Robert Bosch/VW Super Vee Championship Round
Phoenix International Raceway, 31 Oct 1981
| Results | Laps | Time/Speed | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pete Halsmer | Ralt RT5/80 [201] - VW Brabham 4 #14 Arciero Racing |
60 | 41m 00.00s 87.805 mph |
| 2 | Al Unser Jr | Ralt RT5/81 [242] - VW Brabham 4 #5 Galles Chevrolet |
60 | 41m 01.00s |
| 3 | Bob Cicconi | Ralt RT5/81 [229] - VW Bertils 4 #77 Bertils Racing Engines |
60 | |
| 4 | Dave McMillan | Autoresearch - VW Brabham 4 #47 Centerline Racing |
60 | |
| 5 | John Kalagian | Ralt RT5/80 - VW Heidegger 4 #19 Kalgian Ardisana Racing |
60 | |
| 6 | Jerry Knapp | Ralt RT5/81 [240] - VW Brabham 4 #49 Elite Racing |
60 | |
| 7 | Greg Atwell | Ralt RT5/80 - VW Brabham 4 #45 Charlie Sanders Racing |
60 | |
| 8 | Larry Skipsey | Ralt RT5/81 [241] - VW Brabham 4 #23 Skipsey Racing |
60 | |
| 9 | Stan Fox | Autoresearch - VW Brabham 4 #59 Pabst |
59 | |
| 10 | Jim Harvey | March 79V - VW 4 #58 Jim Harvey Racing |
58 | |
| 11 | John Paul Jr | Ralt RT5/81 [230] - VW Brabham 4 #1 JLP Racing |
58 | |
| 12 | Ray Lipper | Ralt RT1/76 [36] - VW Bertils 4 #20 Centerline Racing (see note 1) |
58 | |
| 13 | Richard Johnson | Argo JM4 - VW 4 #83 |
56 | |
| 14 | Roger 'Kip' Penske Jr | Ralt RT5/81 [257] - VW Brabham 4 #9 Patrick Petroleum |
53 | Accident |
| 15 | Pete Pittman | Ralt RT1 - VW 4 #24 |
38 | Clutch |
| 16 | Michael Andretti | Ralt RT5/81 [243] - VW Brabham 4 #40 JLP Racing-STP |
36 | Accident |
| 17 | Bobby Unser Jr | Ralt RT5/80 - VW Brabham 4 #11 Galles Chevrolet |
36 | Engine |
| 18 | Roy Kischell | Lola T620 - VW 4 #30 Don Kischell Racing |
31 | Engine |
| 19 | Dave Dickerson | Ralt RT5/80 [182] - VW Schrick 4 #7 Bill Scott Racing |
23 | Engine |
| 20 | Bob Ward | Ralt RT1 - VW 4 #29 Don Kischell Racing |
22 | Engine |
| 21 | Fred Phillips | Ralt RT5/81 [251] - VW Brabham 4 #48 Elite Racing |
9 | Accident |
| 22 | Mike Rosen | Ralt RT5/81 [239] - VW Brabham 4 #55 E-Z Wider/Lane Sports |
8 | Accident |
| 23 | Arie Luyendijk | March 80BE - VW Schrick 4 #0 Championship Racing Stables |
8 | Accident |
| 24 | Larry Pestorich | Lola T328 - VW 4 #98 |
1 | Engine |
All cars are 1.6-litre FSV unless noted.
| Qualifying | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Al Unser Jr | (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/81 [242] - VW Brabham 4 | 27.743s | ||
| 2 | Pete Halsmer | (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/80 [201] - VW Brabham 4 | 27.822s | ||
| 3 | Bob Cicconi | (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/81 [229] - VW Bertils 4 | 27.985s | ||
| 4 | Dave McMillan | (FSV) 1.6-litre Autoresearch - VW Brabham 4 | 28.004s | ||
| 5 | Roger 'Kip' Penske Jr | (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/81 [257] - VW Brabham 4 | 28.085s | ||
| 6 | Michael Andretti | (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/81 [243] - VW Brabham 4 | 28.112s | ||
| 7 | Stan Fox | (FSV) 1.6-litre Autoresearch - VW Brabham 4 | 28.166s | ||
| 8 | Dave Dickerson | (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/80 [182] - VW Schrick 4 | 28.238s | ||
| 9 | Mike Rosen | (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/81 [239] - VW Brabham 4 | 28.340s | ||
| 10 | Fred Phillips | (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/81 [251] - VW Brabham 4 | 28.408s | ||
| 11 | John Paul Jr | (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/81 [230] - VW Brabham 4 | 28.565s | ||
| 12 | Arie Luyendijk | (FSV) 1.6-litre March 80BE - VW Schrick 4 | 28.683s | ||
| 13 | Bobby Unser Jr | (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/80 - VW Brabham 4 | 28.899s | ||
| 14 | Jerry Knapp | (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/81 [240] - VW Brabham 4 | 29.011s | ||
| 15 | Larry Skipsey | (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/81 [241] - VW Brabham 4 | 29.153s | ||
| 16 | John Kalagian | (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/80 - VW Heidegger 4 | 29.290s | ||
| 17 | Greg Atwell | (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/80 - VW Brabham 4 | 29.444s | ||
| 18 | Jim Harvey | (FSV) 1.6-litre March 79V - VW 4 | 29.571s | ||
| 19 | Ray Lipper | (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT1/76 [36] - VW Bertils 4 | 30.109s | ||
| 20 | Pete Pittman | (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT1 - VW 4 | 30.831s | ||
| 21 | Richard Johnson | (FSV) 1.6-litre Argo JM4 - VW 4 | 31.687s | ||
| 22 | Roy Kischell | (FSV) 1.6-litre Lola T620 - VW 4 | 31.863s | ||
| 23 | Bob Ward | (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT1 - VW 4 | no time | ||
| 24 | Larry Pestorich | (FSV) 1.6-litre Lola T328 - VW 4 | no time | ||
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 general sources for this FSV season include SportsCar, On Track and Racecar. For this race, Bob Micheletti provided a copy of the race programme.