Race
Without the Lancia's the Group C class turned into a Porsche benefit with the first 10 places on the grid being filled by the 956 model and position 11 being the newer Porsche 962 driven by Australian's "Mr Versatile" of motor racing Colin Bond and open wheel driver Andrew Miedecke.
1980 Formula One World Champion Alan Jones had the honor of leading the first lap of the race having got the jump on team mate Stefan Bellof. As in Qualifying the race was a Porsche benefit with the German cars finishing in the top 9 places (all 956's with the 962 of Bond/Miedecke in 6th). Rothmans Porsche drivers Stefan Bellof and Derek Bell won the race giving Bellof the 1984 World Championship in the process. Team mates Jochen Mass and Jacky Ickx finished 2nd with Jonathan Palmer and Jan Lammers 3rd in their Richard Lloyd Racing 956.
The first non-Porsche finisher was the Group C2, 3.3L Cosworth DFL powered Tiga GC84 of Gordon Spice and Neil Crang in 10th place. The Tiga won C2 after a race long battle with the Italian Alba's and the German Gebhardt JC843. The AC class was won by the JPS Team BMW's 320i of Jim Richards and Tony Longhurst who finished in 14th place overall. They were followed in 15th place by the Group B winning BMW M1 of Helmut Gall and Altfrid Heger. The only IMSA car in the race, a Lola T600-Chevrolet run by Chuck Kendall failed to finish having completed 95 laps.
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