Can-Am Challenge Race

Watkins Glen, 9 Jul 1978

ResultsLapsTime/Speed
1 Warwick Brown Lola T333CS [HU1] - Chevrolet V8
#2 Racing Team VDS 		55 1h 40m 03.333s
111.380 mph
2 Al Holbert Lola T333CS [HU9] - Chevrolet V8
#10 Hogan Racing, Ltd. 		55 1h 40m 31.897s
3 Rocky Moran Lola T333CS [T332 HU29] - Chevrolet V8
#58 Rocky Moran 		54
4 John Gunn Lola T332 [HU47] - Chevrolet V8
#39 Gunn's Godies 		53
5 Michael L. Allen Lola T332 [HU46] - Chevrolet V8
#59 Don Weber 		53
6 Elliot Forbes-Robinson Spyder NF-10 [CA-01] - Chevrolet V8
#3 Newman-Freeman Racing 		52
7 Bob Nagel Lola T332 [HU33] - Chevrolet V8
#9 Nagel Racing Enterprises 		52
8 Tony Cicale (Can-Am 2l) 2-litre Cicale-Ralt RT1 [RT1-94] - Ford
#47 Cicale Champion Racing 		52
9 Tom Spalding Schkee DB1 [2] - Chevrolet V8
#7 Tom Spalding Racing 		52
10 Leonard Janke Lola T332 - Chevrolet V8
#56 Janke Auto 		50
11 Horst Kroll Lola T300 [HU15] - Chevrolet V8
#37 Horst Kroll Racing 		49 Broken axle mount
12 S Peter Smith (sports) 2-litre Chevron B19/B21 [71-06] - Ford
#54 Red Roof Inns 		49
13 Brian Burgess (sports) 2-litre Chevron B21/B23 [72-27] - Hart 420R
#13 Dog Ring Services 		48
14 E. B. Lunken (sports) 2-litre March 73S [14] - Ford
#61 E. B. Lunken Racing 		47
15 Alan Jones Lola T333CS [HU7] - Chevrolet V8
#1 Carl A. Haas Racing Team, Ltd.
 		45
16 Michael Brayton Wolf-Brayton 001 - Chevrolet V8
#12 Michael Brayton 		41 Accident
17 Howard Kelly Lola T330 [HU2] - Chevrolet V8
#30 Howard Kelly Racing 		41 Overheating
18 Dean Dietrich March 76A [2] - Chevrolet V8
#43 Dietrich Racing Ltd. 		34
19 Bill Phaneuf (sports) 2-litre Chevron B26/B31 - Ford
#73 Systems Mechanical Contractors
 		32 Accident
20 Randolph Townsend Shadow DN10 - Dodge V8
#0 Shadow Cars 		25 Gearbox failure
21 Dwight Zillig Lola T330/T332 [HU3] - Chevrolet V8
#35 Phantom Racing Team 		21 Fuel spill on driver
22 Mike Roche Lola T332 [HU42] - Chevrolet V8
#80 Roche Racing 		19 Suspension
23 Jean-Pierre Jarier Shadow DN10 - Dodge V8
#0 Shadow Cars 		17 Gearbox
24 Ray Petry (sports) 1.8-litre Chevron B21 [72-3] - Cosworth BDE
(see note 1) 		engine trouble
25 Alain de Cadenet (sports) 3-litre De Cadenet Lola LM [LM-4] - Cosworth DFV V8
#4 British Post Office 		DNF
26 Bill Tempero Chevron B78C - Chevrolet V8
#15 Cloverleaf Texaco 		DNF
27 George Follmer Prophet - Chevrolet V8
#8 U.S. Racing 		DNF
DNS Dave Johnson (sports) 2-litre Lola T290 [HU34] - Ford BDG
#60 P.S.B. Speakers 		Did not start
DNA TBA Lola T333CS - Chevrolet V8
#5 Racing Team VDS 		Did not arrive
DNA Vern Schuppan Elfin MR8A-C [8772] - Chevrolet V8
#11 Vern Schuppan/Robert Boxx 		Did not arrive
DNA Rick Villate (sports) 2-litre Lola T294 [T292 HU65] - Ford BDG
#26 RVR Inc (see note 2) 		Did not arrive
DNA John Morton Lola T333CS [HU8] - Chevrolet V8
#46 John Morton 		Did not arrive
DNA Warren Purdy (sports) 2-litre Lola T290 [HU27] - Cosworth FVC
#51 Warren Purdy 		Did not arrive
DNA Don Chab (sports) 2-litre Chevron B19/B26 - Ford
#52 C & H Specialties 		Did not arrive

All cars are 5-litre Can-Am unless noted.

