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Grand Prix de Trois-Rivières

Trois-Rivières, 6 Sep 1981

ResultsLapsTime/Speed
1 Jacques Villeneuve Sr March 81A [2] - Ford BDD
#1 Doug Shierson Racing
48 1h 11m 05.332s
85.076 mph
2 Whitney Ganz Ralt RT4/81 [228] - Ford BDD
#17
48 1h 11m 30.961s
3 Dan Marvin Ralt RT4/81 [249] - Ford BDD
#7 Jon Norman Racing
48 1h 11m 36.862s
4 Allen Berg Ralt RT4/81 [219] - Ford BDD Jennings
#68
48 1h 11m 59.393s
5 Mark Moore Ralt RT4/81 [254] - Ford BDD
#19
47
6 Norm Hunter Ralt RT4/81 [210] - Ford BDD
#12 Lane Sports
47
7 Rick Bell Ralt RT1/78 [127] - Ford BDD
#78 (see note 1)
47
8 John David Briggs March 81A - Ford BDD
#37 Briggs Racing
47
9 Mike Rosen Ralt RT4/81 [209] - Ford BDD
#10 Lane Sports
45
10 Mauro Lanaro LM Special [March 71BM-2] - Ford BDD
#35 (see note 2)
44
11 Chris Kneifel March 81A - Ford BDD
#8 Doug Shierson Racing
42
12 Willy T. Ribbs Ralt RT4/81 [270] - Ford BDD
#43 Ralt American
41
13 Rogelio Rodriguez Ralt RT4/81 [204] - Ford BDD
#11 Lane Sports
35 Accident
14 Tommy Grunnah March 81A [3] - Ford BDD
#6 Doug Shierson Racing
24 Gearbox
15 Hubert Phipps Ralt RT4/80 [189] - Ford BDD
#38 Garvin Brown
15 Engine
16 Tim Coconis Ralt RT4/81 [227] - Ford BDD
#83
12 Pinion shaft
17 James Oppermann March 79B [4] - Ford BDD
#2
10 Not known
18 Jeremy Hill March 78B [15] - Ford BDD
#76
9 Not known
DNS Andy Mahood Ralt RT1/78 [146] - Ford BDD
#13 (see note 3)
Did not start

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 1.27.749
2 Dan Marvin (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/81 [249] - Ford BDD 1.28.413
3 Willy T. Ribbs (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/81 [270] - Ford BDD 1.28.474
4 Whitney Ganz (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/81 [228] - Ford BDD 1.28.873
5 Rogelio Rodriguez (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/81 [204] - Ford BDD 1.28.944
6 Allen Berg (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/81 [219] - Ford BDD Jennings 1.29.436
7 Tim Coconis (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/81 [227] - Ford BDD 1.29.518
8 Tommy Grunnah (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 81A [3] - Ford BDD 1.29.624
9 Norm Hunter (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/81 [210] - Ford BDD 1.30.366
10 Mark Moore (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/81 [254] - Ford BDD 1.30.616
11 Hubert Phipps (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/80 [189] - Ford BDD 1.30.662
12 Chris Kneifel (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 81A - Ford BDD 1.31.037
13 Rick Bell (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT1/78 [127] - Ford BDD 1.31.050
14 John David Briggs (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 81A - Ford BDD 1.31.077
15 James Oppermann (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 79B [4] - Ford BDD 1.33.701
16 Jeremy Hill (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 78B [15] - Ford BDD 1.34.239
17 Andy Mahood * (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT1/78 [146] - Ford BDD 1.35.309
18 Mauro Lanaro (F/Atl) 1.6-litre LM Special [March 71BM-2] - Ford BDD 1.37.768
19 Mike Rosen (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/81 [209] - Ford BDD no time
 
* Did not start

Notes on the cars:

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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]

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 17 Sep 1981 p57 and On Track magazine 25 Feb 1982 p14.