1979 World Sportscar Championship season

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1979 World Sportscar Championship season
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The 1979 World Championship for Makes season was the 27th season of the FIA World Sportscar Championship. This series was open to Group 1 and 2 Touring Cars, Group 3 and 4 Grand Touring cars, and Group 5 Special Production Cars, although points were determined by engine sizes. The championship ran from February 3, 1979 to September 16, 1979, and consisted of nine rounds.

Contents 1 Schedule 2 Season results 3 Manufacturers' championship 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Schedule

Rnd	Race	Circuit	Date
1	24 Hour Pepsi Challenge	Daytona International Speedway	February 3 February 4
2	6 Hours of Mugello	Mugello Circuit	March 18
3	Dijon 6 Hours	Dijon-Prenois	April 22
4	Rivet Supply 6 Hours	Silverstone Circuit	May 6
5	1000km Nürburgring	Nürburgring	June 3
6	Coppa Florio	Autodromo di Pergusa	June 24
7	Watkins Glen 6 Hours	Watkins Glen International	July 8
8	Rivet Supply 6 Hours	Brands Hatch	August 5
9	Trofeo Ignazio Giunti (6 Hours)	Vallelunga	September 16

[edit] Season results

Rnd	Circuit	Over 2.0 Winning Team	Under 2.0 Winning Team	Results
		Over 2.0 Winning Drivers	Under 2.0 Winning Drivers
1	Daytona	#0 Interscope Racing	None	Results
		Ted Field Danny Ongais Hurley Haywood
2	Mugello	#12 Gelo Racing Team	None	Results
		Bob Wollek Manfred Schurti John Fitzpatrick
3	Dijon	#31 Gelo Racing Team	None	Results
		Bob Wollek Manfred Schurti Jacky Ickx
4	Silverstone	#3 Gelo Sportswear	None	Results
		Bob Wollek Hans Heyer John Fitzpatrick
5	Nürburgring	#6 Gelo Racing Team	#25 Jägermeister	Results
		Bob Wollek Manfred Schurti John Fitzpatrick	Eckhard Schrimpf Hans-Georg Bürger
6	Pergusa	#4 Lubrifilm Racing	#11 Lancia Corse	Results
		Angelo Pallavicini Marco Vanoli	Riccardo Patrese Carlo Facetti
7	Watkins Glen	#94 Whittington/Kremer	None	Results
		Don Whittington Bill Whittington Klaus Ludwig
8	Brands Hatch	#27 Porsche Kremer Racing	#31 ASA Corse	Results
		Klaus Ludwig Axel Plankenhorn	Riccardo Patrese Walter Röhrl
9	Vallelunga	#54 Ecurie Biennoise	#33 Giuseppi Piazzi	Results
		Enzo Calderari Willi Spavetti Rolf Moritz	Giuseppi Piazzi Renzo Zorzi Stanislao Sterzel

[edit] Manufacturers' championship

Points were awarded to the top 10 finishers in the order of 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1. Manufacturers were only given points for their highest finishing car from either of the two classes; any other cars from that manufacturer were merely skipped in the points standings.

Only the best seven points finishes counted towards the championship, with any other points earned not included in the total. Skipped points are marked in italics.

Pos	Manufacturer	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 9	Total
1	Porsche	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	140
2	Lancia					10	20		20		50
3	BMW					20		1	12		33
4=	Ford					15	15				30
4=	Ferrari	15					15				30
6	Fiat									20	20
7	Mazda	8									8
8=	Volkswagen					6					6
8=	De Tomaso		6								6
10	Triumph							4			4
11	Audi					2					2
12	Aston Martin				1						1

[edit] References

• Automobile Year 1979/80
• Time and Two Seats, by János Wimpffen, © 1999

[edit] External links

• 1979 World Championship For Makes

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