ECAR Formula Atlantic Championship Round
St Petersburg, 8 Nov 1987
| Results | Laps | Time/Speed | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johnny O'Connell | Ralt RT4/86 [596] - Ford BDD Jennings #89 McNeill Motorsports |
30 | 42m 40.080s 84.372 mph |
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| 2 | Calvin Fish | Ralt RT4/87 [673] - Ford BDD Jennings #49 HFC/Fiore/Mariani/Comprep |
30 | 42m 47.062s |
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| 3 | James King | Ralt RT4/86 [595] - Ford BDD Jennings #27 Michelob |
30 | ||||||
| 4 | J O 'Jocko' Cunningham | Ralt RT4/86 [4.199.86] - Ford BDD Hasselgren Steve's Detailing/Phillips Motorsport |
30 | ||||||
| 5 | John Timken | Ralt RT4/86 [84-508] - Ford BDD Jennings #94 Stuart Moore Racing |
30 | ||||||
| 6 | Sandy Dells | Ralt RT4/83 [431] - Ford BDD Jennings #70 Loomis Properties Inc./Dells RA |
30 | ||||||
| 7 | Chris Bender | Ralt RT4/86 [594] - Ford BDD Jennings #7 Bender Warehouse Co/BWC Racing |
30 | ||||||
| 8 | Tom Shelton | Ralt RT4/86 [85-589] - Ford BDD Jennings #8 AGIP/Stuart Moore Racing |
30 | ||||||
| 9 | Roberto Quintanilla | BSR 2/87 - Ford BDD Shea #2 Rick Shea Racing |
30 | ||||||
| 10 | Robby Unser | Ralt RT4/86 [593] - Ford BDD Jennings #55 Team Tui |
30 | ||||||
| 11 | Steve Shelton | Swift DB4 [020-87] - Ford BDD Jennings #3 AGIP/Stuart Moore Racing |
30 | ||||||
| 12 | Joe Teresi | Ralt RT4/86 [656] - Ford BDD Robertson #19 Valvoline Oil/Teresi Racing |
29 | ||||||
| 13 | Jeremy Hill | Ralt RT4/83 - Ford BDD Robert Motors |
29 | ||||||
| 14 | Ulf Berggren | Ralt RT4/82 [340] - Ford BDD Jennings #24 Comprep/CEBE Racing |
29 | ||||||
| 15 | Glen Smith | Ralt RT4/87 [661] - Ford BDD Hasselgren Curry Auto Leasing/Phillips Motorsports |
29 | ||||||
| 16 | Pat Walter | Swift DB4 [026-87] - Ford BDD Loyning #30 Hall Racing/Bell Racestar |
29 | ||||||
| 17 | J. Gregory Knittel | March 78B [20] - Ford BDD Hasselgren #33 |
29 | ||||||
| 18 | James Oppermann | Ralt RT4/83 [404] - Ford BDD Oppermann #44 Ja-Opp Racing |
28 | ||||||
| 19 | Michael Campanelli | Ralt RT4/81 - Ford BDD Jersey Formula #40 Pro Sport Racing |
28 | ||||||
| 20 | Joe Tesone | Ralt RT4/86 [85-586] - Ford BDD #66 Tesone Enterprises/Southern Pines |
28 | ||||||
| 21 | Rick Capone | March 79B [78B-11] - Ford BDD #18 |
28 | ||||||
| 22 | Paul Tracy | Ralt RT4/86 - Ford BDD Jennings #10 Bapco/H.Promotions/S.R.S |
26 | Mechanical | |||||
| 23 | Chris Smith | Ralt RT4/86 - Ford BDD Jennings #74 Earl's Supply/FTB |
