1979 12 Hours of Sebring

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

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

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