IMSA Formula Atlantic Championship Race
Ontario Motor Speedway, 9 May 1976
Results | Laps | Time/Speed | |||||||
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1 | Gilles Villeneuve | March 76B [10 or 15?] - Ford BDA Morris #69 (see note 1) |
26 | 42m 24.553s 106.675 mph |
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2 | Elliot Forbes-Robinson | Tui BH2 [2] - Ford BDA Nicholson #70 Allan McCall |
26 | 42m 39.750s |
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3 | Bill Brack | Chevron B34 [34-76-14] - Ford BDA Hart #1 (see note 2) |
26 | ||||||
4 | Johnny Gerber | Chevron B34 [34-76-10] - Ford BDA BSR #44 Bill Scott Racing (see note 3) |
26 | ||||||
5 | Price Cobb | March 76B [13] - Ford BDA Race Shop Doug Shierson Racing (see note 4) |
26 | ||||||
6 | Hugh "Wink" Bancroft | Chevron B34 [34-76-16] - Ford BDA Hart #12 Fred Opert Racing (see note 5) |
26 | ||||||
7 | Tim Cooper | March 75B - Ford BDA CRW #17 Wilbur Bunce Racing (see note 6) |
26 | ||||||
8 | Dick Hayes | Chevron B27 - Ford BDA Hart #81 (see note 7) |
26 | ||||||
9 | Chip Mead | Lola T460 [HU9] - Ford BDA Cosworth Pierre Phillips (see note 8) |
26 | ||||||
10 | Pete Halsmer | Brabham BT38 [16] - Ford BDA Willis #42 (see note 9) |
26 | ||||||
11 | Tom Bagley | Chevron B34 [34-76-19] - Ford BDA Hart #7 Kent Oil/Opert Racing (see note 10) |
25 | ||||||
12 | Gordon Strom | Chevron B29 - Ford BDA Fred Opert Racing (see note 11) |
25 | ||||||
13 | Kevin Cogan | Chevron B34 [34-76-20] - Ford BDA Hart #3 Bill Brack Racing (see note 12) |
25 | ||||||
14 | Seb Barone | March 76B [11] - Ford BDA #28 Doug Shierson Racing (see note 13) |
25 | ||||||
15 | Hugh Mooney | March 71BM Falconer - Ford twin cam RPM Racing (see note 14) |
25 | ||||||
16 | Johnnie Crean | March 74B/75B - Ford BDA #51 (see note 15) |
24 | ||||||
17 | Warren "Bud" Pauge | Brabham BT38 [‘33’] - Ford BDA (see note 16) |
24 | ||||||
18 | Steve Jizmagian | Lola T460 [HU3] - Ford BDA (see note 17) |
24 | ||||||
19 | Mark Munroe | Brabham BT40 [30] - Ford BDA (see note 18) |
24 | ||||||
20 | Lynn Bentson | Modus M3 [041-FA] - Ford BDA Cosworth #77 (see note 19) |
24 | ||||||
21 | Dale Lang | March 76B [8?] - Ford BDA Doug Shierson Racing (see note 20) |
24 | ||||||
22 | John Weakley | Lola T360 [HU11] - Ford BDA (see note 21) |
23 | ||||||
23 | Lee Pitman | Lola T240 - Ford twin cam (see note 22) |
22 | ||||||
24 | Bobby Brown | Chevron B34 [34-76-07] - Ford BDA Hart #79 Audiovox (see note 23) |
17 | Engine | |||||
25 | Dennis Firestone | Lola T460 [HU7] - Ford BDA Wilbur Bunce Racing (see note 24) |
8 | Not running | |||||
26 | Ron Dykes | Brabham BT40 [33] - Ford BDA Hart Titmas Racing (see note 25) |
7 | Not running | |||||
27 | Tom Gloy | Lola T460 [HU4] - Ford BDA Phillips Pierre Phillips (see note 26) |
5 | Engine | |||||
28 | Jeffrey Alkana | March 75B [4] - Ford BDA #68 (see note 27) |
5 | Not running | |||||
29 | Tom Pumpelly | March 76B [3?] - Ford BDA (see note 28) |
5 | Engine | |||||
30 | Bobby Rahal | March 76B [4?] - Ford BDA McCoy #9 (see note 29) |
4 | Engine | |||||
31 | Marcel Talbot | Chevron B29 - Ford BDA #10 (see note 30) |
4 | Not running | |||||
32 | Héctor Rebaque | Lola T460 [HU1] - Ford BDA Traylor Carl Haas Racing (see note 31) |
4 | Engine | |||||
33 | Cliff Hansen | March 76B [2] - Ford BDA Doug Shierson Racing (see note 32) |
2 | Spun, couldn't restart | |||||
34 | Carl Liebich | Chevron B29 [29-75-03] - Ford BDA Hart (see note 33) |
2 | Not running | |||||
35 | Syd Demovsky | Chevron B29 [29-75-23] - Ford BDA B&B Racing (see note 34) |
2 | Not running | |||||
36 | Jim van Horn | Chevron B27 [27-74-07] - Ford BDA #78 (see note 35) |
2 | Not running | |||||
37 | Don Breidenbach | March 76B [9] - Ford BDA Cosworth #76 Roots Footwear (see note 36) |
1 | Blown plug | |||||
DNS | Phil Threshie | Lola T360 [HU16] - Ford BDA (see note 37) |
Did not start | ||||||
DNS | Howdy Holmes | Ralt RT1/75 [6] - Ford BDA Ameropean Racing (see note 38) |
Did not start | ||||||
DNS | Joe Colantonio | Lola T360 - Ford BDA (see note 39) |
Did not start | ||||||
DNS | Byron Hatten | March 76B [722] - Ford BDA (see note 40) |
Did not start | ||||||
DNS | Tom Christ | Chevron B27 [27-74-18] - Ford BDA (see note 41) |
Did not start | ||||||
DNS | Dick Renard | March 71BM - Ford twin cam |
Did not start | ||||||
DNS | Jimmy Santos | Winkelmann - Ford twin cam |
Did not start | ||||||
DNS | Herman Gugliotta | March 76B [12] - Ford BDA (see note 42) |
Did not start | ||||||
DNS | Rocky Moran | March 722/75B [722-33] - Ford BDA [Bunce] (see note 43) |
Did not start | ||||||
DNS | Fred Greenfield | Tui BH2 [3] - Ford BDA Nicholson |
Did not start | ||||||
DNA | James Crawley | Chevron B34 [34-76-21] - Ford BDA Hart (see note 44) |
Did not arrive |
All cars are 1.6-litre FB unless noted.
