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CASC North American Formula Atlantic Series Race

Montréal, 26 Sep 1981

ResultsLapsTime/Speed
1 Kevin Cogan Ralt RT4/82 [266] - Ford BDD
#44 Ralt American (see note 1)
37 1h 02m 56.431s
96.62 mph
2 Norm Hunter Ralt RT4/81 [210] - Ford BDD
#12 Lane Sports
37 1h 03m 23.899s
3 Whitney Ganz Ralt RT4/81 [228] - Ford BDD
#17
37 1h 03m 33.641s
4 Tommy Grunnah March 81A [1] - Ford BDD
#6 Doug Shierson Racing
37 1h 03m 38.892s
5 Rick Bell Ralt RT1/78 [127] - Ford BDD
#78 (see note 2)
37 1h 04m 15.756s
6 John David Briggs March 81A - Ford BDD
#37
37 1h 04m 26.824s
7 Mike Rosen Ralt RT4/81 [209] - Ford BDD
#10 Lane Sports
36
8 Steve Shelton Ralt RT4/81 [253] - Ford BDD
#24
36
9 Tom Shelton Ralt RT4/81 [252] - Ford BDD
#25
36
10 Allen Berg Ralt RT4/81 [219] - Ford BDD Jennings
#68
36
11 Joe Nastasi March 80A - Ford BDD
#4
35
12 Mauro Lanaro LM Special [March 71BM-2] - Ford BDD
#35 (see note 3)
34
13 Chris Kneifel March 81A - Ford BDD
#8 Doug Shierson Racing
31 Gearbox
14 Willy T. Ribbs Ralt RT4/81 [270] - Ford BDD
#43 Ralt American
28
15 Andy Mahood Ralt RT1/78 [146] - Ford BDD
#13 (see note 4)
25
16 Dan Marvin Ralt RT4/81 [249] - Ford BDD
#7
20 Overheating
17 Hubert Phipps Ralt RT4/80 [189] - Ford BDD
#38 Garvin Brown
20
18 Peter Lerch March 80A [24] - Ford BDD
#45 Stimola Race Prep
20
19 Rogelio Rodriguez Ralt RT4/81 [204] - Ford BDD
#11 Lane Sports
16 Fuel pressure
20 Eric Lang March 80A [12] - Ford BDD
#81
15 Not known
21 Bob McGregor March 78B [13] - Ford BDD
#71
13 Not known
22 Jacques Villeneuve Sr March 81A [3] - Ford BDD
#1 Doug Shierson Racing
10 Electrics
23 Jeremy Hill March 78B [15] - Ford BDD
#76
10 Not known
24 Mark Moore Ralt RT4/81 [254] - Ford BDD
#19
7 Not known
25 Tim Coconis Ralt RT4/81 [227] - Ford BDD
#83
1 Accident
DNQ Terry Gemmill March 80A [7?] - Ford BDD Willis
#48
Did not qualify
DNQ Ron Levanduski March 76B/77B [10 or 15?] - Ford BDD
#51 Race Media Services
Did not qualify
DNQ Dean Lundgreen Chevron B39 [39-77-08] - Ford BDD
#72 (see note 5)
Did not qualify

All cars are 1.6-litre F/Atl unless noted.

Qualifying
1 Kevin Cogan (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/82 [266] - Ford BDD 1.40.173
2 Norm Hunter (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/81 [210] - Ford BDD 1.40.490
3 Dan Marvin (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/81 [249] - Ford BDD 1.40.926
4 Rogelio Rodriguez (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/81 [204] - Ford BDD 1.40.960
5 Whitney Ganz (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/81 [228] - Ford BDD 1.41.013
6 Tim Coconis (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/81 [227] - Ford BDD 1.41.423
7 Allen Berg (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/81 [219] - Ford BDD Jennings 1.41.433
8 Jacques Villeneuve Sr (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 81A [3] - Ford BDD 1.41.584
9 Tommy Grunnah (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 81A [1] - Ford BDD 1.41.839
10 Willy T. Ribbs (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/81 [270] - Ford BDD 1.42.007
11 John David Briggs (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 81A - Ford BDD 1.42.366
12 Hubert Phipps (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/80 [189] - Ford BDD 1.42.872
13 Rick Bell (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT1/78 [127] - Ford BDD 1.42.918
14 Chris Kneifel (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 81A - Ford BDD 1.43.618
15 Tom Shelton (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/81 [252] - Ford BDD 1.43.679
16 Steve Shelton (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/81 [253] - Ford BDD 1.44.809
17 Mark Moore (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/81 [254] - Ford BDD 1.45.316
18 Joe Nastasi (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 80A - Ford BDD 1.45.809
19 Mike Rosen (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/81 [209] - Ford BDD 1.46.604
20 Eric Lang (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 80A [12] - Ford BDD 1.46.698
21 Peter Lerch (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 80A [24] - Ford BDD 1.47.006
22 Andy Mahood (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT1/78 [146] - Ford BDD 1.47.356
23 Bob McGregor (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 78B [13] - Ford BDD 1.48.395
24 Mauro Lanaro (F/Atl) 1.6-litre LM Special [March 71BM-2] - Ford BDD 1.48.897
25 Jeremy Hill (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 78B [15] - Ford BDD 1.56.804
- Terry Gemmill * (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 80A [7?] - Ford BDD Willis 1.50.687
- Dean Lundgreen * (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Chevron B39 [39-77-08] - Ford BDD 1.51.211
- Ron Levanduski * (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 76B/77B [10 or 15?] - Ford BDD 1.55.632
 
