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Riverside Grand Prix

Riverside, 25 Apr 1971

ResultsLapsTime/Speed
1 Frank Matich McLaren M10B [400-10-2] - Repco Holden V8
#3 Rothmans Team Matich (see note 1)
77
2 Jim Dittemore Lola T192 [HU22] - Chevrolet V8
#11 Kastner/Brophy-Besteel
76
3 Sam Posey Surtees TS8 [008] - Chevrolet V8
#34 Champ Carr
76
4 Ron Grable Lola T190 [190/F1/3] - Chevrolet V8
#4 Williams Racing Ent
71 accident
5 Eppie Wietzes McLaren M18 - Chevrolet V8
#94 Formula Racing
75
6 Gregg Young (F1) 3-litre Surtees TS7 [002] - Cosworth DFV V8
#5 Young American Racing
75
7 Gerard Raney Eagle Mk 5 - Chevrolet V8
#28 Gerard E. Raney
74
8 Dennis Ott McLaren M10B [400-14] - Chevrolet V8
#56 5 Grand Racers
72
9 Ed Felter Lola T190/T192 - Chevrolet V8
#40 Clearwater Lumber Co.
73
10 Jon Ward Nova Mk 1 [McLaren M10A] - Chevrolet V8
#35 Ward Racing Ent.
69 engine
11 Merle Brennan McLaren M10A - Chevrolet V8
#44 Merle Brennan Auto
69 battery
12 Eric Haga Lola T192 [HU21?] - Chevrolet V8
#8 Competition Developments
71
13 Bruce Eglinton Lotus 70 [01] - Ford Boss 302 Falconer & Dunn V8
#69 Eglington Racing Ent
50 gearbox
14 Robert Fischetti Surtees TS5 [007] - Chevrolet V8
#36 FA Development
68
15 Brett Lunger Lola T192 [HU19] - Chevrolet V8
#6 Quick-Over [Competition Res./Dev.]
(see note 2)
68
16 Richard Negley Lola T192 [HU20] - Chevrolet V8
#17 Richard B. Negley
43
17 Rex Ramsey ASD American Mk 1 - Chevrolet V8
#22 Aero-Structures Dev.
68 out of fuel
18 Horst Kroll Lola T142 - Chevrolet V8
#37 Horst Kroll Racing
64
19 Max Mizejewski (FA) 1.6-litre March 71BM [3] - Ford BDA
#97 CRW Racing (see note 3)
65
20 Spence Stoddard Lola T190 - Chevrolet V8
#9 North West America Racing Team
51 accident
21 Don Inferrera Lola T142 - Chevrolet V8
#47 Al Laivo (D&A Racing) (see note 4)
64
22 Chuck Frederick McKee Mk 8 - Chevrolet V8
#53 F & H Racing
65 accident
23 Barry Blackmore McLaren M10A - Chevrolet V8
#70 Barry Blackmore
35
24 Nick Dioguardi Surtees TS5B - Chevrolet V8
#63 Delta Tire Co
38 fuel leak
25 Lou Sell Lola T192 [HU23] - Chevrolet V8
#15 Autocomp-Smothers Brothers
22 accident
26 Skip Barber (F1) 3-litre March 701 [3] - Cosworth DFV V8
#77 Gene Mason Racing-STP
22 accident
27 Chuck Elliott LeGrand Mk 7 [002] - Chevrolet V8
#78 Scorpion Racing (see note 5)
33
28 Ozzie Pohl Surtees TS5 [001] - Chevrolet V8
#26 Eric S Pohl/Autocomp
22 accident
29 Monte Shelton Eagle Mk 5 [505] - Chevrolet V8
#57 Monte's Motors
15 spun, damaged suspension
30 Jim Bandy Surtees TS5A [006] - Chevrolet V8
#42 Johnson Racing Team
5 engine
31 Jack Eiteljorg Eisert 68/69 - Chevrolet V8
#12 Jack M Eiteljorg
5 not known
32 Bud Morley Lola T192 - Chevrolet V8
#41 Thor Industries [Bud Morley]
2 accident
33 David Hobbs McLaren M10B [400-01] - Chevrolet V8
#10 Hogan Racing
5 clutch
DNS Len Guneau Lola T142 - Chevrolet V8
#13 American Racing West (see note 6)
Did not start
DNS Ronnie Bucknum Lola T190 [190/F1/18] - Chevrolet V8
#51 R.J. Meighan
Did not start
DNSC Roy Woods Lola T192 [HU24] - Chevrolet V8
#18 American Racing Ass.
