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Le Circuit Continental

Mont-Tremblant, 1 Aug 1970

ResultsLapsTime/Speed
1 George Follmer Lotus 70 [01] - Ford Boss 302 Falconer & Dunn V8
#18 Falconer & Dunn R.E.
35 57m 44.0s
96.38 mph
2 John Cannon McLaren M10B [400-01] - Chevrolet V8
#2 Hogan/Starr Rcg Ltd
35 58m 51.0s
3 Ron Grable Lola T190 [190/F1/3] - Chevrolet V8
#4 Williams Racing Ent.
34
4 Gus Hutchison Lola T190 - Chevrolet V8
#51 Champlin Rcg (see note 1)
34
5 John Gunn Surtees TS5A - Chevrolet V8
#39 John Gunn Rcg
33
6 Eric Haga Lola T190 [190/F1/8] - Chevrolet V8
#8 Comp. Develop. (see note 2)
33
7 David Hobbs Surtees TS5A [007] - Chevrolet V8
#1 Team Surtees Ltd
33
8 Gregg Young McLaren M10B [400-14] - Chevrolet V8
#5 Irene W. Young
33
9 Dick Smothers Lotus 70 [05] - Chevrolet V8
#10 Smothers-Wintersteen
33
10 Horst Kroll Lola T142 - Chevrolet V8
#37 Horst Kroll Racing
33
11 Michael Brockman Lola T190 [190/F1/18] - Chevrolet V8
#87 Ground Floor Rcg
33
12 George Wintersteen Lotus 70 [03] - Chevrolet V8
#12 Smothers-Wintersteen
32
13 Dennis Ott Eisert 70 - Chevrolet V8
#16 Ott Racing Ent. (see note 3)
32
14 Dow "Jack" Byers II Lola T190 [190/F1/6] - Chevrolet V8
#7 Byers Rcg Centre (see note 4)
32
15 Crockey Peterson Lola T190 [190/F1/12] - Chevrolet V8
#96 Crockey Peterson Rcg
12 Not known
16 Bill Brack Lotus 70 [04] - Chevrolet V8
#85 Bill Brack Rcg Ent
5 clutch
17 Steve Durst McLaren M10B [400-13] - Chevrolet V8
#36 Steve Durst
4 Accident
18 Eppie Wietzes McLaren M10B - Chevrolet V8
#94 Formula Racing
4 Overheating
19 John Martin Surtees TS5A - Chevrolet V8
#88 Royal American Corp
0 Accident
20 Jon Milledge McLaren M10A [300-05] - Chevrolet V8
#41 Jon M. Milledge (see note 5)
0 Accident
21 Spence Stoddard Lola T190 - Chevrolet V8
#9 Compt. Development
0 Accident
DNS Ludwig Heimrath McLaren M10A [300-02] - Chevrolet V8
(see note 6)
Did not start
(engine in warm up)
DNSC Rich Galloway Lola T190 - Chevrolet V8
(see note 7)
Did not start (crashed)

All cars are 5-litre F5000 unless noted.

Qualifying
1 George Follmer (F5000) 5-litre Lotus 70 [01] - Ford Boss 302 Falconer & Dunn V8 1.34.8
2 David Hobbs (F5000) 5-litre Surtees TS5A [007] - Chevrolet V8 1.35.6
3 Eppie Wietzes (F5000) 5-litre McLaren M10B - Chevrolet V8 1.36.1
4 John Cannon (F5000) 5-litre McLaren M10B [400-01] - Chevrolet V8 1.38.0
5 Bill Brack (F5000) 5-litre Lotus 70 [04] - Chevrolet V8 1.38.1
6 Dow "Jack" Byers II (F5000) 5-litre Lola T190 [190/F1/6] - Chevrolet V8 1.38.5
7 Ron Grable (F5000) 5-litre Lola T190 [190/F1/3] - Chevrolet V8 1.38.4
8 Gus Hutchison (F5000) 5-litre Lola T190 - Chevrolet V8 1.41.1
9 John Gunn (F5000) 5-litre Surtees TS5A - Chevrolet V8 1.42.0
10 Eric Haga (F5000) 5-litre Lola T190 [190/F1/8] - Chevrolet V8 1.44.1
11 Dick Smothers (F5000) 5-litre Lotus 70 [05] - Chevrolet V8 1.44.1
12 Spence Stoddard (F5000) 5-litre Lola T190 - Chevrolet V8 1.44.6
13 Michael Brockman (F5000) 5-litre Lola T190 [190/F1/18] - Chevrolet V8 1.46.8
14 Gregg Young (F5000) 5-litre McLaren M10B [400-14] - Chevrolet V8 1.46.9
15 John Martin (F5000) 5-litre Surtees TS5A - Chevrolet V8 1.47.1
16 Horst Kroll (F5000) 5-litre Lola T142 - Chevrolet V8 1.48.5
17 Ludwig Heimrath * (F5000) 5-litre McLaren M10A [300-02] - Chevrolet V8 1.51.3
18 Dennis Ott (F5000) 5-litre Eisert 70 - Chevrolet V8 1.52.5
19 George Wintersteen (F5000) 5-litre Lotus 70 [03] - Chevrolet V8 1.52.6
20 Jon Milledge (F5000) 5-litre McLaren M10A [300-05] - Chevrolet V8 1.56.7
21 Steve Durst (F5000) 5-litre McLaren M10B [400-13] - Chevrolet V8 2.00.5
22 Crockey Peterson (F5000) 5-litre Lola T190 [190/F1/12] - Chevrolet V8 2.21.3
 
