WCAR Formula Atlantic Championship Round
Sears Point, 31 May 1987
| Results | Laps | Time/Speed | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dean Hall | Ralt RT4/86 [659] - Ford BDD Hasselgren #10 High Altitude Racing |
25 | 38m 13.000s 98.985 mph |
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| 2 | Parker Johnstone | Ralt RT4/87 [665] - Ford BDD Jennings #87 Lion's Hollow/Armourtec |
25 | 38m 35.758s |
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| 3 | Ted Prappas | Ralt RT4/86 [593] - Ford BDD Jennings #55 Team Tui |
25 | ||||||
| 4 | Joe Sposato | Ralt RT4/86 [655] - Ford BDD Jennings #28 Celanese PBI/OPI Products |
25 | ||||||
| 5 | Jon Beekhuis | Ralt RT4/87 [666] - Ford BDD Jennings #31 Petroff Racing Inc |
25 | ||||||
| 6 | Johnny O'Connell | Ralt RT4/86 [596] - Ford BDD Jennings #89 McNeill Motorsports |
25 | ||||||
| 7 | Roberto Quintanilla | BSR 2/87 - Ford BDD Crowther #2 P.I.G. Enterprises |
25 | ||||||
| 8 | Jeff Krosnoff | Ralt RT4/86 [594] - Ford BDD Jennings #39 Team Tui |
25 | ||||||
| 9 | Tom LaFortune | Ralt RT4/83 - Ford BDD Jennings #25 Two's Company/Vectorvision |
25 | ||||||
| 10 | Billy Kennelly | Ralt RT4/83 - Ford BDD Hasselgren #44 Kennelly Keys Music/K&K |
25 | ||||||
| 11 | Mike Buckenham | Ralt RT4/86 [600] - Ford BDD Jennings #8 Sony Video 8/RMR |
25 | ||||||
| 12 | Jimmy Santos | Ralt RT4/83 [81-249?] - Ford BDD Hasselgren #12 Auto Europa/Santos Racing |
24 | Out of fuel | |||||
| 13 | Sandy Dells | Ralt RT4/83 [431] - Ford BDD Jennings #70 Associates Intl/Sandy Dells Racing |
24 | ||||||
| 14 | Chris Smith | Ralt RT4/86 - Ford BDD Jennings #74 Earl's Supply/FTB |
24 | ||||||
| 15 | Gary Bingaman | Ralt RT4/81 [267] - Ford BDD Jennings #18 Two's Company/Vectorvision (see note 1) |
24 | ||||||
| 16 | Jim Blackwell | Argo JM11 [065-FA] - Ford BDD Alan Smith #17 ALKI Motorsports |
24 | ||||||
| 17 | Steve Barclay | Ralt RT4/83 - Ford BDD Jennings #33 National Quartz/Quail Ranch |
24 | ||||||
| 18 | Jeff Gray | Ralt RT4/81 [204] - Ford BDD Jennings #36 Tires by Wheel |
24 | ||||||
| 19 | Jack Fonss | Ralt RT4/84 [82-348] - Ford BDD #66 Refined Motion Engineering |
23 | ||||||
| 20 | Rod Bennett | Ralt RT4/82 [308] - Ford BDD Jennings #15 Iron Rod/Ski Opticks/Bennett Racing |
20 | Halfshaft | |||||
| 21 | Glen Smith | Ralt RT4/83 ["4.199.86"] - Ford BDD Hasselgren #4 Phillips Motorsport/Curry Auto Leasing |
17 | Puncture | |||||
| 22 | Dave Volz | Ralt RT4/82 - Ford BDD Jennings #50 National Quartz/Quail Ranch |
14 | Accident | |||||
| 23 | Jerry Kehoe | March 80A [15] - Ford BDD #34 |
11 | Clutch | |||||
| 24 | Chris Bender | Ralt RT4/83 - Ford BDD #7 Bender Warehouse/BWC Racing |
10 | Oil leak | |||||
| 25 | Dan Marvin | Ralt RT4/83 - Ford BDD Hasselgren #3 Norman Racing Group |
8 | Water pump | |||||
| 26 | John Wink | Ralt RT1/78 [120] - Ford BDD Wink #41 Winkrace Enterprises/Trimline |
8 | Mechanical | |||||
| DNQH | Chris Gerrells | Ralt RT1/78 - Ford BDD Gerrells #59 Gerrell's Formula Racing |
Did not qualify from heats | ||||||
| DNS | J O 'Jocko' Cunningham | Ralt RT4/83 [82-319] - Ford BDD Hasselgren #5 Steve's Detailing / Phillips Motorsport |
Did not start (Head gasket) |
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| DNS | Rick Hill | Ralt RT4/85 [509] - Ford BDD #11 For Stars Catering/Shea Racing |
Did not start (Accident) |
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| DNS | John Treder | Ralt RT4/82 [317?] - Ford BDD #47 Davis Motors/Treder Racing |
Did not start | ||||||
All cars are 1.6-litre F/Atl unless noted.
| Heat 1 | Laps | Time | Speed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ted Prappas | 8 | 0.12.11.928 | 98.764 mph |
| 2 | Johnny O'Connell | 8 | ||
| 3 | Chris Smith | 8 | ||
| 4 | Parker Johnstone | 8 | ||
| 5 | Mike Buckenham | 8 | ||
| 6 | Chris Bender | 8 | ||
| 7 | Sandy Dells | 8 | ||
| 8 | Jon Beekhuis | 8 | ||
| 9 | Jeff Gray | 8 | ||
| 10 | John Wink | 8 | ||
| 11 | Jack Fonss | 8 | ||
| 12 | Chris Gerrells | 7 | ||
| Jerry Kehoe | Disqualified | |||
| Rick Hill | DNS (accident) | |||
| John Treder | DNS | |||
| Heat 2 | Laps | Time | Speed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dean Hall | 8 | 98.439 mph | |
| 2 | Dan Marvin | 8 | ||
| 3 | Joe Sposato | 8 | ||
| 4 | Rod Bennett | 8 | ||
| 5 | Jeff Krosnoff | 8 | ||
| 6 | Roberto Quintanilla | 8 | ||
| 7 | Jimmy Santos | 8 | ||
| 8 | Tom LaFortune | 8 | ||
| 9 | Gary Bingaman | 8 | ||
| 10 | Jim Blackwell | 8 | ||
| 11 | Steve Barclay | 8 | ||
| 12 | Dave Volz | 8 | ||
| 13 | Glen Smith | 7 | Transmission | |
| 14 | Billy Kennelly | 6 | Engine | |
| 15 | J O 'Jocko' Cunningham | 1 | Engine | |
| Qualifying | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qualifying information not available |
Notes on the cars:
- Ralt RT4/81 [267] (Gary Bingaman): 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 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.