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ECAR Formula Atlantic Championship Round

Road Atlanta, 12 Oct 1986

ResultsLapsTime/Speed
1 Calvin Fish Ralt RT4/86 [641] - Ford BDD
#49 Quaker State/Fiore/Mariani 		30 51m 42.352s
87.72 mph
2 Scott Goodyear Ralt RT4/86 [85-575] - Ford BDD
#14 E-Z Wider Racing/Tricon Racing/Tom Mitchell Racing
 		30 51m 46.142s
3 Steve Shelton Ralt RT4/85 [589] - Ford BDD
#2 Agip/Justin Entertainment 		30
4 John Timken Ralt RT4/84 [508] - Ford BDD
#94 Stuart Moore Racing 		30
5 Peter Greenfield Ralt RT4/82 [334] - Ford BDD
#41 Greenfield Industries 		30
6 John Lloyd Ralt RT4/86 [595] - Ford BDD
#7 Comprep 		30
7 Chris Clark Ralt RT4/86 [600] - Ford BDD
#5 Clark Development & Village Properties
30
8 James Oppermann Ralt RT4/83 [404] - Ford BDD
#3 Ja-Opp Racing 		30
9 Paul Dallenbach Ralt RT4/83 [355] - Ford BDD
#98 Red Roof Inns/Lubest 		30
10 Cliff Ebben March 81A - Ford BDD
#11 Ebben's Auto Repair 		30
11 Russell Newman Ralt RT4/86 [651] - Ford BDD Willis
#51 FCL Graphics/Makita Tools/First Travel Card
 		29
12 Tommy Grunnah Ralt RT4/86 [599] - Ford BDD Willis
#50 California Cooler/Makita Tools/FCL Graphics
 		29
13 Jeremy Hill Ralt RT4/83 - Ford BDD
Len McNeely 		29
14 R Peter Gates March 81A - Ford BDD
#4 		29
15 Al Mitchell Ralt RT4/86 - Ford BDD
#15 E-Z Wider Racing/Tricon Racing/Tom Mitchell Racing
 		28
16 Bill Gillespie Ralt RT4/86 [85-512] - Ford BDD
#39 Duration Lifetime Engine Treatment
 		26 CV joint
17 Michael Greenfield Ralt RT4/85 [584] - Ford BDD
#42 Greenfield Industries 		15 Gearbox
18 Joe Ostrowski Chevron B39 [39-77-08] - Ford BDD
#72 Video Scouting Services (see note 1) 		12 Mechanical
19 Robert Kaneda Ralt RT4/82 [339] - Ford BDD
#37 Central Penn Fitness Center
 		12 Mechanical
20 Charles Batka Ralt RT4/85 [582] - Ford BDD
#80 Visible Motion 		4 Accident
21 James Allan Michelet March 78B - Ford BDD
#87 Flambeau Cars/Spirit of New Orleans
 		4 Accident
22 Michael Campanelli Ralt RT4/81 - Ford BDD
#20 Cavallino Automobili 		1 Accident
DNS Bernie Kyler March 80A - Ford BDD
#34 		Did not start
(Engine)

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

Qualifying
1 Scott Goodyear (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/86 [85-575] - Ford BDD 1.19.513
2 Steve Shelton (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/85 [589] - Ford BDD 1.19.612
3 Michael Greenfield (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/85 [584] - Ford BDD 1.19.637
4 Calvin Fish (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/86 [641] - Ford BDD 1.19.788
5 John Lloyd (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/86 [595] - Ford BDD 1.20.041
6 Al Mitchell (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/86 - Ford BDD 1.20.868
7 Peter Greenfield (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/82 [334] - Ford BDD 1.20.897
8 Tommy Grunnah (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/86 [599] - Ford BDD Willis 1.20.955
9 John Timken (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/84 [508] - Ford BDD 1.21.355
10 James Oppermann (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/83 [404] - Ford BDD 1.21.495
11 Chris Clark (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/86 [600] - Ford BDD 1.21.719
12 Paul Dallenbach (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/83 [355] - Ford BDD 1.21.722
13 Charles Batka (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/85 [582] - Ford BDD 1.22.184
14 Russell Newman (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/86 [651] - Ford BDD Willis 1.22.239
15 Cliff Ebben (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 81A - Ford BDD 1.22.341
16 Jeremy Hill (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/83 - Ford BDD 1.23.311
17 R Peter Gates (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 81A - Ford BDD 1.23.896
18 Bill Gillespie (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/86 [85-512] - Ford BDD 1.24.230
19 Joe Ostrowski (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Chevron B39 [39-77-08] - Ford BDD 1.27.572
20 Robert Kaneda (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/82 [339] - Ford BDD 1.27.605
21 James Allan Michelet (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 78B - Ford BDD 1.31.268
22 Bernie Kyler * (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 80A - Ford BDD 1.31.861
23 Michael Campanelli (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/81 - Ford BDD 1.36.103
 
* Did not start

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.