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ECAR Formula Atlantic Championship Round

Lime Rock, 16 Aug 1986

ResultsLapsTime/Speed
1 Calvin Fish Ralt RT4/86 [641] - Ford BDD
#49 Dennis Eade Competition/Fiores
 		65 54m 26.623s
109.599 mph
2 Paul Dallenbach Ralt RT4/83 [355] - Ford BDD
#98 Olney Richland Co. 		65 54m 34.424s
3 Peter Greenfield Ralt RT4/82 [334] - Ford BDD
#41 Greenfield Industries 		64
4 John Timken Ralt RT4/84 [508] - Ford BDD
#94 Stuart Moore Racing 		64
5 Chris Clark Ralt RT4/86 [600] - Ford BDD
#5 Chris Clark Racing/Clark Devt
 		64
6 Eric Lang Ralt RT4/81 [227] - Ford BDD
#25 Success Magazine 		64
7 Al Mitchell Ralt RT4/86 - Ford BDD
#15 Tom Mitchell/E-Z Wider 		64
8 Paul Nachtwey Ralt RT4/82 [339] - Ford BDD
#21 Cars Corp 		63
9 Russell Newman Ralt RT4/86 [651] - Ford BDD Willis
#51 California Cooler/Makita 		62
10 Scott Goodyear Ralt RT4/86 [85-575] - Ford BDD
#14 Tom Mitchell/E-Z Wider 		62
11 Tommy Grunnah Ralt RT4/86 [599] - Ford BDD Willis
#50 California Cooler/Makita 		61
12 James Oppermann Ralt RT4/83 [404] - Ford BDD
#3 Ja-Opp Racing 		59
13 Louis Baldwin March 81A [2] - Ford BDD
#6 		59
14 R Peter Gates March 81A - Ford BDD
#4 		55
15 Steve Shelton Ralt RT4/85 [589] - Ford BDD
#2 Agip/Justin Entertainment 		44 Ignition
16 Joe Ostrowski Chevron B39 [39-77-08] - Ford BDD
#72 Video Scouting Service (see note 1) 		43 Engine
17 John Lloyd Ralt RT4/86 [595] - Ford BDD
#7 Bigman Pictures/OverPlus 		41 Flat tyre
18 J. Gregory Knittel March 78B [20] - Ford BDD
#33 		38 Not running
19 Oran Bushey Ralt RT4/82 - Ford BDD
#12 		36 Not running
20 Kenneth Smith March 78B - Ford BDD
#31 Samm Sound Car Stereo Equipment
 		19 Not running
21 Michael Greenfield Ralt RT4/85 [584] - Ford BDD
#40 Greenfield Industries 		18 Engine
22 Frank Shober March 812 [802-19] - Ford BDD
#13 		13
DNA Bernie Kyler March 80A - Ford BDD
#34 Chase/Lincoln First 		Did not arrive
DNA Jim O'Brien Lola T360 - Ford BDD
#36 O'Brien Nissan 		Did not arrive
DNA Robert Kaneda Ralt RT4/81 - Ford BDD
#37 Central Penn Fitness Center
 		Did not arrive

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

Qualifying
1 Michael Greenfield (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/85 [584] - Ford BDD 0.47.866
2 Calvin Fish (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/86 [641] - Ford BDD 0.48.131
3 Scott Goodyear (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/86 [85-575] - Ford BDD 0.48.258
4 Steve Shelton (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/85 [589] - Ford BDD 0.48.363
5 Peter Greenfield (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/82 [334] - Ford BDD 0.48.491
6 John Lloyd (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/86 [595] - Ford BDD 0.48.549
7 Chris Clark (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/86 [600] - Ford BDD 0.48.816
8 Russell Newman (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/86 [651] - Ford BDD Willis 0.49.137
9 Paul Dallenbach (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/83 [355] - Ford BDD 0.49.212
10 John Timken (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/84 [508] - Ford BDD 0.49.294
11 Al Mitchell (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/86 - Ford BDD 0.49.376
12 James Oppermann (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/83 [404] - Ford BDD 0.49.530
13 Paul Nachtwey (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/82 [339] - Ford BDD 0.49.951
14 Tommy Grunnah (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/86 [599] - Ford BDD Willis 0.50.346
15 Kenneth Smith (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 78B - Ford BDD 0.51.615
16 Frank Shober (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 812 [802-19] - Ford BDD 0.52.331
17 R Peter Gates (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 81A - Ford BDD 0.52.928
18 Joe Ostrowski (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Chevron B39 [39-77-08] - Ford BDD 0.53.576
19 Louis Baldwin (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 81A [2] - Ford BDD 0.54.189
20 J. Gregory Knittel (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 78B [20] - Ford BDD 0.54.345
21 Eric Lang (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/81 [227] - Ford BDD 1.25.882
22 Oran Bushey (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/82 - Ford BDD 1.59.442

Notes on the cars:

  1. Chevron B39 [39-77-08] (Joe Ostrowski): New to Fred Opert Racing and used in the Labatts Formula Atlantic Championship. One of two cars run by the team for Keke Rosberg, this one having narrower track, but Rosberg used a B34 at four races that season and exactly how he used this B39 remains uncertain. Retained by Fred Opert Racing for the 1978 New Zealand series, where it was Rosberg's main race car as he easily won the championship. Then believed to be the car raced by Divina Galica at Long Beach in early 1978. It was sold to Dean Lundgreen (Franklin, MN) later in 1978 and raced in SCCA Nationals, scoring 13 points that season. He scored 15 points in 1979, and continued to race the car in 1980 and 1981. Advertised by Lundgreen in April 1982 and February 1983 as "Rosberg's Tasman winner". Sold to Mike Rand (Amherst, Massachusetts) later in 1983, then sold on to Joe Ostrowski (Trenton, NJ) who raced it from 1984 to 1986 at least. The car remained in Ostrowski's garage until 2004, when he sold it to Mark Wehrman. It was then sold to Lee Brahin (Philadelphia, PA) in 2006 and raced by him in red bodywork with non-standard sidepods in 2008 and 2009. Then to Martin Lauber (Tiburon, CA) in August 2011 and raced by him in pink Excita livery (but still with the same distinctive sidepods) from 2012 to 2019. It was sold to Laurent Parmentier (Los Angeles, CA) in January 2020, and raced by him in 2020 and 2021.

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.