Riverside Grand Prix

Riverside, 20 Apr 1969

ResultsLapsTime/Speed Winnings
1 John Cannon Eagle Mk 5 [509] - Chevrolet V8
#2 		45 1.02.07.5
112.998		 $5300
2 Lothar Motschenbacher McLaren M10A [300-05] - Chevrolet V8
#11 		45
 
3 Tony Adamowicz Eagle Mk 5 [510] - Chevrolet V8
#7 		45
 
4 Jerry Hansen McLaren M10A - Chevrolet V8
#44 		44
 
5 George Wintersteen Lola T142 - Chevrolet V8
#12 		44
 
6 Pete Lovely (F1) 3-litre Lotus 49B [R11] - Cosworth DFV V8
#15 		43
 
7 George Eaton McLaren M10A - Chevrolet V8
#98 		43
 
8 Bud Morley Lola T142 - Chevrolet V8
#14 		43
 
9 Bobby Brown Eagle Mk 5 [508] - Chevrolet V8
43
 
10 Chuck Dietrich Lola T142 [SL142/21] - Chevrolet V8
#31 		42
 
11 Rich Galloway Lola T142 - Chevrolet V8
#27 		42
 
12 John Mahler Lola T140 [SL140/8] - Chevrolet V8
#99 		26
 
13 Dick Simon Lola T142 - Chevrolet V8
#66 		29 Lost nose cone  
14 Mike Hiss Lola T140 [SL140/5] - Chevrolet V8
#94 		28 suspension  
15 Chuck Trowbridge McKee Mk 12 - Chevrolet V8
#9 		24 Engine  
16 Lyle Forsgren Forsgrini Mk 11 - Chevrolet V8
#46 		16 Fuel leak/Overheating  
17 Pierre Phillips Lola T140 [SL140/10] - Chevrolet V8
#19 		14 Engine  
18 Stew McMillen Eisert 69 - Chevrolet V8
#5 		9 Oil leak  
19 Jack Eiteljorg Lola T140 - Chevrolet V8
8 Fuel pump Started race after 3 laps  
20 Horst Kwech (FA) 2.7-litre Chevron [B10 F2.1?] - Alfa Romeo V8
#33 (see note 1) 		5 Fire  
21 Bill Moore Lola - Chevrolet V8
#69 		0 Accident  
DNS Sam Posey Eagle Mk 5 [501] - Chevrolet V8
Did not start
DNS Lew Florence Eagle Mk 5 [501] - Chevrolet V8
#24 		Did not start
(sold car to Posey)
DNSC Ron Courtney Lola - Chevrolet V8
#8 		Did not start (crashed)
DNSC Sam Posey Eagle Mk 5 [507] - Chevrolet V8
#17 		Did not start (crashed)
UNKE Kurt Reinold McKee Mk 12 - Chevrolet V8
#4 		On entry list
UNKE Bill Simpson Gilbert 68 ['1'] - Chevrolet V8
#28 		On entry list
UNKE John Gunn Lola T142 - Chevrolet V8
#39 		On entry list
DNA Rex Ramsey LeGrand Mk 7 [002] - Chevrolet V8
Did not arrive
DNA Ron Grable Spectre HR1 - Chevrolet V8
#1 		Did not arrive
DNA Vernon Shields (F5000) 4.7-litre Lotus 35 [35-F-18] - Ford V8
#50 		Did not arrive
DNA Nick Dioguardi (F5000) WRE Shadow
#65 		Did not arrive
DNA Mike Goth Nike 1A - Chevrolet V8
#96 		Did not arrive

All cars are 5-litre F5000 unless noted.

Qualifying
1 John Cannon (F5000) 5-litre Eagle Mk 5 [509] - Chevrolet V8 1.20.43
2 Jerry Hansen (F5000) 5-litre McLaren M10A - Chevrolet V8 1.22.54
3 Chuck Dietrich (F5000) 5-litre Lola T142 [SL142/21] - Chevrolet V8 1.24.34
4 Tony Adamowicz (F5000) 5-litre Eagle Mk 5 [510] - Chevrolet V8 1.24.83
5 George Wintersteen (F5000) 5-litre Lola T142 - Chevrolet V8 1.25.01
6 Pete Lovely (F1) 3-litre Lotus 49B [R11] - Cosworth DFV V8 1.25.53
7 Bud Morley (F5000) 5-litre Lola T142 - Chevrolet V8 1.25.63
8 Stew McMillen (F5000) 5-litre Eisert 69 - Chevrolet V8 1.25.66
9 Bobby Brown (F5000) 5-litre Eagle Mk 5 [508] - Chevrolet V8 1.25.73
10 Dick Simon (F5000) 5-litre Lola T142 - Chevrolet V8 1.26.09
11 Mike Hiss (F5000) 5-litre Lola T140 [SL140/5] - Chevrolet V8 1.26.65
12 Lothar Motschenbacher (F5000) 5-litre McLaren M10A [300-05] - Chevrolet V8 1.26.89
13 George Eaton (F5000) 5-litre McLaren M10A - Chevrolet V8 1.27.04
14 Pierre Phillips (F5000) 5-litre Lola T140 [SL140/10] - Chevrolet V8 1.27.15
15 John Mahler (F5000) 5-litre Lola T140 [SL140/8] - Chevrolet V8 1.27.43
16 Chuck Trowbridge (F5000) 5-litre McKee Mk 12 - Chevrolet V8 1.27.90
17 Rich Galloway (F5000) 5-litre Lola T142 - Chevrolet V8 1.28.81
18 Horst Kwech (FA) 2.7-litre Chevron [B10 F2.1?] - Alfa Romeo V8 1.29.31
19 Lyle Forsgren (F5000) 5-litre Forsgrini Mk 11 - Chevrolet V8 1.33.86
20 Bill Moore (F5000) 5-litre Lola - Chevrolet V8 1.46.61
21 Jack Eiteljorg (F5000) 5-litre Lola T140 - Chevrolet V8 1.31.31

Notes on the cars:

  1. Chevron [B10 F2.1?] (Horst Kwech): Frank Lythgoe ran Chevron's first F2 car, the B10 chassis F2.1, at five early season races but the car was then dropped, re-emerging briefly when Frank Williams entered it for American Samuel Brown at Enna-Pergusa on 25 August (Speed World International 7 Sep 1968 p27). Brown crashed in practice and broke an upright, a spare part that Williams hadn't packed. The car was not seen again but is likely to have headed to the US for Formula B.

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.