CASC North American Formula Atlantic Series Race
Sears Point, 25 May 1980
Results | Laps | Time/Speed | |||||||
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1 | Tom Gloy | Ralt RT1/76 [34] - Ford BDD Jennings #1 Lane Sports (see note 1) |
40 | 1h 01m 56.9s 97.75 mph |
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2 | Jacques Villeneuve Sr | March 80A [6] - Ford BDD Race Shop #6 Shierson Racing |
40 | 1h 02m 03.7s |
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3 | Steve "Gas" Saleen | Ralt RT1/79 [165] - Ford BDD Jennings #69 |
40 | ||||||
4 | Jeff Wood | March 80A [14] - Ford BDD Willis #2 |
40 | ||||||
5 | John Mortensen | March 80A [9] - Ford BDD Race Shop #89 Shierson Racing (see note 2) |
40 | ||||||
6 | Tom Stewart | March 80A [10] - Ford BDD #3 Pierre Phillips |
40 | ||||||
7 | Rogelio Rodriguez | Ralt RT1/79 [147] - Ford BDD Jennings #11 Lane Sports |
40 | ||||||
8 | Bob Hoff | Ralt RT1/77 [79] - Ford BDD #68 (see note 3) |
39 | ||||||
9 | Robert Silvestro | Ralt RT1/78 [129] - Ford BDD #99 BTG Investments |
39 | ||||||
10 | Steve Jizmagian | Ralt RT1/79 [167] - Ford BDD #17 |
38 | ||||||
11 | Charles Cass | March 80A [8] - Ford BDD Race Shop #8 Doug Shierson Racing |
38 | ||||||
12 | Ed Donnelly | Ralt RT1/76 [33] - Ford BDD #32 (see note 4) |
31 | Engine | |||||
13 | Warren "Bud" Pauge | Brabham BT38 [‘33’] - Ford BDD #92 (see note 5) |
28 | Mechanical | |||||
14 | Ralph Manaker | March 80A [4] - Ford BDD #23 |
24 | Accident | |||||
15 | Dan Marvin | March 80A [21] - Ford BDD #7 Jon Norman Racing |
20 | Flywheel | |||||
16 | Tommy Grunnah | March 80A [16] - Ford BDD #53 Relco Racing |
19 | Engine | |||||
17 | Bob Earl | Ralt RT1/78 [142] - Ford BDD Jennings #19 |
13 | Overheating | |||||
18 | Paul Grundrich | Ralt RT1/78 - Ford BDD #15 BTG Investments |
12 | Engine | |||||
19 | Price Cobb | March 80A [20] - Ford BDD #22 Jon Norman Racing |
11 | Throttle | |||||
20 | Ken Dunn | Ralt RT1/78 [109] - Ford BDD #27 (see note 6) |
10 | Suspension | |||||
21 | Whitney Ganz | Ralt RT1 - Ford BDD #39 |
9 | Engine | |||||
22 | John Connolly | Ralt RT1 - Ford BDD #56 |
9 | Suspension | |||||
DNSC | Dave McMillan | Ralt RT1/76 [36] - Ford BDD Hart #41 (see note 7) |
Did not start (crashed) |
All cars are 1.6-litre F/Atl unless noted.
