WCAR Formula Atlantic Championship Round
Sears Point, 30 Sep 1984
Results | Laps | Time/Speed | |||||||
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1 | Dan Marvin | Ralt RT4/83 - Ford BDD Hasselgren #1 H.C. Boerner/Jon Norman Racing |
27 | 43m 45.90s 93.724 mph |
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2 | Chris Bender | Ralt RT4/83 - Ford BDD #7 Bender Warehouse Company |
27 | 44m 05.52s |
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3 | Ron McKay | Ralt RT4/83 [82-306] - Ford BDD #5 American Earth Stations/Red Line Oil/Pierre Phillips Racing |
27 | ||||||
4 | Rod Bennett | Ralt RT4/82 [308] - Ford BDD Jennings #15 Symtron/W.R. Hatch Inc |
27 | ||||||
5 | Ken Dunn | Ralt RT4/81 [204] - Ford BDD #77 Systems Control |
27 | ||||||
6 | H J Long | Ralt RT4/81 - Ford BDD #49 Rick Shea Racing |
27 | ||||||
7 | Damon Meek | Tiga FA81 [164] - Ford BDD #76 Pollard Tool |
27 | ||||||
8 | John Herne | March 77B [76B-13] - Ford BDD #17 Putney Station/Pennzoil (see note 1) |
27 | ||||||
9 | Roberto Quintanilla | Ralt RT4/81 [259] - Ford BDD #2 Rick Shea Racing |
20 | ||||||
10 | John Della Penna | Ralt RT4/83 - Ford BDD #64 Pacific Motor Sports |
15 | ||||||
11 | Bob Young | Ralt RT4/80 [205] - Ford BDD #21 Alpine Racing |
27 | ||||||
12 | Mike Buckenham | March 80A [10] - Ford BDD #36 Stuttgart West |
27 | ||||||
13 | Phil Simon | March 81A [8] - Ford BDD #74 Formula America |
26 | ||||||
14 | Chris Kneifel | Ralt RT4/83 [355] - Ford BDD #70 Team Tui |
16 | ||||||
15 | J C Myers | March 79B - Ford BDD #19 Barstow Liquid Gas |
14 | ||||||
16 | David Roland | Ralt RT4/81 - Ford BDD #9 Hollywood Sport Cars |
26 | ||||||
17 | J O 'Jocko' Cunningham | Ralt RT4/81 [270] - Ford BDD #91 Pierre Phillips Racing |
14 | ||||||
18 | Doug Krause | March 77B - Ford BDD #29 La Vida Racing |
25 | ||||||
19 | Mike Downs | Ralt RT4/83 [82-319] - Ford BDD #6 Fox Fabrique |
14 | ||||||
20 | Joe Henry | March 74B ["742-18"] - Ford BDD #42 P.R.C. Sports (see note 2) |
25 | ||||||
21 | Steve Hartgraves | March 722/76B - Ford BDD #90 Road Runner Enterprises (see note 3) |
21 | ||||||
22 | Ron Householder | March 77B - Ford BDD #16 Automotive Racing Enterprises |
10 | ||||||
23 | Jimmy Santos | Ralt RT4/82 [81-249?] - Ford BDD #21 Santos Racing |
1 | ||||||
DNS | Chris Gerrells | Ralt RT1/78 - Ford BDD #59 Gerrells Formula Racing |
Did not start (Engine) |
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DNS | Rick Lempe | Ralt RT4/82 [310] - Ford BDD #43 Tires by Wheel Works/KFRC |
Did not start (Engine) |
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DNA | Riley Hopkins | Ralt RT4/82 [81-270] - Ford BDD Jennings #3 Hopkins Screen Printing Intl/Fortner Lucini Motorsports |
Did not arrive | ||||||
DNA | TBA | Ralt RT4/81 [210] - Ford BDD #4 Fortner Lucini Motorsports |
Did not arrive | ||||||
DNA | Tom Phillips | Ralt RT4/82 [80-189] - Ford BDD #10 Glen Finch Racing |
Did not arrive | ||||||
DNA | TBA | Ralt RT4/83 [81-213] - Ford BDD #11 Rick Shea Racing |
Did not arrive | ||||||
DNA | John Treder | Ralt RT1/78 - Ford BDD #13 Whale Racing |
Did not arrive | ||||||
DNA | Jim Blackwell | Argo JM9 [056-FA] - Ford BDD #14 USAG Tool (see note 4) |
Did not arrive | ||||||
DNA | Larry Dunn | March 722 [30] - Ford BDD #22 Super Auto (see note 5) |
Did not arrive | ||||||
DNA | Fred Whitehead | Ralt RT4/82 [81-205] - Ford BDD #61 MDB Systems |
Did not arrive | ||||||
DNA | Nathan Burmeister | Lola T242 [T240 HU15] - Ford BDD #81 Sports Racing Enterprises (see note 6) |
Did not arrive | ||||||
DNA | Ross Bentley | Johnston JM6c - Ford BDD #86 Johnston Engineering |
Did not arrive |
All cars are 1.6-litre F/Atl unless noted.
