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28th Annual Coca-Cola 12 Hours of Sebring, Sebring Airport

22 march 1980

Winners average : 176,255km/h

79 starters


Time : 12:00:44:771

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GTX

GTO

GTU

 1  6 PORSCHE 935K3 005 0009 John Fitzpatrick-Dick Barbour 253 Laps 1.GTX
 2  0 PORSCHE 935K3 000 00015 Ted Field-Danny Ongais 250 Laps 2.GTX
 3 93 PORSCHE 935K3 009 00013 Don Whittington-Bill Whittington-Dale Whittington 247 Laps 3.GTX
 4 09 PORSCHE 935K3 930 890 0021 John Paul-Preston Henn-Al Holbert 239 Laps 4.GTX
 5 05 PORSCHE 935K3 009 0005 Bob Akin-Roy Woods-Skeeter McKitterick 232 Laps 5.GTX
 6 44 TRIUMPH TR8 Bob Tullius-Bill Adam 230 Laps 1.GTO
 7  9 PORSCHE 935K3 009 00030 Bob Garretson-Bobby Rahal-Kees Nierop 227 Laps 6.GTX
 8 07 PORSCHE 935 930 770 0958 Ludwig Heimrath-Carlos Moran-Johnny Rutherford 224 Laps 7.GTX
 9 77 MAZDA RX7 Roger Mandeville-Jim Downing-Brad Frisselle 222 Laps 1.GTU
10 86 PORSCHE 935 930 890 0018 Peter Gregg-Hurley Haywood-Bruce Leven 220 Laps 8.GTX
11 68 PORSCHE CARRERA RSR 005 0009 Luis Mendez-Jaime Rodriguez-Ernesto Soto 216 Laps 2.GTO
12 03 PORSCHE 934 930 670 0162 Werner Frank-James Brolin 213 Laps 3.GTO
13 92 PORSCHE CARRERA RSR Roger Schramm-Rudy Bartling 213 Laps 4.GTO
14 95 PORSCHE 911 Mike Ramirez-Manuel Villa-Luis Gordillo 212 Laps 2.GTU
15 95 DATSUN 240Z Sam Posey-George Alderman-Fred Stiff 211 Laps 3.GTU
16 37 PORSCHE CARRERA RSR Honorato Espinosa-Jorge Cortes 211 Laps 5.GTO
17 81 MAZDA RX7 Mark Welch-Tom Winters-Jim Cook 210 Laps 4.GTU
18 34 PORSCHE 911 George Drolsom-Bill Johnson-Rob Hoskins 206 Laps 5.GTU
19 56 PORSCHE 911 911 210 0224 Rick Borlase-Don Kravig-Michael Hammond 205 Laps 6.GTO
20 22 PORSCHE 914/6 Gary Hirsch-Rainer Brezinka-Peter Aschentrenner 205 Laps 6.GTU
21 98 PORSCHE CARRERA RSR Lance van Every-Ash Tisdelle 194 Laps 7.GTO
22 90 AMX SPIRIT Bob Lee-Rick Kump-Jim Leo 191 Laps 8.GTO
23 54 PORSCHE CARRERA RSR Tony Garcia-Albert Naon-Terry Herman 187 Laps 9.GTO
24 87 PORSCHE 911 Klaus Bitterauf-James Moxley-Vicki Smith 185 Laps 7.GTU
25 31 PORSCHE 914/6 Juan Lopez-José Arzeno 179 Laps 8.GTU
26 46 PORSCHE CARRERA RSR 911 360 1099 Mauricio de Narvaez-Ricardo Londono 177 Laps 10.GTO
27 30 PORSCHE 935J 930 890 0014 Gianpiero Moretti-Giorgio Pianta-Renzo Zorzi 176 Laps 9.GTX
28 24 PORSCHE 914/6 471 29 12215 Vince di Lella-Manolo Cueto 172 Laps 9.GTU
29 60 PORSCHE CARRERA RSR Bill Ferran-Rusty Bond-Jack Refenning 172 Laps 11.GTO
30 25 BMW M1 4301040 Kenper Miller-David Cowart-Derek Bell 172 Laps 10.GTX
31 80 CHEVROLET CAMARO Maurice Carter-Craig Carter-Murray Edwards 167 Laps 11.GTX
32 24 PORSCHE CARRERA RSR Warwick Henderson-Bob Copeman-John Humphreys 166 Laps 12.GTO
33 57 PORSCHE 914/4 Wayne Baker-Jeff Scott-Dan Gilliland 163 Laps 10.GTU
34 78 MAZDA RX2 Bruce Nesbitt-Alan Johnson 162 Laps 11.GTU
35 08 PORSCHE 911 911 030 1263 Mark Speer-Ray Ratcliff-Terry Wolters 161 Laps 12.GTU
36 99 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Tom Hunt-Russ Boy 160 Laps 13.GTO
37 51 PORSCHE CARRERA RSR 911 360 0601 Bob Kirby-Fred Baker-Michael Sherwin 153 Laps 14.GTO
38 79 MAZDA RX7 Bob Bergstrom-Pat Bedard 148 Laps 13.GTU
39 88 PONTIAC FIRE Am Herb Adams-Jerry Thompson 146 Laps 15.GTO
