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Robert Bosch/VW Super Vee Championship Round

Milwaukee Mile, 6 Sep 1981

ResultsLapsTime/Speed
1 Al Unser Jr Ralt RT5/81 [242] - VW Brabham 4
#5 Galles Racing 		62 33m 46.00s
2 Pete Halsmer Ralt RT5/80 [201] - VW Brabham 4
#14 Arcerio Racing 		62 33m 49.00s
3 Chip Ganassi Ralt RT5/81 [238] - VW Brabham 4
#22 Amerwire/Kingfish 		62
4 John Kalagian Ralt RT5/80 - VW Heidegger 4
#19 		62
5 Jim Hickman Ralt RT5/81 [232] - VW 4
#1 Bill Scott Racing 		62
6 Dave Dickerson Ralt RT5/80 [182] - VW Schrick 4
#7 Bill Scott Racing 		62
7 Greg Atwell Ralt RT5/80 - VW Brabham 4
#45 Sanders Racing 		61
8 Bob Earl Ralt RT5/81 [231] - VW Brabham 4
#16 Galles Racing 		61
9 Mike Rosen Ralt RT5/81 [239] - VW Brabham 4
#55 Lane Sports 		61
10 Bob Cicconi Ralt RT5/81 [229] - VW Bertils 4
#77 Bertils Racing Engines 		61
11 Bobby Unser Jr Ralt RT5/80 - VW Brabham 4
#11 Galles Racing 		61
12 Roger 'Kip' Penske Jr Ralt RT5/81 [257] - VW Brabham 4
#9 Patrick Petroleum 		61
13 Bob Schader Autoresearch - VW Brabham 4
#6 		58
14 Stan Fox Autoresearch - VW 4
#59 		58
15 Jim Putnam Lola T620 - VW 4
#25 		58
16 Larry Skipsey Ralt RT5/81 [241] - VW Brabham 4
#23 		57
17 John Schiesser Lola T324 - VW 4
#98 		56
18 Steve Thomson Wheeler - VW 4
#80 		56
19 Doug Clark Ralt RT1 - VW Schrick 4
#15 		56
20 Tim Evans Ralt RT1 - VW Bertils 4
#46 		53
21 Roger Rager March 78SV - VW 4
#99 		25 Oil pressure
22 Jerry Knapp Ralt RT5/81 [240] - VW Brabham 4
#49 Elite Enterprises 		22 Accident
23 Tony Kester Autoresearch - VW Bertils 4
#38 		20 Accident
24 Ray Lipper Ralt RT1/76 [36] - VW Bertils 4
#20 Centerline Wheels (see note 1) 		7 Overheating
25 Jan Slesinski March 79SV - VW Bertils 4
#8 		0 Accident
DNS Dave McMillan Autoresearch - VW Brabham 4
#47 Centerline Wheels 		Did not start
DNS Arie Luyendijk March 81BE - VW Schrick 4
#0 Driftwood Racing 		Did not start
(Did not appear for race; truck broke down en route)

All cars are 1.6-litre FSV unless noted.

Qualifying
1 Pete Halsmer (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/80 [201] - VW Brabham 4 29.252s
2 Dave McMillan * (FSV) 1.6-litre Autoresearch - VW Brabham 4 29.331s
3 Arie Luyendijk * (FSV) 1.6-litre March 81BE - VW Schrick 4 29.629s
4 John Kalagian (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/80 - VW Heidegger 4 29.974s
5 Mike Rosen (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/81 [239] - VW Brabham 4 30.055s
6 Chip Ganassi (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/81 [238] - VW Brabham 4 30.078s
7 Larry Skipsey (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/81 [241] - VW Brabham 4 30.079s
8 Greg Atwell (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/80 - VW Brabham 4 30.137s
9 Jim Hickman (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/81 [232] - VW 4 30.213s
10 Bob Earl (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/81 [231] - VW Brabham 4 30.230s
11 Al Unser Jr (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/81 [242] - VW Brabham 4 30.232s
12 Bob Schader (FSV) 1.6-litre Autoresearch - VW Brabham 4 30.279s
13 Dave Dickerson (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/80 [182] - VW Schrick 4 30.339s
14 Bobby Unser Jr (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/80 - VW Brabham 4 30.444s
15 Bob Cicconi (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/81 [229] - VW Bertils 4 30.517s
16 Jerry Knapp (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/81 [240] - VW Brabham 4 30.639s
17 Roger 'Kip' Penske Jr (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/81 [257] - VW Brabham 4 31.134s
18 Ray Lipper (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT1/76 [36] - VW Bertils 4 31.811s
19 Tony Kester (FSV) 1.6-litre Autoresearch - VW Bertils 4 31.916s
20 Jan Slesinski (FSV) 1.6-litre March 79SV - VW Bertils 4 32.151s
21 Doug Clark (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT1 - VW Schrick 4 32.170s
22 John Schiesser (FSV) 1.6-litre Lola T324 - VW 4 32.740s
23 Jim Putnam (FSV) 1.6-litre Lola T620 - VW 4 33.100s
24 Steve Thomson (FSV) 1.6-litre Wheeler - VW 4 33.738s
25 Tim Evans (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT1 - VW Bertils 4 No time
26 Stan Fox (FSV) 1.6-litre Autoresearch - VW 4 No time
27 Roger Rager (FSV) 1.6-litre March 78SV - VW 4 No time
 
* Did not start

Notes on the cars:

  1. 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

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' original 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

This race was due to be held on 22-23 August. Qualifying took place on the original race weekend but because of rain the race was staged two weeks later. Luyendijk's truck broke down meaning he did not start but as he practiced he's listed here as a Did Not Start instead of a Did Not Arrive. Chris Townsend's general sources for this FSV season include SportsCar, On Track and Racecar.