1979 Trans-Am season

1979 Trans-Am season
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The 1979 Trans-Am Series season was the fourteenth running of the Sports Car Club of America's premier series. All races except for the Six Hours of Watkins Glen ran for approximately one hundred miles.[1] For the first time in series history, the schedule included a round held outside North America (i.e. the United States and Canada), with the first round being contested in Mexico.

Results[2]

Round Date Circuit Winning driver (TA2) Winning vehicle (TA2) Winning driver (TA1) Winning vehicle (TA1)
1 May 6 Mexico Mexico City United States John Paul Porsche 935 Mexico Miguel Muñiz Chevrolet Camaro
2 June 3 Canada Westwood United States John Paul Porsche 935 United States Gary Carter Chevrolet Corvette
3 July 7 United States Watkins Glen United States Roy Woods
United States Bob Akin
Porsche 935 United States Bob Tullius
United States Brian Fuerstenau
Triumph TR8
4 July 21 United States Road America United States Peter Gregg Porsche 935 United States Gene Bothello Chevrolet Corvette
5 August 5 United States Watkins Glen United States John Paul Porsche 935 United States Bob Tullius Triumph TR8
6 August 19 Canada Mosport United States John Paul Porsche 935 United States Gene Bothello Chevrolet Corvette
7 September 1 Canada Trois-Rivières United States John Paul Porsche 935 United States Gene Bothello Chevrolet Corvette
8 October 14 United States Laguna Seca United States Peter Gregg Porsche 935 United States Bob Tullius Triumph TR8

‡ - The Watkins Glen Six Hours was a round of the World Championship for Makes. Overall winner was an FIA Group 5 Porsche 935.

References

  1. See linked archive


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