Did not start (crashed)
DNSC Mel Andrus Lola T142 - Chevrolet V8
#66 Foreign Racing (see note 7)
Did not start (crashed)
  Jim Paul LeGrand Mk 11 - Chevrolet V8
#19 Jim Paul Racing (see note 8)
On entry list
  Arthur Hall Lola T190 - Chevrolet V8
#51 R.J. Meighan
On entry list
  Theodore Lebsack Lola T142 - Chevrolet V8
#65 Theodore Lebsack
On entry list
  Gregg Peterson McLaren M10A [300-02] - Chevrolet V8
#86 Peterson Formula Cars (see note 9)
On entry list
  Michael Brockman Eagle Mk 5 [508] - Chevrolet V8
#87 Charlie Hayes Racing
On entry list
  Jon Milledge McLaren M10A [300-05-2] - Chevrolet V8
#91 J. M. Racing (see note 10)
On entry list

All cars are 5-litre F5000 unless noted.

Heat 1 Laps Time Speed
1Ron Grable380.53.59.33107.267
2Frank Matich38
3Jim Dittemore38
4Bruce Eglinton38
5Gregg Young37
6Jon Ward37
7Merle Brennan37
8Gerard Raney37
9Eppie Wietzes37
10Spence Stoddard37
11Sam Posey37
12Rex Ramsey36
13Ed Felter36
14Brett Lunger35
15Dennis Ott35
16Chuck Frederick34
17Eric Haga34
18Robert Fischetti33
19Max Mizejewski32
20Don Inferrera31
21Horst Kroll29
22Lou Sell22accident
23Skip Barber22accident
24Nick Dioguardi22damaged bodywork
25Ozzie Pohl22accident
26Monte Shelton15spun, damaged suspension
27Jim Bandy5engine
28Jack Eiteljorg5not known
29Richard Negley5spun
30Bud Morley2accident
31Chuck Elliott1lost wheel
32Barry Blackmore0broke wheel
33David Hobbs0spun on warm up lap
Roy Woodsdid not start (accident)
Mel Andrusdid not start (accident)
Heat 2 Laps Time Speed
1Sam Posey390.52.14.11110.867
2Frank Matich39
3Eppie Wietzes38
4Jim Dittemore38
5Richard Negley38
6Gregg Young38
7Dennis Ott37
8Gerard Raney37
9Eric Haga37
10Ed Felter37
11Barry Blackmore35
12Horst Kroll35
13Robert Fischetti35
14Ron Grable33accident
15Max Mizejewski33
16Don Inferrera33
17Brett Lunger33
18Merle Brennan32battery
19Jon Ward32engine
20Chuck Elliott32
21Rex Ramsey32out of fuel
22Chuck Frederick31accident
23Nick Dioguardi16fuel leak
24Spence Stoddard14accident
25Bruce Eglinton12gearbox
26David Hobbs5clutch
Qualifying
1 David Hobbs (F5000) 5-litre McLaren M10B [400-01] - Chevrolet V8 1.17.23
2 Sam Posey (F5000) 5-litre Surtees TS8 [008] - Chevrolet V8 1.18.04
3 Frank Matich (F5000) 5-litre McLaren M10B [400-10-2] - Repco Holden V8 1.18.18
4 Lou Sell (F5000) 5-litre Lola T192 [HU23] - Chevrolet V8 1.18.73
5 Brett Lunger (F5000) 5-litre Lola T192 [HU19] - Chevrolet V8 1.19.14
6 Skip Barber (F1) 3-litre March 701 [3] - Cosworth DFV V8 1.19.46
7 Bud Morley (F5000) 5-litre Lola T192 - Chevrolet V8 1.19.53
8 Ron Grable (F5000) 5-litre Lola T190 [190/F1/3] - Chevrolet V8 1.20.10
9 Jim Dittemore (F5000) 5-litre Lola T192 [HU22] - Chevrolet V8 1.20.51
10 Nick Dioguardi (F5000) 5-litre Surtees TS5B - Chevrolet V8 1.21.18
11 Bruce Eglinton (F5000) 5-litre Lotus 70 [01] - Ford Boss 302 Falconer & Dunn V8 1.21.24
