WCAR Formula Atlantic Championship Round
Sears Point, 29 May 1988
| Results | Laps | Time/Speed | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dean Hall | Swift DB4 [017-87] - Ford BDD Hasselgren #2 |
25 | 38m 17.006s 98.955 mph |
|||||
| 2 | Rod Granberry | Swift DB4 [021-87] - Ford BDD Hasselgren #3 |
25 | 38m 19.130s |
|||||
| 3 | Mitch Thieman | Swift DB4 [005-88] - Ford BDD Hasselgren #6 |
25 | ||||||
| 4 | Hiro Matsushita | Swift DB4 [001-88] - Ford BDD Jennings #0 Panasonic |
25 | ||||||
| 5 | Joe Sposato | Ralt RT4/86 [655] - Ford BDD Jennings #28 |
25 | ||||||
| 6 | Rod Bennett | Ralt RT4/82 [308] - Ford BDD Jennings #15 |
25 | ||||||
| 7 | Arvin Loudermilk | Swift DB4 [030-87] - Ford BDD Jennings |
25 | ||||||
| 8 | Mike Buckenham | Ralt RT4/86 [600] - Ford BDD Jennings #16 Stuttgart West |
25 | ||||||
| 9 | Rusty Scott | Swift DB4 [037-87] - Ford BDD Loyning Concept Motorsports |
25 | ||||||
| 10 | Jeff Kuida | Ralt RT4/87 ["4.199.86"] - Ford BDD Hasselgren McNeill Motorsports |
25 | ||||||
| 11 | Pat Walter | Swift DB4 [026-87] - Ford BDD Loyning |
25 | ||||||
| 12 | Ron Giery | Ralt RT4/83 - Ford BDD Jennings |
24 | ||||||
| 13 | John Wink | Ralt RT4/83 [355] - Ford BDD Jennings #41 Trim Line/Wink Racce Ent |
24 | ||||||
| 14 | Lee Shepardson | Ralt RT4/82 [81-249?] - Ford BDD Jennings #11 Rick Shea |
24 | ||||||
| 15 | Dave Volz | BSR 2 - Ford BDD Jennings #7 Rick Shea |
23 | ||||||
| 16 | David Diem | Ralt RT4/87 [661] - Ford BDD Hasselgren #4 Phillips Motorsport |
19 | ||||||
| 17 | Jeff Girard | Ralt RT4/86 [593] - Ford BDD Jennings Alan McCall |
14 | Accident | |||||
| 18 | Earl Heiman | Ralt RT4/83 [81-267] - Ford BDD Hasselgren (see note 1) |
12 | Accident | |||||
| 19 | Johnny O'Connell | Ralt RT4/83 [81-270] - Ford BDD Wirth #89 Riley Hopkins |
11 | Engine | |||||
| 20 | Tom Nields | Ralt RT4/86 [659] - Ford BDD Jennings John Christian |
10 | Engine | |||||
| 21 | Phil Simon | Ralt RT4/81 [210] - Ford BDD Jennings |
0 | ||||||
| DNS | Warren "Bud" Pauge | Ralt RT4/83 - Ford BDD Jennings #91 Pauge Racing Organization |
Did not start | ||||||
All cars are 1.6-litre F/Atl unless noted.
| Qualifying | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rod Granberry | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Swift DB4 [021-87] - Ford BDD Hasselgren | 1m 30.745s | ||
| 2 | Johnny O'Connell | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/83 [81-270] - Ford BDD Wirth | 1m 31.923s | ||
| 3 | Mitch Thieman | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Swift DB4 [005-88] - Ford BDD Hasselgren | 1m 31.125s | ||
| 4 | Pat Walter | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Swift DB4 [026-87] - Ford BDD Loyning | 1m 31.299s | ||
| 5 | Dean Hall | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Swift DB4 [017-87] - Ford BDD Hasselgren | 1m 31.775s | ||
| 6 | Rusty Scott | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Swift DB4 [037-87] - Ford BDD Loyning | 1m 31.780s | ||
| 7 | Joe Sposato | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/86 [655] - Ford BDD Jennings | 1m 32.231s | ||
| 8 | Tom Nields | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/86 [659] - Ford BDD Jennings | 1m 32.720s | ||
| 9 | Rod Bennett | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/82 [308] - Ford BDD Jennings | 1m 33.409s | ||
| 10 | Hiro Matsushita | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Swift DB4 [001-88] - Ford BDD Jennings | 1m 33.473s | ||
| 11 | Arvin Loudermilk | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Swift DB4 [030-87] - Ford BDD Jennings | 1m 33.484s | ||
| 12 | Jeff Kuida | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/87 ["4.199.86"] - Ford BDD Hasselgren | 1m 33.571s | ||
| 13 | Mike Buckenham | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/86 [600] - Ford BDD Jennings | 1m 33.770s | ||
| 14 | Ron Giery | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/83 - Ford BDD Jennings | 1m 34.338s | ||
| 15 | Jeff Girard | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/86 [593] - Ford BDD Jennings | 1m 34.614s | ||
| 16 | David Diem | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/87 [661] - Ford BDD Hasselgren | 1m 34.832s | ||
| 17 | Lee Shepardson | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/82 [81-249?] - Ford BDD Jennings | 1m 35.781s | ||
| 18 | John Wink | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/83 [355] - Ford BDD Jennings | 1m 36.006s | ||
| 19 | Dave Volz | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre BSR 2 - Ford BDD Jennings | 1m 37.640s | ||
| 20 | Phil Simon | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/81 [210] - Ford BDD Jennings | 1m 38.263s | ||
| 21 | Earl Heiman | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/83 [81-267] - Ford BDD Hasselgren | 1m 38.472s | ||
Notes on the cars:
- Ralt RT4/83 [81-267] (Earl Heiman): 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.