Qualifying | |||||
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1 | Gilles Villeneuve | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 76B [10 or 15?] - Ford BDA Morris | 1.35.880 | ||
2 | Bobby Rahal | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 76B [4?] - Ford BDA McCoy | 1.36.641 | ||
3 | Elliot Forbes-Robinson | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Tui BH2 [2] - Ford BDA Nicholson | 1.37.098 | ||
4 | Don Breidenbach | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 76B [9] - Ford BDA Cosworth | 1.37.428 | ||
5 | Bobby Brown | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Chevron B34 [34-76-07] - Ford BDA Hart | 1.37.670 | ||
6 | Héctor Rebaque | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Lola T460 [HU1] - Ford BDA Traylor | 1.37.945 | ||
7 | Tom Bagley | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Chevron B34 [34-76-19] - Ford BDA Hart | 1.38.024 | ||
8 | Tom Pumpelly | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 76B [3?] - Ford BDA | 1.38.050 | ||
9 | Cliff Hansen | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 76B [2] - Ford BDA | 1.38.140 | ||
10 | Tom Gloy | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Lola T460 [HU4] - Ford BDA Phillips | 1.38.165 | ||
11 | Johnny Gerber | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Chevron B34 [34-76-10] - Ford BDA BSR | 1.38.186 | ||
12 | Pete Halsmer | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Brabham BT38 [16] - Ford BDA Willis | 1.38.391 | ||
13 | Price Cobb | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 76B [13] - Ford BDA Race Shop | 1.38.460 | ||
14 | Bill Brack | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Chevron B34 [34-76-14] - Ford BDA Hart | 1.39.038 | ||
15 | Hugh "Wink" Bancroft | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Chevron B34 [34-76-16] - Ford BDA Hart | 1.39.039 | ||
16 | Gordon Strom | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Chevron B29 - Ford BDA | 1.39.213 | ||
17 | Chip Mead | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Lola T460 [HU9] - Ford BDA Cosworth | 1.39.512 | ||
18 | Dennis Firestone | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Lola T460 [HU7] - Ford BDA | 1.39.554 | ||
19 | Dick Hayes | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Chevron B27 - Ford BDA Hart | 1.39.567 | ||
20 | Carl Liebich | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Chevron B29 [29-75-03] - Ford BDA Hart | 1.39.611 | ||
21 | Ron Dykes | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Brabham BT40 [33] - Ford BDA Hart | 1.39.632 | ||
22 | Kevin Cogan | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Chevron B34 [34-76-20] - Ford BDA Hart | 1.39.647 | ||
23 | Tim Cooper | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 75B - Ford BDA CRW | 1.40.500 | ||
24 | Seb Barone | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 76B [11] - Ford BDA | 1.41.085 | ||
25 | Phil Threshie * | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Lola T360 [HU16] - Ford BDA | 1.41.870 | ||
26 | Syd Demovsky | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Chevron B29 [29-75-23] - Ford BDA | 1.42.184 | ||
27 | Warren "Bud" Pauge | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Brabham BT38 [‘33’] - Ford BDA | 1.42.960 | ||
28 | Howdy Holmes * | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT1/75 [6] - Ford BDA | 1.43.759 | ||
29 | John Weakley | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Lola T360 [HU11] - Ford BDA | 1.43.928 | ||
30 | Steve Jizmagian | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Lola T460 [HU3] - Ford BDA | 1.44.044 | ||
31 | Johnnie Crean | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 74B/75B - Ford BDA | 1.44.259 | ||
32 | Lynn Bentson | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Modus M3 [041-FA] - Ford BDA Cosworth | 1.45.370 | ||
33 | Jim van Horn | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Chevron B27 [27-74-07] - Ford BDA | 1.45.735 | ||
34 | Joe Colantonio * | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Lola T360 - Ford BDA | 1.46.107 | ||
35 | Mark Munroe | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Brabham BT40 [30] - Ford BDA | 1.48.197 | ||
36 | Jeffrey Alkana | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 75B [4] - Ford BDA | 1.48.990 | ||
37 | Dale Lang | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 76B [8?] - Ford BDA | 1.49.568 | ||
38 | Byron Hatten * | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 76B [722] - Ford BDA | 1.51.905 | ||
39 | Tom Christ * | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Chevron B27 [27-74-18] - Ford BDA | 1.52.731 | ||
40 | Hugh Mooney | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 71BM Falconer - Ford twin cam | 1.53.031 | ||
41 | Lee Pitman | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Lola T240 - Ford twin cam | 1.56.309 | ||
42 | Marcel Talbot | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Chevron B29 - Ford BDA | 1.56.472 | ||
43 | Dick Renard * | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 71BM - Ford twin cam | no time | ||
44 | Jimmy Santos * | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Winkelmann - Ford twin cam | no time | ||
45 | Herman Gugliotta * | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 76B [12] - Ford BDA | no time | ||
46 | Rocky Moran * | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 722/75B [722-33] - Ford BDA | no time | ||
47 | Fred Greenfield * | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Tui BH2 [3] - Ford BDA Nicholson | no time | ||
* Did not start |
Notes on the cars:
- March 76B [10 or 15?] (Gilles Villeneuve): Ecurie Canada ran a pair of green #69 March 76Bs in 1976 for Gilles Villeneuve (Lasalle, Quebec) with support from Skiroulle. Skiroule's signature green colour suggests they were the two cars listed in March records as being "leaf green", 76B-10 and 76B-15. According to Ecurie Canada mechanic Graham Scott, Villeneuve used his main car for all his wins, only racing his spare car at Westwood. At the end of the season, Villeneuve's main car was returned to Shierson, who rented it to Tom Pumpelly for the SCCA Run-Offs at Road Atlanta, where Pumpelly crashed it. John Norman (Oakland, CA) bought the remains of the Road Atlanta wreck and rebuilt it, then racing it as part of a two-car team with Dan Marvin in 1977 and 1978. Norman sold the car around 1984 to Graham Scott, but he lacked the finance to restore it. He sold it back to Norman, in partnership with Paul Pfanner, and it was restored to Villeneuve's livery by Norman, Dan Marvin, and others.
