Monterey Grand Prix
Laguna Seca, 13 Oct 1974
| Results | Laps | Time/Speed | |||||||
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| 1 | Brian Redman | Lola T332 [HU42] - Chevrolet V8 (see note 1) |
50 | 50m 42.21s 112.41 mph |
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| 2 | James Hunt | Eagle 755 [01] - Chevrolet V8 |
50 | 51m 11.37s |
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| 3 | Mario Andretti | Lola T332 [HU35] - Chevrolet V8 [Vel's Parnelli Jones/Viceroy] (see note 2) |
50 | 51m 31.87s |
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| 4 | Eppie Wietzes | Lola T332 [HU31] - Chevrolet V8 (see note 3) |
49 | ||||||
| 5 | Warwick Brown | Lola T332 [HU27] - Chevrolet V8 (see note 4) |
49 | ||||||
| 6 | Jon Woodner | Talon MR-1 ['1'] - Chevrolet V8 |
49 | ||||||
| 7 | John Gunn | Lola T332 [HU47] - Chevrolet V8 (see note 5) |
49 | ||||||
| 8 | Gus Hutchison | March 73A/741 [73A/3(B)] - Chevrolet V8 (see note 6) |
48 | ||||||
| 9 | Johnny Rutherford | Lola T330 [HU12-2] - Chevrolet V8 [Hogan Racing] (see note 7) |
48 | ||||||
| 10 | Graham McRae | McRae GM2 [001] - Chevrolet V8 |
47 | ||||||
| 11 | Jerry Grant | Lola T332 [HU46] - Chevrolet V8 (see note 8) |
47 | ||||||
| 12 | Merle Brennan | Matich A50 [003] - Ford Boss 302 V8 |
47 | ||||||
| 13 | John Morton | Lola T332 [HU48] - Chevrolet V8 (see note 9) |
45 | ||||||
| 14 | Dan Furey | Lola T330 [HU19] - AMC 304 ci Traco V8 (see note 10) |
44 | ||||||
| 15 | John Cannon | March 73A [1] - Chevrolet V8 (see note 11) |
Retired | ||||||
| 16 | Evan Noyes | Lola T332 [HU51] - Chevrolet V8 (see note 12) |
Retired | ||||||
| 17 | Al Unser | Lola T332 [HU41] - Chevrolet V8 (see note 13) |
retired | ||||||
| 18 | Nestor Garcia Veiga | Lola T330 [HU24] - Chevrolet V8 (see note 14) |
Retired | ||||||
| 19 | David Hobbs | Lola T332 [HU30] - Chevrolet V8 [Hogan Racing] (see note 15) |
Retired | ||||||
| 20 | Brett Lunger | Eagle 74A [003] - Chevrolet V8 |
Retired | ||||||
| 21 | Ron Dykes | Lola T192 [HU30] - Chevrolet V8 |
retired | ||||||
| 22 | Sam Posey | Talon MR-1 ['2'] - Chevrolet V8 |
Retired | ||||||
| 23 | Mike Mosley | Lola T332 [HU44] - Chevrolet V8 [Lodestar/Agajanian/Leader Card] (see note 16) |
Retired | ||||||
| 24 | Elliot Forbes-Robinson | Eagle 74A [004] - Chevrolet V8 |
Retired | ||||||
| DNSF | Roger Bighouse | Chevron B24 [24-73-02] - Chevrolet V8 (see note 17) |
Did not start final | ||||||
| DNSF | Robert Fischetti | FA 101 - Chevrolet V8 |
Did not start final | ||||||
| DNSF | Chuck Sarich | McRae GM1 [009] - Chevrolet V8 (see note 18) |
Did not start final | ||||||
| DNSF | Bill Baker | Lola T300 - Chevrolet V8 |
Did not start final | ||||||
| DNQH | Michael Brayton | Eagle Mk 5 [509] - Chevrolet V8 |
Did not qualify from heats (11th in Heat 1) |
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| DNQH | John Benton | Lola T330 [HU26] - Chevrolet V8 (see note 19) |
Did not qualify from heats (11th in Heat 2) |
