Grand Prix de Trois-Rivières
Trois-Rivières, 24 Aug 1980
| Results | Laps | Time/Speed | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Price Cobb | March 80A [21] - Ford BDD Hasselgren #22 Clegg Signom Racing |
48 | 1h 12m 43.925s |
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| 2 | Tom Gloy | Ralt RT1/76 [34] - Ford BDD Jennings #38 Lane Sports |
48 | 1h 12m 53.344s |
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| 3 | Dan Marvin | Ralt RT1/78 - Ford BDD #7 |
48 | ||||||
| 4 | Rogelio Rodriguez | Ralt RT1/79 [147] - Ford BDD Jennings #11 Lane Sports |
47 | ||||||
| 5 | Rick Bell | Ralt RT1/78 [127] - Ford BDD #78 |
47 | ||||||
| 6 | Whitney Ganz | Ralt RT1 - Ford BDD #39 |
46 | ||||||
| 7 | Steve "Gas" Saleen | Ralt RT1/79 [165] - Ford BDD Jennings #69 |
45 | ||||||
| 8 | Robert J. Nelkin | March 80A - Ford BDD #67 |
44 | ||||||
| 9 | Mauro Lanaro | LM Special - Ford BDD #45 |
42 | ||||||
| 10 | Bob Earl | Ralt RT1/78 [142] - Ford BDD #19 |
40 | ||||||
| 11 | Charles Cass | March 80A [8] - Ford BDD Race Shop #8 Doug Shierson Racing |
40 | ||||||
| 12 | Jon Milledge | Ralt RT1/79 [164] - Ford BDD #97 |
35 | ||||||
| 13 | John Mortensen | March 80A [9] - Ford BDD Race Shop #89 Shierson Racing (see note 1) |
32 | ||||||
| 14 | Jeff Wood | Ralt RT4/80 [162] - Ford BDD #2 Landmark-Agapiou |
27 | ||||||
| 15 | Jacques Villeneuve Sr | March 80A [6] - Ford BDD Race Shop #6 Shierson Racing |
22 | ||||||
| 16 | Ralph Manaker | March 80A [4] - Ford BDD #23 |
8 | ||||||
| 17 | Jean-Pierre Alamy | Ralt RT1/79 [148] - Ford BDD #13 |
3 | ||||||
| 18 | Tommy Grunnah | March 80A [16] - Ford BDD #53 Relco |
3 | ||||||
| DNSC | Ed Midgley | March 79B [78B-19] - Ford BDD #40 (see note 2) |
Did not start (crashed) | ||||||
All cars are 1.6-litre F/Atl unless noted.
| Qualifying | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Price Cobb | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 80A [21] - Ford BDD Hasselgren | |||
| 2 | Tom Gloy | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT1/76 [34] - Ford BDD Jennings | |||
| 4 | Jacques Villeneuve Sr | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 80A [6] - Ford BDD Race Shop | |||
| 4 | Bob Earl | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT1/78 [142] - Ford BDD | |||
| 5 | Jeff Wood | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/80 [162] - Ford BDD | |||
| 6 | John Mortensen | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 80A [9] - Ford BDD Race Shop | |||
| 7 | Steve "Gas" Saleen | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT1/79 [165] - Ford BDD Jennings | |||
| 8 | Dan Marvin | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT1/78 - Ford BDD | |||
| 9 | Rogelio Rodriguez | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT1/79 [147] - Ford BDD Jennings | |||
| 10 | Rick Bell | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT1/78 [127] - Ford BDD | |||
| 11 | Jon Milledge | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT1/79 [164] - Ford BDD | |||
| 12 | Tommy Grunnah | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 80A [16] - Ford BDD | |||
| 13 | Whitney Ganz | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT1 - Ford BDD | |||
| 14 | Robert J. Nelkin | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 80A - Ford BDD | |||
| 15 | Ralph Manaker | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 80A [4] - Ford BDD | |||
| 16 | Jean-Pierre Alamy | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT1/79 [148] - Ford BDD | |||
| 17 | Charles Cass | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 80A [8] - Ford BDD Race Shop | |||
| 18 | Mauro Lanaro | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre LM Special - Ford BDD | |||
Notes on the cars:
- 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.
- March 79B [78B-19] (Ed Midgley): Sold new to Jerry Hansen and used in SCCA Nationals, winning the 1978 Run-Offs. Sold to Ed Midgley for 1979 and used again only in Nationals. Updated to 79B specification for 1980 and raced by Midgley in the Pro championship until wrecked at Trois Rivieres. Midgley completed the season in a borrowed 78B. The damaged car sold to Carl Berggren and rebuilt. Later with Bruce Cambern.
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.