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1979 12 Hours of Sebring

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The Coca-Cola Twelve Hours of Sebring International Grand Prix of Endurance, was the second round of the 1979 IMSA GT Championship.[1][2] 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.[2]

Race results

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Class winners in bold.

Sebring International Raceway in 1979
Pos Class No Team Drivers Car Laps
1 GTX 9 United States Dick Barbour Racing United States Bob Akin
United States Rob McFarlin
United States Roy Woods
Porsche 935 239
2 GTX 5 United States Busch Beer Racing United States Charles Mendez
United Kingdom Brian Redman
United States Paul Miller
Porsche 935 238
3 GTX 3 United States Dick Barbour Racing United States Bob Garretson
United States Gary Belcher
United States Bob Bondurant
Porsche 935 235
4 GTX 6 United States Dick Barbour Racing Germany Rolf Stommelen
United States Dick Barbour
United States Rick Mears
Porsche 935 234
5 GTO 38 Puerto Rico Boricua Racing Puerto Rico Bonky Fernandez
Puerto Rico Tato Ferrer
Puerto Rico Chiqui Soldevilla
Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 233
6 GTX 13 United States Hal Shaw Racing United States Hal Shaw Jr.
Canada Norm Ridgley
Porsche 935 231
7 GTO 69 Canada Bytzek Automotive Canada Horst Kroll
Canada Rudy Bartling
Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 230
8 GTO 54 United States Montura Ranch Estates United States Tony Garcia
Cuba Juan Montalvo
United States Alberto Vadia
Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 229
9 GTO 98 United States Van Every Racing United States Lance Van Every
United States Ash Tisdelle
Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 226
10 GTO 37 Colombia Botero Racing Team Colombia Honorato Espinosa
Colombia Francisco Lopez
Colombia Jorge Cortes
Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 219
11 GTU 60 United States E. J. Pruitt & Sons United States Rusty Bond
United States Ren Tilton
Porsche 911S 219
12 GTU 39 United States Barrick Motor Racing United States Jim Trueman
United States John Higgins
United States Chip Mead
Porsche 911 215
13 GTX 77 United States Roger T. Mandeville United States Roger Mandeville
United States Amos Johnson
United States Jim Downing
Mazda RX-7 213
14 GTO 07 United States Morrison's United States Dave Cowart
United States Kenper Miller
United States David McClain
Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 205
15 GTO 89 Venezuela Hector Huerta Venezuela Francisco Romero
Venezuela Ernesto Soto
Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 201
16 GTU 33 United States Peter Welter United States Peter Welter
United States Richard Aten
United States Jack Refenning
Porsche 911 198
17 GTO 2 United States Thunderbird Swap-Shop United States Bonnie Henn
United States Lyn St. James
United States Janet Guthrie
Ferrari 365 GTB/4 194
18 GTX 70 United States Walt Bohren Racing United States Walt Bohren
United States James Besmer
Mazda RX-7 193
19 GTO 91 United States Framm Productions United States Roger Schramm
United States Werner Frank
Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 192
20 GTU 51 United States Personalized Porsche United States Robert Kirby
United States Wayne Baker
United States Tom Winters
Porsche 914 188
21 GTU 08 United States Moran Construction United States Terry Wolters
United States Bob Buchler
United States Nort Northam
Porsche 911 182
22 GTU 62 United States Koll Motor Sports United States Bill Koll
United States Jim Cook
United States Dennis Aase
Porsche 914 182
23 GTU 93 Canada M. Rochas Porsche Canada David Deacon
Canada Reagan Riley
Canada Hank Franczak
Porsche 914 179
24
DNF
GTX 18 United States JLP Racing United States John Paul
United States Al Holbert
Porsche 935 176
25 GTO 52 United States Ours & Hours Racing United States Jack Swanson
United States Dick Gauthier
Chevrolet Camaro 158
26
DNF
GTX 09 United States Thunderbird Swap-Shop United States Hurley Haywood
United States Preston Henn
United States Peter Gregg
Porsche 935 157
27
DNF
GTO 66 United States Sunset Racing United States Jeff Loving
United States Richard Small
United States Ralph Noseda
Chevrolet Camaro 148
28
DNF
GTO 46 Colombia Mauricio de Narváez Colombia Mauricio de Narváez
United States Albert Naon
Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 147
29 GTU 01 United States Roehrig Racing United States Dave White
United States Robert Overby
Porsche 911 147
30
DNF
GTO 12 United States Ford Smith Racing United States Ford Smith
United States Jimmy Tumbleston
United States Neil Potter
Chevrolet Camaro 139
31
DNF
GTU 71 United States Bruce Jennings United States Bruce Jennings
United States Bob Beasley
Porsche 911 136
32 GTU 44 United States SUD Porsche Racing United States George Van Arsdale
United States Kent Murry
Porsche 911 131
33 GTU 02 United States Roehrig Racing United States J. Dana Roehrig
United States J. Kurt Roehrig
Porsche 911 128
34 GTX 53 United States Guy F. Thomas United States Guy Thomas
United States Milton Moise
United States Tom Nehl
Chevrolet Camaro 122
35
DNF
GTX 00 United States Interscope Racing United States Ted Field
United States Danny Ongais
Porsche 935 120
36 GTX 43 United States Meldeau Tire Stores United States Bill McDill
United States Tom Frank