* Did not start

Notes on the cars:

  1. Ralt RT4/82 [266] (Kevin Cogan): New to Ralt American for Kevin Cogan to drive in the Canadian GP Formula Atlantic support race at Montréal in September 1981. He won the race. Then sold to Steve Overton (Belleville, IL) and raced in Midwest Division SCCA Nationals from 1982 to 1984. Also raced by Overton in the ECAR race at St Louis International Raceway in October 1985. CT
  2. Ralt RT1/78 [127] (Rick Bell): New to Rick Bell (Lakeville, CT) and used in the 1978 Labatts Formula Atlantic championship. Retained for 1979, again in the North American Pro series. Retained for a third season in 1980, and again raced regularly in the North American Pro series. In 1981, he sold the car, and believes it went through three other drivers until it was bought by a friend of Bell's. Bell has been racing the car in historic racing, mainly at Lime Rock, since then.
  3. LM Special [March 71BM-2] (Mauro Lanaro): New for Bill Gubelmann (Oyster Bay, NY) and used in British Formula Atlantic at the start of the season, winning at Oulton Park 21 March, and then in the SCCA Pro Formula B series. The car was often described as a 712M but it seems more likely that he used the same 712BM all season. Also raced with a BDA in the Formula A race at Lime Rock in Sep and in one round of the Canadian series. Sold via Joe Grimaldi's The Race Shop to Frank Del Vecchio (Trumbull, CT) and used in NEDiv FB and in a couple of rounds of the Pro series. Sold back via Joe Grimaldi at the end of 1972; Frank thinks it went to a Canadian, and it is very likely to have been the car driven by Ken Huband, Norm Joy and David Westgate in 1973 and 1974. Sold to Mauro Lanaro (Montréal, Quebec) to replace the 71BM he lost in a transporter fire in 1974. Significantly modified in 1976 as the Lanaro Special with triangular sidepods, a different nose, and with its Cosworth BDA engine laid on its side. This car went through many evolutions, and was still being raced by Lanaro right up to 1995 when it was used in a vintage event. Lanaro eventually rebuilt to original 71BM specification about 1999. In late 2018, it was part of a package of cars bought from Lanaro by David Clubine (Brantford, ON), and was sold to a collector in Ontario.
  4. Ralt RT1/78 [146] (Andy Mahood): A white Ralt RT1/78 invoiced to Ralt importer Brian Robertson in early December 1978. To Bob Earl (Novato, CA) ad raced at a SCCA National at Riverside in February 1979, where it was described as new. However, when Earl raced it at Long Beach in April, it was called "ex-Cogan". Raced by Earl in the 1979 North American series, sponsored by National Treaty Services and entered by NTS Racing. Raced by Earl at Macau in November 1979. Retained for the 1980 North American series, when it was entered by Earl Motor Racing, and again raced at Macau as part of the Flying Tigers Racing Team. Towards the end of 1980, it was again described as a ex-Cogan. Sold to Andy Mahood (Vancouver, BC) and raced in ICSCC and SCCA events in 1981 and 1982. Sold to Martin Pang (Seattle, WA) and raced in WCAR events in 1984, 1985 and 1986. CT
  5. Chevron B39 [39-77-08] (Dean Lundgreen): New to Fred Opert Racing and used in the Labatts Formula Atlantic Championship. One of two cars run by the team for Keke Rosberg, this one having narrower track, but Rosberg used a B34 at four races that season and exactly how he used this B39 remains uncertain. Retained by Fred Opert Racing for the 1978 New Zealand series, where it was Rosberg's main race car as he easily won the championship. Then believed to be the car raced by Divina Galica at Long Beach in early 1978. It was sold to Dean Lundgreen (Franklin, MN) later in 1978 and raced in SCCA Nationals, scoring 13 points that season. He scored 15 points in 1979, and continued to race the car in 1980 and 1981. Advertised by Lundgreen in April 1982 and February 1983 as "Rosberg's Tasman winner". Sold to Mike Rand (Amherst, Massachusetts) later in 1983, then sold on to Joe Ostrowski (Trenton, NJ) who raced it from 1984 to 1986 at least. The car remained in Ostrowski's garage until 2004, when he sold it to Mark Wehrman. It was then sold to Lee Brahin (Philadelphia, PA) in 2006 and raced by him in red bodywork with non-standard sidepods in 2008 and 2009. Then to Martin Lauber (Tiburon, CA) in August 2011 and raced by him in pink Excita livery (but still with the same distinctive sidepods) from 2012 to 2019. It was sold to Laurent Parmentier (Los Angeles, CA) in January 2020, and raced by him in 2020 and 2021.

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 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 1 Oct 1981 pp46-47 and On Track magazine 25 Feb 1982 p14.