25 | Collision with S.Shelton | |||||
| 24 | Tom Calicchio | Ralt RT4/82 [334] - Ford BDD Ashplant #18 |
25 | Accident | |||||
| 25 | Thomas Knapp | Ralt RT4/87 [674] - Ford BDD Robertson #11 Stocker Racing |
20 | Accident | |||||
| 26 | Freddy Rhemrev | Swift DB4 [025-87] - Ford BDD Quicksilver #28 Hans Autodrome & Bimmer |
19 | Engine | |||||
| 27 | John Thompson | Ralt RT4/87 [672] - Ford BDD Jennings #22 Thompson Organization |
18 | Accident | |||||
| 28 | Glenn Cogan | Ralt RT4/86 - Ford BDD Jennings #21 |
17 | Clutch | |||||
| 29 | Scott Harrington | Ralt RT4/86 [599] - Ford BDD #20 H.Promotions/Sports Racing Services |
9 | Electrics | |||||
| 30 | Jorge Huerta | Ralt RT4/82 - Ford BDD #92 Eurotech Motorcar/Watson Ford Hyundai |
8 | Mechanical | |||||
| 31 | Bernard Jourdain | Swift DB4 [024-87] - Ford BDD #50 Cimarron |
7 | Accident | |||||
| 32 | Eric Lang | Ralt RT4/87 [667] - Ford BDD Robertson #35 Lang Racing |
3 | Gearbox | |||||
| 33 | Glenn Maerki | March 79B - Ford BDD Willis #90 |
3 | Engine | |||||
| 34 | Michael Greenfield | Ralt RT4/87 [670] - Ford BDD Jennings #42 Greenfield Industries/Pennzoil |
0 | Accident | |||||
| DNS | J. Kurt Roehrig | Ralt RT1/78 [106] - Ford BDD #4 Southern Transfer & Storage |
Did not start (Engine) |
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| DNS | Frank Shober | Ralt RT4/81 [80-178] - Ford BDD #13 Accurate/Western Capital/Adeptus Industries |
Did not start (Engine) |
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| DNS | Jeff Krosnoff | Ralt RT4/86 ["4.032.87"] - Ford BDD Jennings #39 |
Did not start (Accident) |
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| DNS | Dick Leppla | Chevron B39 [39-77-09?] - Ford BDD #61 Chevron Race Cars, USA Inc. (see note 1) |
Did not start | ||||||
| DNS | Russell Newman | Ralt RT4/86 [651] - Ford BDD #51 Pepsi Cola/Gargoyle Sunglasses |
Did not start | ||||||
| DNA | Tim Gaffney | March 832 [3] - Ford BDD #62 Eagle Capital |
Did not arrive | ||||||
| DNA | R K Smith | Swift DB4 [017-87] - Ford BDD #36 Uniglobe Travel Network |
Did not arrive | ||||||
| DNA | Kim Campbell | Ralt RT4/86 [85-575] - Ford BDD Jennings #1 Harkins & Co/Tricon Racing |
Did not arrive | ||||||
| DNA | Chris Clark | Ralt RT4/87 [668] - Ford BDD #5 Clark Development/Village Properties |
Did not arrive | ||||||
| DNA | Charles Batka | Ralt RT4/87 [660] - Ford BDD #6 Red Arrow Racing |
Did not arrive | ||||||
All cars are 1.6-litre F/Atl unless noted.