- Chevron B34 [34-76-14] (Bill Brack): New to Bill Brack (Clarkson/Toronto, Ontario) and used in North American Formula Atlantic, entered by Bill Brack Racing and sponsored by STP. Brack crashed heavily in the second practice session at Laguna Seca and "wrote off" the car, but was back up and running at Ontario Motor Speedway just a week later. He drove the B34 for the rest of the 1976 season. Brack moved to Doug Shierson Racing for 1977 to drive a March 77B, and the subsequent history of the Chevron B34 is unknown.
- Chevron B34 [34-76-10] (Johnny Gerber): New to Bill Scott Racing and raced by Johnny Gerber in the IMSA and Players (Canadian) Formula Atlantic series. Gerber's car was white with red/green trim, representing Mexico, and was sponsored by Batab. After six races, he crashed his car at Gimli in June and was then said to be out of budget. Bill Scott himself drove it at Mont-Tremblant in July, and it was raced by John Barringer and Elliot Forbes-Robinson later in the season. Subsequent history unknown.
- March 76B [13] (Price Cobb): Doug Shierson Racing ran an maroon/red #8 March 76B in 1976 for Price Cobb. In early 1977, it was entered by Doug Shierson Racing in SCCA Nationals for Steve "Gas" Saleen (Whitter, CA), but when the Pro series started in May, his entrant was Clayton Racing Team. The car's log book states that it was chassis 76B-13. Run by Clayton Racing for Frank Beetson (San Diego, CA) in 1978, when it was entered as a 77B. Also seen once in mid-1979 with Beetson, and later adbertised by him in February 1980. Its history is then unknown until 1983, when it reappeared in the hands of John Herne (Santa Ana, CA). He retained it for WCAR in 1984, then sold it in early 1985 to John Blizzard (Prescott, AZ), who raced it in WCAR that season. Blizzard remembers selling it to someone in Phoenix, AZ. Subsequent history unknown.
- Chevron B34 [34-76-16] (Hugh "Wink" Bancroft): New to Hugh "Wink" Bancroft (Newport Beach, CA/Costa Mesa, CA) and run for him by Fred Opert Racing in North American Formula Atlantic in 1976. His car was entered by Performance Marketing, the tyres, parts and repair services company Bancroft had founded five years earlier. It appears that he moved from Opert to Shierson Racing in time for the Grand Prix de Trois-Rivières in early September. Bancroft crashed the B34 in practice at Trois-Rivières, and it was reported to have been written off. The Chevron was replaced with a March 76B, but it is quite possible that the car returned to Opert and was repaired.
- March 75B (Tim Cooper): Tim Cooper (Kansas City, MO) raced a yellow #8 March 75B for Doug Shierson Racing in 1975 with backing from Rutledge Oil. Joe Grimaldi recalls that Cooper hired a new 75B from the team for 1975, and that the car then returned to Shierson. Chip Mead drove Cooper's car at Halifax, with Mead's bodywork transplanted onto it. Cooper moved to Wilbur Bunce Racing in California for 1976, taking the 75B with him, and the car was updated to "75B/76B" specification during the season.
- Chevron B27 (Dick Hayes): Dick Hayes (Huntingdon Beach, CA) raced a Chevron in SCCA Nationals and one IMSA Pro race in 1975 and 1976. It was described as an "ex-Howdy Holmes B27" by Finish Line in 1975, and a photograph shows that it was dark blue with dark green sidepods when it appeared at Ontario in May 1976. However, the car Holmes drove was also driven by Tom Pryce at Trois-Rivières, and an ex-Pryce car was owned by Dan Neuman in 1975 and 1976. So it is possible that the car Holmes drove at Watkins Glen in October 1974 was a new car, unrecorded in Chevron records, and this is what went to Hayes. Subsequent history unknown.
- Lola T460 [HU9] (Chip Mead): New to Pierre Phillips of Pierre's Motor Racing, and raced by a succession of hire drivers in IMSA and Canadian Formula Atlantic in early 1976. Last seen in the Pro at Mont-Tremblant in July 1976, but in early August Jim Mullins appeared in a T460 at a Sears Point National entered at #36, the same number Michael Landrum had used in HU9's last Pro appearance four weeks earlier. In May 1977, Monte Shelton (Portland, OR) won an ICSCC race at Portland in a Lola T460 entered as #136, and the entry number and location suggest very strongly that this was Pierre Phillips' car, retained as a rental car in SCCA Nationals. Unknown after May 1977.
