CASC North American Formula Atlantic Series Race
Mexico City, 22 Apr 1979
| Results | Laps | Time/Speed | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Howdy Holmes | March 79B - Ford BDD #8 Doug Shierson Racing |
32 | 0.55.11.278 108.719 |
| 2 | Tom Gloy | Ralt RT1/79 [147] - Ford BDD Jennings #38 Lane Sports |
32 | 0.55.13.579 |
| 3 | Kevin Cogan | Ralt RT1/79 [132?] - Ford BDD #33 Ralt American |
32 | |
| 4 | Dan Marvin | March 79B - Ford BDD #59 Marvin-Clegg Racing |
32 | |
| 5 | Jeff Wood | March 79B [17] - Ford BDD #2 Jeff Wood Racing |
32 | |
| 6 | Bob Earl | Ralt RT1/78 [142] - Ford BDD #19 NTS Racing |
32 | |
| 7 | Cliff Hansen | March 79B - Ford BDD #27 Team Kiwi |
32 | |
| 8 | Rick Koehler | March 79B [9] - Ford BDD #51 Ecurie Excalibur |
32 | |
| 9 | John Mortensen | March 79B - Ford BDD #9 Stimola Race Preparation |
32 | |
| 10 | Chris Gleason | Ralt RT1/78 [135] - Ford BDD #75 Keystone Auto Products |
32 | |
| 11 | David Loring | Ralt RT1/78 [96] - Ford BDD #81 John Paul Racing |
32 | |
| 12 | John Paul Jr | Ralt RT1/79 [96] - Ford BDD #18 John Paul Racing |
31 | |
| 13 | Marco Tolama | Chevron B45 [45.78.02] - Ford BDD #5 Fred Opert Racing |
31 | |
| 14 | Mark McCaig | Chevron B45 [45-78-03] - Ford BDD #11 Rick Shea Racing |
31 | |
| 15 | Gustavo Bolaños | March 722/78B [722-33] - Ford BDD #66 (see note 1) |
30 | |
| 16 | Terry Knight | March 79B [78B-1] - Ford BDD #88 Stimola Race Preparation |
29 | |
| R | Bill Brack | March 78B [13?] - Ford BDD #7 STP |
16 | |
| R | Juan Carlos Bolaños | March 78B - Ford BDD #73 Titmas Racing |
11 | |
| R | Jon Norman | March 79B - Ford BDD #58 Marvin-Clegg Racing |
10 | |
| R | Larry Bergman | Ralt RT1 - Ford BDD #87 |
2 | |
All cars are 1.6-litre F/Atl unless noted.
| Qualifying | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jeff Wood | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 79B [17] - Ford BDD | 1.40.325 | ||
| 2 | Howdy Holmes | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 79B - Ford BDD | 1.41.329 | ||
| 3 | Rick Koehler | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 79B [9] - Ford BDD | |||
| 4 | Bob Earl | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT1/78 [142] - Ford BDD | |||
| 5 | Kevin Cogan | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT1/79 [132?] - Ford BDD | |||
| 6 | Tom Gloy | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT1/79 [147] - Ford BDD Jennings | |||
| 7 | Dan Marvin | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 79B - Ford BDD | |||
| 8 | Jon Norman | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 79B - Ford BDD | |||
| 13 | David Loring | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT1/78 [96] - Ford BDD | |||
Notes on the cars:
- March 722/78B [722-33] (Gustavo Bolaños): New to Dick Doherty (Hollywood, CA) and raced in Pro FB in 1972, as well as Cal Club SCCA events. Retained for Cal Club events in 1973, 1974 and 1975. Rebuilt by Wilbur Bunce to 75B specification for 1976, and run by him in Californian SCCA races for Dennis Firestone to drive, and later in Pro Formula Atlantic races in California for Ron Dykes, Rocky Moran, and Bob Lazier. It was red, and wore #10, #70 and #87 during the season. Sold to Ted Titmas (Van Nuys, CA) in early 1977, and run by him as a hire car in 1977, 1978 and 1979. Subsequent history unknown.
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.
North American Formula Atlantic race results have been compiled by Chris Townsend based on material in Formula and On Track, information drawn from Canadian newspapers and results sheets where available.
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.