Robert Bosch/VW Super Vee Championship Round
Charlotte Motor Speedway, 17 May 1981
| Results | Laps | Time/Speed | |||||||
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| 1 | Al Unser Jr | Ralt RT5/81 [242] - VW Brabham 4 #5 Galles Racing |
28 | 34m 10.089s 110.629 mph |
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| 2 | John Paul Jr | Ralt RT5/81 [230] - VW Brabham 4 #18 JLP Racing |
28 | 34m 14.714s |
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| 3 | Bob Earl | Ralt RT5/81 [231] - VW Brabham 4 #11 Galles Racing |
28 | 34m 30.431s |
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| 4 | Jim Hickman | Ralt RT5/81 [232] - VW Schrick 4 #1 Hickman Datsun/BSR |
28 | 34m 54.291s |
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| 5 | Chip Ganassi | March 79/80V - VW Bertils 4 #22 Amerwire/Kingfish |
28 | 34m 58.640s |
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| 6 | Arie Luyendijk | March 81BE - VW Schrick 4 #0 |
28 | 35m 07.293s |
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| 7 | Stuart Moore | Ralt RT5/81 [229] - VW Bertils 4 #77 Bertils Racing Engines |
28 | 35m 12.082s |
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| 8 | Scott Miller | March 81BE - VW Brabham 4 #2 |
28 | 35m 13.480s |
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| 9 | Dave Dickerson | Ralt RT5/80 [182] - VW Schrick 4 #7 CAMM Racing |
28 | 35m 20.773s |
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| 10 | Gary Pratt | Protofab Riley - VW Schrick 4 #73 |
27 | ||||||
| 11 | John Kalagian | March 80V - VW Heidegger 4 #19 |
27 | ||||||
| 12 | Tim Evans | Ralt RT1 - VW Bertils 4 #46 Stuart Moore |
27 | ||||||
| 13 | Bruno Beilcke | March 79V - VW Spiess 4 #26 |
27 | ||||||
| 14 | William Vermeer | Argo JM2 [020-SV] - VW Vermeer 4 #88 |
26 | ||||||
| 15 | Bob Schader | Autoresearch - VW Brabham 4 #6 Aspen Oil |
26 | ||||||
| 16 | Richard Hubbard | Ralt RT1 - VW Schrick 4 #21 |
26 | ||||||
| 17 | Doug Clark | Ralt RT1 - VW Schrick 4 #15 Fleet Power |
26 | ||||||
| 18 | Larry Skipsey | Ralt RT1 - VW Bertils 4 #23 |
24 | ||||||
| 19 | Roger 'Kip' Penske Jr | Ralt RT5/80 - VW Brabham 4 #9 Patrick Petroleum |
23 | Overheating | |||||
| 20 | Dave Manzolini | Zink Z14 - VW Manzolini 4 #97 B-B Development |
22 | Engine | |||||
| 21 | Dave McMillan | Autoresearch - VW Brabham 4 #47 |
19 | Spun | |||||
| 22 | Rick Bussell | Ralt RT1 [163] - VW Brabham 4 #10 |
19 | Engine | |||||
| 23 | A J Manning | Zink Z14 - VW Bertils 4 #13 Empress Travel |
19 | Engine | |||||
| 24 | Ray Lipper | Ralt RT1/76 [36] - VW Brabham 4 #20 Centerline Wheels (see note 1) |
14 | Battery | |||||
| 25 | Jon Q Peterson | Ralt RT1 - VW Schrick 4 #71 Zeitler Racing |
13 | Not known | |||||
| 26 | Billy Scyphers | Ralt RT5/80 [201] - VW Brabham 4 #14 |
11 | Engine | |||||
| 27 | Rod Maul | Ralt RT1 - VW 4 #56 |
6 | Not known | |||||
| 28 | Tony Kester | Autoresearch - VW Brabham 4 #38 Log Home |
5 | Overheating | |||||
| 29 | Fred Phillips | Ralt RT1 - VW Schrick 4 #70 Zeitler Racing |
2 | Not known | |||||
| DNS | Jerrill Rice | March 78V [783-26] - VW Brabham 4 #28 |
Did not start | ||||||
All cars are 1.6-litre FSV unless noted.
