1979 12 Hours of Sebring

Sports car endurance race August 2023 The Coca-Cola Twelve Hours of Sebring International Grand Prix of Endurance, was the second round of the 1979 IMSA GT Championship.March 17, 1979 Sebring 12 Hours https://www.racingsportscars.com/race/Sebring-1979-03-17.html live August 15, 2021 www.racingsportscars.com https://web.archive.org/web/20091128095739/http://www.racingsportscars.com:80/race/Sebring-1979-03-17.html 2009-11-28 https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/1979-sebring-12-hours/ 1979 Sebring 12 Hours | Motorsport Database Motorsport Database - Motor Sport Magazine The race was held at the Sebring International Raceway, on March 17, 1979. Victory overall went to the No. 9 Dick Barbour Racing Porsche 935 driven by Bob Akin, Rob McFarlin, and Roy Woods. Race results Class winners in bold. thumb|275px|Sebring International Raceway in 1979 Pos Class No Team Drivers Car Laps 1 GTX 9 USA Dick Barbour Racing USA Bob AkinUSA Rob McFarlinUSA Roy Woods Porsche 935 239 2 GTX 5 USA Busch Beer Racing USA Charles MendezGBR Brian RedmanUSA Paul Miller Porsche 935 238 3 GTX 3 USA Dick Barbour Racing USA Bob GarretsonUSA Gary BelcherUSA Bob Bondurant Porsche 935 235 4 GTX 6 USA Dick Barbour Racing GER Rolf StommelenUSA Dick BarbourUSA Rick Mears Porsche 935 234 5 GTO 38 PUR Boricua Racing PUR Bonky FernandezPUR Tato FerrerPUR Chiqui Soldevilla Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 233 6 GTX 13 USA Hal Shaw Racing USA Hal Shaw Jr.CAN Norm Ridgley Porsche 935 231 7 GTO 69 CAN Bytzek Automotive CAN Horst KrollCAN Rudy Bartling Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 230 8 GTO 54 USA Montura Ranch Estates USA Tony GarciaCUB Juan MontalvoUSA Alberto Vadia Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 229 9 GTO 98 USA Van Every Racing USA Lance Van EveryUSA Ash Tisdelle Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 226 10 GTO 37 COL Botero Racing Team COL Honorato EspinosaCOL Francisco LopezCOL Jorge Cortes Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 219 11 GTU 60 USA E. J. Pruitt & Sons USA Rusty BondUSA Ren Tilton Porsche 911S 219 12 GTU 39 USA Barrick Motor Racing USA Jim TruemanUSA John HigginsUSA Chip Mead Porsche 911 215 13 GTX 77 USA Roger T. Mandeville USA Roger MandevilleUSA Amos JohnsonUSA Jim Downing Mazda RX-7 213 14 GTO 07 USA Morrison's USA Dave CowartUSA Kenper MillerUSA David McClain Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 205 15 GTO 89 VEN Hector Huerta VEN Francisco RomeroVEN Ernesto Soto Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 201 16 GTU 33 USA Peter Welter USA Peter WelterUSA Richard AtenUSA Jack Refenning Porsche 911 198 17 GTO 2 USA Thunderbird Swap-Shop USA Bonnie HennUSA Lyn St. JamesUSA Janet Guthrie Ferrari 365 GTB/4 194 18 GTX 70 USA Walt Bohren Racing USA Walt BohrenUSA James Besmer Mazda RX-7 193 19 GTO 91 USA Framm Productions USA Roger SchrammUSA Werner Frank Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 192 20 GTU 51 USA Personalized Porsche USA Robert KirbyUSA Wayne BakerUSA Tom Winters Porsche 914 188 21 GTU 08 USA Moran Construction USA Terry WoltersUSA Bob BuchlerUSA Nort Northam Porsche 911 182 22 GTU 62 USA Koll Motor Sports USA Bill KollUSA Jim CookUSA Dennis Aase Porsche 914 182 23 GTU 93 CAN M. Rochas Porsche CAN David DeaconCAN Reagan RileyCAN Hank Franczak Porsche 914 179 24DNF GTX 18 USA JLP Racing USA John PaulUSA Al Holbert Porsche 935 176 25 GTO 52 USA Ours & Hours Racing USA Jack SwansonUSA Dick Gauthier Chevrolet Camaro 158 26DNF GTX 09 USA Thunderbird Swap-Shop USA Hurley HaywoodUSA Preston HennUSA Peter Gregg Porsche 935 157 27DNF GTO 66 USA Sunset Racing USA Jeff LovingUSA Richard SmallUSA Ralph Noseda Chevrolet Camaro 148 28DNF GTO 46 COL Mauricio de Narváez COL Mauricio de NarváezUSA Albert Naon Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 147 29 GTU 01 USA Roehrig Racing USA Dave WhiteUSA Robert Overby Porsche 911 147 30DNF GTO 12 USA Ford Smith Racing USA Ford SmithUSA Jimmy TumblestonUSA Neil Potter Chevrolet Camaro 139 31DNF GTU 71 USA Bruce Jennings USA Bruce JenningsUSA Bob Beasley Porsche 911 136 32 GTU 44 USA SUD Porsche