- Brabham BT38 [16] (Pete Halsmer): Sold new to Bill Middleton (Newport Beach, CA) and raced in the 1972 SCCA Formula B series, starting at Watkins Glen in August 1972. Also raced in SCCA Nationals and at the SCCA Run-Offs. Retained by Middleton for 1973 and run in SCCA Nationals, winning at Holtville in March. Retained again for the early 1974 Nationals and then said to have been seized by the sheriff at the Phoenix National for unpaid alimony. Next seen in May 1975 when Pete Halsmer (Huntington Beach, CA) raced "the ex-Middleton Brabham BT-38" in Formula B. Raced by Halsmer for three seasons, during which time it was extensively modified by Halsmer. Halsmer won the Laguna Seca June Sprints in the BT38 in 1977. The car is then unknown for ten years, until it was bought by John Hafkenschiel as a disassembled roller from Grant Koaller (Lakewood, Ohio) in July 1987. Hafkenschiel used this car as a pattern for the restoration of his BT38B, then sold it to a Mr Schaffer in California in November 1988. Since Mr Schaffer's death, the car is believed to have remained with his family, and is still unrestored.
- Chevron B34 [34-76-19] (Tom Bagley): Tom Bagley (Centre Hall, PA) raced a yellow-and-blue Chevron B34 run by Fred Opert Racing in three IMSA Formula Atlantic races in early 1976, with Kent Oil sponsorship. This car was then raced by Juan Cochésa (Venezuela) in the Players Formula Atlantic series, starting at Edmonton on 16 May. Chris Waddell's report from Edmonton for Autosport described Cochésa's car as "an Opert B34 driven earlier in the year by Tom Bagley". Cochésa then moved to a new car, and the ex-Bagley car was sold to RJ Nelkin (Roslyn, NY/Woodbury, NY), who first raced it in an SCCA National at Summit Point in late June. He then raced it in Pro and SCCA races for the rest of 1976. Nelkin recalls that the car was then returned to Opert to be used as a spare car for Keke Rosberg and Mikko Kozarowitzky to use in the New Zealand Formula Pacific series in January 1977. After the 1977 New Zealand series, the car was sold to Norman Lankshear (Feilding, New Zealand) and raced in the Gold Star series in 1977/78 and 1978/79, and the International series in early 1978 and early 1979. It was then sold to Bryan Hartley (Palmerston) and raced by him in the 1981/82 season. The car was then sold to John Wigston (Auckland), fitted with a Ford crossflow engine and used in hillclimbs in New Zealand in the late 1980s. Wigston was reported to still have the car in October 2016.
- Chevron B29 (Gordon Strom): Gordon Strom (Santa Cruz, CA/Sunnyvale, CA) ran a Brabham BT35 in west coast SCCA racing from 1972 to 1975 when he moved up to a nearly-new Chevron B29. The car was yellow with red top bodywork and ran as #9. The identity of the Chevron is not known. Strom raced this in 1976 and 1977 until an accident at Laguna Seca in June 1977 in which he suffered massive head injuries. It is likely that the car was destroyed. Strom was hospitalised but his medical insurance "ran out", and a fund was established to help his wife Kay with the overwhelming hospital bills. He died in November 1977 without having regained conciousness.
- Chevron B34 [34-76-20] (Kevin Cogan): New to Bill Brack Racing and raced by Kevin Cogan in the IMSA and Players (Canadian) Formula Atlantic series in 1976. Unknown in 1977 and 1978. By late 1978, it was in the hands of Del Schloemer (Philippines) and raced by him and by Cherie Schloemer in Southeast Asia in 1979. Then unknown in 1980, but raced by Amir Mokhtar at the Shah Alam Grand Prix in 1981. Subsequent history unknown.
- March 76B [11] (Seb Barone): New to Isola Racing for Seb Barone (Portland, CT or Dilliner, PA) to drive as the team's #28 entry in 1976, but run by Doug Shierson Racing. Barone crashed the car at Trois-Rivières in September and was not seen in it again. According to former Ecurie Canada/James Morgan mechanic Graham Scott, this car was rebuilt, updated to Ecurie Canada specification and sold to James Morgan for the 1977 season, together with the ex-Gilles Villeneuve spare car. Exactly how these two cars were used is unknown, but it is assumed here that Morgan himself raced the ex-Villeneuve car in early 1977 SCCA Nationals, entered as #56, and the ex-Barone car was fielded as the #65 for Bill Prout to use at first, then taken over by Bobby Rahal. Rahal then took over the #56 car for the Pro series, leaving the ex-Barone car as a spare car, presumably the one raced by Terry Visger at Halifax in August (#55) and by Morgan at Lime Rock in September (#65). This car is unknown in 1978 and 1979, but was acquired in 1980 by Ron Levanduski (Elmira, NY), who drove a March "773" in SCCA Regional and National Formula Atlantic races at his local Watkins Glen in 1980. He retained the car for 1981, when he also used the "76B/77B" in the CASC Formula Atlantic series race at Montréal in September. He appeared in it again a few times in 1982. An advert described the car as being both ex-Villeneuve and ex-Rahal, indicating it was one of the James Morgan team cars in 1977, but it was also described in a press report as the car used by James Hunt at Trois-Rivières. In June 1988, Levanduski mentioned in his 'Trackside' column in the Elmire Star-Gazette that the ex-Villeneuve 76B, which he still owned, had been restored to its 1976 Direct Film livery and was due to go on display at the Gilles Villeneuve Museum which was opening on 24 June. In May 2012, Levanduski mentioned the car again in his column, saying he had owned it since 1980, that it was chassis 11, and that Villeneuve had driven it just once in a race, at Westwood in 1976. In 2014, a feature on Levanduski mentioned that he had once a race at Watkins Glen in a 76B that was "later driven by James Hunt of the move 'Rush' fame to a third place finish at Trois-Rivières"! The chassis plate on the car in the museum confirms that it is chassis 76B-11, so the ex-Barone car.
