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Sears Point
Race story

Sprite Grand Prix Winston GT, Sears Point International Raceway

29 july 1979

Winners average : 161,581km/h

34 starters

Time : 01:08:35:310

Categories

GTX

GTO

1	59	PORSCHE 935 930 990 0030	Peter Gregg	40 Laps	1.GTX
2	0	PORSCHE 935 930 990 0029	Ted Field	40 Laps	2.GTX
3	7	PORSCHE 935 930 890 0018	Hurley Haywood	40 Laps	3.GTX
4	17	PORSCHE 935 930 770 0955	Milt Minter	39 Laps	4.GTX
5	4	PORSCHE 935 009 00029	Bruce Canepa	39 Laps	5.GTX
6	55	PORSCHE CARRERA RSR 911 560 9121	Howard Meister	39 Laps	1.GTO
7	5	PORSCHE 935 930 770 0911	Charles Mendez	38 Laps	6.GTX
8	68	PORSCHE CARRERA RSR 005 0009	Luis Mendez	38 Laps	2.GTO
9	46	PORSCHE CARRERA RSR 911 360 1099	Mauricio de Narvaez	38 Laps	3.GTO
10	07	PORSCHE CARRERA RSR	David Cowart	38 Laps	4.GTO
11	85	PORSCHE 935 930 770 0909	Bruce Leven	38 Laps	7.GTX
12	99	CHEVROLET CORVETTE	Phil Currin	37 Laps	5.GTO
13	95	PORSCHE 935 930 770 0957	Rob McFarlin	37 Laps	8.GTX
14	94	PORSCHE 935	Bill Whittington	36 Laps	9.GTX
15	71	PORSCHE 935 009 00016	Bob Akin	36 Laps	10.GTX
16	27	CHEVROLET CORVETTE	Rich Sloma	36 Laps	11.GTX
17	54	PORSCHE CARRERA RSR	Tony Garcia	36 Laps	6.GTO
18	29	CHEVROLET CORVETTE	Mike McCarthy	36 Laps	7.GTO
19	41	CHEVROLET CORVETTE	Bill Craine	34 Laps	8.GTO
20	31	PORSCHE CARRERA RSR	Dennis Lanfre	33 Laps	9.GTO
21	96	PORSCHE 911S	Terry Herman	33 Laps	10.GTO
22	30	PORSCHE 935 930 990 0032	Gianpiero Moretti	32 Laps	12.GTO
23	93	PORSCHE 934/5 930 670 0152	Don Whittington	28 Laps	13.GTX
24	2	BMW 320i Turbo 003	David Hobbs	26 Laps	14.GTX
25	61	CHEVROLET CORVETTE	Randy Bryan	25 Laps	11.GTO
26	14	CHEVROLET CORVETTE	Pete Brallier	19 Laps	12.GTO
27	13	PORSCHE 935 930 770 0905	Randolph Townsend	13 Laps	15.GTX
28	66	PORSCHE 935 930 770 0959	Bob Harmon	9 Laps	16.GTX
29	66	PORSCHE 911 911 210 0224	Don Kravig	7 Laps	13.GTO
30	76	CHEVROLET CORVETTE	Joe Chamberlain	7 Laps	17.GTX
31	01	PORSCHE 914/6 Turbo 914 043 0653	Harald von Keszycki	6 Laps	18.GTX
32	3	BMW 320i Turbo	Jim Busby	5 Laps	19.GTX
33	12	CHEVROLET CORVETTE	Bob Matkovich	3 Laps	14.GTO
34	00	PORSCHE 935 930 890 0019	Danny Ongais	3 Laps	20.GTX

Cars that did not start

	6	CHEVROLET CORVETTE	Greg Pickett		GTX
	19	CHEVROLET MONZA	Chris Cord		GTX

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