CASC North American Formula Atlantic Series Race
Road America, 22 Jul 1979
| Results | Laps | Time/Speed | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bob Earl | Ralt RT1/78 [142] - Ford BDD #19 NTS Racing |
25 | 0.55.37.02 107.881 |
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| 2 | Tom Gloy | Ralt RT1/76 [34] - Ford BDD Jennings #38 The Lane Racing Team |
25 | 0.55.54.21 |
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| 3 | Cliff Hansen | March 79B - Ford BDD #27 Team Kiwi |
25 | ||||||
| 4 | Rick Koehler | Excalibur EE3B [March 79B-9] - Ford BDD #51 Brooks Stevens |
25 | ||||||
| 5 | Carl Liebich | Lola T560 [T460 HU18] - Ford BDD #54 Liebrau Racing (see note 1) |
25 | ||||||
| 6 | James King | March 79B [16] - Ford BDD #25 Raggedy Ann Racing |
25 | ||||||
| 7 | Skeeter McKitterick | Ralt RT1/78 [136] - Ford BDD Jennings #12 AME Racing |
25 | ||||||
| 8 | John Paul Jr | Ralt RT1/79 [96] - Ford BDD #18 JLP Racing |
25 | ||||||
| 9 | Kevin Cogan | Ralt RT1/79 [132?] - Ford BDD #33 Ralt American |
24 | ||||||
| 10 | Rick Bell | Ralt RT1/78 [127] - Ford BDD #78 R.M. Bell |
24 | ||||||
| 11 | Larry Bergman | Ralt RT1 - Ford BDD #87 Larry Bergman Racing |
24 | ||||||
| 12 | Marco Tolama | Chevron B39 [39-77-12] - Ford BDD #5 Valvoline Opert Racing Team (see note 2) |
24 | ||||||
| 13 | Don Breidenbach | March 79B - Ford BDD Pacific #50 Briggs Racing Enterprises |
24 | ||||||
| 14 | Mark McCaig | Chevron B45 [45-78-03] - Ford BDD #11 Rick Shea Racing |
24 | ||||||
| 15 | Mike Follett | Ralt RT1/78 [128] - Ford BDD #21 Follett's Mountain Sports |
24 | ||||||
| 16 | Bob McGregor | March 77B [76B-12] - Ford BDD #71 - (see note 3) |
22 | Not known | |||||
| 17 | Howdy Holmes | March 79B - Ford BDD #8 Doug Shierson Racing |
20 | Collision with Cogan who had spun | |||||
| 18 | Chris Gleason | Ralt RT1/78 [135] - Ford BDD #75 Whalley BMW |
15 | Engine | |||||
| 19 | Terry Knight | Ralt RT1/79 - Ford BDD #88 Normans Cay Bahamas |
12 | Not known | |||||
| 20 | John David Briggs | March 79B - Ford BDD Pacific #79 Briggs Racing Enterprises |
9 | Engine | |||||
| 21 | Jeff Wood | March 79B [17] - Ford BDD #2 Jeff Wood Racing |
8 | Engine | |||||
| 22 | Frank Bramante | March 78B [4] - Ford BDD #44 Team Kiwi |
8 | Not known | |||||
| 23 | Tommy Grunnah | March 79B - Ford BDD #53 Reliance Elevator Co-Relco Racing |
7 | Accident | |||||
| 24 | John Mortensen | March 79B - Ford BDD #9 Doug Shierson Racing |
5 | Throttle cable | |||||
| 25 | Ken Briggs | March 79B - Ford BDD #30 Briggs Racing Enterprises |
5 | Not known | |||||
| 26 | Jacques Villeneuve Sr | March 78B [13] - Ford BDD #7 Bill Brack Racing Enterprises |
4 | engine | |||||
| 27 | Ralph Manaker | March 79B [6] - Ford BDD #23 R.M. Racing |
2 | Gear linkage | |||||
| T | Howdy Holmes | March 79A [4] - Ford BDD Doug Shierson Racing |
(Only used in practice) | ||||||
| DNA | Bertil Roos | unknown #15 |
Did not arrive | ||||||
| DNA | Chip Mead | Ralt RT1/78 [106] - Ford BDD #31 |
Did not arrive | ||||||
| DNA | Ken Duclos | Ralt RT1/78 [119] - Ford BDD #34 K-D Automotive Engineering |
Did not arrive | ||||||
| DNA | Dave McMillan | unknown #47 |
Did not arrive | ||||||
| DNA | John Connolly | Ralt RT1 - Ford BDD #56 Connolly Enterprises |
Did not arrive | ||||||
| DNA | Alec Donachy | March 78B - Ford BDD #98 Alec Donachy Racing with Rolex |
Did not arrive | ||||||
| DNA | Dale Lang | March 78B [12] - Ford BDD #99 Stimola Race Prep |
Did not arrive | ||||||
All cars are 1.6-litre F/Atl unless noted.
| Qualifying | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kevin Cogan | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT1/79 [132?] - Ford BDD | 2.11.434 | ||
| 2 | Tom Gloy | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT1/76 [34] - Ford BDD Jennings | 2.11.530 | ||
| 3 | Bob Earl | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT1/78 [142] - Ford BDD | 2.11.704 | ||
| 4 | Jeff Wood | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 79B [17] - Ford BDD | 2.11.863 | ||
| 5 | Howdy Holmes | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 79B - Ford BDD | 2.12.496 | ||
| 6 | Jacques Villeneuve Sr | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 78B [13] - Ford BDD | |||
| 7 | Carl Liebich | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Lola T560 [T460 HU18] - Ford BDD | |||
| 8 | Rick Koehler | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Excalibur EE3B [March 79B-9] - Ford BDD | |||
| 9 | Cliff Hansen | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 79B - Ford BDD | |||
| 10 | John David Briggs | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 79B - Ford BDD Pacific | |||
Notes on the cars:
- Lola T560 [T460 HU18] (Carl Liebich): New to Carl Liebich (Plymouth, WI/Two Rivers, WI) for Canadian and IMSA Formula Atlantic races late in the 1976 season. Liebich was said to have a new T560 for 1977, but it appears it was his nearly-new T460 updated. Retained for 1978, 1979, and the start of 1980. Chris Townsend's research shows this car was sold to Chuck Dietrich in 1980 and used by him in SCCA Central Division Formula Atlantic until 1982. It was then retained unraced by Dietrich until sold to Lowell Blossom in 1995. Sold by Blossom to Dave Jordano (Indianapolis, IN) in 2005.
- Chevron B39 [39-77-12] (Marco Tolama): New to Fred Opert Racing and raced in the Labatts Formula Atlantic Championship. This car was new for Keke Rosberg to race at Trois-Rivières in September 1977. It was retained by Opert for 1978, and raced by Eje Elgh at the opening two rounds as his #5 Sheik Condoms entry before his new Chevron B45 was available. The B39 is then thought to be the #5 car raced by Divina Galica at Hamilton in August. Then probably the pink #5 Chevron raced by Marco Tolama for Opert at Road America in July 1979. Then probably the #4 entry, still in Excita livery, for Doug Titus at two other races later that season.
- March 77B [76B-12] (Bob McGregor): A white March 76B invoiced to Shierson in March 1976.
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.