- March 71BM Falconer (Hugh Mooney): Hugh Mooney (Huntingdon Beach, CA) raced a "March 712" in SCCA Formula B and IMSA Formula Atlantic in 1976. When he first appeared, he referred to it as a converted F2 car, and when he advertised it in Formula magazine in August 1977, he called it a "March 712 Formula Atlantic", However, it is assumed here to have been a 71BM. In his advert, it had Falconer bodywork and a Hart BDA engine, and photographs show that it had the Falconer body throughout his ownership of it.
- March 74B/75B (Johnnie Crean): Patrick Depailler raced a March 74B at Trois-Rivières in September 1974. Autosport described it as the car tested earlier in England by Jim Crawford, but now set to full Formula 2 specification. Canadian Motorsport Bulletin described it as the ex-Coulon 'slave' March 732, but photographs show it with the same rear wing and oil tank used on the works F2 March 742s. A photograph also shows that it was raced by Lang in the US GP support race at Watkins Glen in October. The car then went to Formula Ford graduate Tom Sauerbrei (Fresno, CA), who had an excellent season in the "742" in SCCA Regionals and Nationals in 1975, winning the regional title. After that season, it was rebuilt to 75B specification and leased to Johnnie Crean (San Juan Capistrano, CA), the 27-year-old son of former racer John C Crean, who raced it in two IMSA Formula Atlantic races in California in May 1976, and later in SCCA Nationals and Regionals. Subsequent history unknown.
- Brabham BT38 [‘33’] (Warren "Bud" Pauge): A "new chassis" replacing the ASCA team's Brabham BT38 wrecked by Jean-Pierre Jaussaud at Rouen. It was raced by teammate Adam Potocki at Imola, where Potocki failed to qualify, and was then Jaussaud's car for the rest of the season. ASCA entered Jaussaud in the Brazilian F2 Torneio, but he was involved in the startline accident at the second Interlagos race, and the Brabham was badly damaged. According to Chris Townsend's research, this car was acquired by Fred Opert Racing and raced by Héctor Rebaque in the Caracas Formula B race in March 1973, then by Brian Robertson in the JAF Grand Prix in May 1973. It is not clear what else Opert used it for in 1973, but in January 1974, he sold it to John Bernadine (Tulsa, OK) for SCCA Formula B. Then to Warren Pauge (Hacienda Heights, CA) in August 1975, replacing his well-used Brabham BT21. Pauge retained the BT38 for many years, even running it as a Can-Am car once in 1982. After he finally stopped racing it in 1988, he sold it to Marc Bahner, then it went to George Steven in 1992, Tom Stapleton about 2008, and Paul Skilowitz (Stuart, FL) in 2016.
- Lola T460 [HU3] (Steve Jizmagian): New to Steve Jizmagian (San Francisco, CA) and raced in SCCA Nationals and IMSA Formula Atlantic races in 1976. Retained for 1977 for Californian SCCA Nationals and Regionals. Retained again for 1978, again for Californian SCCA Nationals and Regionals. Retained by Jizmagian for 1979, but destroyed in an accident at Westwood in June 1979. What was left was broken for spares.
- Brabham BT40 [30] (Mark Munroe): New to Olney "Bill" Mairs (Malibu, CA) and raced at the 1973 SCCA Runoffs, Mairs having qualified by finishing fourth in his March 722 in NEDiv, representing New York Region. Retained for 1974, when Mairs finished fifth in Southern Pacific Division, representing CSCC. He then sold to the car to his two mechanics, Victor Tostado and Mark Munroe, and Munroe raced it in 1975 and 1976. After Munroe was killed in a sprint car accident at Ascot Raceway in September 1979, the Brabham was sold to Richard Christ, and then to John Whitton. It was next seen when owned by Mike Fazzi in 2002 or 2003, and was sold by him to Peter Brennan (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) in 2004. The car remained in the UK, and was raced by Brennan with the HSCC in 2019. Sold to Martin Friedl (Vienna, Austria) in 2020, but the car was expected to stay with Bob Juggins in England, and be used in HSCC events in 2021.
- Modus M3 [041-FA] (Lynn Bentson): New to Lynn Bentson (Las Vegas, NV) and used in the IMSA and Players (Canadian) Formula Atlantic series in 1976.
- March 76B [8?] (Dale Lang): Doug Shierson Racing ran a red March 76B for Dale Lang (Wilton, CT) in 1976. The only red 76B in March build records was 76B-8, suggesting this was Lang's car. Lang retained this car for 1977 and then sold it to Ralph Manaker (Erieville, NY) who raced it in 1978. Advertised by Manaker as a 76-77B in October 1978. According to Chris Townsend, the car was then sold to Steve Alexander (Columbus, OH) who raced it in SCCA Formula Atlantic in 1979, 1980 and 1981. It was then stored until bought from Alexander in the early 1990s by Tim Damm, who restored it for historic racing with a Bahner tub. It was sold to Michael Taradisch in 1997, then to Joel Finn in 2006. After Finns's death, it was sold by his estate to Ted and Tom Sokoly in 2017. Still with Tom Sokoly (Geneva, IL) in January 2019.
- Lola T360 [HU11] (John Weakley): New via North American agent Carl Haas to Bill Scott Racing, and run for Elliot Forbes-Robinson (La Crescenta, CA) in the 1975 Canadian Players Formula Atlantic series with Penthouse sponsorship. Forbes-Robinson won two rounds of the Canadian series in this car. Sold to John Weakley (Nashville, IN) for 1976, who ran as part of the Bill Scott Racing team, but he ran out of finance and the car was sold to Ivan Roland (Asheville, NC) in 1979. Roland's son Russ Roland (Arden, NC) raced the car in SCCA Formula Atlantic, scoring three points in 1980 and 14 in 1981. He also ran it at the Chimney Rock Hillclimb in 1981 and 1982. It was advertised in 1982. It was later sold to someone in update New York, so may be the Walter Nelson car.
