Robert Bosch/VW Super Vee Championship Round
Phoenix International Raceway, 31 Oct 1981
| Results | Laps | Time/Speed | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pete Halsmer | Ralt RT5/80 [201] - VW Brabham 4 #14 Arciero Racing |
60 | 41m 00.00s 87.805 mph |
| 2 | Al Unser Jr | Ralt RT5/81 [242] - VW Brabham 4 #5 Galles Chevrolet |
60 | 41m 01.00s |
| 3 | Bob Cicconi | Ralt RT5/81 [229] - VW Bertils 4 #77 Bertils Racing Engines |
60 | |
| 4 | Dave McMillan | Autoresearch - VW Brabham 4 #47 Centerline Racing |
60 | |
| 5 | John Kalagian | Ralt RT5/80 - VW Heidegger 4 #19 Kalgian Ardisana Racing |
60 | |
| 6 | Jerry Knapp | Ralt RT5/81 [240] - VW Brabham 4 #49 Elite Racing |
60 | |
| 7 | Greg Atwell | Ralt RT5/80 - VW Brabham 4 #45 Charlie Sanders Racing |
60 | |
| 8 | Larry Skipsey | Ralt RT5/81 [241] - VW Brabham 4 #23 Skipsey Racing |
60 | |
| 9 | Stan Fox | Autoresearch - VW Brabham 4 #59 Pabst |
59 | |
| 10 | Jim Harvey | March 79V - VW 4 #58 Jim Harvey Racing |
58 | |
| 11 | John Paul Jr | Ralt RT5/81 [230] - VW Brabham 4 #1 JLP Racing |
58 | |
| 12 | Ray Lipper | Ralt RT1 [36] - VW Bertils 4 #20 Centerline Racing (see note 1) |
58 | |
| 13 | Richard Johnson | Argo JM4 - VW 4 #83 |
56 | |
| 14 | Roger 'Kip' Penske Jr | Ralt RT5/81 [257] - VW Brabham 4 #9 Patrick Petroleum |
53 | Accident |
| 15 | Pete Pittman | Ralt RT1 - VW 4 #24 |
38 | Clutch |
| 16 | Michael Andretti | Ralt RT5/81 [243] - VW Brabham 4 #40 JLP Racing-STP |
36 | Accident |
| 17 | Bobby Unser Jr | Ralt RT5/80 - VW Brabham 4 #11 Galles Chevrolet |
36 | Engine |
| 18 | Roy Kischell | Lola T620 - VW 4 #30 Don Kischell Racing |
31 | Engine |
| 19 | Dave Dickerson | Ralt RT5/80 [182] - VW Schrick 4 #7 Bill Scott Racing |
23 | Engine |
| 20 | Bob Ward | Ralt RT1 - VW 4 #29 Don Kischell Racing |
22 | Engine |
| 21 | Fred Phillips | Ralt RT5/81 [251] - VW Brabham 4 #48 Elite Racing |
9 | Accident |
| 22 | Mike Rosen | Ralt RT5/81 [239] - VW Brabham 4 #55 E-Z Wider/Lane Sports |
8 | Accident |
| 23 | Arie Luyendijk | March 80BE - VW Schrick 4 #0 Championship Racing Stables |
8 | Accident |
| 24 | Larry Pestorich | Lola T328 - VW 4 #98 |
1 | Engine |
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 | 27.743s | ||
| 2 | Pete Halsmer | (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/80 [201] - VW Brabham 4 | 27.822s | ||
| 3 | Bob Cicconi | (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/81 [229] - VW Bertils 4 | 27.985s | ||
| 4 | Dave McMillan | (FSV) 1.6-litre Autoresearch - VW Brabham 4 | 28.004s | ||
| 5 | Roger 'Kip' Penske Jr | (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/81 [257] - VW Brabham 4 | 28.085s | ||
| 6 | Michael Andretti | (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/81 [243] - VW Brabham 4 | 28.112s | ||
| 7 | Stan Fox | (FSV) 1.6-litre Autoresearch - VW Brabham 4 | 28.166s | ||
| 8 | Dave Dickerson | (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/80 [182] - VW Schrick 4 | 28.238s | ||
| 9 | Mike Rosen | (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/81 [239] - VW Brabham 4 | 28.340s | ||
| 10 | Fred Phillips | (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/81 [251] - VW Brabham 4 | 28.408s | ||
| 11 | John Paul Jr | (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/81 [230] - VW Brabham 4 | 28.565s | ||
| 12 | Arie Luyendijk | (FSV) 1.6-litre March 80BE - VW Schrick 4 | 28.683s | ||
| 13 | Bobby Unser Jr | (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/80 - VW Brabham 4 | 28.899s | ||
| 14 | Jerry Knapp | (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/81 [240] - VW Brabham 4 | 29.011s | ||
| 15 | Larry Skipsey | (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/81 [241] - VW Brabham 4 | 29.153s | ||
| 16 | John Kalagian | (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/80 - VW Heidegger 4 | 29.290s | ||
| 17 | Greg Atwell | (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/80 - VW Brabham 4 | 29.444s | ||
| 18 | Jim Harvey | (FSV) 1.6-litre March 79V - VW 4 | 29.571s | ||
| 19 | Ray Lipper | (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT1 [36] - VW Bertils 4 | 30.109s | ||
| 20 | Pete Pittman | (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT1 - VW 4 | 30.831s | ||
| 21 | Richard Johnson | (FSV) 1.6-litre Argo JM4 - VW 4 | 31.687s | ||
| 22 | Roy Kischell | (FSV) 1.6-litre Lola T620 - VW 4 | 31.863s | ||
| 23 | Bob Ward | (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT1 - VW 4 | No time | ||
| 24 | Larry Pestorich | (FSV) 1.6-litre Lola T328 - VW 4 | No time | ||
Notes on the cars:
- Ralt RT1 [36] (Ray Lipper): Consigned by Ralt to Ralt American in summer 1976. Run by Dave McMillan in New Zealand Gold Star series, late 1976. Chassis number observed on Dave McMillan's car by Dave McKinney at Baypark, 2 Jan 1977, and published NZMA 28 Jan 77 p5. Described there as ex Kevin Cogan, so one of the four RT1s [chassis 30; 33; 34; 36] shown in Ralt build records [reproduced Autosport 1977] sent to Brian Robertson for Formula Atlantic series in 1976. Since 30 is known to be the car of Bertil Roos, and 33 that of Craig Hill, we can assume that Cogan indeed used 36 [except at the last race of the year when he is known to use Hill's RT1-33], and 34 was that of Richard Spenard - a car originally intended for McMillan's use in North America, until his sponsorship fell through. Retained by McMillan until at least 1980, and used in both North America and New Zealand. McMillan says took his own car to Canada NZMA 29 Jul 77 p5. NZMA report of the race at Halifax says car used in NZ. Chassis number given for McMillan's car at Bay Park, 2 Jan 1978 [NZMA 20 Jan 78 p4].
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
Chris Townsend's general sources for this FSV season include SportsCar, On Track and Racecar. For this race, Bob Micheletti provided a copy of the race programme.