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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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