- Lola T240 (Lee Pitman): Lee Pitman (La Hambra Heights, CA) raced an orange #57 Lola T240 in SCCA races at Riverside and Laguna Seca from 1972 to 1978 at least. He was a member of CSCC but rarely scored points at National level. Nothing more known.
- Chevron B34 [34-76-07] (Bobby Brown): New to Bobby Brown (Hicksville, NY) and used in the Players Canadian championship and in SCCA Nationals, entered by Bob Brown Racing with crew chief Carroll Smith, and sponsored by Audiovox. In June, Brown bought a March 76B instead, and the Chevron passed to Diana Black (Kew Gardens, NY/Briarwood, NY) who raced it for the rest of the season. Retained by Black for 1977 and 1978. Advertised by Black as "ex-Bobby Brown" in September 1978. This car is reported to have been used by Harry Crispen in EMRA racing for some years, and is believed to be the car driven by Bernard Juchli, General Manager of Jay Leno's Big Dog Garage, between 2006 and 2014.
- Lola T460 [HU7] (Dennis Firestone): New to Wilbur Bunce Racing, and raced by Richard Melville and Dennis Firestone in IMSA and Canadian Formula Atlantic in the first half of 1976. Reappeared in early 1977 for Dennis Firestone in an SCCA National, then to Sam Nicolosi (San Diego) for the rest of the year. Retained by Nicolosi for 1978 for SCCA Nationals and Regionals. Advertised by Nicolosi in September 1978. Subsequent history unknown, but Nicolosi recalls that he sold it to "a racer in SCCA North Western region".
- Brabham BT40 [33] (Ron Dykes): New to Ted Titmas (Van Nuys, CA) for the British Formula Atlantic series in 1973, but not raced until late in the season. This is presumably the "brand new", "never used" BT40 advertised from Reigate and London numbers in June 1973. Titmas ran the car in September and October, and Cyd Williams used it for one race in October. Titmas reappeared with the car briefly at the end of the 1974 season. He then took the car to the US, and entered it for Ron Dykes to drive in Californian Formula Atlantic races in 1976. To John Angus for 1977 (or to Wilbur Bunce and run by him for Angus). Then to Marc Bahner 1978, who restored it with a stock nose and sold it to George Seydel. In early 1980 it was sold to Finish Line editor Bob Schilling. Later owners have been given as Ken Patch, Perry Sands, Kevin Roggenbuck, who raced it in the 2011 Pacific Northwest Historics, and then David Rugh. Rugh sold it to Chris Rose in 2018.
- Lola T460 [HU4] (Tom Gloy): New to Pierre Phillips of Pierre's Motor Racing, and entered for Tom Gloy to race in IMSA and Canadian Formula Atlantic in 1976. Gloy then moved to Allan McCall's Tui team, and the Lola was next seen raced by Phil Currey (Concord, CA) in 1976 and 1977. Unknown after November 1977, but probably the "ex-Gloy" T460 advertised by Rob Mullaney (San Francisco, CA) in 1981 and 1982. Also likely to be the "ex Gloy" T460 advertised from Britton, OK, a suburb of Oklahoma City, in December 1987.
- March 75B [4] (Jeffrey Alkana): Don Breidenbach (Oakland, CA) had a new March 75B which he first raced at Holtville Aerodrome 23 Mar 1975. It was blue and ran as #61 entered by D. L. B. Industries. Last known race was in February 1976, after which Breidenbach's new 76B arrived and the 75B went to Jeffrey Alkana (Azusa, CA), replacing his earlier 74B. Alkana is reported to have won the regional championship in 1977 with this car but it seems more likely that he won the 1976 Cal Club Formula B title. Sold to Alan Holly (North Hollywood, CA) for 1977, repainted red and again used in Cal Club SCCA events. Sold by Holly to studio exec Steve Brimmer (Irvine, CA) who modified the sidepods and cockpit shroud and added a Perspex wind deflector. He raced it from 1978 to 1980, and then kept it, unused, until he sold it to his race mechanic Marc Cohen, around 1983 or 1984. History then unknown until it was owned by Walter Hagstrom (Laguna Niguel, CA) in 1988. It then sat unused for ten years from 1990 until sold by Roger Downer (Petaluma, CA) to Ken Stone (Redding, CA) in 2000. Retained by Stone in 2004. By 2008, the car was with Mark Rincon (Redding, CA), who ran it in Ramada Inns livery. Later bought from Rincon by Steve Cook (Napa, California).
- March 76B [3?] (Tom Pumpelly): Tom Pumpelly (McLean, VA) raced a yellow #34 March 76B, entered by National Tire Wholesale. The only yellow 76B shown in March records was chassis 76B-3. Pumpelly raced the car until it was wrecked in a collision with Bancroft at Mosport Park in August, after which Pumpelly borrowed the ex-Gilles Villeneuve car from Doug Shierson to compete in the Runoffs. The subsequent history of his wrecked Mosport Park car is unknown.
- March 76B [4?] (Bobby Rahal): Doug Shierson Racing ran an orange #9 March 76B in 1976 for Bobby Rahal (Glen Ellyn, IL). There were four orange March 76Bs according to March records but only one was built as part of the first batch of cars, 76B-4, strongly suggesting this was Rahal's car. The subsequent history of this car is not known until it was advertised in 1985 as "ex-Villeneuve".
- Chevron B29 (Marcel Talbot): Marcel Talbot (Granby, Quebec), raced a second-hand Chevron B29 in the 1976 CASC and IMSA Formula Atlantic championships. The car was black and raced as #10, with Tamaco Industries sponsorship. After Mont-Tremblant in July, he upgraded to a new Chevron B34. Nothing more known.
