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Robert Bosch/VW Super Vee Championship Round

Minnesota State Fair, 24 Aug 1980

ResultsLapsTime/Speed
1 Peter Kuhn Ralt RT5/80 [182] - VW 4
#89 Driftwood Racing 		125 46m 13.57s
81.123 mph
2 Josele Garza Ralt RT5/80 [194] - VW 4
#11 Psachie Racing 		125
3 Billy Scyphers Ralt RT5/80 [173] - VW 4
#17 		125
4 Bob Cicconi March 80V - VW Bertils 4
#77 Bertils Racing Engines 		125
5 Roger 'Kip' Penske Jr Ralt RT5/80 [171] - VW 4
#5 Psachie Racing 		123
6 Gary Pratt Protofab Riley - VW 4
#72 		123
7 Ed Pimm Ralt RT1/78 [107] - VW Schrick 4
#55 Red Roof Inns 		123
8 Dick Moody Ralt RT5/80 - VW 4
#23 Racing Realtors 		122
9 Jerrill Rice March 783 [26] - VW Brabham 4
#38 		118 1 lap penalty
10 Roger Rager March - VW 4
#45 Joseph Palms 		110 1 lap penalty
11 Patrick Bedard Ralt RT1/77 [70] - VW 4
#95 Essex Racing Service 		106
12 Steve Thomson Wheeler - VW 4
#65 		103
13 Dan Park Lola - VW 4
#48 WREP Industries 		76
14 Pete Halsmer Ralt RT1/79 [158] - VW 4
#4 Arciero Gibbs Racing 		73
15 John Kalagian March 80V [2] - VW Heidegger 4
#19 Kalagian Ardisana Racing 		72
16 John Schiesser Lola T324 - VW 4
#98 		61
17 Jan Slesinski March 773 - VW 4
#34 Kathleen Mason 		28
18 Dennis Firestone March 80V [5] - VW 4
#1 Wilbur Bunce Racing-Montgomery Ward Auto Club
 		15
DNS Ron Drew Lola T328 - VW 4
#70 		Did not start
DNS Richard Tallon Pheasant - VW 4
#39 		Did not start
DNS Mike Martz Lola - VW 4
#57 		Did not start
DNSC Dave McMillan Ralt RT1/76 [36] - VW 4
#3 (see note 1) 		Did not start (crashed)

All cars are 1.6-litre FSV unless noted.

Qualifying
1 Dick Moody (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/80 - VW 4
2 Ed Pimm (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT1/78 [107] - VW Schrick 4
3 Peter Kuhn (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/80 [182] - VW 4
4 Dennis Firestone (FSV) 1.6-litre March 80V [5] - VW 4
5 Pete Halsmer (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT1/79 [158] - VW 4
6 Josele Garza (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/80 [194] - VW 4
7 Jerrill Rice (FSV) 1.6-litre March 783 [26] - VW Brabham 4
8 Dan Park (FSV) 1.6-litre Lola - VW 4
9 Roger 'Kip' Penske Jr (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/80 [171] - VW 4
10 Gary Pratt (FSV) 1.6-litre Protofab Riley - VW 4
11 Patrick Bedard (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT1/77 [70] - VW 4
12 Roger Rager (FSV) 1.6-litre March - VW 4
13 Bob Cicconi (FSV) 1.6-litre March 80V - VW Bertils 4
14 Jan Slesinski (FSV) 1.6-litre March 773 - VW 4
15 John Kalagian (FSV) 1.6-litre March 80V [2] - VW Heidegger 4
16 Steve Thomson (FSV) 1.6-litre Wheeler - VW 4
17 John Schiesser (FSV) 1.6-litre Lola T324 - VW 4
18 Billy Scyphers (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/80 [173] - VW 4

Notes on the cars:

  1. Ralt RT1/76 [36] (Dave McMillan): To Cavanaugh Racing and run for Kevin Cogan in two late-season 1976 Canadian Formula Atlantic races. Sold to David McMillan and raced in the 1976/77 New Zealand Gold Star season, and in the January 1977 New Zealand International Formula Pacific series. Taken back to Canada for McMillan to race in two Canadian series races in 1977, then back to New Zealand for the 1977/78 Gold Star series and the January 1978 International series. Retained by McMillan for the 1978/79 and 1979/80 seasons, while also used in a handful of North American races in 1979 and 1980. Rebuilt as a Formula Super Vee for McMillan in 1980. McMillan moved to Ray Lipper’s Centreline Wheels team in 1981 and the old RT1 was raced by Lipper that season. CT

Sources

Note that 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' published results.

Despite its success, FSV attracted little coverage and establishing complete race results is proving difficult. The SCCA's Sports Car magazine, On Track and Racecar have proved the most useful sources for the US series. Information on the European series would be most welcome.

All comments, clarifications, corrections and additions are most welcome. Please email Allen (allen@oldracingcars.com) if you can help in any way with our research.

Individual sources for this event

Autosport 4 Sep 1980 p53.