* Did not start

Notes on the cars:

  1. Lola T190 (Gus Hutchison): New to Champlin Racing in July 1970 for Gus Hutchison to drive, replacing the F1 Brabham BT26 with which he had won two rounds of the US F5000 championship. Crashed in practice at Mosport, where Hutchison drove Crockey Peterson's T190 in the race. Hutchison was a non-starter again at Sebring in October, after which he and Doug Champlin parted company. The T190 was advertised by Champ Carr (San Juan Capistrano, CA), Champlin's new venture with Fred Carrillo, in Autoweek 13 Feb 1971. Bafflingly advertised ("ex-Hutchison") by Michael Brockman (Orlando, FL), the owner of T190/F1/18, in September 1972. Subsequent history unknown.
  2. Lola T190 [190/F1/8] (Eric Haga): New to Eric Haga (Seattle, WA) and raced in the US Pro series in 1970. To Don Baker (Long Beach, CA) for 1971 and used in local SCCA events. To Jim Gustafson (Costa Mesa, CA) for 1974 and again raced in West Coast SCCA events. To Richard Votava (Southern California) in 1975. The log book then identifies a Troy R. Milken (or Millen or Milleau) driving the car in a school on 21 Feb 1976. Then Votava in SCCA Regionals (mainly at RIR) in 1976 and 1977; then SCCA Nationals in 1978 and 1979. To Marshall R. Tarnow March 1980 - Alan Sevadjain (owned with Don Johnstone) and raced at Texas in 1981 - Larry C. Clain (Tulsa, OK) and raced at RIR and elsewhere 1982 - Chuck Haines (St Louis, MO) 1984 - Chip Boatright (Illinois) 2006. Sold back to original driver Eric Haga (Renton, WA) for historic racing. Appeared in the 2011/12 and 2012/13 Tasman Revival series, but wrecked at Teretonga Park in February 2013. Tony Garmey built a new monocoque for the car, but it was still incomplete when Haga died in November 2021. Ted Wenz bought the project from the estate in early 2022 as a retirement project and completed it. After testing, it was sold via Art Hebert at Motorsports Market to Paul Kuhl (San Diego, CA) in 2023.
  3. Eisert 70 (Dennis Ott): Dennis Ott (Montclair, CA/Upland, CA) raced a Eisert in Formula A in 1970. He later advertised the car as a 1970 model, but it looked much like a 1969 model, and may actually have been second hand. At 6'2" and 185 lbs, Ott was large for a racing driver at the time. He came up through modified racing in his home state of Nebraska, then California Racing Association sprint cars in 1967, and then FA in 1970 at the age of 24. He advertised the Eisert in November 1970, describing it as a "1970 wedge style Eisert USAC or F/A" that had been "road raced nine times". For 1971, he acquired a McLaren M10B, and the Eisert was sold to 29-year-old CAMRA driver Ken Hamilton (Boise, ID), who completed the SCCA drivers school at Seattle International raceway in April 1971 and drove the Eisert in SCCA Regional and National races that season, as well as the USAC road-racing event at Seattle in August. In 1971 he was considering having Eisert convert the car to use in the 1972 Indy 500, but nothing came of this. He was entered for the Laguna Seca and Edmonton Pro F5000 races in early 1972, but there is no record of his participation in either event. He focused on CAMRA and MRAO racing in 1972, driving for Art Sugai, and had a very successful season. The subsequent history of the Eisert is unknown.
  4. Lola T190 [190/F1/6] (Dow "Jack" Byers II): Test car. Epstein-Cuthbert for Mike Hailwood UK R1 1970 but crashed Heat 1 and replaced by 190/F1/15 for next three races. Original car apparantly to Dow 'Jack' Byers II US 1970 (11 races) and presumably the car he raced at Questor 1971 ("T190/6"). Advertised by Jack Byers 12 Jun 1971. Subsequent history unknown. Note that two cars in the US may have carried this number, Byers' and Don Dierking's ex-Epstein car (see 190/15).
  5. McLaren M10A [300-05] (Jon Milledge): See full history: McLaren M10A 300-05.
  6. McLaren M10A [300-02] (Ludwig Heimrath): See full history: McLaren M10A 300-02.
  7. Lola T190 (Rich Galloway): Richie Galloway US 1970 (6 races) then crashed in practice at R8 St Jovite 1 Aug and wrecked. Replaced by the ex-Hansen T190/F1/1. This car may have been repaired to become Bobby Brown's 1971 Tasman car.

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.

1968 US information has been taken from SCCA results sheets with additional information from Autoweek race reports and from some entry lists. Thanks to David McKinney and Wolfgang Klopfer for providing these. Identifying the classes and model of some entries has proved very difficult so all new information would be welcomed.

1969-1971 US information has been collated by Chris Townsend using Autoweek reports. All comments, clarifications, corrections and additions are most welcome.

1972-1976 US information was originally collated by Wolfgang Klopfer, converted to database format by Dawn Harrison and checked by Jim Thurman and Don Capps. Wolfgang's main sources are Autoweek and individual SCCA results bulletins but Autosport, Autocourse and Road Racing Annual have also been consulted.

US SCCA Runoffs, Nationals and Regionals results were collated by Wolfgang Klopfer from Autoweek reports. These reports were usually very brief so the information on the majority of races is limited just to the identity of the FA class winner.

Some race programs have also been used for entry lists and other information. My thanks to Richard Coe for the generous contributions from his collection.

All comments, clarifications, corrections and additions are most welcome. Please email Allen if you can add anything.