CASC North American Formula Atlantic Series Race
Mid-Ohio, 28 Jun 1981
| Results | Laps | Time/Speed | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacques Villeneuve Sr | March 81A [2] - Ford BDD #1 Doug Shierson Racing |
42 | 1h 01m 13.611s 99.6 mph |
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| 2 | Whitney Ganz | Ralt RT4/81 [228] - Ford BDD #17 Karges Sport |
42 | 1h 01m 51.218s |
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| 3 | Tim Coconis | Ralt RT4/81 [227] - Ford BDD #83 Graphics International |
42 | 1h 02m 20.888s |
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| 4 | Dan Marvin | Ralt RT4/81 [249] - Ford BDD #7 Jon Norman Racing/Boerner International |
42 | 1h 02m 36.650s |
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| 5 | Rogelio Rodriguez | Ralt RT4/81 [204] - Ford BDD #11 Lane Sports |
41 | ||||||
| 6 | Allen Berg | Ralt RT4/81 [219] - Ford BDD Jennings #68 Berg Racing/United Way |
41 | ||||||
| 7 | Mike Rosen | Ralt RT4/81 [209] - Ford BDD #10 Lane Sports/E-Z Wider |
41 | ||||||
| 8 | Patrick Garmyn | March 80A [8] - Ford BDD #15 Patrick Garmyn/Casdorph Photog |
41 | ||||||
| 9 | Ed Midgley | March 80A [15] - Ford BDD #40 Foxwood Motorsports |
41 | ||||||
| 10 | Mark Moore | March 79B - Ford BDA #19 British Motors |
41 | ||||||
| 11 | Hubert Phipps | March 80A [11] - Ford BDD #90 Stimola Race Prep |
40 | ||||||
| 12 | Rick Bell | Ralt RT1/78 [127] - Ford BDD #78 Bell Racing |
40 | ||||||
| 13 | Peter Lerch | March 80A [24] - Ford BDD #45 Stimola Race Prep |
38 | ||||||
| 14 | Erik Phelan | March 77B - Ford BDD #36 |
38 | ||||||
| 15 | John R. Fowler | Ralt RT1/78 [95] - Ford BDD #98 Fast Company |
33 | Not known | |||||
| 16 | Tommy Grunnah | March 81A [3] - Ford BDD #6 Doug Shierson Racing/Relco |
13 | Overheating | |||||
| 17 | Billy Scyphers | Ralt RT4/81 [189] - Ford BDD #38 Garvin Brown Racing |
10 | Suspension | |||||
| 18 | Chris Kneifel | March 81A - Ford BDD #8 Doug Shierson Racing/Primus |
10 | Not known | |||||
| 19 | John David Briggs | March 81A - Ford BDD #37 Briggs Racing |
9 | Oil pressure | |||||
| 20 | Jim van Horn | March 81A [8?] - Ford BDD #4 P.Phillips Rac/Aardvark Photo |
2 | Accident | |||||
| 21 | Norm Hunter | Ralt RT4/81 [210] - Ford BDD #12 Lane Sports/Pepsi Cola |
1 | Accident | |||||
| 22 | Tom Outcault | March 80A [6] - Ford BDD #47 Fast Company |
1 | Not known | |||||
| DNS | James Oppermann | March 79B [4] - Ford BDD #2 JaOpp Racing |
Did not start | ||||||
| DNS | Peter Greenfield | Ralt RT1/77 [78] - Ford BDD #41 Greenfield Industries |
Did not start | ||||||
| DNA | Carl Liebich | March 79B - Ford BDA #54 Liebrau Racing (see note 1) |
Did not arrive | ||||||
| DNA | John Connolly | Ralt RT4 - Ford BDD #56 Connolly Enterprises |
Did not arrive | ||||||
All cars are 1.6-litre F/Atl unless noted.
| Qualifying | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacques Villeneuve Sr | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 81A [2] - Ford BDD | 1.25.487 | ||
| 2 | Rogelio Rodriguez | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/81 [204] - Ford BDD | 1.26.356 | ||
| 3 | Whitney Ganz | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/81 [228] - Ford BDD | 1.26.390 | ||
| 4 | Tommy Grunnah | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 81A [3] - Ford BDD | 1.26.587 | ||
| 5 | Dan Marvin | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/81 [249] - Ford BDD | 1.26.684 | ||
| 6 | Norm Hunter | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/81 [210] - Ford BDD | 1.26.889 | ||
| 7 | Tim Coconis | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/81 [227] - Ford BDD | 1.27.678 | ||
| 8 | Allen Berg | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/81 [219] - Ford BDD Jennings | 1.28.013 | ||
| 9 | Tom Outcault | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 80A [6] - Ford BDD | 1.28.483 | ||
| 10 | Billy Scyphers | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/81 [189] - Ford BDD | 1.28.498 | ||
| 11 | Mike Rosen | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/81 [209] - Ford BDD | 1.28.511 | ||
| 12 | Patrick Garmyn | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 80A [8] - Ford BDD | 1.28.652 | ||
| 13 | Mark Moore | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 79B - Ford BDA | 1.29.223 | ||
| 14 | James Oppermann * | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 79B [4] - Ford BDD | 1.29.240 | ||
| 15 | John David Briggs | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 81A - Ford BDD | 1.29.571 | ||
| 16 | Ed Midgley | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 80A [15] - Ford BDD | 1.29.844 | ||
| 17 | Hubert Phipps | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 80A [11] - Ford BDD | 1.29.878 | ||
| 18 | Chris Kneifel | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 81A - Ford BDD | 1.29.968 | ||
| 19 | John R. Fowler | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT1/78 [95] - Ford BDD | 1.30.088 | ||
| 20 | Jim van Horn | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 81A [8?] - Ford BDD | 1.30.211 | ||
| 21 | Peter Lerch | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 80A [24] - Ford BDD | 1.30.960 | ||
| 22 | Rick Bell | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT1/78 [127] - Ford BDD | 1.30.993 | ||
| 23 | Peter Greenfield * | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT1/77 [78] - Ford BDD | 1.32.642 | ||
| 24 | Erik Phelan | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 77B - Ford BDD | 1.34.761 | ||
| * Did not start | |||||
Notes on the cars:
- March 79B (Carl Liebich): Long-time Chevron importer Fred Opert acquired a March 79B for 1979 and ran it alongside the Chevron B45 he had left from 1978. It was raced once by team driver Marco Tolama and also by European F2 stars Derek Daly (at Trois-Rivières) and Eje Elgh (at Montréal). It went to Carl Liebich for 1980, who recalls buying a car from Opert that had previously been driven by Daly. Retained for 1981 but Liebich does not recall who he sold it to.
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.
Individual sources for this event
Chris Townsend's sources include Autosport 9 Jul 1981 pp52-53, On Track magazine 9 Jul 1981 pp29-30 and the race programme (DH)