Heat 1 | Laps | Time | Speed | |
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1 | Dan Marvin | 13 | ||
2 | Chris Bender | 13 | ||
3 | H J Long | 13 | ||
4 | Rod Bennett | 13 | ||
5 | Damon Meek | 13 | ||
6 | Ken Dunn | 13 | ||
7 | Ron McKay | 13 | ||
8 | J C Myers | 13 | ||
9 | John Herne | 13 | ||
10 | Mike Downs | 13 | ||
11 | Mike Buckenham | 13 | ||
12 | Bob Young | 13 | ||
13 | Phil Simon | 12 | ||
14 | David Roland | 12 | ||
15 | Joe Henry | 12 | ||
16 | Doug Krause | 12 | ||
17 | Ron Householder | |||
18 | Steve Hartgraves | 8 | Oil leak | |
19 | Roberto Quintanilla | 6 | ||
20 | Chris Kneifel | 2 | Engine | |
21 | John Della Penna | 1 | Engine | |
Chris Gerrells | DNS | |||
J O 'Jocko' Cunningham | DNS: Steering rack | |||
Jimmy Santos | DNS: Engine | |||
Rick Lempe | DNS |
Heat 2 | Laps | Time | Speed | |
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1 | Dan Marvin | 14 | ||
2 | Chris Bender | 14 | ||
3 | Ron McKay | 14 | ||
4 | John Della Penna | 14 | ||
5 | Roberto Quintanilla | 14 | ||
6 | Ken Dunn | 14 | ||
7 | Rod Bennett | 14 | ||
8 | Chris Kneifel | 14 | ||
9 | J O 'Jocko' Cunningham | 14 | ||
10 | H J Long | 14 | ||
11 | Damon Meek | 14 | ||
12 | John Herne | 14 | ||
13 | Bob Young | 14 | ||
14 | Phil Simon | 14 | ||
15 | Mike Buckenham | 14 | ||
16 | Doug Krause | 13 | ||
17 | David Roland | 13 | ||
18 | Steve Hartgraves | 13 | ||
19 | Joe Henry | 13 | ||
20 | Ron Householder | Electrics | ||
21 | Jimmy Santos | 1 | Engine | |
22 | J C Myers | 1 | Accident | |
23 | Mike Downs | 1 | Accident | |
Chris Gerrells | DNS | |||
Rick Lempe | DNS |
Qualifying | |||||
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1 | Dan Marvin | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/83 - Ford BDD Hasselgren | 1.30.383 | ||
2 | Jimmy Santos | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/82 [81-249?] - Ford BDD | 1.31.117 | ||
3 | Chris Bender | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/83 - Ford BDD | 1.31.868 | ||
4 | John Della Penna | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/83 - Ford BDD | 1.32.131 | ||
5 | Rod Bennett | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/82 [308] - Ford BDD Jennings | 1.32.896 | ||
6 | Chris Kneifel | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/83 [355] - Ford BDD | 1.33.095 | ||
7 | Damon Meek | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Tiga FA81 [164] - Ford BDD | 1.33.145 | ||
8 | Roberto Quintanilla | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/81 [259] - Ford BDD | 1.33.438 | ||
9 | Ron McKay | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/83 [82-306] - Ford BDD | 1.33.504 | ||
10 | H J Long | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/81 - Ford BDD | 1.33.631 | ||
11 | Mike Downs | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/83 [82-319] - Ford BDD | 1.33.913 | ||
12 | J O 'Jocko' Cunningham | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/81 [270] - Ford BDD | 1.34.424 | ||
13 | Ken Dunn | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/81 [204] - Ford BDD | 1.34.473 | ||
14 | J C Myers | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 79B - Ford BDD | 1.34.793 | ||
15 | Bob Young | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/80 [205] - Ford BDD | 1.35.951 | ||
16 | Mike Buckenham | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 80A [10] - Ford BDD | 1.36.552 | ||
17 | John Herne | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 77B [76B-13] - Ford BDD | 1.36.803 | ||