40 84 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Bard Boand-Bob Kivela-Ray Irwin 140 Laps 16.GTO
41 27 CHEVROLET CAMARO Kenneth La Grow-Bill Boyer-Jack Turner 138 Laps 12.GTX
42 58 PORSCHE 934 930 670 0161 Mandy Gonzales-Diego Febles-Chiqui Soldevilla 135 Laps 17.GTO
43 82 PORSCHE 914/6 John Casey-Steve Dietrich-Lee Mueller 123 Laps 14.GTU
44 73 MAZDA RX7 Pierre Honegger-Mark Hutchins-Walt Bohren 118 Laps 15.GTU
45 06 PORSCHE CARRERA RSR Jim Mullen-Paul Fassler-Craig Siebert 108 Laps 18.GTO
46 40 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Joe Cotrone-Emory Donaldson-Phil Currin 106 Laps 19.GTO
47 21 CHEVROLET CAMARO Bob Young-Bob Lazier 101 Laps 20.GTO
48  3 BMW M1 March 003 Jim Busby-Bruce Jenner-Rick Knoop 100 Laps 13.GTX
49 55 PORSCHE 935 930 770 0957 Ralph Kent Cooke-Lyn St James 87 Laps 14.GTX
50 70 MAZDA RX7 Chris Doyle-Charles Guest-Mike Meyer 87 Laps 16.GTU
51  7 AMX SPIRIT Lou Statzer-Amos Johnson-Dennis Shaw 84 Laps 15.GTX
52 32 PORSCHE CARRERA RSR Jamsal-Carlos Pineda-Eduardo Barrientos 80 Laps 21.GTO
53 10 CHEVROLET CAMARO Dave Heinz-Bob Nagel 74 Laps 22.GTO
54 38 PORSCHE CARRERA RSR 911 460 9113 Bonky Fernandez-Tato Ferrer-Ulrich Lange 73 Laps 23.GTO
55 23 PORSCHE 914/6 473 29 24107 Bob Zulkowski-Dennis Brisken-Gary Nylander 73 Laps 17.GTU
56 71 PORSCHE 911 Bruce Jennings-Bill Bean-Tom Ashby 69 Laps 18.GTU
57 83 PORSCHE CARRERA RSR David Deacon-Peter Moennick 63 Laps 24.GTO
58 15 BMW 3.0CSL Bruno Beilcke-Alf Gebhardt 63 Laps 25.GTO
59 14 CHEVROLET CORVETTE George Garcia-Vic Shinn-Daniel Vilarchao 63 Laps 26.GTO
60  4 PORSCHE 935 930 890 0024 Buzz Marcus-Bob Harmon-Marty Hinze 52 Laps 16.GTX
61 13 PORSCHE 935K3 930 770 0905 Randolph Townsend-John Morton-Howard Meister 52 Laps 17.GTX
62 35 ALFA ROMEO ALFETTA Del Taylor-Janis Taylor-Dave Cavenaugh 51 Laps 19.GTU
63 50 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Greenwood 008 RV Schulnburg-Michael Keyser-Tim Morgan 49 Laps 18.GTX
64  5 PORSCHE 935K3 009 00016 Charles Mendez-Brian Redman-Paul Miller 49 Laps 19.GTX
65 41 BUICK SKYLARK Herb Jones-Steve Faul-Kent Combs 43 Laps 27.GTO
66 66 DATSUN 240Z George Shafer-Craig Shafer-Al Crookston 37 Laps 20.GTU
67 89 PORSCHE CARRERA RSR Ernesto Soto-Luis Rodriguez 37 Laps 28.GTO
68 02 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Tico Almeida-René Rodriguez-Gatriel Riano 33 Laps 20.GTX
69 65 CHEVROLET CAMARO Ralph Noseda-Jeffrey Loving-Richard Small 28 Laps 29.GTO
70 48 CHEVROLET CORVETTE John Carusso 28 Laps 30.GTO
71 48 CHEVROLET CAMARO Ford Smith-Bruce Jernigan-Jimmy Tumbleston 28 Laps 31.GTO
72  8 LANCIA STRATOS Anatoly Aruntunoff-José Marina 23 Laps 21.GTU
73 85 PORSCHE 914/6 John Hulen-Ron Coupland 20 Laps 22.GTU
74 17 CHEVROLET NOVA Tim Chitwood-Sam Fillingham-Vince Gimondo 19 Laps 32.GTO
75 28 PORSCHE 911 Robert Overby-Joseph Hamilton-Herb Forrest 12 Laps 33.GTO
76 74 MAZDA RX7 Carlos Ramirez-Neale Messina-Chester Vincentz 8 Laps 23.GTU
77 61 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Vince Muzzin-Marcus Opie-Tim Evans 5 Laps 34.GTO
78  2 DOME TOYOTA CELICA Turbo Nobuhide Tachi-Bill Koll-Tim Sharp 4 Laps 21.GTX
79 36 PORSCHE 911 Ron Case-David Panaccione-Jack Rynerson 4 Laps 24.GTU




