Donnybrooke Grand Prix

Brainerd, 22 Sep 1968

ResultsLapsTime/Speed Winnings
1 George Wintersteen Eagle Mk 5 [502] - Chevrolet V8
#12
70 1h 55m 51.0s
$4550
2 Bobby Brown Lola T140 [SL140/3] - Chevrolet V8
#3
70
$2500
3 Jerry Hansen Lola T140 [SL140/8] - Chevrolet V8
#44
69
$2900
4 Lou Sell Eagle Mk 5 [501] - Chevrolet V8
#15
68
$2500
5 Stew McMillen Eisert 65 - Chevrolet V8
#5
68
$1700
6 Bud Morley McLaren M1B/FA [30-05] - Chevrolet V8
#14
68
$1200
7 Kurt Reinold McKee Mk 8 - Chevrolet V8
#57
66
$700
8 Chuck Dietrich (FB) 1.6-litre McLaren M4B [200-27B] - Ford twin cam
#31
66
$1950
9 Fred Opert (FB) 1.6-litre Brabham - Ford twin cam
#73
66
$900
10 Howard Brown (FB) 1.6-litre Brabham BT21C - Ford twin cam
#76 (see note 1)
64
$600
11 Charlie Adams (FB) 1.6-litre Brabham BT21C [12?] - Ford twin cam
#64 (see note 2)
62
$400
12 Jerry Rosbach Lola T140 - Chevrolet V8
#8
61
$100
13 Jon Reski (FB) 1.6-litre LeGrand
#49
59
$300
14 Harry Hester (FB) 1.6-litre Lotus 41C - Ford twin cam BRM
#32 [Hogan Motors]
56
$100
15 Dave Ogilvy (FB) 1.6-litre Lotus 35 - Ford twin cam
#91
55
$50
16 Bill Blackmore (FB) 1.6-litre Automark - Porsche
#75
54
$50
17 Bruce Klussmann (FB) 1.6-litre Crosslé
#27
53
$50
18 Brett Lunger Caldwell D8B - Chevrolet V8
#11
52
$350
19 Tom Tufts (FB) 1.6-litre Chevron B14 [FB-68-8] - Ford twin cam
#60
52
$50
20 WP Fred Stevenson (FB) 1.6-litre Lotus 41C [41-FL-44] - Ford twin cam
#93
34
$50
21 Ted A. Clark (FB) 1.6-litre Brabham
#56
40
 
22 Dan Murphy (FB) 1.6-litre Winkelmann WDB1 - Ford twin cam
#19
38
 
23 Ron "Slim" Routliffe (FB) 1.6-litre Lotus 51 - Ford twin cam
#34
29 retired - unknown  
24 Tom Countryman (FB) 1.6-litre Autodynamics 'D-3' - Porsche 356
#10
26 no oil pressure  
25 Jack Eiteljorg Eisert 68 - Chevrolet V8
#7
26 retired - unknown  
26 Wayne T Mitchell (FC) 1.1-litre Brabham BT21B - Ford
#84
25 retired - unknown  
27 Joe Grimaldi (FB) 1.6-litre Chevron B14 - Ford twin cam
#72 (see note 3)
16 retired - unknown  
28 Jerry Entin LeGrand Mk 7A [002] - Chevrolet V8
#21
14 no oil pressure  
29 Dick Smothers (FB) 1.6-litre Chevron B14 - Ford twin cam
#9
12 bearings  
30 Brian O'Neil Lola T140 [SL140/13] - Chevrolet V8
#1
4 no oil pressure  
DNS Randy Scheffer (FC) 1.1-litre Beach T-11 [104] - Alfa Romeo
#6
Did not start
DNS Jim Mulhall (FA) 5-litre Halibrand Shrike - Chevrolet V8
#71
Did not start
DNS Dale Lang (FC) 1.1-litre Brabham - Ford
#81
Did not start
DNS Sam Posey LeGrand Mk 7 - Chevrolet V8
#83
Did not start

All cars are 5-litre F5000 unless noted.

