Robert Bosch/VW Super Vee Championship Round
Road America, 25 Jul 1981
| Results | Laps | Time/Speed | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pete Halsmer | Ralt RT5/80 [201] - VW Brabham 4 #14 |
15 | 33m 31.78s 107.368 mph |
| 2 | Al Unser Jr | Ralt RT5/81 [242] - VW Brabham 4 #5 |
15 | 33m 35.64s |
| 3 | Arie Luyendijk | March 81BE - VW Schrick 4 #0 |
15 | |
| 4 | Bob Earl | Ralt RT5/81 [231] - VW Brabham 4 #16 Galles Racing |
15 | |
| 5 | Dave McMillan | Autoresearch - VW Brabham 4 #47 |
15 | |
| 6 | Jim Hickman | Ralt RT5/81 [232] - VW 4 Bill Scott Racing |
15 | |
| 7 | Chip Ganassi | Ralt RT5/81 [238] - VW Brabham 4 #22 Amerwire/Kingfish |
15 | |
| 8 | Stuart Moore | Ralt RT5/81 [229] - VW Bertils 4 |
15 | |
| 9 | Bob Schader | Autoresearch - VW Brabham 4 Aspen Oil |
15 | |
| 10 | Jerry Knapp | Ralt RT5/81 [240] - VW Brabham 4 #49 Elite Enterprises |
15 | |
| 11 | John Fergus | Ralt RT5/80 - VW 4 |
15 | |
| 12 | Mike Miller | March 80V - VW 4 CRS |
15 | |
| 13 | Michael Racing | Protofab Riley - VW 4 |
15 | |
| 14 | Tony Kester | Autoresearch - VW Brabham 4 Log Home |
15 | |
| 15 | Jon Q Peterson | Ralt RT1 - VW 4 Zeitler Racing |
15 | |
| 16 | Dave Dickerson | Ralt RT5/80 [182] - VW Schrick 4 #7 Bill Scott Racing |
15 | |
| 17 | Peter Heckmann | Argo JM4 - VW 4 |
14 | |
| 18 | Doug Clark | Ralt RT1 - VW 4 Fleet Power |
14 | |
| 19 | Ray Lipper | Ralt RT1/76 [36] - VW 4 Centerline Wheels (see note 1) |
14 | |
| 20 | Bill Mazzoni | March 80V - VW 4 |
14 | |
| 21 | Roy Kischell | Zink Z14 - VW 4 |
14 | |
| 22 | Greg Atwell | Ralt RT5/80 - VW Brabham 4 #45 Sanders Racing |
14 | |
| 23 | John Schiesser | Lola T320/T324 - VW 4 |
14 | |
| 24 | William Vermeer | Argo JM2 [020-SV] - VW 4 Odyssey Racing |
3 | Engine |
| 25 | John Kalagian | Ralt RT5/80 - VW Heidegger 4 #19 |
3 | Overheating |
| 26 | Fred Phillips | Ralt RT1 - VW 4 Zeitler Racing |
1 | Not known |
| 27 | Tommy Smith | Lola T620 - VW 4 Don Kischell |
1 | Piston |
| 28 | Larry Skipsey | Ralt RT5/81 [241] - VW Brabham 4 #23 |
0 | Accident |
| 29 | Curt Erwin | March 80V - VW 4 |
0 | Not known |
| 30 | Anthony Slesinski | March - VW 4 Kathleen Mason |
0 | Accident |
| 31 | Robert Boffi | Lynx - VW 4 |
0 | Not known |
All cars are 1.6-litre FSV unless noted.
| Qualifying | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pete Halsmer | (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/80 [201] - VW Brabham 4 | 2m 12.907s | ||
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 general sources for this FSV season include SportsCar, On Track and Racecar.