Cars that did not start

   47 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Terry Keller-Bob Gray-Scott Chapman GTO
   53 PORSCHE 935 Bruce Leven-Hurley Haywood GTX
   67 PORSCHE 911 Manuel Quintana-Fernando Garcia GTU
   39 BMW 2002 Jack Ellerman-Diego Londono GTU
   45 DATSUN 510 Mark Trumbull-Peter Flanagan GTU
   00 PORSCHE 935K3 Danny Ongais-Ted Field GTX
   01 BMW 2002 David Redszus-Leo Franchi-Merv Rosen GTU
   11 DATSUN 240Z Louis Bocskai GTU
   16 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Javier Garcia-Luis Sereix-Tom Sheehy GTO
   18 PORSCHE 935JLP2 009 00043 John Paul-Al Holbert GTX
   19 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Cliff Gotlob GTO
   20 CHEVROLET MONZA Stephen Bond GTO
   26 FORD MUSTANG Alejandro Cortes-Eugenio Matienzo GTO
   52 PORSCHE 911 Fred Snow-Tom Cripe GTU
   63 CHEVROLET CAMARO Guy Thomas-Hugh Davenport GTX
   64 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Earle Moffitt-George Jones-C.C Canada GTO
   75 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Dale Kreider-Billy Hagan-Terry Labonte GTO
   76 MAZDA RX7 Al Cosentino-Bob Speakman GTU
   91 DE TOMASO PANTERA 2846 Mark Leuzinger-Mike Van der Werff GTO
   94 PORSCHE 935 930 990 0028 Dale Whittington-David Hobbs GTX
   97 CHEVROLET CORVETTE Charles Gano-Lawrence P.Pleasants-Nort Northam GTO



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