Racing USA George Van ArsdaleUSA Kent Murry Porsche 911 131 33 GTU 02 USA Roehrig Racing USA J. Dana RoehrigUSA J. Kurt Roehrig Porsche 911 128 34 GTX 53 USA Guy F. Thomas USA Guy ThomasUSA Milton MoiseUSA Tom Nehl Chevrolet Camaro 122 35DNF GTX 00 USA Interscope Racing USA Ted FieldUSA Danny Ongais Porsche 935 120 36 GTX 43 USA Meldeau Tire Stores USA Bill McDillUSA Tom Frank Chevrolet Camaro 118 37DNF GTO 81 USA Jones Ind. Racing USA Steve FaulUSA Herb Jones Jr.USA Fred Lang Chevrolet Corvette 116 38DNF GTO 29 USA Stratagraph USA Billy HaganUSA Hoyt OverbaghUSA Ron Reed Chevrolet Monza 115 39DNF GTU 50 CAN R & H Racing CAN Rainer BrezinkaCAN Gary HirschCAN Fritz Hochreuter Porsche 911S 109 40DNF GTU 75 PUR Mike Ramirez PUR Mike RamirezPUR Manuel VillaPUR Luis Gordillo Porsche 911 108 41DNF GTU 36 USA Case Racing USA Ron CaseUSA Dave Panaccione Porsche 911 106 42DNF GTX 94 USA Whittington Bros. Racing USA Bill WhittingtonUSA Don Whittington Porsche 935 104 43DNF GTU 72 USA Bill Scott Racing-Z&W USA Bill ScottUSA Pierre Honegger Porsche 911 99 44DNF GTO 92 USA Whittington Bros. Racing USA Dale WhittingtonUSA R. D. WhittingtonUSA Milt Minter Porsche 934 94 45DNF GTU 88 USA Day Enterprise Racing USA Dave YergerUSA Dario OrlandoUSA Del Russo Taylor Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV 90 46DNF GTU 85 USA John E. Hulen USA John HulenUSA Ron CouplandUSA Bob Speakman Porsche 914 82 47DNF GTO 56 CAN Peerless Racing USA Craig CarterCAN Murray EdwardsUSA Richard Valentine Chevrolet Camaro 81 48DNF GTX 23 USA Kemp Motoracing USA Charlie KempCAN Kees NieropUSA Carson Baird Ford Mustang II 80 49DNF GTU 27 USA Miami Auto Racing USA Ray MummeryUSA Tom SheehyUSA Luis Sereix Porsche 911S 80 50DNF GTX 97 COL Ricardo Londoño COL Ricardo LondoñoUSA George GarcesUSA John Gunn Porsche 935 77 51DNF GTU 8 USA Automobiles International USA Anatoly ArutunoffUSA Jose MarinaUSA Danny Sullivan Lancia Stratos HF 75 52DNF GTU 34 USA Drolsom Racing USA George DrolsomUSA Mark GrebUSA John Maffucci Porsche 911 75 53DNF GTO 03 USA Motorcito Racing USA Tico AlmeidaUSA Rene RodriguezUSA Pepe Romero Chevrolet Corvette 73 54DNF GTU 31 USA Hiram Cruz USA Hiram CruzUSA Juan LopezPUR Mandy Gonzalez Porsche 911 66 55DNF GTO 58 PUR Diego Febles Racing PUR Diego FeblesUSA Phil Currin Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 65 56DNF GTU 79 USA Sports Ltd. Racing USA Bob BergstromUSA Brad Frisselle Mazda RX-7 64 57DNF GTO 04 USA Rick Thompkins USA Rick ThompkinsUSA Dave Heinz Chevrolet Corvette 61 58DNF GTO 95 USA Ozone Industries USA Stephen BondUSA Philip Dann Chevrolet Monza 49 59DNF GTO 22 USA Oftedahl Racing USA Peter KirillUSA Gerry WellikUSA Carl Shafer Chevrolet Camaro 37 60DNF GTU 25 USA Metal Craft Racing USA Bob ZulkowskiUSA Gerard Raney Porsche 914 34 61DNF GTX 17 USA Kenneth D. LaGrow USA Kenneth LaGrowUSA William Boyer Chevrolet Camaro 29 62DNF GTU 16 USA Overstreet Racing Ent. USA Darrel OverstreetUSA Dwight Mitchell Porsche 914 25 63DNF GTX 28 USA Desperado Racing USA Clif KearnsITA Giampiero Moretti Porsche 935 23 64DNF GTU 61 USA Bill Bean USA Bill BeanUSA Al CosentinoUSA Tom Ashby Mazda RX-3 19 65DNF GTX 7 CAN Heimrath Racing CAN Ludwig Heimrath Sr.ESA "Jamsal"ESA Carlos Moran Porsche 935 17 66DNF GTU 57 USA J. F. Tremblay USA John TremblayUSA Bob Lapp Datsun 240Z 12 67DNF GTU 40 USA Performance Specialists USA Steve SouthardUSA Earl Roe Porsche 914 11 68DNF GTU 67 USA Quintana Racing USA Manuel QuintanaDOM Joaquin BalaguerUSA Jorge DeCardenasUSA Pedro Vazquez Porsche 911 9 69DNF GTU 48 USA Fillingham Racing USA Sam FillinghamUSA Courtney CanfieldUSA Tim Chitwood Chevrolet Corvette 8 70DNF GTO 21 USA Oftedahl/Shafer Farms USA Carl ShaferUSA John Wood Chevrolet Camaro 8 71DNF GTO 15 GER Bavarian Motors USA Alf GebhardtGER Bruno Beilcke BMW 3.5 CSL 4 72DNF GTO 4 USA B. R. Racing Team USA Mark LeuzingerUSA Mike Van der Werff De Tomaso Pantera 0 Class Winners Class Winners GTX Akin / McFarland / Woods Porsche 935 GTO Fernandez / Ferrer / Soldevilla Porsche 911 Carrera RSR GTU Bond / Tilton Porsche 911S References 12 Hours of Sebring Category:12 Hours of Sebring 12 Hours Of Sebring 12 Hours Of Sebring