- Lola T460 [HU1] (Héctor Rebaque): New to Carl Haas Racing for Héctor Rebaque to race in Canadian and IMSA Formula Atlantic races. Norman Allen (Hanover Park, IL) then raced a Lola in Central Division Formula B in 1977 and 1978, identified as a T460 at one Regional in 1978, and he advertised an "ex-Rebaque" Lola T460 in November 1978. Eleven years later, in September 1989, Michael Duncan (Los Altos, CA) advertised T460 "chassis #1" which he described as an "Ex-Carl Haas/works car driven by Tom Klausler/Hector Rebaque". Subsequent history unknown.
- March 76B [2] (Cliff Hansen): Cliff Hansen (Laguna Beach, CA) campaigned a blue/red #6 March 76B in 1976 as part of the Doug Shierson Racing operation. Hansen retained the car for the start of the 1977 season, until his new 77B arrived, and then kept the 76B as a spare, needing it at St-Félicien and at Trois-Rivières after crashing the 77B. Its history in 1978 is unknown, but it is believed to be the car raced by Tom Contino (Ontario, CA) between 1979 and 1981, then sold by him in October 1981 to Damon Meek (Los Gatos, CA), who raced the car in SCCA Nationals in 1982 and has identified it as "76B-02" and ex-Cliff Hansen. Meek sold it to Lee Follansbee (San Jose, CA) and it would be the 76B raced by him in the Sears Point Pro race in 1984. Sold by Follansbee to Michael Olsen (Santa Clara, CA) who raced it at Sears Point in October 1988. Subsequent history unknown.
- Chevron B29 [29-75-03] (Carl Liebich): New to Fred Opert Racing as a Formula 2 car for Hector Rebaque. Raced by Rebaque in the first five races of the season and then hired to Maxime Bochet for Pau in May. The car was next seen in September when it was raced by Rebaque at Zolder and Nogaro, and it was very probably the car then driven by Tom Bagley at Vallelunga in October. It was then converted to Formula Atlantic specification and sold to Carl Liebich (Plymouth, WI) and used in the IMSA and Players Formula Atlantic series. In August, Liebich acquired a new Lola T460, and the Chevron was advertised by Lola importer Carl Haas in November 1976. The history of the Chevron is then unknown until it was advertised by David Klutsenbaker (Nashville, TN) in February 1984. Klutsenbaker had owned a 1972 Brabham BT38B until January 1983, so it likely that he had only had the Chevron for one season. The B29 was bought by Ted Voruz (Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin) in 1990. It was bought from Voruz by Howard Blight (Sydney, NSW) in late 2005, and raced in a few events in 2008. Then to David Kent, and raced by him from 2013 to 2016.
- Chevron B29 [29-75-23] (Syd Demovsky): New to Bobby Brown (Hicksville, NY) and run by his B&B Racing for customer Syd Demovsky (Chicago, IL) in the CASC Players Formula Atlantic series in 1975. Retained by B&B Racing and Demovsky for 1976. Sold to Bob Williams, and raced in SCCA Central Division Nationals and Regionals in 1977. Retained by Williams for 1978. To Richard Shepard (San Francisco, CA) by 1980 and run by him in Formula Atlantic in Colorado until 1985. Then unknown until owned by Peter Gates in 1990. Sold by Gates to Robert Clarke in 1992, and still with him as a bare tub in 2006.
- Chevron B27 [27-74-07] (Jim van Horn): Chevron build record says sold via Fred Opert to George Sabin. Used by Alan Lader as well in 1974. Sold to Bobby Fisher (Lafayette, CA) for 1975 and used in some early-season Nationals and one Pro race. To Jim Van Horn (Orange, CA) for 1976 and run in west coast Pro and SCCA racing. Then a strong candidate for the car of Californian Mike Morris in SCCA races in 1977 though this may have been the ex Hayes car from 1975-76. Either this or the Hayes car likely to be the B27 for sale by Crosslé Cars Pacific in 1982. In February 2007, Emmet "Bud" Morrison (Tempe, AZ) bought what he believes to be B27-74-07 from Neil Johnson via Fantasy Junction (Emeryville, CA).
- March 76B [9] (Don Breidenbach): New to Don Breidenbach (Oakland, CA) and raced in SCCA Nationals, IMSA Formula Atlantic and the Players series in 1976 with support from Roots Footwear. The history of this car is then unknown until it was sold by Chuck Billington (Modesto, CA) as a CSR sports car to Chuck McCain (Tuscon, AZ). Retained by the McCain family after his death in 2010. Sold in August 2013 to Ian Ashdown (San Clemente, CA). Despite the gap in this car's history, the tub number is correct for 76B-9 and the SCCA number stamped on the rollhoop was registered to Breidenbach in 1976.
- Lola T360 [HU16] (Phil Threshie): Sold via Carl Haas and Pierre Phillips to Tom Gloy (Lafayette, CA), and raced in SCCA Nationals at the start of the 1975, then in the Players Canadian Formula Atlantic series, sponsored by Hanna Industries. Rented by James Heath for an SCCA National at Willow Springs in October 1975. Sold to Phil Threshie (Alamo, CA), and raced in an SCCA National at Sears Point in April, then in three Californian rounds of the 1976 IMSA series. Advertised by Threshie in November 1976. Subsequent history unknown.
- Ralt RT1/75 [6] (Howdy Holmes): New to Pat Walter (San Rafael, CA/Novato, CA) and raced in Formula Atlantic in North American in 1975 and 1976, entered by Ameropean Racing. The car was then unraced for several seasons until bought from Ameropean Racing by Ted Titmus and entered by him for Ben Schillachi in SCCA events in 1979. This would be the car raced by Juan Carlos Bolaños at Mexico City in April 1981. [CT]
- Lola T360 (Joe Colantonio): Joe Colantonio (Glenolden, PA) raced a Lola T360 in the Players Canadian Formula Atlantic series and the IMSA Formula Atlantic Championship in 1976. His car was white with a black stripe, and carried support Dynacord and Barcus Berry. In May 1977, he advertised the car, noting that it had a new monocoque in April 1977 and had been "completely gone over". Subsequent history unknown.
