Robert Bosch/VW Super Vee Championship Round
Riverside, 4 Oct 1981
| Results | Laps | Time/Speed | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bob Earl | Ralt RT5/81 [231] - VW Brabham 4 #16 Galles Chevrolet |
24 | 32m 12.921s 113.846 mph |
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| 2 | Pete Halsmer | Ralt RT5/80 [201] - VW Brabham 4 #14 Arciero Racing |
24 | 32m 16.652s |
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| 3 | Arie Luyendijk | March 81BE - VW Schrick 4 #0 Championship Racing Stables |
24 | ||||||
| 4 | Fred Phillips | Ralt RT5/81 [251] - VW Brabham 4 #48 Elite Racing |
24 | ||||||
| 5 | Mike Rosen | Ralt RT5/81 [239] - VW Brabham 4 #55 E-Z Wider/Lane Sports |
24 | ||||||
| 6 | Greg Atwell | Ralt RT5/80 - VW Brabham 4 #45 Sanders Racing |
24 | ||||||
| 7 | John Kalagian | Ralt RT5/80 - VW Heidegger 4 #19 |
24 | ||||||
| 8 | Jerrill Rice | March 78V [783-26] - VW Brabham 4 #28 |
24 | ||||||
| 9 | Stuart Moore | Ralt RT5/81 [229] - VW Bertils 4 #77 Bertils Racing Engines |
24 | ||||||
| 10 | Jerry Knapp | Ralt RT5/81 [240] - VW Brabham 4 #49 Elite Racing |
24 | ||||||
| 11 | Bob Schader | Autoresearch - VW 4 #6 Aspen Oil |
24 | ||||||
| 12 | Larry Skipsey | Ralt RT5/81 [241] - VW Brabham 4 #23 |
23 | ||||||
| 13 | Richard Johnson | Argo JM4 - VW 4 #83 Johnson Engineering |
22 | ||||||
| 14 | Stu Hayner | Lola T620 - VW 4 #50 |
22 | ||||||
| 15 | Ray Lipper | Ralt RT1/76 [36] - VW 4 #20 Centerline Wheels (see note 1) |
21 | ||||||
| 16 | Al Unser Jr | Ralt RT5/81 [242] - VW Brabham 4 #5 Galles Chevrolet |
14 | Engine | |||||
| 17 | Bobby Unser Jr | Ralt RT5/80 - VW Brabham 4 #11 Pizza Hut Racing [Galles] |
13 | Suspension | |||||
| 18 | Michael Andretti | Ralt RT5/81 [243] - VW Brabham 4 #40 STP [JLP Racing] |
13 | Overheating | |||||
| 19 | Jim Harvey | March 79V - VW 4 #58 Harvey Racing |
13 | Electrics | |||||
| 20 | Pete Pittman | Pittman - VW 4 #24 |
8 | Overheating | |||||
| 21 | Dave Dickerson | Ralt RT5/80 [182] - VW Schrick 4 #7 Excalibur Oil [Bill Scott Racing] |
5 | Engine fire | |||||
| 22 | Anthony Faso | Lola T320 - VW 4 #43 Independent |
Not known | ||||||
| 23 | John Paul Jr | Ralt RT5/81 [230] - VW Brabham 4 #18 JLP Racing |
2 | Puncture-Accident | |||||
| 24 | Bruno Beilcke | March 78V - VW 4 #26 |
2 | Suspension | |||||
| DNS | Dave McMillan | Autoresearch - VW Brabham 4 #47 Centerline Wheels |
Did not start (Engine) |
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| DNS | Rick Ragone | Ralt RT1 - VW Brabham 4 #70 Phoenix Infernal |
Did not start | ||||||
| DNA | Jim Hickman | Ralt RT5 - VW 4 #1 Hickman Datsun [BSR] |
Did not arrive | ||||||
| DNA | Mike Miller | March 81BE - VW Schrick 4 #2 Championship Racing Stables |
Did not arrive | ||||||
| DNA | Rick Bussell | Ralt RT5/80 - VW Brabham 4 #10 |
Did not arrive | ||||||
| DNA | Tommy Smith | Lola T620 - VW 4 #29 K&K Company |
Did not arrive | ||||||
| DNA | Bob Ward | Zink Z14 - VW 4 #30 K&K Company |
Did not arrive | ||||||
| DNA | Michael Keyes | Ralt RT1 - VW Brabham 4 #75 Merrill Lynch |
Did not arrive | ||||||
| DNA | Peter Moodie | March 81BE - VW Schrick 4 Championship Racing Stables |
Did not arrive | ||||||
All cars are 1.6-litre FSV unless noted.
