North East Division SCCA Formula B 1973
Ken Duclos upgraded from his Brabham BT29 to the latest Brabham BT40, and retained his NEDiv Formula B title. His closest competitor was Sebby Barrone, who retained his March 722 and had a much better season in it. Duclos also won the Runoffs at the end of the season.
Despite a Brabham taking the title, NEDiv saw a continued increase in sales of Marchs, with five new March 73Bs added to the divisions stocks of 722s.
Final standings
1. | Ken Duclos | Brabham [BT40] | New England | 48 pts |
2. | Seb Barone | March [722] | New England | 42 pts |
3. | Frank Del Vecchio | March [73B] | New England | 28 pts |
4. | Olney "Bill" Mairs | March [722] | New York | 23 pts |
5. | Charles T. Gibson | March [71BM] | New York | 20 pts |
6. | Ron Cohn | March [73B] | New York | 13 pts |
7. | Charles "Chuck" Hansen | March [722] | NNJ | 13 pts |
8. | Tom Outcault | March [73B] | NNJ | 10 pts |
9. | Joseph Freeman | Brabham [BT35] | New England | 9 pts |
10. | Bruce MacInnes | March [73B] | New York | 9 pts |
11. | Bob Hebert | Lotus [69] | New England | 2 pts |
12. | Lyle Heck | Brabham [BT29] | Blue Mntn | 2 pts |
13. | Ted Thomas | March [722] | Steel Cities | 2 pts |
14. | Joe Grimaldi | March [722] | NNJ | 1 pt |
15. | William Prout Jr | March [705] | New England | 1 pt |
16. | Mike Rand | March [73B] | New England | 1 pt |
Northeast Division SCCA Nationals in 1973
20 May 1973 | Nelson Ledges | Steel Cities Region |
27 May 1973 | Thompson Speedway | New England Region |
10 Jun 1973 | Summit Point | Washington DC Region |
07 Jul 1973 | Lime Rock | Northern New Jersey Region |
15 Jul 1973 | Pocono (road course) | Tri-Region (NE Penn, Philadelphia & South Jersey) |
29 Jul 1973 | Nelson Ledges | Mahoning Valley Region |
12 Aug 1973 | Watkins Glen | Glen Region |
26 Aug 1973 | Summit Point | Susquehanna Region |
26 Aug 1973 | Bridgehampton | New York Region |
03 Sep 1973 | Bryar Motorsport Park | New England Region |
16 Sep 1973 | Pocono (road course) | South Jersey Region |
23 Sep 1973 | Summit Point | Washington DC & Susquehanna Regions |
Northeast Division sources
Most of our knowledge of NEDiv racing comes from the SCCA's Sports Car magazine and from Competition Press & Autoweek. We are very keen to acquire or borrow 1960s, 1970s and 1980s copies of SCCA regional publications from this Division. These include:
- Pit Talk (New England Region)
- The Drift (Steel Cities Region)
- Knock Off (Mohawk-Hudson Region)
- Regional Review (New York Region)
- Spark Plug (Glen Region)
- The Spokesmen (Philadelphia Region)
- The Straightpipe (Washington DC Region)
- Top End Magazine (Finger Lakes Region)
North Carolina Region, which moved from NEDiv to SEDiv in 1969, has made its newsletter available online at the NCR website.
Additionally, Racing Magazine was published as a Lime Rock track magazine.
We are also keen to get scans of entry lists from SCCA Nationals in this Division.