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Formula Mondial North American Cup Race

Willow Springs, 17 Apr 1983

ResultsLapsTime/Speed
1 Roberto Moreno Ralt RT4/83 [82-352] - Ford BDD
#25 Gregg Siddle
40 50m 55.356s
117.83 mph
2 Michael Andretti Ralt RT4/83 [403] - Ford BDD
#43 Conte Racing/Electrolux
40 51m 02.986s
3 Hubert Phipps Ralt RT4/83 [404] - Ford BDD
#34 Conte Racing
40
4 John David Briggs Ralt RT4/82 [318] - Ford BDD
#37 Briggs Racing
40
5 Josele Garza Ralt RT4/83 [355] - Ford BDD
#70 Team Tui
40
6 Carlos Bobeda Ralt RT4/81 [209] - Ford BDD
#18
39
7 Rogelio Rodriguez Ralt RT4/81 [213] - Ford BDD
#11 Rick Shea
39
8 Dan Marvin Ralt RT4/82 [310] - Ford BDD Hasselgren
#7 Norman Racing/Boerner Intl.
39
9 Dave McMillan Ralt RT4/81 [267] - Ford BDD
#1 (see note 1)
39
10 Peter Hastrup Tiga FA82 [209] - Ford BDD
#88
39
11 Joe Sposato Ralt RT4/82 [309] - Ford BDD
#28
38
12 Bob Noll Ralt RT1 - Ford BDD
#81 -
36
13 Tom Blackaller Ralt RT4/81 - Ford BDD
#75
34
14 Mike Rosen Ralt RT4/82 [81-271] - Ford BDD Jennings
#14 Garvin Brown Racing
33 Spun
15 Mark Moore Ralt RT4/83 - Ford BDD
#19 MDB Systems
23 Puncture
16 Patrick Shelby Ralt RT4/81 [268] - Ford BDD Jennings
#96
22 Engine
DNS Ed Pimm Ralt RT4/80 [189] - Ford BDD
#24 Garvin Brown Racing
Did not start
DNQ Rod Bennett Ralt RT4/82 [308] - Ford BDD Jennings
#15
Did not qualify
DNQ Wayne Horst March 81A [2] - Ford BDD Jennings
#32 Horst Racing
Did not qualify

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

Qualifying
1 Roberto Moreno (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/83 [82-352] - Ford BDD 1.14.418
2 Michael Andretti (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/83 [403] - Ford BDD 1.14.528
3 John David Briggs (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/82 [318] - Ford BDD 1.14.640
4 Mike Rosen (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/82 [81-271] - Ford BDD Jennings 1.14.850
5 Mark Moore (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/83 - Ford BDD 1.14.970
6 Hubert Phipps (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/83 [404] - Ford BDD 1.15.003
7 Josele Garza (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/83 [355] - Ford BDD 1.15.772
8 Patrick Shelby (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/81 [268] - Ford BDD Jennings 1.15.876
9 Carlos Bobeda (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/81 [209] - Ford BDD 1.16.397
10 Dave McMillan (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/81 [267] - Ford BDD 1.16.570
11 Joe Sposato (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/82 [309] - Ford BDD 1.17.142
12 Peter Hastrup (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Tiga FA82 [209] - Ford BDD 1.17.592
13 Dan Marvin (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/82 [310] - Ford BDD Hasselgren 1.17.849
14 Tom Blackaller (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/81 - Ford BDD 1.19.440
15 Bob Noll (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT1 - Ford BDD 1.21.159
16 Rogelio Rodriguez (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/81 [213] - Ford BDD No time

Notes on the cars:

  1. Ralt RT4/81 [267] (Dave McMillan): Ralt sales record says sold to Theodore Racing, delivered 16 Oct 81. [Tub no: 81/135; gearbox FT1488; fuel cell JM37176 10/81] Dave McMillan's car at Bay Park 3 Jan 82 is described by NZMN as Lees's car from Macau, 1981. Chassis number given NZMN 21 Jan 83 p16 for the car of Dave McMillan at Bay Park, 2 Jan 83. Presumed to be the car used by McMillan for the first part of the 1982 North American season, before he was given a 1982 specification car to use [alternatively this may have been RT4-205]. Chassis number given for McMillan's car at 1982 AGP, [AMSYB-82 p167] [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 21 Apr 1983 p47 and On Track magazine 5 May 1983 p13.