WCAR Formula Atlantic Championship Round
Riverside, 7 Oct 1984
| Results | Laps | Time/Speed | |||||||
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| 1 | Davy Jones | Ralt RT4/82 [271] - Ford BDD #8 Garvin Brown Racing |
23 | 30m 10.431s 116.486 mph |
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| 2 | Chris Bender | Ralt RT4/83 - Ford BDD #7 Bender Warehouse Company |
23 | 30m 22.527s |
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| 3 | John Della Penna | Ralt RT4/83 - Ford BDD #64 Pacific Motor Sports |
23 | ||||||
| 4 | Rod Bennett | Ralt RT4/82 [308] - Ford BDD Jennings #15 |
23 | ||||||
| 5 | John Richards | Ralt RT4/81 [270] - Ford BDD #91 Pierre Phillips Racing [Archie Snider] |
23 | ||||||
| 6 | J C Myers | Ralt RT4/81 [210] - Ford BDD #4 Fortner Lucini Motorsports |
23 | ||||||
| 7 | Ken Dunn | Ralt RT4/81 [204] - Ford BDD #77 Systems Control |
23 | ||||||
| 8 | Bob Young | Ralt RT4/80 [205] - Ford BDD #21 Alpine Racing/Pizza Hut |
22 | ||||||
| 9 | Joe Sposato | March 79B [13] - Ford BDD #28 Sposato Motoracing |
22 | ||||||
| 10 | John Herne | March 77B [76B-13] - Ford BDD #17 Putney Station/Pennzoil/Mendenica Racing (see note 1) |
22 | ||||||
| 11 | Sandy Dells | Ralt RT4/81 [259] - Ford BDD #22 Sandy Dells Racing |
22 | ||||||
| 12 | Dan Marvin | Ralt RT4/83 - Ford BDD Hasselgren #1 H.C. Boerner/Norman Racing Group |
22 | ||||||
| 13 | David Roland | Ralt RT4/81 - Ford BDD #9 Hollywood Sport Cars |
22 | ||||||
| 14 | Phil Simon | March 81A [8] - Ford BDD #74 Formula America |
22 | ||||||
| 15 | John Treder | Ralt RT1/78 - Ford BDD #13 Whale Racing |
22 | ||||||
| 16 | Ron Householder | March 77B - Ford BDD #16 Automotive Racing Enterprises |
22 | ||||||
| 17 | Doug Krause | March 77B - Ford BDD #29 La Vida Racing |
21 | ||||||
| 18 | Mike Downs | Ralt RT4/83 [82-319] - Ford BDD #6 Fox Fabrique |
19 | Head gasket | |||||
| 19 | Hubert Phipps | Ralt RT4/84 [504] - Ford BDD #37 Briggs Racing |
11 | wing | |||||
| 20 | Chris Kneifel | Ralt RT4/83 [355] - Ford BDD #70 Team Tui |
6 | Coil | |||||
| 21 | Ron McKay | Ralt RT4/83 [82-306] - Ford BDD #5 Simpson Safety Equipment/Red Line Oil/Pierre Phillips Racing |
0 | Engine | |||||
| DNS | Mark Wolocatiuk | Ralt RT4/83 - Ford BDD #18 Conte Racing |
Did not start (Clutch) |
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| DNS | Bill Sundin | Ralt RT1 - Ford BDD #99 Seagull Marketing Services |
Did not start (Clutch) |
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| DNS | Tom Phillips | Ralt RT4/82 [80-189] - Ford BDD #10 Viking Racing [Arnie Loyning/Glen Finch] |
Did not start (Engine) |
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| DNS | Roberto Quintanilla | Ralt RT4/81 - Ford BDD #2 Rick Shea Racing |
Did not start (Engine) |
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| DNS | Peter West | Ralt RT1/76 [35] - Ford BDD #71 |
Did not start (Not known) |
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| DNA | Jim Blackwell | Argo JM9 [056-FA] - Ford BDD #14 USAG Tool (see note 2) |
Did not arrive | ||||||
| DNA | J C Myers | March 79B - Ford BDD #19 Barstow Liquid Gas |
Did not arrive | ||||||
| DNA | Jimmy Santos | Ralt RT4/82 [81-249?] - Ford BDD #21 Santos Racing |
Did not arrive | ||||||
| DNA | Mike Buckenham | March 80A [10] - Ford BDD #36 Stuttgart West |
Did not arrive | ||||||
| DNA | Steve Boley | Argo JM11 [065-FA] - Ford BDD #40 |
Did not arrive | ||||||
| DNA | Fred Whitehead | Ralt RT4/82 [205] - Ford BDD #61 MDB Systems |
Did not arrive | ||||||
| DNA | Johnnie Crean | Ralt RT4/83 [431] - Ford BDD #87 Alfa Leisure Inc |
Did not arrive | ||||||
| DNA | Steve Hartgraves | March 722/76B - Ford BDD #90 Road Runner Enterprises (see note 3) |
Did not arrive | ||||||
All cars are 1.6-litre F/Atl unless noted.