- March 76B [722] (Byron Hatten): Bob Lazier (Vail, CO) raced a black #6 March 722 in the Pro Formula B series in 1972, winning at Bryar Motorsports Park in May. The car was sold to Byron Hatten (Altadena, CA) for 1973, and he entered it for John Angus (formerly of Hartland, WI, but living in Marina Del Rey, CA at this time) for 1974. According to a later advert, this was the "76B" driven by Hatten at the IMSA Formula Atlantic race at Ontario in 1976, and it was then sold to George Seydel (Pasadena, CA), who raced a Formula B March in SCCA Regionals at Riverside in 1978. According to this car's SCCA logbook, it was raced by Seydel until 1979. The SCCA Logbook records its "Manufacturers Identification No." as 722-16, but this was the chassis number reported in Europe to be Xavier Perrot's F2 car, so this identity remains unconfirmed.
- Chevron B27 [27-74-18] (Tom Christ): Chevron build record says sold to Bobby Brown of B&B Racing Enterprises, June 1974. The car was badly damaged in an accident at Trois Rivieres in 1974. Brown says that the remains were returned to Chevron in p/x for two B29s in 1975. However, advertised by Brown in May and June 1975 as 'not raced since complete rebuild at Chevron' which suggests that the car came back to him. Sold later in 1975 to Thomas Christ (Racine, WI), and raced by him in SCCA Nationals in late 1975, then in Pro Formula Atlantic and SCCA Nationals in 1976 and 1977. To John Scola (Kenosha, WI) for 1978 and 1979, and raced by him as late as July 1981. Then unknown until owned by Daniel Sauriol (Appleton, WI) in 1984. Sold to Cliff Ebben (Appleton, WI) at the end of the 1984 season, then sold by him to Comprep (i.e. Dennis Eade of ComPrep (Competition Preparation) in Zenda, WI) for ComPrep customer Alan Lewis (Indianapolis, IN). Run by ComPrep for Eade. Sold to Alan Azar (O'Fallon, IL) in 1999. With dealer Chuck Haines of Can-Am Cars Ltd (St. Louis, MO) in 2018.
- March 76B [12] (Herman Gugliotta): New to Isola Racing for Herman Gugliotta (Dilliner, PA) to drive as the team's #33 entry in 1976, but run by Doug Shierson Racing. Unknown in 1977 and for most of 1978, but Gugliotta returned in late 1978, in a Formula Atlantic March that was later identified as an updated 76B, presumably the car he had owned from new. Gugliotta won the 1979 NE Div title in this car, and scored points again in NEDiv in 1980. The car passed to Lyle Heck (Reading, PA) who scored points in it in NEDiv in 1981, and still owned it in 1982. Advertised by Heck in June and July 1982. Subsequent history unknown.
- March 722/75B [722-33] (Rocky Moran): New to Dick Doherty (Hollywood, CA) and raced in Pro FB in 1972, as well as Cal Club SCCA events. Retained for Cal Club events in 1973, 1974 and 1975. Rebuilt by Wilbur Bunce to 75B specification for 1976, and run by him in Californian SCCA races for Dennis Firestone to drive, and later in Pro Formula Atlantic races in California for Ron Dykes, Rocky Moran, and Bob Lazier. It was red, and wore #10, #70 and #87 during the season. Sold to Ted Titmas (Van Nuys, CA) in early 1977, and run by him as a hire car in 1977, but Titmas had two cars in 1977, one red and one orange, and it is unclear which was which. Subsequent history unknown.
- Chevron B34 [34-76-21] (James Crawley): New to Fred Opert Racing for Jim Crawley in the IMSA Formula Atlantic series, appearing at Road Atlanta in April and Laguna Seca in May. He then missed the Ontario Motor Speedway as the car was reported to have been "destroyed" in a testing crash at Willow Springs. It was evidently rebuilt in time to be rented by Ric Forest at Edmonton in May. Crawley raced it again at Westwood, when it was pale blue and entered by Opert as #52. This is presumably the car then entered for Lloyd Callaway (Chicago, IL) to drive at Mont-Tremblant, Halifax and Mosport Park in July and August 1976, as his car was also pale blue and entered by Opert as #52. Like RJ Nelkin's similarly semi-private car, it evidently returned to Fred Opert Racing after these three races. It may then have been one of the cars hired from Opert for the SCCA Runoffs by Bill Anspach and Bill Kneeland. It is then thought to be the car used by Eddie Marcello at the Philippines GP in December. In January 1977, Opert took a team out to the New Zealand Formula Pacific series, and chassis 76-21 was identified as the car raced there by Keke Rosberg, winning three of the five races and taking four pole positions. It was then sold to Pocolo Ramirez (Philippines) and raced by him in southeast Asian races from 1977 to 1982. It is believed to have been imported into New Zealand from Asia by Graham Simms. It was then sold to Ken Smith and then Andy Higgins in New Zealand, then acquired by David Gathercole in 2009. He fully rebuilt it to Formula Atlantic specification by June 2011 for Rod Stead, who raced it at HSCC Donington Park in May 2012. Bought from Stead in November 2012 by Andy Huxtable. Raced by Huxtable in HSCC Derek Bell Trophy races in 2013.
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.
1970 US FB results were compiled from Autoweek reports by Jim Thurman; 1971 results were transcribed from Autoweek by Allen Brown and 1972 results were compiled by Chris Townsend from an SCCA results publication.
The US Formula B series did not continue in 1973 but a race was organised in Caracas in March 1973 that fits here probably better than anywhere else, as do the occasional SCCA F/Atlantic and FB races in 1974 and 1975.
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.