1979 World Sportscar Championship

3-4 Feb Daytona 24 Hrs
17 Mar Sebring 12 Hrs
18 Mar Mugello 6 Hrs
1 Apr Talladega 6 Hrs
22 Apr Dijon 4 Hrs
22 Apr Riverside 6 Hrs
6 May Silverstone 6 Hrs
3 Jun Nürburgring 1000 Kms
9-10 Jun Le Mans 24 Hrs
24 Jun Misano 6 Hrs
1 Jul Daytona 6 Hrs
7 Jul Watkins Glen 6 Hrs
21-22 Jul Spa-Francorchamps 24 Hrs
5 Aug Brands Hatch 6 Hrs
2 Sep Elkhart Lake 500 Miles
6 Sep Vallelunga 6 Hrs
21 Oct El Salvador 6 Hrs

 


Manufacturer's Championship - >2000cc

1 Porsche 180 pts (140)
2 Ferrari 30
3 De Tomaso 6
4 Triumph 4
5 BMW 1

Manufacturer's Championship - <2000cc

1 Lancia 50 pts
2 BMW 32
3 Ford 30
4 Fiat 20
5 Volkswagen 6
6 Audi 2

Endurance Drivers' Challenge

1 Don Whittington 127 pts
2 Dick Barbour 98
3 Tony Garcia 94
4 Roger Mandeville 92
5 Rolf Stommelen 88
6 Bill Whittington 85
7 Klaus Ludwig 79
8 Charles Mendez 68
9 Rob McFarlin 67
10 Bob Akin 65
11 Diego Febles 62
12 Jim Downing 61
13 Brian Redman 58
14 Roy Woods 56
15 Derek Bell 54
16 Rusty Bond 53
17 Bob Garretson 51
18 Paul Miller
Alberto Vadia Jr
Marco Vanoli
Angelo Pallavicini
50
22 Phil Currin
David Cowart
Ren Tilton
47
25 Hurley Haywood 46
26 Tom Waugh 43
27 Ted Field 42
28 Rick Mears 41
29 Amos Johnson 38
30 Rick Knoop
Albert Naon
Tony Adamowicz
36
33 Kal Showket
Edgar Doeren
Goetz von Tschirnhaus
Dieter Schornstein
35
37 Skeeter McKitterick
John Paul Sr
Javier Garcia
Juan Montalvo
34
41 Henri Pescarolo 33
42 Lance Van Every
Walt Bohren
Bonky Fernandez
Bill Bean
Ash Tisdelle
Gary Belcher
Robert Kirby
32
49 Axel Plankenhorn
Jim Cook
31
51 William Koll
Joe Amato
Carson Baird
30
54 Luis Sereix
Terry Herman
29
56 Honorato Espinosa
Francisco Lopez
Jorge Cortes
Lyn St James
Enzo Calderari
28
61 Al Holbert
Kenper Miller
Dennis Aase
Dennis Shaw
27
65 Bob Bergstrom
Philippe Martin
Jean-Michel Martin
25
68 Eddy Joosen
Jean-Claude Andruet
Gary Ouellette
Danny Ongais
24
72 Chris Craft
Paul Newman
Axel Sonntag
Dietmar Hackner
John Mortn
Rudi Bartling
Jack Refenning
Johann Weisheidinger
Richard Aten
Peter Welter
Craig Ross
Jeff Allam
23
84 Yoshimi Katayama
Takashi Yorino
Monte Shelton
Francois Servanin
Bruce Canepa
Yojiro Terada
Herbert Mueller
Bob Tullius
Francois Trisconi
Brian Fuerstenau
22
94 Francisco Romero
Alain Semoulin
Gordon Spice
Charlie Cook
Norm Ridgely
Robert Weaver
Willi Bergmeister
Ralston Long
Buzz Cason
Juergen Barth
Peter Seikel
Hans-Joachim Nowak
Rob Jackson
21
107 Joe Varde
David Hobbs
Mauricio de Narvaez
John Fitzpatrick
Manfred Schurti
Bob Bondurant
Bob Wollek
Enrique Molins
Jean Ragnotti
Tato Ferrer
Alain Kridel
Bernard Darniche
Nico Demuth
20
120 Dieter Selzer
Carlos Ernesto Pineda
Herve Poulain
Marcel Mignot
Mike Meyer
Alain Beauchef
Eduardo Barrientos
Manfred Winkelhock
Chiqui Soldevila
19
129 George Follmer
Dick Vreeland
Guillermo Valiente
Brett Lunger
Luis Escalon
Milt Minter
18
135 Dick Starita
Hal Shaw Jr
Mauricio Nasser
Robert Overby
Salvador Jose Nasser
Jim Busby
Albert Vanierschot
Horst Kroll
Guy Pirenne
Scott Hoerr
Edwin G. Abate
17
146 John Hotchkis, Sr
Eddie Mecum Sr
