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American Road Race of Champions (F/Atl class)

Road Atlanta, 21 Oct 1984

ResultsLapsTime/Speed
1 Michael Angus Ralt RT4 - Ford BDD
#42
18 25m 28.730s
106.8 mph
2 Riley Hopkins Ralt RT4/82 [318] - Ford BDD
18 25m 30.521s
3 Steve Shelton Ralt RT4/81 [253] - Ford BDD
#3
18
4 Joe Sposato Ralt RT4/82 [309] - Ford BDD
18
5 Chris Bender Ralt RT4/83 - Ford BDD
#7
18
6 Oran Bushey Ralt RT4 - Ford BDD
#12
18
7 Dan Carmichael Ralt RT4 - Ford BDD
18
8 Andy Falbo March 82A [4] - Ford BDD
#99
17
9 Bob Noll Ralt RT1 - Ford BDD
17
10 Jack Kopen March 78B - Ford BDD
17
11 Steve Overton Ralt RT4/82 [266] - Ford BDD
(see note 1)
6
12 Wayne Horst March 81A [2] - Ford BDD
6

All cars are 1.6-litre F/Atl unless noted.

Qualifying
1 Michael Angus (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4 - Ford BDD 1.19.586
2 Steve Shelton (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/81 [253] - Ford BDD 1.19.918
3 Riley Hopkins (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/82 [318] - Ford BDD 1.19.984
4 Oran Bushey (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4 - Ford BDD 1.20.970
5 Chris Bender (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/83 - Ford BDD 1.21.416
6 Joe Sposato (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/82 [309] - Ford BDD 1.21.446
7 Steve Overton (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/82 [266] - Ford BDD 1.23.520
8 Andy Falbo (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 82A [4] - Ford BDD 1.23.843
9 Dan Carmichael (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4 - Ford BDD 1.24.520
10 Bob Noll (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT1 - Ford BDD 1.26.482
11 Wayne Horst (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 81A [2] - Ford BDD 1.28.576
12 Jack Kopen (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 78B - Ford BDD 1.31.325

Notes on the cars:

  1. Ralt RT4/82 [266] (Steve Overton): New to Ralt American for Kevin Cogan to drive in the Canadian GP Formula Atlantic support race at Montréal in September 1981. He won the race. Then sold to Steve Overton (Belleville, IL) and raced in Midwest Division SCCA Nationals from 1982 to 1984. Also raced by Overton in the ECAR race at St Louis International Raceway in October 1985. 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.

North American Formula Atlantic race results have been compiled by Chris Townsend based on material in On Track and Sports Car, plus results sheets where available.

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 for these races include Autosport and On Track magazine.