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| DNQH | Horst Kroll | Lola T300 [HU15] - Chevrolet V8 (see note 20) |
Did not qualify from heats (12th in Heat 1) |
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| DNQH | Skip Barber | Talon MR-1 ['3'] - Chevrolet V8 |
Did not qualify from heats (15th in Heat 2) |
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| DNQH | Larry Harley | Lola T330 [HU8] - Chevrolet V8 (see note 21) |
Did not qualify from heats (16th in Heat 2) |
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| DNQH | Arlon J. Koops | Lola T330 [HU20] - Chevrolet V8 (see note 22) |
Did not qualify from heats (18th in Heat 1) |
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| DNS | Gerard Raney | Eagle Mk 5 - Chevrolet V8 |
Did not start | ||||||
| DNS | Tony Settember | Lola T330 - Chevrolet V8 |
Did not start | ||||||
| DNS | Vern Schuppan | Lola T332 [HU37] - Chevrolet V8 (see note 23) |
Did not start | ||||||
| DNS | Gary Matthews | Surtees TS11 [04] - Chevrolet V8 |
Did not start | ||||||
All cars are 5-litre F5000 unless noted.
| Heat 1 | Laps | Time | Speed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mario Andretti | 27 | 27:11.69 | |
| 2 | James Hunt | 27 | 27:24.13 | |
| 3 | John Morton | 27 | 27:53.49 | |
| 4 | Warwick Brown | 27 | 27:57.56 | |
| 5 | Gus Hutchison | 26 | ||
| 6 | Johnny Rutherford | 26 | ||
| 7 | Merle Brennan | 26 | ||
| 8 | Jerry Grant | 26 | ||
| 9 | Chuck Sarich | 25 | ||
| 10 | Roger Bighouse | 24 | ||
| 11 | Michael Brayton | 24 | ||
| 12 | Horst Kroll | 20 | ||
| 13 | David Hobbs | Retired | ||
| 14 | Graham McRae | Retired | ||
| 15 | Jon Woodner | Retired | ||
| 16 | Sam Posey | Retired | ||
| 17 | John Cannon | Retired | ||
| 18 | Arlon J. Koops | Retired | ||
| Tony Settember | Did not start | |||
| Heat 2 | Laps | Time | Speed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brian Redman | 27 | 27:17.31 | |
| 2 | Eppie Wietzes | 27 | 27:24.70 | |
| 3 | Brett Lunger | 27 | 27:25.61 | |
| 4 | Al Unser | 27 | 27:54.53 | |
| 5 | Mike Mosley | 27 | 28:08.13 | |
| 6 | Nestor Garcia Veiga | 27 | 28:12.75 | |
| 7 | Elliot Forbes-Robinson | 26 | ||
| 8 | Dan Furey | 25 | ||
| 9 | Bill Baker | 25 | ||
| 10 | Robert Fischetti | 24 | ||
| 11 | John Benton | 18 | ||
| 12 | Ron Dykes | Retired | ||
| 13 | Evan Noyes | Retired | ||
| 14 | John Gunn | Retired | ||
| 15 | Skip Barber | Retired | ||
| 16 | Larry Harley | Retired | ||
| Vern Schuppan | Did not start | |||
| Gerard Raney | Did not start | |||
| Gary Matthews | Did not start | |||
| Qualifying | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mario Andretti | (F5000) 5-litre Lola T332 [HU35] - Chevrolet V8 | 57.741 | ||
| 2 | Brian Redman | (F5000) 5-litre Lola T332 [HU42] - Chevrolet V8 | 58.177 | ||
| 3 | James Hunt | (F5000) 5-litre Eagle 755 [01] - Chevrolet V8 | 58.886 | ||
| 4 | Vern Schuppan * | (F5000) 5-litre Lola T332 [HU37] - Chevrolet V8 | 58.908 | ||
| 5 | David Hobbs | (F5000) 5-litre Lola T332 [HU30] - Chevrolet V8 | 58.967 | ||
