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Northern Pacific SCCA Formula B 1975

As Northwest Region had lost its usual venue and was having to hold races over the Canadian border at Westwood, it required travelling a lot of miles to compete in the whole NorPac Divisional race in 1975. Only Jon Norman really did that, winning the class at Oregon Region's Rose Cup Races in June, then taking second in class at the Laguna Seca June Sprints, and winning his class at Westwood in August. Tom Crowther won the opening race at Sears Points but retired his Falconer-bodied March 722 from too many races to be a factor.

Tom Gloy won at Westwood in June in his new Lola T360, but was only using it as a test session before the Canadian series began. Bill Hill and Bob Tracy were more concerned about ICSCC events. George Gettel's Royale is the main mystery this year. Gettel had been living in San Rafael, but later that season scored points at a race in Roswell that were credited to him separately in Midwest Division.

Final standings

1. Jon NormanLotus [69]San Francisco34 pts 
2. Tom CrowtherMarch [722]San Francisco16 pts 
3. Steve JizmagianMarch [722]San Francisco13 pts 
4. Tom GloyLola [T360]San Francisco9 pts 
5. Pat WalterRalt [RT1]San Francisco9 pts 
6. Jon MilledgeGRD [B73]San Francisco9 pts 
7. Bill HillBrabham [BT29]Northwest9 pts 
8. Mike RockeBrabham [BT38]San Francisco9 pts 
9. Bob TracyMarch [722]Oregon7 pts 
10. Bill CooperBrabham [BT35]San Francisco6 pts 
11. George GettelRoyaleSan Francisco6 pts 
12. Robert HallMarch [722]San Francisco4 pts 
13. Archie SniderGRD [B73]San Francisco4 pts 
14. Gordon StromBrabham [BT35]San Francisco3 pts 
15. Dick ZibertBrabham [BT38]San Francisco2 pts 
16. Gerry BruihlPalliser [WDB2]San Francisco1 pt   

Northern Pacific Division SCCA Nationals in 1975

06 Apr 1975Sears PointSan Francisco Region
11 May 1975WestwoodNorthwest Region
15 Jun 1975Portland International RacewaysOregon Region
29 Jun 1975Laguna SecaSan Francisco Region
10 Aug 1975WestwoodNorthwest Region
24 Aug 1975Portland International RacewaysOregon Region
07 Sep 1975Sears PointSan Francisco Region

Northern Pacific Division SCCA Regionals in 1975

16 Mar 1975Sears PointSan Francisco Region
27 Apr 1975Sears PointSan Francisco Region
27 Apr 1975Portland International RacewaysOregon Region
18 May 1975Portland International RacewaysOregon Region
01 Jun 1975Laguna SecaSan Francisco Region
15 Jun 1975Portland International RacewaysOregon Region
13 Jul 1975Laguna SecaSan Francisco Region
27 Jul 1975Sears PointSan Francisco Region
17 Aug 1975Sears PointSan Francisco Region
24 Aug 1975Portland International RacewaysOregon Region
12 Oct 1975Laguna SecaSan Francisco Region
02 Nov 1975Laguna SecaSan Francisco Region
16 Nov 1975Sears PointSan Francisco Region

Northern Pacific Division sources

Most of our knowledge of NorPac racing comes from the SCCA's Sports Car magazine, from Competition Press & Autoweek and from an extensive collection of San Francisco Region's The Wheel newsletter from 1971 onwards. We are very keen to acquire or borrow 1960s, 1970s and 1980s copies of all three of the main SCCA regional publications in this division:

  • The Wheel (San Francisco Region)
  • Northwest Sports Car News (Northwest Region)
  • Loud Pedal (Oregon Region)

We are also keen to get scans of entry lists from SCCA Nationals, notably the Laguna Seca Sprints and the Rose Cup Races.