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Robert Bosch/VW Super Vee Championship Round

Detroit, 23 Jun 1985

ResultsLapsTime/Speed
1 Peter Pandur Ralt RT5/85 [RT3/84 468] - VW Bertils 4
#9
23 44m 14.72s
2 Davy Jones Ralt RT5/85 [545] - VW Bertils 4
#2 Garvin Brown
23 44m 23.347s
3 Cary Bren Ralt RT5/85 [536] - VW Brabham 4
#11 Ralt American
23
4 Ken Johnson Ralt RT5/84 [462] - VW Brabham 4
#1
23
5 Matt McBride Ralt RT5/85 [552] - VW Brabham 4
#12
23
6 Mike Groff Ralt RT5/85 [546] - VW Bertils 4
#14
23
7 David Diem Ralt RT5/84 - VW Bertils 4
#51 Colin Bennett Racing
22
8 Robert Stevens Ralt RT5/83 [424] - VW Brabham 4
#73
22
9 Jim Putnam Ralt RT5/83 [418] - VW Brabham 4
#46
22
10 Michael McHugh Anson SA4 - VW Brabham 4
#0
22
11 Hank Chapman Ralt RT5/83 - VW Brabham 4
#45
22
12 Paul Nachtwey Ralt RT5/83 - VW Brabham 4
#00
21
13 John Stephanus Ralt RT5/81 - VW Brabham 4
#21
20 Engine
14 Steve Thomson Ralt RT5/84 [439] - VW Bertils 4
#88
20 Engine
15 Richard Haskell Ralt RT5/82 [342] - VW Brabham 4
#76
20 Accident
16 Mike Jablo Ralt RT5/83 - VW Brabham 4
#91
20 Running
17 Peter Moodie Ralt RT5/84 [490] - VW Bertils 4
#4 Garvin Brown
18 Fuel pump
18 David Kudrave Ralt RT5/85 - VW Morris 4
#7 RPM Motorsport
17 Engine
19 Jerry Peterson Ralt RT5/83 - VW Brabham 4
#63
14 Engine
20 Tommy Byrne Anson SA6 - VW Brabham 4
#28
13 Accident
21 Gary Rubio Ralt RT5/85 [540] - VW Bertils 4
#26 Performance Motorsports
9 Engine
22 Dominic Dobson Ralt RT5/83 - VW Brabham 4
#22 Dave Conti
8 Brake line
23 Mike Hooper Ralt RT5/84 - VW Brabham 4
#50 Colin Bennett Racing
8 Overheating
24 Dave Pizak Ralt RT1 - VW Brabham 4
#48
7 Mechanical
25 Didier Theys Martini MK47 [001] - VW Bertils 4
#30
6 Overheating
26 Steve Bren Ralt RT5/85 [542] - VW Brabham 4
#5 Arciero Motorsport
5 Flywheel bolts
27 Richard DeLorto Ralt RT5/83 - VW Brabham 4
#81
3 Engine
28 Mike Miller Ralt RT5/85 [541] - VW Brabham 4
#25
2 Throttle cable
29 Jeff Andretti Ralt RT5/85 [535] - VW Brabham 4
#43 Ralt American
1 Accident
30 Jeff MacPherson Ralt RT5/84 [460 (84-350)] - VW Brabham 4
#3
1 Accident
31 Kim Campbell Anson SA6 - VW Schrick 4
#19
1 Accident
32 Kevin Whitesides Ralt RT5/84 - VW Morris 4
#47
0 Accident
33 Ted Prappas Ralt RT5/85 [548] - VW Morris 4
#98 RPM Motorsport
0 Accident

All cars are 1.6-litre FSV unless noted.

Qualifying
1 Davy Jones (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/85 [545] - VW Bertils 4 1m 56.228s
2 Tommy Byrne (FSV) 1.6-litre Anson SA6 - VW Brabham 4 1m 56.861s
3 Steve Bren (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/85 [542] - VW Brabham 4 1m 57.447s
4 Jeff Andretti (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/85 [535] - VW Brabham 4 1m 57.841s
5 Peter Moodie (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/84 [490] - VW Bertils 4 1m 58.104s
6 Ken Johnson (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/84 [462] - VW Brabham 4 1m 58.416s
7 Jeff MacPherson (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/84 [460 (84-350)] - VW Brabham 4 1m 58.463s
8 Peter Pandur (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/85 [RT3/84 468] - VW Bertils 4 1m 58.599s
9 Didier Theys (FSV) 1.6-litre Martini MK47 [001] - VW Bertils 4 1m 59.067s
10 Kim Campbell (FSV) 1.6-litre Anson SA6 - VW Schrick 4 1m 59.429s
11 John Stephanus (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/81 - VW Brabham 4 1m 59.607s
12 Cary Bren (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/85 [536] - VW Brabham 4 1m 59.610s
13 Mike Groff (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/85 [546] - VW Bertils 4 1m 59.618s
14 Dominic Dobson (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/83 - VW Brabham 4 1m 59.719s
15 Mike Miller (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/85 [541] - VW Brabham 4 2m 00.156s
16 Gary Rubio (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/85 [540] - VW Bertils 4 2m 00.340s
17 Mike Hooper (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/84 - VW Brabham 4 2m 00.426s
18 David Kudrave (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/85 - VW Morris 4 2m 00.620s
19 Kevin Whitesides (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/84 - VW Morris 4 2m 01.111s
20 Ted Prappas (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/85 [548] - VW Morris 4 2m 01.533s
21 Matt McBride (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/85 [552] - VW Brabham 4 2m 01.773s
22 Jerry Peterson (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/83 - VW Brabham 4 2m 02.435s
23 Steve Thomson (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/84 [439] - VW Bertils 4 2m 02.688s
24 Richard Haskell (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/82 [342] - VW Brabham 4 2m 03.414s
25 David Diem (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/84 - VW Bertils 4 2m 04.144s
26 Jim Putnam (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/83 [418] - VW Brabham 4 2m 04.385s
27 Robert Stevens (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/83 [424] - VW Brabham 4 2m 07.174s
28 Michael McHugh (FSV) 1.6-litre Anson SA4 - VW Brabham 4 2m 07.181s
29 Paul Nachtwey (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/83 - VW Brabham 4 2m 08.727s
30 Richard DeLorto (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/83 - VW Brabham 4 2m 09.885s
31 Hank Chapman (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/83 - VW Brabham 4 2m 09.897s
32 Dave Pizak (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT1 - VW Brabham 4 2m 11.963s
33 Mike Jablo (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/83 - VW Brabham 4 2m 13.312s

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.