| Qualifying | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bob Earl | (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/81 [231] - VW Brabham 4 | 1m 18.932s | ||
| 2 | Pete Halsmer | (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/80 [201] - VW Brabham 4 | 1m 19.141s | ||
| 3 | Al Unser Jr | (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/81 [242] - VW Brabham 4 | 1m 19.728s | ||
| 4 | John Paul Jr | (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/81 [230] - VW Brabham 4 | 1m 20.099s | ||
| 5 | Arie Luyendijk | (FSV) 1.6-litre March 81BE - VW Schrick 4 | 1m 20.431s | ||
| 6 | Michael Andretti | (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/81 [243] - VW Brabham 4 | 1m 20.746s | ||
| 7 | Mike Rosen | (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/81 [239] - VW Brabham 4 | 1m 20.491s | ||
| 8 | Stuart Moore | (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/81 [229] - VW Bertils 4 | 1m 20.608s | ||
| 9 | Larry Skipsey | (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/81 [241] - VW Brabham 4 | 1m 20.810s | ||
| 10 | Fred Phillips | (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/81 [251] - VW Brabham 4 | 1m 20.811s | ||
| 11 | John Kalagian | (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/80 - VW Heidegger 4 | 1m 21.089s | ||
| 12 | Bobby Unser Jr | (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/80 - VW Brabham 4 | 1m 21.138s | ||
| 13 | Greg Atwell | (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/80 - VW Brabham 4 | 1m 21.422s | ||
| 14 | Dave McMillan * | (FSV) 1.6-litre Autoresearch - VW Brabham 4 | 1m 21.864s | ||
| 16 | Jerrill Rice | (FSV) 1.6-litre March 78V [783-26] - VW Brabham 4 | 1m 22.162s | ||
| 17 | Dave Dickerson | (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/80 [182] - VW Schrick 4 | 1m 22.248s | ||
| 18 | Bob Schader | (FSV) 1.6-litre Autoresearch - VW 4 | 1m 22.328s | ||
| 19 | Jerry Knapp | (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/81 [240] - VW Brabham 4 | 1m 22.368s | ||
| 21 | Ray Lipper | (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT1/76 [36] - VW 4 | 1m 24.755s | ||
| 22 | Bruno Beilcke | (FSV) 1.6-litre March 78V - VW 4 | 1m 24.969s | ||
| 23 | Jim Harvey | (FSV) 1.6-litre March 79V - VW 4 | 1m 24.978s | ||
| 24 | Pete Pittman | (FSV) 1.6-litre Pittman - VW 4 | 1m 26.900s | ||
| 25 | Richard Johnson | (FSV) 1.6-litre Argo JM4 - VW 4 | 1m 26.909s | ||
| 28 | Stu Hayner | (FSV) 1.6-litre Lola T620 - VW 4 | 1m 29.905s | ||
| 29 | Rick Ragone * | (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT1 - VW Brabham 4 | 1m 39.649s | ||
| 31 | Anthony Faso | (FSV) 1.6-litre Lola T320 - VW 4 | no time | ||
| * Did not start | |||||
Notes on the cars:
- Ralt RT1/76 [36] (Ray Lipper): 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
Chris Townsend's sources include On Track 15 Oct 1981 pp14-15 and the race programme (provided by Bob Micheletti).