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Robert Bosch/VW Super Vee Championship Round

Detroit, 21 Jun 1987

ResultsLapsTime/Speed
1 Paul Radisich Ralt RT5/85 - VW Brabham 4
#3 Simpson Racing
24 51m 43.017s
69.609 mph
2 Dennis Vitolo Ralt RT5/87 [677] - VW Brabham 4
#34
24 51m 50.722s
3 Scott Atchison Ralt RT5/85 [581] - VW Brabham 4
#6 Simpson Racing
24
4 David Kudrave Ralt RT5/85/87 [545] - VW Bertils 4
#2
24
5 Robbie Groff Ralt RT5/87 [678] - VW Bertils 4
#5
24
6 Matt McBride Ralt RT5/85 [539] - VW IHP 4
#89 Andreoni Racing
24
7 Gary Rubio Ralt RT5/87/86 [669] - VW Bertils 4
#26 Performance Motorsports
24
8 Mark Smith Ralt RT5/86 [85-552] - VW Bunce 4
#96 Wilbur Bunce Racing
24
9 Ken Johnson Ralt RT5/86 [84-462] - VW IHP 4
#14
24
10 James Clem Ralt RT5/87 - VW 4
#17
23
11 José David Ralt RT5/86 - VW Brabham 4
#52 Conti Racing
23
12 Donald Peterson Ralt RT5/86 - VW Brabham 4
#36 McNeill Motorsports
23
13 Tero Palmroth Martini MK53 [001] - VW Bertils 4
#71
22 Battery
14 Stuart Crow Ralt RT5/87 [724] - VW Brabham 4
#78
22 Accident
15 John Eskuri Ralt RT5/85 [548] - VW Bertils 4
#63 Northland Racing
22
16 Richard Haskell Ralt RT5/85 - VW Brabham 4
#76
22
17 John Brooks Ralt RT5/85/86 - VW Brabham 4
#87
21 Engine
18 Jerry Peterson Griffith GR006 - VW 4
#65
21
19 Patrick Phinny Ralt RT5/85 - VW Brabham 4
#8
20 Accident
20 Gary Burklein Ralt RT5/83 - VW 4
20
21 Jim Ward Ralt RT5/86 [654] - VW Brabham 4
#24
20
22 Paul Reiffle Ralt RT5/84 [493] - VW Schrick 4
#53
18 Accident
23 Harry Sauce Anson SA6 - VW Bertils 4
#66
13 Accident
24 Mike Smith Martini MK53 [003] - VW Bertils 4
#45
12 Accident
25 Gregg Edenholm Anson SA6 - VW 4
#23
10 Accident
26 Mauro Fausa Ralt RT5/82 - VW 4
8 Mechanical
27 Robert Stevens Ralt RT5/83 [424] - VW 4
#73
7 Collision with David
28 Jim Busby Jr Martini MK47 - VW 4
#61
7 Engine
29 E J Lenzi Ralt RT5/85 - VW Bertils 4
#10 Lee Hagen Racing
6 Accident
30 Tony George Ralt RT5/87 [662] - VW Bertils 4
#4 Dave White Motorsports
4 Accident
31 Bernard Jourdain Ralt RT5/86 [87-723] - VW Brabham 4
#69 Cimmaron Racing
3 Accident
32 Steve Thomson Ralt RT5/84 [439] - VW Bertils 4
#80
3 Oil leak
33 Bill Shamick Ralt RT5/84 - VW Bertils 4
#82
3 Mechanical
DNS John McCarthy Ralt RT5/86 - VW Brabham 4
#83
Did not start
DNS Ernie Senatore Ralt RT5/83 - VW 4
Did not start
DNS Richard DeLorto Ralt RT5/82 - VW Bertils 4
#81
Did not start
DNS Scott Duthie Ralt RT5/81 - VW 4
Did not start
DNS C T Hancock Anson SA6 - VW Quicksilver 4
#13
Did not start
DNQ Gary Glen Jr. Ralt RT5/84 - VW 4
Did not qualify

All cars are 1.6-litre FSV unless noted.

Qualifying
1 Scott Atchison (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/85 [581] - VW Brabham 4 1m 57.322s
2 Paul Radisich (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/85 - VW Brabham 4 1m 57.908s
3 David Kudrave (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/85/87 [545] - VW Bertils 4 1m 58.012s
4 Dennis Vitolo (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/87 [677] - VW Brabham 4 1m 59.617s
5 Ken Johnson (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/86 [84-462] - VW IHP 4 1m 59.667s
6 Robbie Groff (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/87 [678] - VW Bertils 4 1m 59.901s
7 Tony George (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/87 [662] - VW Bertils 4 2m 00.649s
8 E J Lenzi (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/85 - VW Bertils 4 2m 01.107s
9 Gary Rubio (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/87/86 [669] - VW Bertils 4 2m 01.176s
10 John Brooks (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/85/86 - VW Brabham 4 2m 01.406s
11 Robert Stevens (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/83 [424] - VW 4 2m 01.896s
12 Mark Smith (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/86 [85-552] - VW Bunce 4 2m 01.905s
13 Bernard Jourdain (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/86 [87-723] - VW Brabham 4 2m 01.978s
14 Matt McBride (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/85 [539] - VW IHP 4 2m 01.990s
15 Patrick Phinny (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/85 - VW Brabham 4 2m 02.127s
16 José David (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/86 - VW Brabham 4 2m 02.508s
17 Tero Palmroth (FSV) 1.6-litre Martini MK53 [001] - VW Bertils 4 2m 02.584s
18 James Clem (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/87 - VW 4 2m 03.200s
19 Jim Busby Jr (FSV) 1.6-litre Martini MK47 - VW 4 2m 04.305s
20 Gregg Edenholm (FSV) 1.6-litre Anson SA6 - VW 4 2m 04.347s
21 Stuart Crow (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/87 [724] - VW Brabham 4 2m 04.524s
22 Harry Sauce (FSV) 1.6-litre Anson SA6 - VW Bertils 4 2m 04.543s
23 Donald Peterson (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/86 - VW Brabham 4 2m 04.723s
24 Richard Haskell (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/85 - VW Brabham 4 2m 05.276s
25 Mike Smith (FSV) 1.6-litre Martini MK53 [003] - VW Bertils 4 2m 05.514s
26 Steve Thomson (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/84 [439] - VW Bertils 4 2m 05.794s
27 Paul Reiffle (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/84 [493] - VW Schrick 4 2m 07.363s
28 John Eskuri (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/85 [548] - VW Bertils 4 2m 07.387s
29 Gary Burklein (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/83 - VW 4 2m 08.163s
30 Mauro Fausa (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/82 - VW 4 2m 09.518s
31 Jim Ward (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/86 [654] - VW Brabham 4 2m 09.603s
32 Jerry Peterson (FSV) 1.6-litre Griffith GR006 - VW 4 2m 09.959s
33 Bill Shamick (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/84 - VW Bertils 4 2m 10.159s
34 Gary Glen Jr. * (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/84 - VW 4 2m 12.501s
35 John McCarthy * (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/86 - VW Brabham 4 2m 13.033s
36 Ernie Senatore * (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/83 - VW 4 2m 13.717s
37 Richard DeLorto * (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/82 - VW Bertils 4 2m 14.000s
38 Scott Duthie * (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/81 - VW 4 6m 39.732s
39 C T Hancock * (FSV) 1.6-litre Anson SA6 - VW Quicksilver 4 No time
 
* Did not start

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.