1976 World Championship for Makes season

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1976 World Championship for Makes season
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The 1976 World Championship for Makes season was part of the 24th FIA World Sportscar Championship. It was a series for production-based Group 5 and Grand Tourer (GT) cars. It ran from March 21, 1976 to September 4, 1976, and comprised 7 races total.

Contents 1 World Sportscar Championship 2 Schedule 3 Season results 3.1 Races 4 Manufacturers Championships 5 External links

[edit] World Sportscar Championship

Main article: 1976 World Sportscar Championship season

Following the 1975 season, the FIA chose to divide the World Championship into two series that would run simultaneously. Open-cockpit sportscars would remain in the World Sports Car Championship, while production-based Group 5 cars would be part of the new World Championship for Makes. Events in which both types of car ran, such as the 12 Hours of Sebring or 24 Hours of Le Mans, were not counted towards either championship.

[edit] Schedule

Rnd	Race	Circuit	Date
1	March Trophy (6 Hours)	Mugello Circuit	March 21
2	Trofeo Ignazio Giunti (6 Hours)	Vallelunga	April 4
3	6 Hours of Silverstone	Silverstone Circuit	May 9
4	ADAC 1000km Nürburgring	Nürburgring	May 30
5	Martha 1000 (6 Hours)	Österreichring	June 27
6	6 Hours of Watkins Glen	Watkins Glen International	July 10
7	ACF 6 Hours of Dijon	Dijon-Prenois	September 4

[edit] Season results

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; any other cars from that manufacturer were merely skipped in the points standings.

[edit] Races

Rnd	Circuit	Overall Winning Team	Results
		Overall Winning Drivers
1	Mugello Circuit	#4 Martini Racing	Results
		Jochen Mass Jacky Ickx
2	Vallelunga	#1 Martini Racing	Results
		Jochen Mass Jacky Ickx
3	Silverstone	#4 Hermetite BMW	Results
		John Fitzpatrick Tom Walkinshaw
4	Nürburgring	#7 Schnitzer Motorsport	Results
		Albrecht Krebs Dieter Quester
5	Österreichring	#12 Schnitzer Motorsport	Results
		Dieter Quester Gunnar Nilsson
6	Watkins Glen	#4 Martini Racing	Results
		Rolf Stommelen Manfred Schurti
7	Dijon	#1 Martini Racing	Results
		Jochen Mass Jacky Ickx

[edit] Manufacturers Championships

Only the best 5 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	Total
1	Porsche	20	20	15	15	12	20	20	95
2	BMW	3	15	20	20	20	10	6	85
3	Ford	2		6					8
4	De Tomaso		2			3			5
5=	Lancia		3						3
5=	MG			3					3

[edit] External links

• 1976 World Championship of Makes results

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