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Robert Bosch/VW Super Vee Championship Round

Long Beach, 13 Apr 1985

ResultsLapsTime/Speed
1 Davy Jones Ralt RT5/85 [545] - VW Bertils 4
#2 Garvin Brown
37 45m 52.004s
80.82 mph
2 Ken Johnson Ralt RT5/84 [462] - VW Brabham 4
#1
37 45m 59.576s
3 Ted Prappas Ralt RT5/84 [506] - VW Brabham 4
#98 RPM Motorsport
37
4 Mike Groff Ralt RT5/85 [546] - VW Bertils 4
#14
37
5 Cary Bren Ralt RT5/85 [536] - VW Brabham 4
#11 Ralt American
37
6 Peter Pandur Ralt RT5/85 [RT3/84 468] - VW Bertils 4
#9
37
7 Steve Bren Ralt RT5/85 [542] - VW Brabham 4
#5 Arciero Motorsport
37
8 John Stephanus Ralt RT5/85 [549] - VW Brabham 4
#21
37
9 David Kudrave Ralt RT5/84 - VW Brabham 4
#7 RPM Motorsport
37
10 Scott Aitchison Ralt RT5/84 [486] - VW Brabham 4
#37 Wilbur Bunce Engineering
36
11 Mike Miller Ralt RT5/85 [541] - VW Brabham 4
#25
36
12 Gary Rubio Ralt RT5/85 [540] - VW Schrick 4
#26
36
13 David Whitney Ralt RT5/83 - VW Brabham 4
#62
36
14 Mike Follmer Ralt RT5/80 [201] - VW Brabham 4
#16 Arciero Motorsport
36
15 David Diem Ralt RT5/85 - VW Brabham 4
#51 Colin Bennett Racing
36
16 Al Arciero Ralt RT5/84 - VW Brabham 4
#96
36
17 Kevin Whitesides Ralt RT5/84 - VW Brabham 4
#47
36
18 Patrick Phinny Ralt RT5/83 - VW Brabham 4
#8
35
19 Paul Nachtwey Ralt RT5/83 - VW Brabham 4
#0
35
20 Greg Edenholm Ralt RT5/84 - VW Brabham 4
#32
35
21 Matt McBride Ralt RT5/85 [539] - VW Brabham 4
#12 Wilbur Bunce Engineering
34
22 J W Mitchell March 83V - VW Brabham 4
#39
34
23 Bob Tankersley March 83V - VW Brabham 4
#66
33
24 Jeff MacPherson Ralt RT5/85 [538] - VW Brabham 4
#3
31 Not running
25 Craig Hogan Ralt RT5/84 [493] - VW Brabham 4
#44
29 Not running
26 Mike Hooper Ralt RT5/84 - VW Brabham 4
#50 Colin Bennett Racing
24 Mechanical
27 Donald Peterson Ralt RT5/84 - VW Brabham 4
#54
23 Overheating
28 Paul Barnhart Jr Ralt RT5/84 [490] - VW Brabham 4
#4 Garvin Brown
21 Not running
29 Steve Thomson Ralt RT5/84 [439] - VW Brabham 4
#80
20 Accident
30 Richard Myhre Ralt RT5/84 - VW Brabham 4
#70
19 Overheating
31 José Giupponi Franca Ralt RT5/82 - VW Brabham 4
#65
17 Spun
32 Tommy Byrne Anson SA6/84 - VW Brabham 4
#58 Mark Pivec Racing
12 Engine
33 Bob Ward Ralt RT5/83 - VW Brabham 4
#29
11 Not running
34 Justin Revene Ralt RT5/84 - VW Schrick 4
#41
7 Not running
35 Jerrill Rice Anson SA6 - VW Brabham 4
#28 Mark Pivec Racing
5 Accident
36 Kim Campbell Anson SA6 - VW Schrick 4
#19 Won Race Place
4 Engine
37 Michael McHugh Ralt RT5/83 [420] - VW Brabham 4
#10
0 Accident
38 Doug Clark Ralt RT5/84 [457] - VW Schrick 4
#15
0 Accident
39 Jeff Andretti Ralt RT5/85 [535] - VW Brabham 4
#43
0 Accident
DNS Dominic Dobson Ralt RT5/84 [499] - VW Brabham 4
Did not start

All cars are 1.6-litre FSV unless noted.