18 | Chris Gerrells * | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT1/78 - Ford BDD | 1.36.993 | ||
19 | Ron Householder | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 77B - Ford BDD | 1.37.625 | ||
20 | Rick Lempe * | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/82 [310] - Ford BDD | 1.38.079 | ||
21 | Phil Simon | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 81A [8] - Ford BDD | 1.38.307 | ||
22 | Doug Krause | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 77B - Ford BDD | 1.38.548 | ||
23 | David Roland | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/81 - Ford BDD | 1.39.776 | ||
24 | Steve Hartgraves | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 722/76B - Ford BDD | 1.39.873 | ||
25 | Joe Henry | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 74B ["742-18"] - Ford BDD | 1.42.381 | ||
* Did not start |
Notes on the cars:
- March 77B [76B-13] (John Herne): An orange March 76B invoiced to Shierson in March 1976.
- March 74B ["742-18"] (Joe Henry): Joe Henry (Sacramento, CA) raced a March in SCCA Formula Atlantic in northern California in 1983 and 1984, and in a WCAR race at Sears Point in 1984. This is believed to be chassis 742-18, the Patrick Depailler F2 car, but it may alternatively be which ever car was built on tub number 742-18, so quite possibly a 74B. As a 74B is much more likely to have been in California in 1983 than a 742, this car is listed as with the 74Bs until more is known of its provenance,
- 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.
- 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 [30] (Larry Dunn): New to racing car importer Pierre Phillips (Portland, OR). It is believed to have been intended for customer Bud Rude (Auburn, WA), but no record has yet been found of Rude driving the car. Used by Phillips to win the Formula B class at the Oregon Region's Rose Cup Races SCCA National on 11 June 1972. It is then said to have gone to Mike Fisher (Portland, OR), who raced a black-and-white March 722 in the Westwood Players series round in May 1973 and in SCCA Nationals in the Pacific northwest that season. Sold to Bob Tracy (Hillsboro, OR) who continued to race it in SCCA National and Regionals in Oregon in 1974, then in ICSCC events in 1975. Then via Steve Plumb and Jack Scher to Squire Tomasie (Bellevue, WA) in 1978, then to Mike Gilbert and Ty Fikse in 1981. Then via Jim Burnett and Allan Karlberg to Larry Dunn (Lake Stevens, WA) who raced the car in WCAR Formula Atlantic between 1984 and 1986, and advertised it in December 1986 with chassis number 722-30. Sold to Steve Marks in May 1987, then to Kevin Shipley in September 1997. In 2007, Tim Greenshields in Colorado sold the car to Scott Monroe in Texas. From him it went to John Slade (Texas) in 2012, then to a customer of Don Blenderman (Houston, TX) in 2016. In May 2021, the car was for sale by Blenderman.
- Lola T242 [T240 HU15] (Nathan Burmeister): Invoiced to Hayes Racing in late June 1971, but it is now known how this car was used in 1971. To Ted Titmus (Van Nuys, CA) for Formula B in 1972. Retained for the first race of 1973. History then unclear until February 1978 when acquired by Rob Mullaney (Pleasant Hill, CA), and raced by him in SCCA Regionals in San Francisco Region in 1978. To Tom Tampi in January 1979, and raced in one SCCA Regional, then to Nathan Burmeister (Manton, CA) September 1980, and raced from 1981 to June 1984, when the car was retired and stored. Restored by Burmeister 2001 to 2003, and advertised by him on race-cars.com in February 2005.
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.