12 Monte Shelton (F5000) 5-litre Eagle Mk 5 [505] - Chevrolet V8 1.21.90
13 Richard Negley (F5000) 5-litre Lola T192 [HU20] - Chevrolet V8 1.22.21
14 Dennis Ott (F5000) 5-litre McLaren M10B [400-14] - Chevrolet V8 1.23.47
15 Eppie Wietzes (F5000) 5-litre McLaren M18 - Chevrolet V8 1.23.69
16 Merle Brennan (F5000) 5-litre McLaren M10A - Chevrolet V8 1.24.22
17 Gregg Young (F1) 3-litre Surtees TS7 [002] - Cosworth DFV V8 1.24.23
18 Rex Ramsey (F5000) 5-litre ASD American Mk 1 - Chevrolet V8 1.24.83
19 Ronnie Bucknum * (F5000) 5-litre Lola T190 [190/F1/18] - Chevrolet V8 1.25.05
20 Ed Felter (F5000) 5-litre Lola T190/T192 - Chevrolet V8 1.25.32
21 Horst Kroll (F5000) 5-litre Lola T142 - Chevrolet V8 1.25.35
22 Gerard Raney (F5000) 5-litre Eagle Mk 5 - Chevrolet V8 1.26.64
23 Ozzie Pohl (F5000) 5-litre Surtees TS5 [001] - Chevrolet V8 1.27.21
24 Eric Haga (F5000) 5-litre Lola T192 [HU21?] - Chevrolet V8 1.27.96
25 Jack Eiteljorg (F5000) 5-litre Eisert 68/69 - Chevrolet V8 1.27.97
26 Spence Stoddard (F5000) 5-litre Lola T190 - Chevrolet V8 1.28.48
27 Jon Ward (F5000) 5-litre Nova Mk 1 [McLaren M10A] - Chevrolet V8 1.28.68
28 Robert Fischetti (F5000) 5-litre Surtees TS5 [007] - Chevrolet V8 1.29.46
29 Len Guneau * (F5000) 5-litre Lola T142 - Chevrolet V8 1.30.71
30 Barry Blackmore (F5000) 5-litre McLaren M10A - Chevrolet V8 1.30.91
31 Don Inferrera (F5000) 5-litre Lola T142 - Chevrolet V8 1.30.92
32 Jim Bandy (F5000) 5-litre Surtees TS5A [006] - Chevrolet V8 1.31.42
33 Max Mizejewski (FA) 1.6-litre March 71BM [3] - Ford BDA 1.32.24
34 Chuck Frederick (F5000) 5-litre McKee Mk 8 - Chevrolet V8 1.32.32
35 Chuck Elliott (F5000) 5-litre LeGrand Mk 7 [002] - Chevrolet V8 1.33.03
 
* Did not start

Notes on the cars:

  1. McLaren M10B [400-10-2] (Frank Matich): New to Frank Matich (Australia) and fitted with Repco's new Holden V8 F5000 engine for Australian racing. Raced for the first time at Warwick Farm on 12 July 1970 but crashed, and rebuilt on a new tub as "M10C". Next raced at Calder on 18 Oct 1970, then at Australian Grand Prix 22 Nov 1970. Raced in the 1971 Tasman series, then to the US for the L&M series before returning to Australia for the 1971 Gold Star series. Crashed prior to Oran Park 27 June and rebuilt on third tub. To Frank Radisich at the end of 1971 and raced in the 1972 Tasman series, the 1972 Australian Gold Star, and the 1973 Tasman. To Keith Laney (NZ), fitted with a Chevrolet V8 and appeared in the Tasman series in 1974 and 1975. Then to Dennis Phillips for hill climbs 1976, then Russel Greer (Blenheim, NZ) and fitted with a 6.3-litre Chevy to win the 1979/80 NZ hill climb championship. Sold to Peter Addison (Australia) but history then unknown until acquired by Max Warwick (Australia) in the mid-1990s. Raced at Historic Sandown from 1998. Sold to Graham Wadsworth (Melbourne, Australia) 2006.