| 6 | Brett Lunger | (F5000) 5-litre Eagle 74A [003] - Chevrolet V8 | 59.516 | ||
| 7 | Jon Woodner | (F5000) 5-litre Talon MR-1 ['1'] - Chevrolet V8 | 59.585 | ||
| 8 | Eppie Wietzes | (F5000) 5-litre Lola T332 [HU31] - Chevrolet V8 | 59.647 | ||
| 9 | Sam Posey | (F5000) 5-litre Talon MR-1 ['2'] - Chevrolet V8 | 59.863 | ||
| 10 | Al Unser | (F5000) 5-litre Lola T332 [HU41] - Chevrolet V8 | 1:00.065 | ||
| 11 | John Morton | (F5000) 5-litre Lola T332 [HU48] - Chevrolet V8 | 1:00.293 | ||
| 12 | Warwick Brown | (F5000) 5-litre Lola T332 [HU27] - Chevrolet V8 | 1:00.404 | ||
| 13 | John Gunn | (F5000) 5-litre Lola T332 [HU47] - Chevrolet V8 | 1:00.672 | ||
| 14 | Gus Hutchison | (F5000) 5-litre March 73A/741 [73A/3(B)] - Chevrolet V8 | 1:00.899 | ||
| 15 | Nestor Garcia Veiga | (F5000) 5-litre Lola T330 [HU24] - Chevrolet V8 | 1:01.087 | ||
| 16 | Graham McRae | (F5000) 5-litre McRae GM2 [001] - Chevrolet V8 | 1:01.349 | ||
| 17 | Skip Barber | (F5000) 5-litre Talon MR-1 ['3'] - Chevrolet V8 | 1:01.620 | ||
| 18 | Tony Settember * | (F5000) 5-litre Lola T330 - Chevrolet V8 | 1:01.889 | ||
| 19 | Mike Mosley | (F5000) 5-litre Lola T332 [HU44] - Chevrolet V8 | 1:02.079 | ||
| 20 | Elliot Forbes-Robinson | (F5000) 5-litre Eagle 74A [004] - Chevrolet V8 | 1:02.254 | ||
| 21 | Johnny Rutherford | (F5000) 5-litre Lola T330 [HU12-2] - Chevrolet V8 | 1:02.296 | ||
| 22 | Evan Noyes | (F5000) 5-litre Lola T332 [HU51] - Chevrolet V8 | 1:02.549 | ||
| 23 | Jerry Grant | (F5000) 5-litre Lola T332 [HU46] - Chevrolet V8 | 1:02.605 | ||
| 24 | Merle Brennan | (F5000) 5-litre Matich A50 [003] - Ford Boss 302 V8 | 1:03.858 | ||
| 25 | Ron Dykes | (F5000) 5-litre Lola T192 [HU30] - Chevrolet V8 | 1:04.436 | ||
| 26 | Horst Kroll | (F5000) 5-litre Lola T300 [HU15] - Chevrolet V8 | 1:04.498 | ||
| 27 | Larry Harley | (F5000) 5-litre Lola T330 [HU8] - Chevrolet V8 | 1:04.627 | ||
| 28 | Bill Baker | (F5000) 5-litre Lola T300 - Chevrolet V8 | 1:05.073 | ||
| 29 | John Benton | (F5000) 5-litre Lola T330 [HU26] - Chevrolet V8 | 1:05.201 | ||
| 30 | Roger Bighouse | (F5000) 5-litre Chevron B24 [24-73-02] - Chevrolet V8 | 1:05.227 | ||
| 31 | Chuck Sarich | (F5000) 5-litre McRae GM1 [009] - Chevrolet V8 | 1:05.307 | ||
| 32 | Dan Furey | (F5000) 5-litre Lola T330 [HU19] - AMC 304 ci Traco V8 | 1:06.046 | ||
| 33 | Michael Brayton | (F5000) 5-litre Eagle Mk 5 [509] - Chevrolet V8 | 1:06.620 | ||
| 34 | Robert Fischetti | (F5000) 5-litre FA 101 - Chevrolet V8 | 1:07.261 | ||
| 35 | Arlon J. Koops | (F5000) 5-litre Lola T330 [HU20] - Chevrolet V8 | 1:07.425 | ||
| 36 | Gary Matthews * | (F5000) 5-litre Surtees TS11 [04] - Chevrolet V8 | 1:14.898 | ||
| 37 | John Cannon | (F5000) 5-litre March 73A [1] - Chevrolet V8 | no time | ||
| 38 | Gerard Raney * | (F5000) 5-litre Eagle Mk 5 - Chevrolet V8 | no time | ||
| * Did not start | |||||
Notes on the cars:
- Lola T332 [HU42] (Brian Redman): See full history: Lola T332 HU42.