Qualifying | |||||
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1 | Tom Gloy | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT1/76 [34] - Ford BDD Jennings | 1.30.69 | ||
3 | Dan Marvin | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 80A [21] - Ford BDD | |||
4 | Steve "Gas" Saleen | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT1/79 [165] - Ford BDD Jennings | |||
5 | Jacques Villeneuve Sr | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 80A [6] - Ford BDD Race Shop | |||
6 | John Mortensen | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 80A [9] - Ford BDD Race Shop | |||
7 | Jeff Wood | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 80A [14] - Ford BDD Willis | |||
8 | Rogelio Rodriguez | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT1/79 [147] - Ford BDD Jennings | |||
11 | Price Cobb | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 80A [20] - Ford BDD |
Notes on the cars:
- Ralt RT1/76 [34] (Tom Gloy): New to Brian Robertson's Quick-Trans/Gabriel International Warranty team in the middle of the 1976 season, replacing the team's Lola T460s, and run for Richard Spenard in the 1976 Players Canadian Formula Atlantic series in yellow Planter's Peanuts livery. Both the Robertson team cares were offered for sale by Fred Opert in early 1977 so this must be the yellow RT1 that was bought from Opert by Dave Webber (Mississauga, Ontario) and raced in the Labatts Formula Atlantic Championship in 1977. Badly damaged in a practice accident at St-Félicien in August and Webber spent much of 1978 rebuilding it. Webber advertised the car in February 1979 with a Can-Am body. This is then very probably the car acquired by Tom Gloy (Lafayette, CA) as a spare to his newer RT1/79 for the 1979 season, when he was run by Lane Sports. Retained by Lane Sports for 1980. CT
- March 80A [9] (John Mortensen): Run in 1980 by Doug Shierson Racing for John Mortensen in North American series then to Howard Cherry for 1981 and 1982 (prepared and run by Dennis Eades of Competition Preparation). Sold to an Italian-American 1982 and disassembled; to John Barrett 1990 and rebuilt with the help of Ed Midgley but not raced; to Jim Ozane 1999 (used in vintage racing); to Christian Forrer 2005 (US vintage racing); to Kim Jones (Australia) 2008.
- Ralt RT1/77 [79] (Bob Hoff): New to Gilles Léger (Lachute, Quebec), first appearing at Trois-Rivières in September 1977. Raced by Léger mainly in the Canadian rounds of the Labatts Formula Atlantic Championship in 1978. Then used as a rental car by Léger for Marc Dancose to race at Quebec in June 1979 and Monique Proulx at Montréal in September. Sold to Bob Hoff (Long Beach, CA) for 1980, when it was run for him in the North American Formula Atlantic series by Gas Saleen Racing. CT
- Ralt RT1/76 [33] (Ed Donnelly): New to Brian Robertson's Quick-Trans/Gabriel International Warranty team in the middle of the 1976 season, replacing the team's Lola T460s, and run for Craig Hill at Mosport Park in August 1976, a round of the 1976 Players Canadian Formula Atlantic series. Then used by Kevin Cogan in the IMSA race at Laguna Seca in late 1976 and retained as his main car in 1977 when he also had RT1/75-010 as a spare car. Then retained by Cogan as an unused spare car in 1978, and advertised by him in October 1978. Retained again as a spare car in 1979, and still owned by Cogan in early 1980. To Ed Donnelly (Long Beach, CA) and raced by him in the North American Formula Atlantic series in 1980. Still being raced by Donnelly in 1985. CT
- 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.
- Ralt RT1/78 [109] (Ken Dunn): New to Pierre Phillips for Bobby Rahal to race in North American Formula Atlantic in 1978, supported by James Morgan. Sold to Ken Dunn in June 1979 and retained by him for the 1980 and 1981 seasons. CT
- Ralt RT1/76 [36] (Dave McMillan): To Cavanaugh Racing and run for Kevin Cogan in two late-season 1976 Canadian Formula Atlantic races. Sold to David McMillan and raced in the 1976/77 New Zealand Gold Star season, and in the January 1977 New Zealand International Formula Pacific series. Taken back to Canada for McMillan to race in two Canadian series races in 1977, then back to New Zealand for the 1977/78 Gold Star series and the January 1978 International series. Retained by McMillan for the 1978/79 and 1979/80 seasons, while also used in a handful of North American races in 1979 and 1980. Rebuilt as a Formula Super Vee for McMillan in 1980. McMillan moved to Ray Lipper’s Centreline Wheels team in 1981 and the old RT1 was raced by Lipper that season. CT
Sources
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' original results.
North American Formula Atlantic race results have been compiled by Chris Townsend based on material in Formula and On Track, information drawn from Canadian newspapers and 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.