Road Race of Champions (FB class)
Road Atlanta, 3 Nov 1973
| Results | Laps | Time/Speed | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ken Duclos | Brabham BT40 [17] - Ford twin cam Trojan Saber |
21 | 30m 23.6s 104.64 mph |
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| 2 | Tom Klausler | Brabham BT38 [26?] - Ford twin cam Hart |
21 | 30m 30.4s |
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| 3 | Bill O'Connor | Brabham BT38 [15?] - Ford twin cam Hart Traylor Engineering |
21 | ||||||
| 4 | Seb Barone | March 722 - Ford twin cam |
21 | ||||||
| 5 | James King | March 73B [10] - Ford twin cam Leighton Buzzard |
21 | ||||||
| 6 | Mike Hall | Brabham BT40 - Ford twin cam Hart (see note 1) |
21 | ||||||
| 7 | Frank Del Vecchio | March 73B - Ford twin cam Environmental Lubricants |
20 | ||||||
| 8 | Chuck Dietrich | Brabham BT40 [18] - Ford twin cam Hart Dietrich Motors |
20 | ||||||
| 9 | Olney "Bill" Mairs | Brabham BT40 [30] - Ford twin cam Mairs Racing |
19 | ||||||
| 10 | William Brown | Brabham BT29 - Ford twin cam Brown Racing |
19 | ||||||
| 11 | Porter Brownlee | Merlyn Mk 21 [394.FB.4] - Ford twin cam B&B Inc. |
19 | ||||||
| 12 | Jim Grob | Chevron B20 [71-1] - Ford twin cam Jim Grob Racing |
16 | ||||||
| 13 | John Angus | Brabham BT29 [1] - Ford twin cam (see note 2) |
15 | ||||||
| R | Tom Pumpelly | Elden PH10 - Ford twin cam NTW Inc. |
19 | ||||||
| R | Byron Hatten | March 722 [16b] - Ford twin cam |
18 | ||||||
| R | Bill Middleton | Brabham BT38B [15] - Ford twin cam Connor Enterprises |
12 | ||||||
| R | Carl McIntyre | Lola T240 - Ford twin cam |
7 | ||||||
| R | Terry Allard | Brabham BT35 - Ford twin cam Terry Allard Racing |
4 | ||||||
| DNS | Bob Lillquist | Lola T240 - Ford twin cam American Neon Corp |
Did not start | ||||||
| DNS | Jon Milledge | Brabham BT40 - Ford twin cam M&S Racing Developments |
Did not start | ||||||
All cars are 1.6-litre FB unless noted.
| Qualifying | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom Klausler | (FB) 1.6-litre Brabham BT38 [26?] - Ford twin cam Hart | 1m 25.84s | |||
| 2 | Bill O'Connor | (FB) 1.6-litre Brabham BT38 [15?] - Ford twin cam Hart | 1m 25.97s | |||
| 3 | Ken Duclos | (FB) 1.6-litre Brabham BT40 [17] - Ford twin cam | ||||
| 4 | John Angus | (FB) 1.6-litre Brabham BT29 [1] - Ford twin cam | ||||
| 5 | Seb Barone | (FB) 1.6-litre March 722 - Ford twin cam | ||||
| 6 | Tom Pumpelly | (FB) 1.6-litre Elden PH10 - Ford twin cam | ||||
| 7 | James King | (FB) 1.6-litre March 73B [10] - Ford twin cam | ||||
| 8 | Frank Del Vecchio | (FB) 1.6-litre March 73B - Ford twin cam | ||||
| 9 | Jim Grob | (FB) 1.6-litre Chevron B20 [71-1] - Ford twin cam | ||||
| 10 | Bill Middleton | (FB) 1.6-litre Brabham BT38B [15] - Ford twin cam | ||||
| 11 | Mike Hall | (FB) 1.6-litre Brabham BT40 - Ford twin cam Hart | ||||
| 12 | Chuck Dietrich | (FB) 1.6-litre Brabham BT40 [18] - Ford twin cam Hart | ||||
| 13 | Terry Allard | (FB) 1.6-litre Brabham BT35 - Ford twin cam | ||||
| 14 | Byron Hatten | (FB) 1.6-litre March 722 [16b] - Ford twin cam | ||||
| 15 | Olney "Bill" Mairs | (FB) 1.6-litre Brabham BT40 [30] - Ford twin cam | ||||
| 16 | William Brown | (FB) 1.6-litre Brabham BT29 - Ford twin cam | ||||
| 17 | Carl McIntyre | (FB) 1.6-litre Lola T240 - Ford twin cam | ||||
| 18 | Porter Brownlee | (FB) 1.6-litre Merlyn Mk 21 [394.FB.4] - Ford twin cam | no time | |||
Notes on the cars:
- Brabham BT40 (Mike Hall): Mike Hall (Twin Lakes, WI) raced a brand new Brabham BT40 at the Road Race of Champions at Road Atlantic 25 Nov 1972, the first BT40 to race. Although this car may have been on loan from Fred Opert, it is assumed here that it was the same car he then raced in Formula B and Fomrula Atlantic in 1973 and 1974. He replaced it with a Lola T360 for 1975 and is believed to be the car then raced by John Elder (Rosemount, Minnesota) in SCCA Nationals in 1975. Hall had modified his car with a wide nose and a higher and fuller tail, and Elder's car showed the same modifications.
- Brabham BT29 [1] (John Angus): John Angus bought the first BT29, ordering the car as early as late summer of 1968 but taking delivery in August 1969. He ran it in Regionals in late 1969 before participating in the Pro series in 1970. He swapped from a Vegantune to a Racing Services engine for 1971 and continued in Nationals. Angus continued with the car in 1972, when Ron Dykes also drove it in the Bogotá races and again in 1973, when the car continued to be competitive at National level.
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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