Qualifying
1 Ken Johnson (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/84 [462] - VW Brabham 4 1m 11.567s
2 Davy Jones (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/85 [545] - VW Bertils 4 1m 11.821s
3 Jerrill Rice (FSV) 1.6-litre Anson SA6 - VW Brabham 4 1m 12.724s
4 Mike Groff (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/85 [546] - VW Bertils 4 1m 13.212s
5 Jeff MacPherson (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/85 [538] - VW Brabham 4 1m 13.239s
6 John Stephanus (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/85 [549] - VW Brabham 4 1m 13.273s
7 Kim Campbell (FSV) 1.6-litre Anson SA6 - VW Schrick 4 1m 13.275s
8 Tommy Byrne (FSV) 1.6-litre Anson SA6/84 - VW Brabham 4 1m 13.329s
9 Ted Prappas (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/84 [506] - VW Brabham 4 1m 13.405s
10 Justin Revene (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/84 - VW Schrick 4 1m 13.437s
11 Mike Hooper (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/84 - VW Brabham 4 1m 13.437s
12 Cary Bren (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/85 [536] - VW Brabham 4 1m 13.498s
13 Peter Pandur (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/85 [RT3/84 468] - VW Bertils 4 1m 13.802s
14 Jeff Andretti (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/85 [535] - VW Brabham 4 1m 13.894s
15 Mike Follmer (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/80 [201] - VW Brabham 4 1m 13.877s
16 Craig Hogan (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/84 [493] - VW Brabham 4 1m 13.914s
17 David Kudrave (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/84 - VW Brabham 4 1m 14.010s
18 Scott Aitchison (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/84 [486] - VW Brabham 4 1m 14.035s
19 Michael McHugh (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/83 [420] - VW Brabham 4 1m 14.107s
20 Mike Miller (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/85 [541] - VW Brabham 4 1m 14.191s
21 Steve Bren (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/85 [542] - VW Brabham 4 1m 14.358s
22 Paul Barnhart Jr (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/84 [490] - VW Brabham 4 1m 14.498s
23 Matt McBride (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/85 [539] - VW Brabham 4 1m 14.695s
24 David Diem (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/85 - VW Brabham 4 1m 14.818s
25 Steve Thomson (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/84 [439] - VW Brabham 4 1m 14.862s
26 Richard Myhre (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/84 - VW Brabham 4 1m 14.902s
27 Patrick Phinny (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/83 - VW Brabham 4 1m 15.052s
28 Bob Ward (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/83 - VW Brabham 4 1m 15.083s
29 Gary Rubio (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/85 [540] - VW Schrick 4 1m 15.095s
30 Al Arciero (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/84 - VW Brabham 4 1m 15.178s
31 David Whitney (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/83 - VW Brabham 4 1m 15.372s
32 Kevin Whitesides (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/84 - VW Brabham 4 1m 15.595s
33 Paul Nachtwey (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/83 - VW Brabham 4 1m 16.548s
34 Doug Clark (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/84 [457] - VW Schrick 4 1m 16.592s
35 J W Mitchell (FSV) 1.6-litre March 83V - VW Brabham 4 1m 17.435s
36 José Giupponi Franca (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/82 - VW Brabham 4 1m 17.625s
37 Bob Tankersley (FSV) 1.6-litre March 83V - VW Brabham 4 1m 18.150s
38 Donald Peterson (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/84 - VW Brabham 4 1m 18.447s
39 Greg Edenholm (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/84 - VW Brabham 4 1m 18.715s

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.