| Qualifying | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johnny O'Connell | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/86 [596] - Ford BDD Jennings | 1m 15.255s | ||
| 2 | Chris Smith | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/86 - Ford BDD Jennings | 1m 16.024s | ||
| 3 | Calvin Fish | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/87 [673] - Ford BDD Jennings | 1m 16.134s | ||
| 4 | James King | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/86 [595] - Ford BDD Jennings | 1m 16.463s | ||
| 5 | Steve Shelton | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Swift DB4 [020-87] - Ford BDD Jennings | 1m 16.463s | ||
| 6 | Michael Greenfield | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/87 [670] - Ford BDD Jennings | 1m 16.573s | ||
| 7 | Paul Tracy | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/86 - Ford BDD Jennings | 1m 16.628s | ||
| 8 | J O 'Jocko' Cunningham | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/86 [4.199.86] - Ford BDD Hasselgren | 1m 16.683s | ||
| 9 | Eric Lang | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/87 [667] - Ford BDD Robertson | 1m 16.738s | ||
| 10 | Scott Harrington | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/86 [599] - Ford BDD | 1m 16.848s | ||
| 11 | John Thompson | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/87 [672] - Ford BDD Jennings | 1m 17.232s | ||
| 12 | Bernard Jourdain | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Swift DB4 [024-87] - Ford BDD | 1m 17.782s | ||
| 13 | Thomas Knapp | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/87 [674] - Ford BDD Robertson | 1m 17.837s | ||
| 14 | Chris Bender | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/86 [594] - Ford BDD Jennings | 1m 18.056s | ||
| 15 | Tom Shelton | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/86 [85-589] - Ford BDD Jennings | 1m 18.221s | ||
| 16 | John Timken | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/86 [84-508] - Ford BDD Jennings | 1m 18.496s | ||
| 17 | Jeremy Hill | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/83 - Ford BDD | 1m 18.551s | ||
| 18 | Sandy Dells | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/83 [431] - Ford BDD Jennings | 1m 18.770s | ||
| 19 | Glenn Cogan | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/86 - Ford BDD Jennings | 1m 18.935s | ||
| 20 | Ulf Berggren | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/82 [340] - Ford BDD Jennings | 1m 19.210s | ||
| 21 | Roberto Quintanilla | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre BSR 2/87 - Ford BDD Shea | 1m 19.704s | ||
| 22 | Robby Unser | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/86 [593] - Ford BDD Jennings | 1m 20.143s | ||
| 23 | Joe Teresi | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/86 [656] - Ford BDD Robertson | 1m 20.418s | ||
| 24 | Pat Walter | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Swift DB4 [026-87] - Ford BDD Loyning | 1m 21.133s | ||
| 25 | Tom Calicchio | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/82 [334] - Ford BDD Ashplant | 1m 21.297s | ||
| 26 | Glen Smith | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/87 [661] - Ford BDD Hasselgren | 1m 21.902s | ||
| 27 | J. Gregory Knittel | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 78B [20] - Ford BDD Hasselgren | 1m 21.990s | ||
| 28 | Frank Shober * | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/81 [80-178] - Ford BDD | 1m 22.230s | ||
| 29 | J. Kurt Roehrig * | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT1/78 [106] - Ford BDD | 1m 22.396s | ||
| 30 | Freddy Rhemrev | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Swift DB4 [025-87] - Ford BDD Quicksilver | 1m 23.000s | ||
| 31 | Michael Campanelli | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/81 - Ford BDD Jersey Formula | 1m 24.978s | ||
| 32 | Joe Tesone | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/86 [85-586] - Ford BDD | 1m 26.350s | ||
| 33 | Rick Capone | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 79B [78B-11] - Ford BDD | 1m 26.515s | ||
| 34 | Jorge Huerta | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/82 - Ford BDD | 1m 27.779s | ||
| 35 | Glenn Maerki | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 79B - Ford BDD Willis | 1m 27.779s | ||
| 36 | Dick Leppla * | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Chevron B39 [39-77-09?] - Ford BDD | 1m 30.086s | ||
| 37 | James Oppermann | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/83 [404] - Ford BDD Oppermann | no time | ||
| 38 | Jeff Krosnoff * | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/86 ["4.032.87"] - Ford BDD Jennings | no time | ||
| 39 | Russell Newman * | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/86 [651] - Ford BDD | no time | ||
| * Did not start | |||||
Notes on the cars:
- Chevron B39 [39-77-09?] (Dick Leppla): New to Fred Opert Racing and raced in the Labatts Formula Atlantic Championship. One of two cars run by the team for Keke Rosberg, this one having wider track. Believed to have been new for Rosberg at Halifax in August. Then used by Didier Pironi at St-Félicien a week later after damaging his intended car in practice. Then raced by Jacques Laffite as the team's #1 entry at Trois-Rivières and Québec City. This may be the car raced by Page Roos in 1978. This may also be the car acquired by Dick Leppla and advertised by him in On Track magazine September 1982 as "ex Opert" and "chassis number B39-D9". It was retained by Leppla until 1987 at least. Subsequent history unknown, but a chassis "09" was advertised by Vintage Racing Services in Hemmings magazine in June 2009.
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.