Chevrolet Camaro 118
37
DNF
GTO 81 United States Jones Ind. Racing United States Steve Faul
United States Herb Jones Jr.
United States Fred Lang
Chevrolet Corvette 116
38
DNF
GTO 29 United States Stratagraph United States Billy Hagan
United States Hoyt Overbagh
United States Ron Reed
Chevrolet Monza 115
39
DNF
GTU 50 Canada R & H Racing Canada Rainer Brezinka
Canada Gary Hirsch
Canada Fritz Hochreuter
Porsche 911S 109
40
DNF
GTU 75 Puerto Rico Mike Ramirez Puerto Rico Mike Ramirez
Puerto Rico Manuel Villa
Puerto Rico Luis Gordillo
Porsche 911 108
41
DNF
GTU 36 United States Case Racing United States Ron Case
United States Dave Panaccione
Porsche 911 106
42
DNF
GTX 94 United States Whittington Bros. Racing United States Bill Whittington
United States Don Whittington
Porsche 935 104
43
DNF
GTU 72 United States Bill Scott Racing-Z&W United States Bill Scott
United States Pierre Honegger
Porsche 911 99
44
DNF
GTO 92 United States Whittington Bros. Racing United States Dale Whittington
United States R. D. Whittington
United States Milt Minter
Porsche 934 94
45
DNF
GTU 88 United States Day Enterprise Racing United States Dave Yerger
United States Dario Orlando
United States Del Russo Taylor
Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV 90
46
DNF
GTU 85 United States John E. Hulen United States John Hulen
United States Ron Coupland
United States Bob Speakman
Porsche 914 82
47
DNF
GTO 56 Canada Peerless Racing United States Craig Carter
Canada Murray Edwards
United States Richard Valentine
Chevrolet Camaro 81
48
DNF
GTX 23 United States Kemp Motoracing United States Charlie Kemp
Canada Kees Nierop
United States Carson Baird
Ford Mustang II 80
49
DNF
GTU 27 United States Miami Auto Racing United States Ray Mummery
United States Tom Sheehy
United States Luis Sereix
Porsche 911S 80
50
DNF
GTX 97 Colombia Ricardo Londoño Colombia Ricardo Londoño
United States George Garces
United States John Gunn
Porsche 935 77
51
DNF
GTU 8 United States Automobiles International United States Anatoly Arutunoff
United States Jose Marina
United States Danny Sullivan
Lancia Stratos HF 75
52
DNF
GTU 34 United States Drolsom Racing United States George Drolsom
United States Mark Greb
United States John Maffucci
Porsche 911 75
53
DNF
GTO 03 United States Motorcito Racing United States Tico Almeida
United States Rene Rodriguez
United States Pepe Romero
Chevrolet Corvette 73
54
DNF
GTU 31 United States Hiram Cruz United States Hiram Cruz
United States Juan Lopez
Puerto Rico Mandy Gonzalez
Porsche 911 66
55
DNF
GTO 58 Puerto Rico Diego Febles Racing Puerto Rico Diego Febles
United States Phil Currin
Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 65
56
DNF
GTU 79 United States Sports Ltd. Racing United States Bob Bergstrom
United States Brad Frisselle
Mazda RX-7 64
57
DNF
GTO 04 United States Rick Thompkins United States Rick Thompkins
United States Dave Heinz
Chevrolet Corvette 61
58
DNF
GTO 95 United States Ozone Industries United States Stephen Bond
United States Philip Dann
Chevrolet Monza 49
59
DNF
GTO 22 United States Oftedahl Racing United States Peter Kirill
United States Gerry Wellik
United States Carl Shafer
Chevrolet Camaro 37
60
DNF
GTU 25 United States Metal Craft Racing United States Bob Zulkowski
United States Gerard Raney
Porsche 914 34
61
DNF
GTX 17 United States Kenneth D. LaGrow United States Kenneth LaGrow
United States William Boyer
Chevrolet Camaro 29
62
DNF
GTU 16 United States Overstreet Racing Ent. United States Darrel Overstreet
United States Dwight Mitchell
Porsche 914 25
63
DNF
GTX 28 United States Desperado Racing United States Clif Kearns
Italy Giampiero Moretti
Porsche 935 23
64
DNF
GTU 61 United States Bill Bean United States Bill Bean
United States Al Cosentino
United States Tom Ashby
Mazda RX-3 19
65
DNF
GTX 7 Canada Heimrath Racing Canada Ludwig Heimrath Sr.
El Salvador "Jamsal"
El Salvador Carlos Moran
Porsche 935 17
66
DNF
GTU 57 United States J. F. Tremblay United States John Tremblay
United States Bob Lapp
Datsun 240Z 12
67
DNF
GTU 40 United States Performance Specialists United States Steve Southard
United States Earl Roe
Porsche 914 11
68
DNF
GTU 67 United States Quintana Racing United States Manuel Quintana
Dominican Republic Joaquin Balaguer
United States Jorge DeCardenas
United States Pedro Vazquez
Porsche 911 9
69
DNF
GTU 48 United States Fillingham Racing United States Sam Fillingham
United States Courtney Canfield
United States Tim Chitwood
Chevrolet Corvette 8
70
DNF
GTO 21 United States Oftedahl/Shafer Farms United States Carl Shafer
United States John Wood
Chevrolet Camaro 8
71
DNF
GTO 15 Germany Bavarian Motors United States Alf Gebhardt
Germany Bruno Beilcke
BMW 3.5 CSL 4
72
DNF
GTO 4 United States B. R. Racing Team United States Mark Leuzinger
United States Mike Van der Werff
De Tomaso Pantera 0

Class Winners

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Class Winners
GTX Akin / McFarland / Woods Porsche 935
GTO Fernandez / Ferrer / Soldevilla Porsche 911 Carrera RSR
GTU Bond / Tilton Porsche 911S

References

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  1. ^ "Sebring 12 Hours". www.racingsportscars.com. March 17, 1979. Archived from the original on November 28, 2009. Retrieved August 15, 2021.
  2. ^ a b "1979 Sebring 12 Hours | Motorsport Database". Motorsport Database - Motor Sport Magazine.