Heat 1 Laps Time Speed
1Lou Sell3558m 10.0s109.309 mph
2George Wintersteen35
3Bobby Brown35
4Stew McMillen34
5Jerry Hansen34
6Brett Lunger34
7Bud Morley34
8Kurt Reinold33
9Chuck Dietrich33
Fred Opert33
Dave Ogilvy33
Howard Brown32
Charlie Adams31
Jerry Rosbach31
Tom Tufts31
Bruce Klussmann30
Jon Reski29
Bill Blackmore27
Ted A. Clark27
Ron "Slim" Routliffe26
Tom Countryman26
Jack Eiteljorg26
Wayne T Mitchell25
Harry Hester24
Joe Grimaldi16
Jerry Entin14
Dick Smothers12
WP Fred Stevenson11
Dan Murphy8
Brian O'Neil4
Heat 2 Laps Time Speed
1Jerry Hansen3557m 41.0s109.217 mph
2George Wintersteen35
3Bobby Brown35
7Lou Sell33
Stew McMillen34
Bud Morley34
Kurt Reinold33
Chuck Dietrich33
Fred Opert33
Howard Brown32
Harry Hester32
Charlie Adams31
Jerry Rosbach30
Jon Reski30
Dan Murphy30
Bill Blackmore27
Bruce Klussmann23
WP Fred Stevenson23
Dave Ogilvy22
Tom Tufts21
Brett Lunger18
Ted A. Clark13
Ron "Slim" Routliffe3
Qualifying
1 George Wintersteen (F5000) 5-litre Eagle Mk 5 [502] - Chevrolet V8 1m 38.4s
2 Lou Sell (F5000) 5-litre Eagle Mk 5 [501] - Chevrolet V8 1m 39.0s
3 Bobby Brown (F5000) 5-litre Lola T140 [SL140/3] - Chevrolet V8 1m 40.0s
4 Sam Posey * (F5000) 5-litre LeGrand Mk 7 - Chevrolet V8 1m 40.4s
5 Stew McMillen (F5000) 5-litre Eisert 65 - Chevrolet V8 1m 41.4s
6 Kurt Reinold (F5000) 5-litre McKee Mk 8 - Chevrolet V8 1m 41.5s
7 Jack Eiteljorg (F5000) 5-litre Eisert 68 - Chevrolet V8 1m 43.2s
8 Brett Lunger (F5000) 5-litre Caldwell D8B - Chevrolet V8 1m 43.2s
9 Chuck Dietrich (FB) 1.6-litre McLaren M4B [200-27B] - Ford twin cam 1m 43.8s
10 Bud Morley (F5000) 5-litre McLaren M1B/FA [30-05] - Chevrolet V8 1m 44.0s
11 WP Fred Stevenson (FB) 1.6-litre Lotus 41C [41-FL-44] - Ford twin cam 1m 45.0s
12 Tom Tufts (FB) 1.6-litre Chevron B14 [FB-68-8] - Ford twin cam 1m 46.4s
13 Fred Opert (FB) 1.6-litre Brabham - Ford twin cam 1m 46.4s
14 Joe Grimaldi (FB) 1.6-litre Chevron B14 - Ford twin cam 1m 46.6s
15 Dave Ogilvy (FB) 1.6-litre Lotus 35 - Ford twin cam 1m 46.8s
16 Jerry Entin (F5000) 5-litre LeGrand Mk 7A [002] - Chevrolet V8 1m 48.4s
17 Charlie Adams (FB) 1.6-litre Brabham BT21C [12?] - Ford twin cam 1m 50.0s
18 Howard Brown (FB) 1.6-litre Brabham BT21C - Ford twin cam 1m 52.0s
19 Harry Hester (FB) 1.6-litre Lotus 41C - Ford twin cam BRM 1m 52.4s
20 Jerry Rosbach (F5000) 5-litre Lola T140 - Chevrolet V8 1m 53.8s
21 Dan Murphy (FB) 1.6-litre Winkelmann WDB1 - Ford twin cam 1m 54.6s
22 Bruce Klussmann (FB) 1.6-litre Crosslé 1m 55.0s
23 Jon Reski (FB) 1.6-litre LeGrand 1m 55.2s
24 Dick Smothers (FB) 1.6-litre Chevron B14 - Ford twin cam 1m 57.0s
25 Tom Countryman (FB) 1.6-litre Autodynamics 'D-3' - Porsche 356 1m 59.2s
26 Ted A. Clark (FB) 1.6-litre Brabham 2m 06.0s
27 Bill Blackmore (FB) 1.6-litre Automark - Porsche 2m 09.4s
28 Ron "Slim" Routliffe (FB) 1.6-litre Lotus 51 - Ford twin cam 2m 12.2s
29 Dale Lang * (FC) 1.1-litre Brabham - Ford 2m 35.0s
30 Jerry Hansen (F5000) 5-litre Lola T140 [SL140/8] - Chevrolet V8 no time
31 Jim Mulhall * (FA) 5-litre Halibrand Shrike - Chevrolet V8 no time
32 Randy Scheffer * (FC) 1.1-litre Beach T-11 [104] - Alfa Romeo no time
33 Wayne T Mitchell (FC) 1.1-litre Brabham BT21B - Ford no time
34 Brian O'Neil (F5000) 5-litre Lola T140 [SL140/13] - Chevrolet V8 no time
 
* Did not start

Notes on the cars:

  1. Brabham BT21C (Howard Brown): From May 1968 to September 1969, Howard Brown (Paoli, PA or Malvern, PA) raced in Pro Formula B and in NEDiv in a Brabham, identified by the Sep 1968 Lime Rock entry list as a BT21C. Brown ran as #76 in 1968 and #69 in 1969 but the colour and identity of the Brabham are not yet known.
  2. Brabham BT21C [12?] (Charlie Adams): Charlie Adams (Charles W Adams) was a regular in Formula B from 1965 to 1971. He had a BT18 in 1967 but from 1968 to 1971, his car is often referred to as a BT21C. It is assumed he had the same car through this period, starting at Elkhart Lake July 1968 but quite possibly earlier.
  3. Chevron B14 (Joe Grimaldi): Joe Grimaldi acquired one of four late 1968 Chevrons to arrive in the US. At least three of these were described by Chevron as B14s, including Grimaldi's. He debuted the car at Mosport Park in Aug 1968 and raced it twice more in Pro events. Grimaldi reappeared in August 1969 with what was reported to be a Chevron B15B which he raced three more times. Larry Wright then acquired a Chevron from Grimaldi for the 1970 season which was described to him as a B15 but when Wright advertised the car in 1971, he called it a "late-1968 Chevron FB" which identifies it as a B14. Wright traded the Chevron to Charlie Hayes in May 1971 for a new Brabham BT29.

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.

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 Run-Offs, 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.