| Qualifying | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hubert Phipps | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/84 [504] - Ford BDD | 1.16.831 | ||
| 2 | Chris Kneifel | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/83 [355] - Ford BDD | 1.17.254 | ||
| 3 | Davy Jones | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/82 [271] - Ford BDD | 1.17.324 | ||
| 4 | Chris Bender | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/83 - Ford BDD | 1.17.779 | ||
| 5 | John Della Penna | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/83 - Ford BDD | 1.18.234 | ||
| 6 | Dan Marvin | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/83 - Ford BDD Hasselgren | 1.18.517 | ||
| 7 | Mark Wolocatiuk * | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/83 - Ford BDD | 1.18.789 | ||
| 8 | Rod Bennett | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/82 [308] - Ford BDD Jennings | 1.19.384 | ||
| 9 | Joe Sposato | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 79B [13] - Ford BDD | 1.19.412 | ||
| 10 | Roberto Quintanilla * | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/81 - Ford BDD | 1.19.440 | ||
| 11 | J C Myers | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/81 [210] - Ford BDD | 1.19.499 | ||
| 12 | John Richards | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/81 [270] - Ford BDD | 1.19.722 | ||
| 13 | John Herne | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 77B [76B-13] - Ford BDD | 1.19.876 | ||
| 14 | Mike Downs | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/83 [82-319] - Ford BDD | 1.20.065 | ||
| 15 | Bob Young | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/80 [205] - Ford BDD | 1.20.300 | ||
| 16 | Ken Dunn | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/81 [204] - Ford BDD | 1.20.812 | ||
| 17 | John Treder | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT1/78 - Ford BDD | 1.22.544 | ||
| 18 | Sandy Dells | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/81 [259] - Ford BDD | 1.22.706 | ||
| 19 | David Roland | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/81 - Ford BDD | 1.22.909 | ||
| 20 | Doug Krause | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 77B - Ford BDD | 1.22.991 | ||
| 21 | Ron Householder | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 77B - Ford BDD | 1.23.558 | ||
| 22 | Peter West * | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT1/76 [35] - Ford BDD | 1.29.217 | ||
| 23 | Tom Phillips * | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/82 [80-189] - Ford BDD | 1.36.193 | ||
| 24 | Ron McKay | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/83 [82-306] - Ford BDD | No time | ||
| 25 | Phil Simon | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 81A [8] - Ford BDD | No time | ||
| 26 | Bill Sundin * | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT1 - Ford BDD | No time | ||
| * Did not start | |||||
Notes on the cars:
- March 77B [76B-13] (John Herne): An orange March 76B invoiced to Shierson in March 1976.
- Argo JM9 [056-FA] (Jim Blackwell): New to Tyrrell Arnold to race in the 1981 Irish Atlantic series, then to Jim Blackwell (Seattle, WA) in 1982 and raced in WCAR events in 1984 and 1985, then Marty Knoll (North Vancouver, BC) who raced it in WCAR in 1986 and 1987. Then to Terry Edwards in 1987-88 and from him to Gary Milligan (Richmond, British Columbia) who used it as the basis of the Buick-engined Lotus Europa with which he won the National Autocross Championship in 1994.
- March 722/76B (Steve Hartgraves): In January 1980, Jim Buick (Berthoud, CO) registered a Formula Atlantic March 722/76B with SCCA's Colorado Region. He first raced it at La Junta in May 1980, but sold it in August 1980 to Bill Murray, who then raced it at La Junta in October. Roy Jo Peltz, better known as a sprint car racer, bought the March in September 1982 and raced it at Pueblo and La Junta in 1982 and 1983. Then to Steve Hartgraves (Sunnyvale, CA) who raced it in Solo I and in west coast WCAR Formula Atlantic races in 1984. It was advertised by Steve's father Roger Hartgraves (Sunnyvale CA) in March 1985, but unfortunately Steve cannot remember where it came from or where it went. This car was acquired soon after by John Hammill (Albuquerque, NM), and has remained with him since then.
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 On Track and Sports Car, plus 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 for these races include Autosport and On Track magazine.