- Lola T332 [HU35] (Mario Andretti): See full history: Lola T332 HU35.
- Lola T332 [HU31] (Eppie Wietzes): See full history: Lola T332 HU31.
- Lola T332 [HU27] (Warwick Brown): See full history: Lola T332 HU27.
- Lola T332 [HU47] (John Gunn): See full history: Lola T332 HU47.
- March 73A/741 [73A/3(B)] (Gus Hutchison): See full history: March 73A/3.
- Lola T330 [HU12-2] (Johnny Rutherford): See full history: Lola T330 HU12.
- Lola T332 [HU46] (Jerry Grant): See full history: Lola T332 HU46.
- Lola T332 [HU48] (John Morton): See full history: Lola T332 HU48.
- Lola T330 [HU19] (Dan Furey): See full history: Lola T330 HU19.
- March 73A [1] (John Cannon): Built for 1973 season (white). John Gunn: raced in US 1973, US 1974 (last race September 1974) - Les Hudelson mid-1974: raced by John Cannon US for the two Californian races in October 1974. Car then "put away"; retained by Hudelson in storage for nearly 20 years - Greg Wold (Maple Grove, MN) about 1993: restored to 1973 specification over next six years; raced in the SVRA series 2002. To Nick Smith (San Diego, CA) Feb 2007. To Roger Williams (New Zealand) Jan 2010. To Clark Proctor (Auckland, New Zealand) later in 2010 and raced in the Tasman Revival series in 2010/11, 2011/12, 2012/13, 2013/14 and 2014/15.
- Lola T332 [HU51] (Evan Noyes): See full history: Lola T332 HU51.
- Lola T332 [HU41] (Al Unser): See full history: Lola T332 HU41.
- Lola T330 [HU24] (Nestor Garcia Veiga): See full history: Lola T330 HU24.
- Lola T332 [HU30] (David Hobbs): See full history: Lola T332 HU30.
- Lola T332 [HU44] (Mike Mosley): See full history: Lola T332 HU44.
- Chevron B24 [24-73-02] (Roger Bighouse): New for 1973 season. Doug Shierson for Peter Gethin: raced in UK 1973 (won Race of Champions) and US 1973. To Roger Bighouse (Eastlake, OH): raced in US 1974 (7 races); US 1975 (4 races + 1 DNS) - Pat McGonegle (Cincinnati, OH): raced in US 1976 (1 race) and Can-Am 1977 (4 races + 1 DNS); probably the car entered by McGonegle as 'Mannix MX-2' in Can-Am 1978; advertised April 1979 - Danny Johnson (Kewanee, IL) 1979: raced in Can-Am 1979 (1 race), Can-Am 1981 (5 races), Can-Am 1982 (6 races) - Brian R Taylor (now Clive, Iowa) for Mike Engstrand (Des Moines, Iowa): raced in Can-Am 1985 (3 races) - Chuck Haines (St Louis, MO) - Anthony Taylor (Blackburn, UK) 2001: due to be rebuilt and raced in FORCE Historic F5000 series (UK) 2001. Then unknown until owned by Greg Thornton in 2011 and raced in UK and New Zealand 2011/12. Badly damaged in a fire at Thornton's garage in June 2012 but completely reconstructed.
