1976 - Watkins Glen 6 Hours
10 July 1976 - Watkins Glen, USA
Rolf Stommelen & Manfred Schurti win in a Porsche 935
Overall - 1st, 2nd, 3rd : Gr.5 - 1st, 2nd, 3rd : GT - 1st, 2nd, 3rd : TA-II - 2nd, 3rd With the very real possibility of losing the championship, Porsche sent two Martini 935s across the Atlantic for the Watkins Glen 6 Hour race. Porsche’s victory at the Glen ensured the title would be decided at the last race of the year: the Dijon 6 Hours on September 4th.
No. | Car | # | Class | Drivers | Entrant | Pos | Class | Grid | Notes |
4 | Porsche 935 | 935-001 | Gr.5 | Rolf Stommelen (D)/Manfred Schurti (FL) | Martini Racing (D) | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 174 laps |
6 | Porsche 934/5 | 930 670 0155 | Gr.5 | Leo Kinnunen (FI)/Toine Hezemans (NL)/Egon Evertz (D) | Egon Evertz K.G. (D) | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 173 laps |
2 | Porsche 935 | 935-002 | Gr.5 | Jacky Ickx (B)/Jochen Mass (B) | Martini Racing (D) | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 173 laps |
3 | Porsche 911 Carrera RSR | 911 560 9112 | TA-II | John Graves (USA)/Dave Helmick (USA)/John O'Steen (USA) | Ecurie Escargot (USA) | 6th | 2nd | 14th | 164 laps |
74 | Porsche 911 Carrera RSR | 911 560 9123 | TA-II | Ludwig Heimrath, Sr (CDN)/Jacques Bienvenue (CDN) | Heimrath Racing (CDN) | 7th | 3rd | 12th | 163 laps - Accident |
75 | Porsche 911 Carrera RSR | TA-II | Norm Ridgely (CDN)/Jim Cook (USA) | Heimrath Racing (CDN) | 8th | 4th | 11th | 160 laps | |
56 | Porsche 911 Carrera RSR | 911 460 9057 | TA-II | Bob Hagestad (USA)/Jerry Jolly (USA) | Bob Hagestad (USA) | 9th | 5th | 10th | 157 laps |
39 | Porsche 911 | GT | John Bauer (USA)/Walt Maas (USA) | John Bauer (USA) | 10th | 1st | 18th | 157 laps | |
16T | Porsche 934 | 930 670 0179 | GT | George Follmer (USA)/John Morton (USA) | Vasek Polak Racing (USA) | 11th | 2nd | 8th | 155 laps |
36 | Porsche 934 | 930 670 0152 | GT | Paul Miller (USA)/Kenper Miller (USA) | Paul Miller (USA) | 13th | 3rd | 15th | 153 laps |
72 | Porsche 911 Carrera RSR | 911 360 0386 | GT | Mike Tillson (USA)/Dieter Oest (USA) | Mike Tillson (USA) | 14th | 4th | 26th | 145 laps |
77 | Porsche 911 S | GT | Bruce Jennings (USA)/Bill Bean (USA) | Bruce Jennings (USA) | 15th | 5th | 33rd | 144 laps | |
14 | Porsche 934 | 930 670 0173 | GT | Al Holbert (USA)/Jim Busby (USA) | Holbert/Dickinson (USA) | 16th | 6th | 9th | 134 laps |
95 | Porsche 911 Carrera RSR | 911 460 0059 | TA-II | Robert Frostrom (USA)/John Moore (USA) | Robert Frostrom (USA) | 18th | 11th | 25th | 109 laps |
57 | Porsche 911 Carrera RSR | TA-I | Bob Grossman (USA)/John Wood (USA) | John Wood | 19th | 4th | 21st | 105 laps | |
79 | Porsche 911 Carrera RSR | TA-II | Michael Callas (USA)/Wiley Doran (USA)/Adrian Gang (USA) | Michael Callas (USA) | 25th | 13th | 24th | 57 laps - Engine | |
5 | Porsche 911 Carrera RSR | 005 0009 | TA-II | John Gunn (USA)/Carson Baird (USA) | Racing Consultants (USA) | 33rd | 16th | 13th | 2 laps - Accident Damage |
World Championship for Makes Watkins Glen 6 Hours
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