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1983 - Pocono 500 Miles

11 September 1983 - Pocono International Raceway, USA


Sarel van der Merwe & Gianpiero Moretti 2nd in a Porsche 935/78-81, 3 laps behind the winning Jaguar XJR-5 driven by Bob Tullius and Doc Bundy.

Overall - 2nd : GTP - 2nd, 3rd : GTU - 2nd

No. Car # Class Drivers Entrant Pos Class Grid Notes
30 Porsche 935/81 JR-001 GTP Sarel van der Merwe (ZA)/Gianpiero Moretti (I) Momo/Kreepy Krauly (I) 2nd 2nd 7th 176 laps
5 Porsche 935 K3/80 000 00013 GTP Bob Akin (USA)/John O'Steen (USA) Bob Akin Motor Racing (USA) 4th 3rd 8th 171 laps
79 Porsche 924 Carrera GTR WP0ZZZ93ZBS720006 GTU Bob Bergstrom (USA)/Tom Winters (USA) Whitehall/Promotion (USA) 7th 2nd 18th 162 laps
91 Porsche 934 930 890 0014 GTO Chester Vincentz (USA)/Jim Mullen (USA) Electrodyne (USA) 10th 4th 15th 159 laps
64 Porsche 911 Carrera RSR GTO John Hulen (USA)/Ron Coupland (USA) John Hulen (USA) 12th 6th 29th 150 laps
72 Porsche 911 Carrera GTO George Hulse (USA)/Michael DeFontes (USA) The Foreign Car (USA) 13th 7th 37th 148 laps
3 Porsche 914/6 473 29 02456 GTU Richard Graves (USA)/Alice Graves (USA) Richard Graves 17th 6th 39th 142 laps
94 Porsche 914/6 914 043 1523 GTU Bruce Jones (USA)/Fred Apgar (USA) Bruce Jones 21st 9th 36th 121 laps
17 Porsche 914/6 914 043 0754 GTU Paul Resnick (USA)/Ron Barnaba (USA)/Steve Zwiren (USA) Porsche Auto Recyclers 29th 10th 32nd 78 laps - DNF
96 Porsche 911 Carrera RSR GTO Phil Byrd (USA)/Richard Silver (USA) Weld Fixturing (USA) 32nd 14th 38th 72 laps - DNF
42 Porsche 911 GTU Gary Altman (USA)/Mark Altman (USA) Altman Bros Motor Racing (USA) 33rd 12th 33rd 66 laps - DNF
34 Porsche 924 Carrera GTR GTU George Drolsom (USA) Drolsom Racing (USA) 39th 15th 26th 36 laps - DNF
24 Porsche 935 JLP-2 009 00043 GTP M. L. Speer (USA)/Wayne Pickering (USA) Pegasus III Racing (USA) DNQ


IMSA - International Motor Sport Association


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