  2. Lola T192 [HU19] (Brett Lunger): New to Roger Penske for Mark Donohue to drive in the 1970 US series, starting at Mosport 13 Sep 1970. To Competition Research & Development (Pomona, CA) for Brett Lunger US 1971, then to Larry McNeil US 1972, US 1973 and then in SCCA Nationals from 1974 to 1978. Via Alan Marvin to Gordon Close (Hinsdale, IL) 1979, and used it for 1979 SCCA drivers school and Regionals. To former racer Don O'Sullivan (Perth, Western Australia) in 1983 but not run by him and sold to Bob Harborow (Camberwell, Victoria, Australia) in 1989. Restored and used in historic racing in Australia, including VHRR Historic Sandown and Phillip Island Classic 1999-2013, and the Australian GP support races in 2009 and 2010. Reappeared in October 2015, when run by Kieran Patel (Victoria, Australia) at the Baskerville Historics. More information about Lola T192 HU19
  3. March 71BM [3] (Max Mizejewski): New to Chuck Willis's CRW Racing (Anaheim, CA) and leased to Jean de la Bruyere (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) for Max Mizejewski (Woodland Hills, CA) to race in SCCA Formula B in 1971 as "The Edmonton Flyer". De la Bruyere then split from CRW and Ron Dykes (Marina del Rey, CA) then took over the 71Bm for Pro Formula B races and SCCA Nationals for the rest of 1971. Sold to Bob Newton (Cupertino, CA) and run in Pro FB and SCCA Nationals in 1972, 1973 and 1974. It was also raced by Craig Fraser (Santa Cruz, CA) in 1973 and 1974 before Newton's last known appearance in it in late 1974. To Jim Van Horn (Orange, CA) and raced in Cal Club Regionals in late 1975. Van Horn bought a newer Chevron B27 for 1976, but returned to the March for 1977, which was rebuilt to 76B specification by Marc Bahner and fitted with a BDA engine. The car was registered with the SCCA in September 1977, but curiously used the chassis number of a March 722, 722-38. Van Horn raced this car up to 1980. To Bill Hill (Olympia, WA) in 1981, fitted with a Mazda engine and a sports car body and raced the car in SCCA ASR and in Can-Am as the "Marzda" or the "Banana Crate". Crashed in an SCCA Regional (NW Region) at Olympia Airport in September 1986. Hill then bought a Lola T360 and the March chassis stayed in the rafters of his garage for many years. After Hill died, the car was sold to Phil Creighton (Georgia) in mid-2017, and then by him to Kevan McLurg (Brighton, UK) in 2018. Sold to Bruce Balchin (Southampton) in July 2019.
