S	Gary Steele-James Gaeta-Bob Zulkowski	28 Laps	26.GTU
64	20	CHEVROLET CORVETTE	Richard Bostyan-Jerry Thompson-Don Yenko	26 Laps	15.GTO
65	30	BMW 3.0 CSL 2275989	Mandy Gonzales-Hiram Cruz-Manuel Villa	25 Laps	16.GTO
66	80	OLDSMOBILE CUTLASS	Herb Adams-Pat Bedard-Marv Thompson	21 Laps	5.AC
67	86	DE TOMASO PANTERA 1603	Hugh Kleinpeter-Jeff Stevens	17 Laps	20.GTX
68	04	CHEVROLET CORVETTE	Rick Thompkins-Randy Blessing	15 Laps	17.GTO
69	59	PORSCHE 935 930 770 0909	Peter Gregg-Brad Frisselle	11 Laps	21.GTX
70	23	CHEVROLET MONZA 001	Hoyt Overbagh-Billy Hagan-Bud Wamsley	8 Laps	18.GTO
71	78	TRIUMPH TR7	Rod Bremner-Don McKnight	7 Laps	27.GTU
72	49	TRIUMPH GT6	Ted Schumacher-Ron Hubbard-John Kelly	7 Laps	28.GTU
73	7	PORSCHE 935 930 770 0958	Ludwig Heimrath-Norm Ridgely	6 Laps	22.GTX
74	40	FORD MUSTANG	Manuel Quintana-Richard Stone	5 Laps	23.GTX
75	1	CHEVROLET CORVETTE	Dale Kreider-Jack Baldwin	4 Laps	24.GTX
76	54	CHEVROLET CAMARO	Joaquin Lopez-Raul Garcia	2 Laps	25.GTX

Cars that did not start

16	PORSCHE 914/6	Dan Slodowick-Cliff McCandless-Jay Miller	GTU
81	FORD ESCORT	Juan Montalvo-Tony Garcia	GTU
65	SHELBY 350GT	Ahmed Valhuerdi-Bruce Jernigan	GTO
10	PONTIAC GRAND AM	Clay Young-Eddie Johnson-Bob Buchler	AC
15	BMW 3.0CSL	Alf Gebhardt-Franz Romer	GTO
18	CHEVROLET CORVETTE	Tico Almeida-René Rodriguez-Pepe Romero	GTX
26	ALFA ROMEO SPRINT VELOCE	Ernie Smith-Gene Budd-John Foshee	GTU
39	FORD MUSTANG	Neil Potter-Bill Boyer	GTX
43	FORD PINTO	William Harris-Charles Gano	GTX
44	PORSCHE 911	Kent Murry-George Van Arsdale	GTU
55	DATSUN 240Z	Ron Duprey-Bob Lapp	GTU
60	PORSCHE CARRERA RSR	Hans Berner-Willy Goebbels	GTX
63	CHEVROLET CAMARO	Charles Pelz-Wiley Doran	GTX
66	CHEVROLET CAMARO	Ralph Noseda-Richard Small	GTX
68	PORSCHE CARRERA RSR 005 0009	Luis Mendez-Jaime Rodriguez-Joaquin Lopez	GTO
69	FORD PINTO	Thomas Abbott-Mike Murray-J.Byron Walker	GTX
74	PORSCHE 911 911 720 0114	George Hulse-Dennis Kline	GTU
75	PORSCHE 911	Mike Ramirez-Robert Cao-Manuel Godinez	GTU
90	AMX SPIRIT	Bob Lee-Guy Church-Rick Kump	GTX
94	PORSCHE 935 930 890 0023	Don Whittington-Bill Whittington	GTX
97	CHEVROLET CORVETTE	Tony Ansley-Ron Connelly	GTX
98	SAAB 900 Tc	Ralph Tolman-Rick Hurst	GTX

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