CASC North American Formula Atlantic Series Race

Road America, 25 Jul 1982

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

Notes on the cars:

1. March 78B [19] (Carl Berggren): Sold new to Jerry Hansen (Long Lake, MN) and used in SCCA Nationals, winning the 1978 Run-Offs. Sold to Ed Midgley (Geneva, IL) in January 1979 and used again only in SCCA Nationals that season. Updated to 79B specification for 1980 and raced by Midgley in the Pro championship until he wrecked it at Trois Rivieres. Midgley acquired a second 78B to complete the season. The damaged 78B was sold to Carl Berggren (Elmhurst, IL) who rebuilt it and raced it in SCCA Formula Atlantic in 1981 and 1982. He advertised it in 1983 and it was later with Bruce Cambern (Bloomfield Hills, MI) who advertised it in 1985. Subsequent history unknown.
2. Toleman TA860 [HU1] (Juan Cochésa): Invoiced to Carl Haas 25 June 1981. Tested by Jacques Villeneuve Sr at Mid-Ohio in early August 1981, but not raced until Juan Cochesa drove it at Road America in July 1982. To Bob Katz for SCCA racing in 1983. Peter Heckman (Green Oaks, IL) then raced the car in ECAR Formula Atlantic in 1985. The car was advertised in 1987, but its subsequent history is unknown. At some point it was acquired by Noah Lacona (Des Moines, Iowa) and remained with him until his death in 2017. In 2024, the car was acquired from his estate by his grandson Jim Knox in north Texas.
3. March 80A [9] (Howard Cherry): 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.
4. Lola T560 [T460 HU12] (Robert A Lybarger): New to Brian Robertson's Quick-Trans/Gabriel International Warranty team for Bertil Roos and Craig Hill for 1976, but it is not known who drove which car. Chassis HU12 was sold to Bob Lybarger (McHenry, IL) for 1977, and updated with a T560 kit supplied by Carl Haas. Lybarger raced the car in SCCA Nationals and Midwest Council events from 1977 to 1982 but actual data on his race history is sparse. He scored two points in CenDiv Formula B in 1977, representing Iowa Region, and finished fourth in class at Road America in September. He scored two points again in 1979, by now a member of Blackhawk Valley Region, then 16 points in 1980 and 50 points in 1981, when he finished third in the division. Lybarger is believed to have sold the car to Ed Midgley, but exactly when this happened is unclear. Midgley had it by 1999, when it had been restored, and it was next seen when owned by Mark Barr. Then sold to Mike Finch (Austin, Texas), and sold by him to Simon Gardiner (Adelaide, Australia) in 2006 or 2007, who first raced the car at Mallala in March 2008. Raced regularly in Australian historic events from 2008 to 2016. After a three-year gap, Gardiner raced it again at The Bend International Track in September 2019.

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.