PORSCHE RACING HISTORY1979 - Le Mans 24 Hours
10 June 1979 - Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans, France
Klaus Ludwig, Bill and Don Whittington win in the Kremer brothers' modified 935 K3. The Porsche 935 K3 was the first production-based car to win at Le Mans
1st, 2nd, 3rd Overall : Group 5 - 1st, 2nd, 3rd : IMSA - 1st, 3rd : GT - 1st, 2nd, 3rd
| No. | Car | # | Class | Drivers | Entrant | Pos | Class | Grid | Notes |
| 41 | Porsche 935 K3 | 009 00015 | Gr.5+2.0 | Bill Whittington (USA)/Klaus Ludwig (D)/Don Whittington (USA) | Porsche Kremer Racing (D) | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 307 laps |
| 70 | Porsche 935 | 009 00030 | IMSA+2.5 | Rolf Stommelen (D)/Dick Barbour (USA)/Paul Newman (USA) | Dick Barbour (USA) | 2nd | 1st | 16th | 300 laps |
| 40 | Porsche 935/77A | 930 890 0013 | Gr.5+2.0 | François Servanin (F)/Laurent Ferrier (F)/François Trisconi (CH) | Porsche Kremer Racing (D) | 3rd | 2nd | 20th | 293 laps |
| 82 | Porsche 934 | 930 670 0178 | GT+3.0 | Herbert Müller (CH)/Angelo Pallavicini (CH)/Marco Vanoli (CH) | Lubrifilm Racing Team (CH) | 4th | 1st | 38th | 292 laps |
| 42 | Porsche 935/77A | 930 890 0012 | Gr.5+2.0 | Dieter Schornstein (D)/Edgar Dören (D)/Götz von Tschirnhaus (D) | Sekurit Racing Team (D) | 7th | 3rd | 17th | 284 laps |
| 72 | Porsche 935 | 930 770 0910 | IMSA+2.5 | Edwin Abate (USA)/Bob Garretson (USA)/Skeeter McKitterick (USA) | Dick Barbour (USA) | 8th | 3rd | 54th | 279 laps |
| 73 | Porsche 935 | 930 770 0959 | IMSA+2.5 | Robert Kirby (USA)/Bob Harmon (USA)/John Hotchkis (USA) | Dick Barbour - Wynn's International (USA) | 9th | 4th | 39th | 276 laps |
| 43 | Porsche 935 | 930 770 0904 | Gr.5+2.0 | Claude Haldi (CH)/Rodrigo Téran (PA)/Herbert Loewe (CH) | Claude Haldi (CH) | 11th | 4th | 26th | 271 laps |
| 45 | Porsche 935 K3 | 930 890 0022 | Gr.5+2.0 | Axel Plankenhorn (D)/Philippe Gurdjian (F)/"John Winter" Louis Krages (D) | Porsche Kremer Racing (D) | 13th | 5th | 7th | 269 laps |
| 39 | Porsche 935 | 930 770 0912 | Gr.5+2.0 | Jacques Guérin (F)/Chanaud" Jacques Goujon (F)/Fréderic Alliot (F) | A.S.A. Cachia (F) | 15th | 6th | 24th | 265 laps |
| 86 | Porsche 934 | 930 670 0157 | GT+3.0 | Georges Bourdillat (F)/Pascal Ennequin (F)/Alain-Michel Bernhard (F) | Kores Racing | 16th | 2nd | 51st | 259 laps |
| 84 | Porsche 934 | 930 670 0151 | GT+3.0 | Anny-Charlotte Verney (F)/Patrick Bardinon (F)/René Metge (F) | Anny-Charlotte Verney | 19th | 3rd | 48th | 243 laps |
| 14 | Porsche 936/78 | 936-001 | S+2.0 | Bob Wollek (F)/Hurley Haywood (USA)/Jürgen Barth (D) | Essex-Porsche (D) | DNF | 1st | 236 laps - Engine | |
| 36 | Porsche 935/77A | 930 890 0015 | Gr.5+2.0 | Manfred Schurti (FL)/Hans Heyer (D) | Gelo Sportswear International (D) | DNF | 4th | 201 laps - Engine | |
| 12 | Porsche 936/78 | 936-003 | S+2.0 | Jacky Ickx (B)/Brian Redman (GB) | Essex-Porsche (D) | DNF | 2nd | 200 laps - DQ Outside Assistance | |
| 37 | Porsche 935/77A | 930 890 0011 | Gr.5+2.0 | John Fitzpatrick (GB)/Jean-Louis Lafosse (F)/Harald Grohs (D) | Gelo Sportswear International (D) | DNF | 11th | 196 laps - Engine | |
| 87 | Porsche 934 | 930 670 0177 | GT+3.0 | Christian Bussi (F)/Bernard Salam (F) | Christian Bussi (F) | DNF | 52nd | 182 laps - Accident Damage | |
| 68 | Porsche 935/79 | 930 990 0031 | IMSA+2.5 | Ted Field (USA)/Milt Minter (USA)/John Morton (USA) | Interscope Racing (USA) | DNF | 25th | 154 laps - Engine | |
| 71 | Porsche 935/77A | 930 890 0024 | IMSA+2.5 | Roy Woods (USA)/Bob Akin (USA)/Rob McFarlin (USA) | Dick Barbour (USA) | DNF | 32nd | 78 laps - Head Gasket | |
| 74 | Porsche 935 | 930 770 0905 | IMSA+2.5 | Randolph Townsend (USA)/Raymond Touroul (F)/Jean-Pierre Jarier (F) | John Fitzpatrick Racing (GB) | DNF | 21st | 65 laps - Engine |
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