Qualifying
1 Alan Jones (Can-Am) 5-litre Lola T333CS [HU7] - Chevrolet V8 1m 44.128s
2 Warwick Brown (Can-Am) 5-litre Lola T333CS [HU1] - Chevrolet V8 1m 44.911s
3 George Follmer (Can-Am) 5-litre Prophet - Chevrolet V8 1m 45.203s
4 Elliot Forbes-Robinson (Can-Am) 5-litre Spyder NF-10 [CA-01] - Chevrolet V8 1m 45.95s
5 Al Holbert (Can-Am) 5-litre Lola T333CS [HU9] - Chevrolet V8 1m 46.22s
6 Jean-Pierre Jarier (Can-Am) 5-litre Shadow DN10 - Dodge V8 1m 48.106s
7 Rocky Moran (Can-Am) 5-litre Lola T333CS [T332 HU29] - Chevrolet V8 1m 48.754s
8 John Gunn (Can-Am) 5-litre Lola T332 [HU47] - Chevrolet V8 1m 48.895s
9 Tom Spalding (Can-Am) 5-litre Schkee DB1 [2] - Chevrolet V8 1m 48.955s
10 Howard Kelly (Can-Am) 5-litre Lola T330 [HU2] - Chevrolet V8 1m 50.799s
11 Bill Tempero (Can-Am) 5-litre Chevron B78C - Chevrolet V8 1m 50.891s
12 Bob Nagel (Can-Am) 5-litre Lola T332 [HU33] - Chevrolet V8 1m 51.947s
13 Tony Cicale (Can-Am 2l) 2-litre Cicale-Ralt RT1 [RT1-94] - Ford 1m 52.201s
14 Michael L. Allen (Can-Am) 5-litre Lola T332 [HU46] - Chevrolet V8 1m 54.955s
15 Horst Kroll (Can-Am) 5-litre Lola T300 [HU15] - Chevrolet V8 1m 56.788s
16 Mike Roche (Can-Am) 5-litre Lola T332 [HU42] - Chevrolet V8 1m 56.816s
17 Randolph Townsend (Can-Am) 5-litre Shadow DN10 - Dodge V8 1m 57.417s
18 S Peter Smith (sports) 2-litre Chevron B19/B21 [71-06] - Ford 1m 57.658s
19 Michael Brayton (Can-Am) 5-litre Wolf-Brayton 001 - Chevrolet V8 1m 58.094s
20 Alain de Cadenet (sports) 3-litre De Cadenet Lola LM [LM-4] - Cosworth DFV V8 2m 00.545s
21 Ray Petry (sports) 1.8-litre Chevron B21 [72-3] - Cosworth BDE 2m 00.967s
22 Leonard Janke (Can-Am) 5-litre Lola T332 - Chevrolet V8 2m 01.428s
23 Dwight Zillig (Can-Am) 5-litre Lola T330/T332 [HU3] - Chevrolet V8 2m 01.56s
24 Dean Dietrich (Can-Am) 5-litre March 76A [2] - Chevrolet V8 2m 03.227s
25 Brian Burgess (sports) 2-litre Chevron B21/B23 [72-27] - Hart 420R 2m 03.558s
26 Bill Phaneuf (sports) 2-litre Chevron B26/B31 - Ford 2m 05.648s
27 E. B. Lunken (sports) 2-litre March 73S [14] - Ford 2m 09.282s
28 Dave Johnson * (sports) 2-litre Lola T290 [HU34] - Ford BDG 2m 06.005s
 
* Did not start

Notes on the cars:

  1. Chevron B21 [72-3] (Ray Petry): Sold new to Peter Smith and raced by him and co-driver David Welpton through 1972 and 1973 primarily in distance events across Europe but also in some short British events. Updated to B23 specification for 1974 and raced by Smith with various co-drivers including Rupert Keegan. Co-drivers in 1975 included John Turner. The car was replaced by the ex-KVG/John Hine Chevron B31 for 1976 and was sold to Ray Petry (Boston, MA) for SCCA racing and then for the new Can-Am series that started in 1977. Ray used an ex-Rondel 1840cc BDE engine that he'd bought from Tony Cicale. Raced in Can-Am 1978 to 1980. Ray later sold the car to dealer Mike Gue (Essex Racing) who sold it to Canada. Subsequent history unknown.
  2. Lola T294 [T292 HU65] (Rick Villate): The last T292 built went to John Abrahams in South Africa for the 1973 Springbok series. It was co-driven in the series by Charlie Lucas. The car went back to England under the care of Derrick Worthington but raced only twice in 1974, at Silverstone in September (Worthington and Nigel Clarkson) and at Kyalami in November (Abrahams and Richard Scott). In 1975, it was driven at Le Mans by Worthington and Clarkson and also appeared at the Spa 1000 km and in a couple of UK races. In 1976 it was sold to SCCA driver Dean Dietrich and was used in the revived Can-Am series in 1977. It then went to Rick Villate for two more seasons of Can-Am. To David P. Gough (Atlanta, GA) 1982 and used as a road car - Ed Swart 1997 - Tony Seiniger 1997 - Bradley Krause c1998 - Walt Cox - Ed Lamantia to the current owner. As of February 2011 HU65 is for sale at Fantasy Junction.

Sources

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' orginal results.

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