Grand Prix de Trois-Rivières
Trois-Rivières, 6 Sep 1981
Results | Laps | Time/Speed | |||||||
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1 | Jacques Villeneuve Sr | March 81A [2] - Ford BDD #1 Doug Shierson Racing |
48 | 1h 11m 05.332s 85.076 mph |
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2 | Whitney Ganz | Ralt RT4/81 [228] - Ford BDD #17 |
48 | 1h 11m 30.961s |
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3 | Dan Marvin | Ralt RT4/81 [249] - Ford BDD #7 Jon Norman Racing |
48 | 1h 11m 36.862s |
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4 | Allen Berg | Ralt RT4/81 [219] - Ford BDD Jennings #68 |
48 | 1h 11m 59.393s |
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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 |
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 1) |
44 | ||||||
11 | Chris Kneifel | March 81A - Ford BDD #8 Doug Shierson Racing |
42 | ||||||
12 | Willy T. Ribbs | Ralt RT4/81 [260] - 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 [142] - Ford BDD #13 |
Did not start |
All cars are 1.6-litre F/Atl unless noted.
Qualifying | |||||
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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 [260] - 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 [142] - 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:
- 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.
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 17 Sep 1981 p57 and On Track magazine 25 Feb 1982 p14.