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Robert Bosch/VW Super Vee Championship Round

Watkins Glen, 11 Jul 1981

ResultsLapsTime/Speed
1 Pete Halsmer Ralt RT5/80 [201] - VW Brabham 4
#14 		18 33m 55.058s
107.53 mph
2 Dave McMillan Autoresearch - VW Brabham 4
#47 		18 34m 20.995s
3 Al Unser Jr Ralt RT5/81 [242] - VW Brabham 4
#5 Galles Racing 		18 34m 33.719s
4 Greg Atwell Ralt RT5/80 - VW Brabham 4
#45 		18 34m 44.583s
5 Mike Rosen Ralt RT5/81 [239] - VW Brabham 4
#55 		18 34m 48.199s
6 Arie Luyendijk March 81BE - VW Schrick 4
#0 		18 34m 51.721s
7 Larry Skipsey Ralt RT5/81 [241] - VW Brabham 4
#23 		18 35m 10.077s
8 Dave Dickerson Ralt RT5/80 [182] - VW Schrick 4
#7 CAMM Racing 		17
9 Curt Erwin March 80V - VW 4
#74 		17
10 Doug Clark Ralt RT1 - VW 4
#15 Fleet Power 		17
11 Ray Lipper Ralt RT1/76 [36] - VW 4
#20 Centerline Wheels (see note 1) 		17
12 Roy Kischell Zink Z14 - VW 4
#30 		16
13 William Vermeer Argo JM2 [020-SV] - VW 4
#88 		15
14 Jan Slesinski March 79V - VW 4
#8 American Cancer Society 		14 Not known
15 John Kalagian Ralt RT5/80 - VW Heidegger 4
#19 		13 Overheating
16 Chip Ganassi Ralt RT5/81 [238 (81-163)] - VW Bertils 4
#22 Amerwire/Kingfish 		12 Electrics
17 Fred Phillips Ralt RT1 - VW 4
Zeitler Racing 		12
18 Jerry Knapp Ralt RT5/81 [240] - VW Brabham 4
#49 Elite Enterprises 		11
19 A J Manning Zink Z14B - VW 4
Empress Travel 		9
20 Ed Pimm March 79V - VW 4
#69 Red Roof Inns 		8 Accident
21 Bob Earl Ralt RT5/81 [231] - VW Brabham 4
#11 Galles Racing 		8 Electrics
22 Roger 'Kip' Penske Jr Ralt RT5/81 [257] - VW Brabham 4
#9 Patrick Petroleum 		4 Accident
23 Don Kischell Lola T620 - VW 4
K&K Co. 		4
24 Stuart Moore Ralt RT5/81 [229] - VW Bertils 4
#77 Bertils Racing Engines 		2 Head gasket
25 Rod Maul Lola T620 - VW 4
Maul Racing 		2
26 Jon Q Peterson Ralt RT1 - VW 4
Zeitler Racing 		1
27 Bob Schader Autoresearch - VW Brabham 4
Aspen Oil 		1
28 Dave Manzolini Zink Z14 - VW 4
B-B Development 		1
29 John Paul Jr Ralt RT5/81 [230] - VW Brabham 4
#18 		0 Metering unit
DNS Jim Hickman Ralt RT5/81 [232] - VW Schrick 4
#1 Hickman Datsun [BSR] 		Did not start
(Accident)
DNS Frank Bramante March 81BE - VW 4
Aardvark Photo 		Did not start
DNS Tony Kester Autoresearch - VW Brabham 4
Log Home 		Did not start
DNS Tim Evans Ralt RT1 - VW 4
Did not start
DNS Robert Boffi Lynx - VW 4
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 51.024s
2 Pete Halsmer (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/80 [201] - VW Brabham 4 1m 51.512s
3 Chip Ganassi (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/81 [238 (81-163)] - VW Bertils 4 1m 51.740s
4 Dave McMillan (FSV) 1.6-litre Autoresearch - VW Brabham 4 1m 52.119s
5 John Paul Jr (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/81 [230] - VW Brabham 4 1m 52.143s
6 Greg Atwell (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/80 - VW Brabham 4 1m 52.412s
7 Jim Hickman * (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/81 [232] - VW Schrick 4 1m 52.632s
8 Bob Earl (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/81 [231] - VW Brabham 4 1m 52.657s
9 Stuart Moore (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/81 [229] - VW Bertils 4 1m 52.748s
10 Ed Pimm (FSV) 1.6-litre March 79V - VW 4 1m 52.788s
11 Roger 'Kip' Penske Jr (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/81 [257] - VW Brabham 4 1m 52.833s
12 Mike Rosen (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/81 [239] - VW Brabham 4 1m 53.282s
13 Larry Skipsey (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/81 [241] - VW Brabham 4 1m 53.460s
16 Arie Luyendijk (FSV) 1.6-litre March 81BE - VW Schrick 4 1m 54.640s
18 Dave Dickerson (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/80 [182] - VW Schrick 4 1m 55.488s
19 John Kalagian (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/80 - VW Heidegger 4 1m 55.513s
23 Doug Clark (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT1 - VW 4 1m 57.732s
24 Curt Erwin (FSV) 1.6-litre March 80V - VW 4 1m 57.796s
26 Jan Slesinski (FSV) 1.6-litre March 79V - VW 4 1m 58.861s
27 Ray Lipper (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT1/76 [36] - VW 4 1m 59.393s
28 Roy Kischell (FSV) 1.6-litre Zink Z14 - VW 4 2m 03.630s
30 William Vermeer (FSV) 1.6-litre Argo JM2 [020-SV] - VW 4 2m 10.917s
 
* 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

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 On Track 23 Jul 1981 and Race Car.