X Coupe de Vitesse d'Albi

Albi, 16 Sep 1973

All cars are 1.6-litre F3 unless noted.

Notes on the cars:

1. Lotus 69 [71/69.9.F3] (Günter Kölmel): New to Freddy Kottulinsky and raced extensively in European F3 in 1971, using Schnitzer BMW engines and entered by Haj-Haj Racing Team. Raced by Günter Kölmel (Achern-Ohnsbach, Baden-Württemberg, Germany) in European F3 in 1972 and 1973, again with BMW engines and entered by Haj-Haj Racing Team. Kölmel raced the car again in F3 in 1974, now using 2-litre BMW engines. Subsequent history unknown.
2. Brabham BT41 [11] (Johnny Gerber): Initially a Motor Racing Developments entry for Tony Trimmer for the opening race of 1973, then becoming an Ippokampos Racing entry for Johnny Gerber until August 1973. Last seen when Gerber retired with clutch trouble at Brands Hatch on 19 August 1973. Not seen again.
3. Brabham BT41 [14] (Ulf Svensson): New to Ulf Svensson for Formula 3 across Europe in 1973. Retained by Svensson for 1974. To Christer Friberg for Swedish F3 in 1975, but also entered by Friberg for Tommy 'Slim' Borgudd at two Swedish races. To Lars Svensson for Swedish F3 in 1976, 1977 and 1978.
4. Brabham BT41 [16] (Randy Lewis): New to American Randy Lewis for British and European Formula 3 in 1973, entered by Wrangler Racing. The subsequent history of the car is unknown, but at some point Lewis sold it in the US, and by 1976 it was owned by Reg Reis (Madison, WI), and was converted to Formula B specification with the same type of 1600cc Ford twin cam that it would have used in 1973. Reis advertised it in 1976, saying then that it had only been raced for one season, but retained the car for 1977. This is presumably the Brabham Reis raced in Midwest Council and SCCA events at Blackhawk Farms in 1976 and 1977. It was for sale again in 1979 from Middleton, WI with a Cosworth BDD engine. Then sold to Tex Arnold (Aurora, CO), and advertised by him in August 1980. Later sold to Jerry Peattie, and with Jon Anderson at Sears Point by 2020.
5. March 713M [6] (Roger Hurst): New to John Bisignano (Denver, CO) and raced in British F3 in 1971 with support from Liggett & Myers L&M tobacco brand. Sold in October 1971 to Roger Hurst (Folkestone, Kent) of Lenham Hurst and raced in F3 in 1972 and 1973. By 1973 the car was being described on occasion as a 723, a 733, a March Falconer, and even as a Lenham LM1. Last raced by Hurst in November 1973. In March 1974, the car was advertised by Low Cost Racing who mentioned that it had Falconer bodywork and was fitted with a Holbay R70 engine for Formula 4. Its history over the next five years is unknown, but in 1979 and 1980, Tony Harris and Colin Brook raced 713M-6 in F4. Subsequent history unknown. A car with this identity was advertised in Italy in 2012.

Sources

Note that the identification of individual cars in these results is based on the material presented elsewhere in this site and may in some cases contradict the organisers' published results.

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