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1979 Home
250 Miles of Mid Ohio
Race story

Winston GT, Mid-Ohio GT 250, Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course

15 july 1979

Winners average : 145,766km/h

43 starters

Categories

GTX

GTO

GTU

Time : 02:45:20:580

1	59	PORSCHE 935 930 990 0030	Peter Gregg-Hurley Haywood-	104 Laps	1.GTX
2	94	PORSCHE 935 930 990 0026	Don Whittington-Bill Whittington	104 Laps	2.GTX
3	3	BMW M1 4301065	Jim Busby-Dennis Aase	101 Laps	3.GTX
4	00	PORSCHE 935 930 890 0019	Ted Field-Milt Minter	101 Laps	4.GTX
5	5	PORSCHE 935 930 770 0911	Charles Mendez-Paul Miller	98 Laps	5.GTX
6	55	PORSCHE CARRERA RSR 911 560 9121	Howard Meister-Alan Johnson	98 Laps	1.GTO
7	68	PORSCHE CARRERA RSR 005 0009	Luis Mendez	97 Laps	2.GTO
8	83	DATSUN 280ZX	Don Devendorf	97 Laps	1.GTU
9	2	BMW 320i Turbo 003	David Hobbs	96 Laps	6.GTX
10	7	MAZDA RX7	Walt Bohren	96 Laps	2.GTU
11	54	PORSCHE CARRERA RSR	Tony Garcia-Mauricio DeNarvaez	95 Laps	3.GTO
12	69	PORSCHE CARRERA RSR	Werner Frank-Rudy Bartling	94 Laps	4.GTO
13	89	PORSCHE 911	Chip Mead-John Mortensen	93 Laps	3.GTU
14	37	PORSCHE CARRERA RSR	Francisco Lopez-Dave White	92 Laps	5.GTO
15	56	CHEVROLET CAMARO	Craig Carter	91 Laps	6.GTO
16	95	PORSCHE 914/6	Reagan Riley-David Deacon	90 Laps	4.GTU
17	40	PORSCHE 914/6	Steve Southard-Earl Roe	90 Laps	5.GTU
18	77	CHEVROLET MALIBU	Vern Smith	89 Laps	7.GTO
19	8	PORSCHE CARRERA RSR 911 460 0035	Bob Beasley	89 Laps	8.GTO
20	86	FORD GRANADA	David Crabtree	88 Laps	9.GTO
21	34	PORSCHE 911	George Drolsom-Fred Clark	87 Laps	6.GTU
22	22	DATSUN 510	J. Byron Walker-Terry Satchell	86 Laps	7.GTU
23	12	CHEVROLET CORVETTE	Ford Smith	83 Laps	10.GTO
24	85	PORSCHE 914/6	John Hulen-Ron Coupland	75 Laps	8.GTU
25	72	CHEVROLET CORVETTE	Philip Keirn	70 Laps	11.GTO
26	02	CHEVROLET MONZA Dekon 1016	Keith Feldott-Buzz Fyhrie	68 Laps	12.GTO
27	67	DODGE CHALLENGER	Glenn Bunch	67 Laps	7.GTX
28	39	CHEVROLET CORVETTE	Skip DeAscentis-Larry Trotter	64 Laps	13.GTO
29	62	PORSCHE 914/6	Bill Koll-Jim Cook	58 Laps	9.GTU
30	19	CHEVROLET MONZA	Chris Cord-Jim Adams	39 Laps	8.GTX
31	79	MAZDA RX7	Bob Bergstrom-Roger Mandeville	35 Laps	10.GTU
32	11	DATSUN 240Z	Richard Kendrick-Amos Johnson	34 Laps	11.GTU
33	48	CHEVROLET CORVETTE	John Carusso-Phil Currin	34 Laps	14.GTO
34	41	FORD CAPRI RS	Clayton Dopke-J. Kurt Roehrig	33 Laps	15.GTO
35	49	CHEVROLET CORVETTE 194678S412662	Jim Moyer	32 Laps	9.GTX
36	32	PORSCHE CARRERA RSR	Honorato Espinosa	31 Laps	16.GTO
37	09	PORSCHE 935 930 890 0021	Preston Henn-John O'Steen	28 Laps	10.GTX
38	14	CHEVROLET CORVETTE	Rusty Schmidt-Douglas Grunnet	25 Laps	17.GTO
39	07	PORSCHE CARRERA RSR	Dave Cowart-Kenper Miller	20 Laps	18.GTO
40	17	CHEVROLET VEGA	Dan Furey	16 Laps	11.GTX
41	90	CHEVROLET CORVETTE	Tony DeLorenzo	15 Laps	19.GTO
42	50	PORSCHE 911	Fritz Hochreuter	9 Laps	20.GTO
43	46	PORSCHE CARRERA RSR 911 360 1099	Mauricio DeNarvaez	2 Laps	21.GTO

Cars that did not start

0	PORSCHE 935	Ted Field	GTX
01	BMW 320	Dave White-J.Kurt Roehrig	GTU
04	PONTIAC FIREBIRD	Bill Nelson	GTO
9	FORD MUSTANG 8F01C183806	Jimmy Spencer-Fred Werl	GTO
13	PORSCHE 935	Randolph Townsend	GTX
18	PORSCHE 935	John Paul	GTX
28	PORSCHE 935 930 770 0960	Cliff Kearns	GTX
31	FORD CAPRI RS	Clayton Dopke	GTO
47	HONDA CIVIC Tc	Bill Shaw-Raul Cordoba	GTU
60	PORSCHE 911	Rusty Bond-Ren Tilton	GTU
64	PORSCHE 911	Dennis Aase	GTU
71	PORSCHE 911	Pierre Honegger-Fred Apgar	GTU
81	CHEVROLET CORVETTE	Mickey Agee-David Shook	GTO
93	PORSCHE 935	Don Whittington	GTX
98	PORSCHE CARRERA RSR	Lance Van Every	GTO
99	CHEVROLET CORVETTE	Phil Currin	GTO

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