| Qualifying | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Al Unser Jr | (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/81 [242] - VW Brabham 4 | 1m 10.190s | ||
| 2 | Bob Earl | (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/81 [231] - VW Brabham 4 | 1m 10.330s | ||
| 3 | John Paul Jr | (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/81 [230] - VW Brabham 4 | 1m 10.478s | ||
| 4 | Bob Schader | (FSV) 1.6-litre Autoresearch - VW Brabham 4 | 1m 11.377s | ||
| 5 | Jim Hickman | (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/81 [232] - VW Schrick 4 | 1m 11.482s | ||
| 6 | Roger 'Kip' Penske Jr | (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/80 - VW Brabham 4 | 1m 11.965s | ||
| 7 | Chip Ganassi | (FSV) 1.6-litre March 79/80V - VW Bertils 4 | 1m 12.184s | ||
| 8 | Stuart Moore | (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/81 [229] - VW Bertils 4 | 1m 12.298s | ||
| 9 | Arie Luyendijk | (FSV) 1.6-litre March 81BE - VW Schrick 4 | 1m 12.410s | ||
| 10 | Dave Dickerson | (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/80 [182] - VW Schrick 4 | 1m 12.569s | ||
| 11 | Dave McMillan | (FSV) 1.6-litre Autoresearch - VW Brabham 4 | 1m 12.576s | ||
| 12 | Rick Bussell | (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT1 [163] - VW Brabham 4 | 1m 12.751s | ||
| 13 | Billy Scyphers | (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/80 [201] - VW Brabham 4 | 1m 12.773s | ||
| 14 | Scott Miller | (FSV) 1.6-litre March 81BE - VW Brabham 4 | 1m 12.841s | ||
| 15 | Jerrill Rice * | (FSV) 1.6-litre March 78V [783-26] - VW Brabham 4 | 1m 12.879s | ||
| 16 | Jon Q Peterson | (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT1 - VW Schrick 4 | 1m 12.884s | ||
| 17 | Fred Phillips | (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT1 - VW Schrick 4 | 1m 13.288s | ||
| 18 | John Kalagian | (FSV) 1.6-litre March 80V - VW Heidegger 4 | 1m 13.376s | ||
| 19 | Gary Pratt | (FSV) 1.6-litre Protofab Riley - VW Schrick 4 | 1m 13.543s | ||
| 20 | William Vermeer | (FSV) 1.6-litre Argo JM2 [020-SV] - VW Vermeer 4 | 1m 13.568s | ||
| 21 | Larry Skipsey | (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT1 - VW Bertils 4 | 1m 14.001s | ||
| 22 | Doug Clark | (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT1 - VW Schrick 4 | 1m 15.284s | ||
| 23 | Tim Evans | (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT1 - VW Bertils 4 | 1m 15.440s | ||
| 24 | Ray Lipper | (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT1/76 [36] - VW Brabham 4 | 1m 15.612s | ||
| 25 | Bruno Beilcke | (FSV) 1.6-litre March 79V - VW Spiess 4 | 1m 15.766s | ||
| 26 | Dave Manzolini | (FSV) 1.6-litre Zink Z14 - VW Manzolini 4 | 1m 18.208s | ||
| 27 | Tony Kester | (FSV) 1.6-litre Autoresearch - VW Brabham 4 | 1m 19.270s | ||
| 28 | Rod Maul | (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT1 - VW 4 | 1m 21.099s | ||
| 29 | A J Manning | (FSV) 1.6-litre Zink Z14 - VW Bertils 4 | 1m 22.075s | ||
| 30 | Richard Hubbard | (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT1 - VW Schrick 4 | 1m 22.190s | ||
| * Did not start | |||||
Notes on the cars:
- Ralt RT1/76 [36] (Ray Lipper): To Cavanaugh Racing and run for Kevin Cogan in two late-season 1976 Canadian Formula Atlantic races. Sold to David McMillan and raced in the 1976/77 New Zealand Gold Star season, and in the January 1977 New Zealand International Formula Pacific series. Taken back to Canada for McMillan to race in two Canadian series races in 1977, then back to New Zealand for the 1977/78 Gold Star series and the January 1978 International series. Retained by McMillan for the 1978/79 and 1979/80 seasons, while also used in a handful of North American races in 1979 and 1980. Rebuilt as a Formula Super Vee for McMillan in 1980. McMillan moved to Ray Lipper’s Centreline Wheels team in 1981 and the old RT1 was raced by Lipper that season. [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.
Despite its success, FSV attracted little coverage and establishing complete race results is proving difficult. The SCCA's Sports Car magazine, On Track and Racecar have proved the most useful sources for the US series. Information on the European series would be most welcome.
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.
Individual sources for this event
Chris Townsend's sources include SportsCar July 81 and On Track 28 May 1981.