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Road America
Race story

Pabst 500, Road America Silver Anniversary (WINSTON GT), Road America, Elkhart Lake

2 september 1979

Winners average : 161,581km/h

42 starters

Time : 04:58:47:980

Categories

GTX

GTO

GTU

1	2	BMW 320i Turbo 003	David Hobbs-Derek Bell	125 Laps	1.GTX
2	5	PORSCHE 935 930 770 0911	Charles Mendez-Paul Miller	125 Laps	2.GTX
3	0	PORSCHE 935 930 990 0029	Ted Field-Milt Minter	125 Laps	3.GTX
4	3	BMW M1 4301065	Jim Busby-Dennis Aase	122 Laps	4.GTX
5	9	PORSCHE 935 930 770 0910	Bob Akin-Rob McFarlin	120 Laps	5.GTX
6	44	TRIUMPH TR8	Bob Tullius-Brian Fuerstenau	116 Laps	1.GTO
7	54	PORSCHE CARRERA RSR	Tony Garcia-Terry Herman	116 Laps	2.GTO
8	46	PORSCHE CARRERA RSR 911 360 1099	Mauricio de Narvaez-Albert Naon	115 Laps	3.GTO
9	79	MAZDA RX7	Bob Bergstrom-Rick Knoop	114 Laps	1.GTU
10	89	PORSCHE CARRERA RSR	Pepe Romero-Diego Febles	113 Laps	4.GTO
11	77	MAZDA RX7	Roger Mandeville-Jim Downing	113 Laps	2.GTU
12	17	MAZDA RX7	Jeff Kline-Jim Mederer	112 Laps	3.GTU
13	62	PORSCHE 914/6	Bill Koll-Jim Cook	112 Laps	4.GTU
14	61	CHEVROLET CORVETTE	Jerry Lancaster-John Luczyk	109 Laps	5.GTO
15	42	PORSCHE 911S	Tom Ashby-Bill Bean	109 Laps	5.GTU
16	03	PORSCHE 934 930 670 0162	Werner Frank-Rudy Bartling	109 Laps	6.GTO
17	66	PORSCHE 935 930 770 0959	Kees Nierop-Norm Ridgely	107 Laps	6.GTX
18	38	CHEVROLET CORVETTE	Skip de Ascentis-Larry trotter	107 Laps	7.GTO
19	4	PORSCHE 935 930 890 0024	Skeeter McKitterick-Bob Garretson	106 Laps	7.GTX
20	34	PORSCHE 911S	George Drolsom-Fred Clark	102 Laps	6.GTU
21	40	PORSCHE 914/6	Steve Southard-Earl Roe	102 Laps	7.GTU
22	7	MAZDA RX7	Walt Bohren-Ron Cortez	99 Laps	8.GTU
23	6	PORSCHE 935 009 00030	Brian Redman-Dick Barbour	98 Laps	8.GTX
24	85	PORSCHE 914/6	John Hulen-Ron Coupland	89 Laps	9.GTU
25	31	CHEVROLET CORVETTE	Bard Boand-Keith Feldott	88 Laps	8.GTO
26	83	DATSUN 280ZX	Don Devendorf-Tony Adamowicz	87 Laps	10.GTU
27	52	PORSCHE 914/4	Wayne Baker-Paul Haas-Margie Smith Haas	85 Laps	11.GTU
28	73	CHEVROLET CAMARO	Clark Howey-Dale Koch	84 Laps	9.GTO
29	28	CHEVROLET CORVETTE	Ray Irwin-Bob Kivela	81 Laps	10.GTO
30	29	FIAT 128 Coupé	Tom Cronin-Ken Bolt	76 Laps	12.GTU
31	48	CHEVROLET CORVETTE	John Carusso-Phil Currin	71 Laps	11.GTO
32	86	PORSCHE 935 930 890 0018	Peter Gregg-Hurley Haywood-Bruce Leven	68 Laps	9.GTX
33	43	PORSCHE 911S	Bob Gregg-Len Jones	58 Laps	13.GTU
34	45	DATSUN 240Z	Michael Guffey-Jack Buchinger	54 Laps	12.GTO
35	39	PORSCHE 911S	John Higgins-James King-Roger Seacrist	50 Laps	14.GTU
36	72	CHEVROLET CORVETTE	Philip Keirn-Ed Erington	47 Laps	13.GTO
37	60	PORSCHE 911S	Rusty Bond-Ren Tilton	44 Laps	15.GTU
38	07	PORSCHE 935 930 770 0958	Ludwig Heimrath-Brett Lunger	28 Laps	10.GTX
39	56	CHEVROLET CAMARO	Craig Carter-David Laughlin	8 Laps	14.GTO
40	8	LANCIA STRATOS	Anatoly Arutunoff-José Marina	7 Laps	16.GTU
41	25	BMW 3.0 CSL	Kenper Miller-David Cowart	1 Lap	15.GTO
42	01	BMW 320i	Dave White-J.Kurt Roehrig	0 Lap	17.GTU

Cars that did not start

14	CHEVROLET CORVETTE	Rusty Schmidt-Douglas Grunnet	GTO
41	DE TOMASO PANTERA 2846	Mark Leuzinger-Mike Van der Werff	GTO
13	PORSCHE 935 930 670 0180	Hal Shaw-Gary Belcher	GTX
19	CHEVROLET MONZA Dekon 1011	Chris Cord-Jim Adams	GTX
49	CHEVROLET CORVETTE	Joe Pirotta-Bill Lang	GTO
51	PORSCHE CARRERA RSR 911 360 0601	Robert Kirby-John Hotschkis	GTO
98	PORSCHE CARRERA RSR	Lance Van Every-Ash Tisdelle	GTO

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