Can-Am Challenge Race
Mid-Ohio, 8 Jun 1980
| Results | Laps | Time/Speed | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patrick Tambay | Lola T530 [HU2] - Chevrolet V8 #1 Carl A. Haas Racing Teams |
63 | 1h 30m 45.69s 99.954 mph |
| 2 | Al Holbert | Holbert CAC-1 - Chevrolet V8 #14 Holbert Racing |
63 | 1h 30m 58.69s |
| 3 | Robert J. Nelkin | Lola T530 [HU8] - Chevrolet V8 #67 Nelkin Racing |
61 | |
| 4 | Bobby Brown | Lola T333CS [HU11] - Chevrolet V8 #79 Bobby Brown Racing |
60 | |
| 5 | Gary Gove | (Can-Am 2l) 2-litre Ralt RT2 [153] - Hart 420R #52 Pete Lovely VW |
60 | |
| 6 | Bertil Roos | (Can-Am 2l) Chevron B27 #69 Roos Racing School |
60 | |
| 7 | John Gunn | Lola T333CS - Chevrolet V8 #39 Gunn Racing |
59 | |
| 8 | Horst Kroll | Lola T332 [T330 HU2] - Chevrolet V8 #37 Horst Kroll Racing |
58 | |
| 9 | Danny Sullivan | Intrepid GB1 - Chevrolet V8 #60 Garvin Brown Racing |
56 | |
| 10 | Tony Cicale | (Can-Am 2l) 2-litre Cicale Special - Hart 420R #47 Red Roof Inns |
54 | |
| 11 | Ricardo Londoņo | Lola T530 [HU6] - Chevrolet V8 #33 Londono Bridge Racing Team |
52 | |
| 12 | Geoff Brabham | Lola T530 [HU3] - Chevrolet V8 #3 Racing Team VDS |
51 | Radiator |
| 13 | Larry Johnson | Lola T332 [HU30] - Chevrolet V8 #83 Laroco |
48 | Black flagged |
| 14 | Steven Payne-Herbert | (sports) 2-litre Lola T294 [T292 HU40] - Ford #0 R. Steven Payne-Herbert (see note 1) |
27 | Oil leak |
| 15 | Bobby Rahal | Prophet - Chevrolet V8 #8 U.S. Racing |
20 | Ignition |
| 16 | Elliot Forbes-Robinson | Lola T530 [HU5] - Chevrolet V8 #2 Newman Racing |
17 | Rocker arm |
| 17 | Jim Trueman | (Can-Am 2l) 2-litre Cicale Special [RT1-106] - Hart 420R #48 Red Roof Inns |
14 | Accident |
| 18 | Stephen South | Lola T530 [HU7] - Chevrolet V8 #4 Newman Racing |
0 | Fuel pressure |
| 19 | Chris Strong | (sports) 2-litre Chevron B36 [36-76-06] - Ford BDG #96 Chris Strong Racing |
0 | Engine |
All cars are 5-litre Can-Am unless noted.
| Qualifying | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bobby Rahal | (Can-Am) 5-litre Prophet - Chevrolet V8 | 1m 21.63s | |||
| 2 | Patrick Tambay | (Can-Am) 5-litre Lola T530 [HU2] - Chevrolet V8 | 1m 21.69s | |||
| 3 | Stephen South | (Can-Am) 5-litre Lola T530 [HU7] - Chevrolet V8 | 1m 21.76s | |||
| 4 | Elliot Forbes-Robinson | (Can-Am) 5-litre Lola T530 [HU5] - Chevrolet V8 | 1m 22.25s | |||
| 5 | Geoff Brabham | (Can-Am) 5-litre Lola T530 [HU3] - Chevrolet V8 | 1m 22.26s | |||
| 6 | Al Holbert | (Can-Am) 5-litre Holbert CAC-1 - Chevrolet V8 | 1m 24.25s | |||
| 7 | Bobby Brown | (Can-Am) 5-litre Lola T333CS [HU11] - Chevrolet V8 | 1m 25.26s | |||
| 8 | Robert J. Nelkin | (Can-Am) 5-litre Lola T530 [HU8] - Chevrolet V8 | 1m 25.38s | |||
| 9 | Danny Sullivan | (Can-Am) 5-litre Intrepid GB1 - Chevrolet V8 | 1m 26.05s | |||
| 10 | Ricardo Londoņo | (Can-Am) 5-litre Lola T530 [HU6] - Chevrolet V8 | 1m 26.45s | |||
| 11 | Gary Gove | (Can-Am 2l) 2-litre Ralt RT2 [153] - Hart 420R | 1m 26.88s | |||
| 12 | John Gunn | (Can-Am) 5-litre Lola T333CS - Chevrolet V8 | 1m 27.05s | |||
| 13 | Tony Cicale | (Can-Am 2l) 2-litre Cicale Special - Hart 420R | 1m 27.46s | |||
| 14 | Jim Trueman | (Can-Am 2l) 2-litre Cicale Special [RT1-106] - Hart 420R | 1m 28.6s | |||
| 15 | Horst Kroll | (Can-Am) 5-litre Lola T332 [T330 HU2] - Chevrolet V8 | 1m 30.77s | |||
| 16 | Larry Johnson | (Can-Am) 5-litre Lola T332 [HU30] - Chevrolet V8 | 1m 34.71s | |||
| 17 | Chris Strong | (sports) 2-litre Chevron B36 [36-76-06] - Ford BDG | 1m 35.08s | |||
| 18 | Steven Payne-Herbert | (sports) 2-litre Lola T294 [T292 HU40] - Ford | 1m 35.84s | |||
| 19 | Bertil Roos | (Can-Am 2l) Chevron B27 | 1m 41.1s | |||
Notes on the cars:
- Lola T294 [T292 HU40] (Steven Payne-Herbert): Described consistently as the "prototype" T292, HU40 first appeared at Jarama 5 Nov 1972 where it was raced by Richard Scott. It was then Guy Edwards' works car throughout 1973 after which it was updated to T294 specification and sold by Lola to Martin Raymond for 1974. It went to Stewart Chubb for 1975 and continued to race in the European series. In 1976, Chubb sold the car to Steven Payne-Herbert and it was used in Can-Am and SCCA BSR racing until 1980. Payne-Herbert kept the car until 1989 when it was sold for vintage racing and, three owners later, it was being offered for sale by Grand Prix Classics in February 2011.
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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