  4. Lola T142 (Don Inferrera): See full history: Lola T142 'the Dave Heinz car'.
  5. LeGrand Mk 7 [002] (Chuck Elliott): A new car replacing the original works Mk 7 sold to Don Richardson, and shaken down by Bruce Eglinton at Whitman stadium June 1968 where he crashed and was badly burnt. The car was rebuilt and loaned to Jerry Entin, fitted with his Chevrolet engine and ZF gearbox, and taken to Road America for the Badger "200" on 27 July 1968, but the timing gear broke before the race, and Entin did not start. Entin won a National at Riverside in August and two Regionals later in the year. Dick Guldstrand took over the car for the Laguna Seca 'Pro' race in October and it was then driven by Rex Ramsey at the ARRC, and at the Monaco International Trophy in New Zealand at the end of December. Ramsey continued to drive the car in 1969, winning three SCCA Nationals but was well off the pace in Pro races. It was then shared by Chuck Elliott and Bruce Eglinton in SCCA Regionals and Nationals respectively in 1970 and 1971. Then sold to Mal Patterson (San Jose, CA), who entered it for the Pro race at Laguna Seca 7 May 1972, but does not appear to have raced it very often. It was then sold to Ken Owen (Union City, CA) and used in local SCCA racing in 1975 and 1976. Then sold to Skip Pack (Hollister, CA) and Dennis McLaughlin , who autocrossed the car in the late 1970s and early 1980s before they sold it to Butch Gilbert in October 2009. Sold to John F Boxhorn (Mukwonago, Wisconsin) in October 2010, and restored during 2011 and 2012. Sold to David Zavetsky (Wellesboro, PA) in 2019. See full history: LeGrand Mk 7 002.
  6. Lola T142 (Len Guneau): Len Guneau (Hermosa Beach, CA): first seen winning FA class in SCCA Regionals at Laguna Seca on 12 Oct 1969, then at Riverside two weeks later, so possibly second hand but there are no obvious contenders except the cars crashed at St Jovite. If new, then likely to be one of the last three Haas cars (43, 44 or 45). Raced at Sebring 1969, the West Coast races in 1970 and at Laguna Seca 1971. On the entry list for Laguna Seca 1972. Subsequent history unknown.
  7. Lola T142 (Mel Andrus): Dick Simon (Salt Lake City, UT) US 1969 (yellow #66 from R1) - (maybe with Hayes 10 Dec 1969?). In the book "The Boys of Indy" (Phil Berger & Larry Bortstein, 1977), Simon is quoted as saying the car was "used". But he also says he won one race (true) and finished in the top six five times in his six races (not so). Simon used this season to get into USAC. Maybe to Hayes. Then to Mel Andrus (Salt Lake City, UT): US 1970 (two races: R2 Edmonton 24 May and R5 Sears Point 28 Jun); US 1971 (only appeared at R1 Riverside 25 Apr: crashed in practice and Andrus was killed). The car was stripped and the remaining damaged section of the chassis lay in a wrecking yard for many years.
  8. LeGrand Mk 11 (Jim Paul): Raced by Rex Ramsey in late 1969, winning at Trois-Rivières in September, but well off the pace in the L&M series. Jim Paul raced the car in 1970, with a best result of eighth in the Pro race at Laguna Seca, and appeared a few times in 1971 and early 1972. To Keith Saunders (Albuquerque, NM) for SCCA racing later in 1972, then to Bill Swope (Albuquerque, NM) for 1973. Swope advertised it late 1975, and it seems likely that this was the LeGrand used by JB Walton in SCCA Regionals in Utah Region in 1978. The next time it was seen was when Harold Janke owned it in Nebraska in the late 1990s. To Kirk Severson and racing in historic events by 2001. To Marty Fidrich (Elisabeth, CO) by 2007.
  9. McLaren M10A [300-02] (Gregg Peterson): See full history: McLaren M10A 300-02.
  10. McLaren M10A [300-05-2] (Jon Milledge): See full history: McLaren M10A 300-05.

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.