- McRae GM1 [009] (Chuck Sarich): Built for 1973 season. Quicksilver Racing (Rockville, MD) for Jim and Chuck Sarich: raced in US 1973 (debut Watkins Glen R5 17 Jun 1973), US 1974 (1 race: Laguna Seca); advertised Autoweek 26 Apr 1975 - Ted Wenz and Peter Marcovicci (of Marcovicci-Wenz Engineering) 1986: raced by Wenz in US vintage racing 1986-1998 - Stan Redmond (Christchurch, New Zealand) 2003. Retained 2004 and used in the F5000 Tasman Revival series in 2004 and 2006. To Alistair Hey (Christchurch) 2007, and used by Chris Hyde to win the 2007/08 F5000 Tasman Revival Series. To Steve Ross (Dunedin) 2009, who continued to run it in the F5000 Tasman Revival series (#5 orange).
- Lola T330 [HU26] (John Benton): See full history: Lola T330 HU26.
- Lola T300 [HU15] (Horst Kroll): Invoice date 30 Mar 1972 (sold to 'Haas', colour 'Yellow'). Horst Kroll (Canada) US 1972-1974; driven by Bert Kuehne US 1975 (5 races); Kroll US 1976; damaged in crash at Watkins Glen but rebuilt and converted to Can-Am. Kroll Can-Am 1977; rental car thereafter: e.g. Marcel Talbot Can-Am 1978 (1 race: Trois-Rivieres - 04 Sep 1978), Can-Am 1979 (1 entry in "T300": Road Atlanta - 06 May 1979, entry list only); Mike Freberg 1981; Duff Hubbard 1982; John Macaluso 1983; Walter Lechner 1984; Joe DeMarco 1985 and 1986; John Graham 1986. Rebuilt as "Frissbee KR5" for 1986. Mike Engstrand recalls driving Kroll's T300-based Can-Am car at St Louis and Hallet in 1986; used until 1987 - Chuck Haines (St Louis, MO) 1989 - Don Jensen (US) about 1998: used extensively in vintage racing still in Can-Am specification until 2007 - Andrew Kluver (Sydney, Australia) August 2007.
- Lola T330 [HU8] (Larry Harley): To Haas/Hall and developed by Jim Hall with revised bodywork, radiators and rear wing for Brian Redman in the 1973 US series. Then to Rogers Racing for Larry Harley in the 1974 US series. To Ken Smith (New Zealand) for the 1974/75 season, the New Zealand and Australian Internationals 1976. To Chris Milton (South Australia) and raced in Australia from Sep 1977 to Sep 1978. To John Blanden 1978, and driven for him by Rob Butcher from 1979 to 1982. To Bib Stillwell 1988 for Australian historic racing. To Noel Robson (Melbourne, Australia) 1993, and raced in Australian historic racing for many years. More information about Lola T330 HU8
- Lola T330 [HU20] (Arlon J. Koops): See full history: Lola T330 HU20.
- Lola T332 [HU37] (Vern Schuppan): See full history: Lola T332 HU37.
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.
1968 US information has been taken from SCCA results sheets with additional information from Autoweek race reports and from some entry lists. Thanks to David McKinney and Wolfgang Klopfer for providing these. Identifying the classes and model of some entries has proved very difficult so all new information would be welcomed.
1969-1971 US information has been collated by Chris Townsend using Autoweek reports. All comments, clarifications, corrections and additions are most welcome.
1972-1976 US information was originally collated by Wolfgang Klopfer, converted to database format by Dawn Harrison and checked by Jim Thurman and Don Capps. Wolfgang's main sources are Autoweek and individual SCCA results bulletins but Autosport, Autocourse and Road Racing Annual have also been consulted.
US SCCA Runoffs, Nationals and Regionals results were collated by Wolfgang Klopfer from Autoweek reports. These reports were usually very brief so the information on the majority of races is limited just to the identity of the FA class winner.
Some race programs have also been used for entry lists and other information. My thanks to Richard Coe for the generous contributions from his collection.
All comments, clarifications, corrections and additions are most welcome. Please email Allen if you can add anything.