1978 - Le Mans 24 Hours
11 June 1978 - Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans, France
Bob Wollek, Jürgen Barth & Jacky Ickx 2nd in a Porsche 936/78, 5 laps behind the winning Alpine A442 B driven by Didier Pironi and Jean-Pierre Jaussaud
Overall - 2nd, 3rd : S+2.0 - 2nd, 3rd : IMSA+2.5 - 1st, 2nd : Gr5+2.0 - 1st, 2nd, 3rd : GT3.0 - 1st : GT+3.0 - 1st
No. | Car | # | Class | Drivers | Entrant | Pos | Class | Grid | Notes |
6 | Porsche 936/78 | 936-001 | S+2.0 | Bob Wollek (F)/Jürgen Barth (D)/Jacky Ickx (B) | Martini Racing Porsche System (D) | 2nd | 2nd | 4th | 370 laps |
7 | Porsche 936/77 | 936-002 | S+2.0 | Hurley Haywood (USA)/Peter Gregg (USA)/Reinhold Jöst (D) | Martini Racing Porsche System (D) | 3rd | 3rd | 6th | 363 laps |
90 | Porsche 935/77A | 930 890 0024 | IMSA+2.5 | Brian Redman (GB)/John Paul Sr. (USA)/Dick Barbour (USA) | Dick Barbour Racing (USA) | 5th | 1st | 16th | 338 laps |
44 | Porsche 935/77A | 930 890 0012 | Gr5+2.0 | Jim Busby (USA)/Rick Knoop (USA)/Chris Cord (USA) | Porsche Kremer Racing (D) | 6th | 1st | 14th | 337 laps |
41 | Porsche 935 | 930 770 0912 | Gr5+2.0 | Paulo Gomes (BR)/Marinho Amaral (BR)/Alfredo Guaraná Menezes (BR) | A.S.A. Cachia-Team Pace (F) | 7th | 2nd | 23rd | 330 laps |
43 | Porsche 935/78 | 935-006 | Gr5+2.0 | Manfred Schurti (FL)/Rolf Stommelen (D) | Martini Racing Porsche System (D) | 8th | 3rd | 3rd | 327 laps |
66 | Porsche 911 Carrera RSR | GT3.0 | Anny-Charlotte Verney (F)/Xavier Lapeyre (F)/François Servanin (F) | Anny-Charlotte Verney | 12th | 1st | 51st | 280 laps | |
97 | Porsche 911 Carrera RSR | 911 460 9064 | IMSA+2.5 | Gordon Spice (GB)/John Rulon-Miller (USA)/Larry Perkins (AUS) | Charles Ivey Engineering | 14th | 2nd | 47th | 279 laps |
62 | Porsche 934 | GT+3.0 | Christian Bussi (F)/"Ségolen" André Gahinet (F)/Jean-Claude Briavoine (F) | "Ségolen" (F) | 17th | 1st | 52nd | 260 laps | |
64 | Porsche 911 Carrera | GT3.0 | Georges Bourdillat (F)/Alain-Michel Bernard (F)/Jean-Luc Favresse (F) | Georges Bourdillat | NC | 55th | 242 laps | ||
45 | Porsche 935 K2 | 007 00016 | Gr5+2.0 | "John Winter" Louis Krages (D)/Dieter Schornstein (D)/Philippe Gurdjian (F) | Porsche Kremer Racing (D) | NC | 28th | 183 laps | |
5 | Porsche 936/78 | 936-003 | S+2.0 | Jacky Ickx (B)/Henri Pescarolo (F)/Jochen Mass (B) | Martini Racing Porsche System (D) | DNF | 1st | 255 laps - Accident | |
68 | Porsche 934 | 930 670 0168 | GT+3.0 | Edgar Dören (D)/Romain Feitler (L)/Hervé Poulain (F)/Gerhard Holup (D) | Hervé Poulain | DNF | 32nd | 167 laps - Gearbox | |
91 | Porsche 935/77A | 930 890 0033 | IMSA+2.5 | Bob Garretson (USA)/Bob Akin (USA)/Steve Earle (USA) | Dick Barbour Racing (USA) | DNF | 31st | 159 laps - Accident | |
48 | Porsche 935 | 930 770 0904 | Gr5+2.0 | Herbert Müller (CH)/Claude Haldi (CH)/"Nico" Nick McGranger (CH) | Meccarillos Cégécol Racing Team (CH) | DNF | 21st | 140 laps - Gearbox Casing | |
65 | Porsche 930 | GT+3.0 | Antoine Salamin (CH)/Gérard Vial (CH)/Yves Courage (F)/Joël Laplacette (F) | Joël Laplacette (CH) | DNF | 54th | 116 laps - Brakes, Accident | ||
61 | Porsche 934 | 930 670 0177 | GT+3.0 | Guy Chasseuil (F)/Jean-Claude Lefebvre (F)/José Dolhem (F) | Auto Daniel Urcun (F) | DNF | 39th | 61 laps - Piston | |
94 | Porsche 935/77A | 930 890 0016 | Gr5+2.0 | Bill Whittington (USA)/Don Whittington (USA)/Franz Konrad (A) | Whittington Brother Inc. Racing (USA) | DNF | 17th | 41 laps - Accident | |
69 | Porsche 934 | 930 670 0153 | GT+3.0 | Willy Braillard (B)/Jean-Louis Ravenel (F)/Jacky Ravenel (F)/Philippe Dagoreau (F) | Jean Louis Ravenel-V.S.D. | DNF | 37th | 35 laps - Injection Pump | |
46 | Porsche 935/77A | 930 890 0022 | Gr5+2.0 | Martin Raymond (GB)/"Steve" Jean-Pierre Wielemans (B)/Mike Franey (GB) | Porsche Kremer Racing (D) | DNF | 20th | 34 laps - Engine | |
47 | Porsche 935/77A | 930 890 0011 | Gr5+2.0 | John Fitzpatrick (GB)/Toine Hezemans (NL) | Weisberg Gelo Team (D) | DNF | 11th | 19 laps - Piston |
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