Louis Baertsch
Manuel Villa Prieto
Peter Ulmann
Peter Gregg
Guillermo Cassina
Eckhard Schimpf
Bob Harmon
Volkert Merl
Ernesto Barrientos
Hans-Georg Duerig
Mike Ramirez
Luis Gordillo
16
162 Hermann-Peter Duge
Lucien Guitteny
Juergen Laessig
Jean-Claude Boucher
Tom Ashby
Jean-Pierre Beltoise
Dirk Vermeersch
Emilio Centeno
Cary Palmer
Gerhard Holup
Umberto Grano
Carlos Lopez Portillo
Bruno Giacomelli
15
175 Warren Phelps
Buddy Cox
Herbert Loewe
Klaus Utz
John G. Hubert
Armin Jahn
Gene Felton
Claude Haldi
Rodrigo Teran
Bill McDill
14
185 Georges Cremer
Jean-Marie Guignard
Jose Giron
Mario Luini
John Higgins
Salomon Safie
Spartaco Dini
Ricardo Hasbun Cassis
Andre Gavage
Chip Mead
James Reeve
Don C.Devendorf
Francisco Javier Monroy
Steve O'Rourke
Sandro Plastina
Jean Blaton
Bernard de Dryver
Nick Faure
Jim Trueman
13
204 Remy Marquet
Steve Whitman
Maurice Gaspard
Jan Lundgardh
Andy Petery
"John Winter" (Louis Krages)
Eberhard Braun
Carlo Keller
Philippe Gurdjian
Keith Swope
12
214 Philippe Menage
Werner Frank
Tom Sheehy
Werner Prinz
Brad Frisselle
Max Mamers
Ludwig Nett
Juan Andres Castillo
Wolfgang Walter
Ray Mummery
John Maffucci
Jeff Kline
Jim Mederer
Jean-Daniel Raulet
Jean Degey
Carlos Enrique Martino
Bernard Carlier
Chris Doyle
Serge Saulnier
11
233 Elliott Forbes-Robinson
Alain-Michel Bernard
Frederick Alliot
Jose Miguel Menendez
Roland Ennequin
Johnny Rutherford
David H. McClain
Samuel Gonzalez
Jacques Goujon
Randolph Townsend
Jacques Guerin
Carlos Garza
Georges Bourdillat
10
246 Robert Picariello
Juergen Opperman
Joachim Opperman
Roland Binder
Man Bergstein
Peter Groh
Bob Crosby
Tony Charnell
Jacques Cleutjens
Richard Jones
James Crosby
Frans Lubin
Robin Smith
Ernesto Soto
9
260 Tony Birchenough
Carlos Danilo Cabrera
Roger Carmillet
Henny Hemmes
Brian Joscelyne
Jose Agustin Artiga
Thierry Perrier
Philip Dann
John Luczyk
Jean-Francois Vaney
Francois Dubois
Jerry Lancaster
Loek Vermeulen
Oscar Augusto Diaz
Stephen E. Bond
Richard Jenvey
Nick Mason
8
277 Tom Bagley
Carl Shafer
Rene Metge
Rolf Rosenkranz
Eric Mandron
John Wood
Karl-Josef Roemer
Charles van Stalle
Janet Guthrie
Bonnie Henn
James Besmer
Harry Deaton
Henri Sonveau
Bob Beasley
Anny-Charlotte Verney
Patrick Bardinon
Matthias Loerper
George Kiricenkov
Hans-Guenter Stoffel
7
296 Lothar vom Stein
Heiner Mueller
Alan Marsh
Pete Smith
Peter Biewald
Russ Boy
Steve Earle
Robert Griffin
Art Yarosh
6
305 Roger Schramm
Wayne Baker
Tom Winters
Ray Mallock
Ray Pericles
Simon Phillips
Matt Pericles
Martin Raymond
Ed Parks
Stu Fisher
5
315 Bill Harris
Steve Edwards
Holger Soltwedel
Tom Frank
Ron Cortez
Ralph Kent Cooke
Riccardo Patrese
Winfried Maiworm
Kees Nierop
Skip DeAscentis
Paul Ingle
Walter Roehrl
Mathias Schneider
Larry Trotter
Del Russo Taylor
Dave Yerger
4
331 John Watterson
C. Fred Clark
Andy Vann
George Drolsom
Jim Roberts
Randy Blue
Joe Marcus
Jon Milledge
Darrel Overstreet
3
340 Hans-Joern Ley
Josef Reitmann
2

Triple Crown - Manufacturers' Points

1 Porsche 60 pts

Triple Crown - Drivers' Points

no driver scored in all 3 events