CASC North American Formula Atlantic Series Race
Montréal, 29 Sep 1979
| Results | Laps | Time/Speed | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Howdy Holmes | March 79B - Ford BDD #8 Jiffy Mixes/DSR |
37 | 1.02.47.707 97.218 |
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| 2 | Price Cobb | March 79B - Ford BDD #58 Hang Ten/Marvin-Clegg Racing |
37 | 1.02.48.817 |
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| 3 | Bob Earl | Ralt RT1/78 [142] - Ford BDD #19 NTS |
37 | ||||||
| 4 | Tom Gloy | Ralt RT1/79 [147] - Ford BDD Jennings #38 Lane Sports |
37 | ||||||
| 5 | Jeff Wood | March 79B [17] - Ford BDD #2 Great Plains |
37 | ||||||
| 6 | Tom Klausler | March 78B - Ford BDD #48 Harland Auto Dorval |
37 | ||||||
| 7 | Dan Marvin | March 79B - Ford BDD #10 Hang Ten/Marvin-Clegg Racing |
37 | ||||||
| 8 | Richard Spenard | Ralt RT1 - Ford BDD #3 Belvedere |
37 | ||||||
| 9 | Ken Briggs | March 79B - Ford BDD Pacific #30 Tropicana Hotel |
37 | ||||||
| 10 | Ken Duclos | Ralt RT1/78 [119] - Ford BDD #34 Kay-Dee Automotive Engineering |
37 | ||||||
| 11 | Rick Bell | Ralt RT1/78 [127] - Ford BDD #78 Bell Racing |
36 | ||||||
| 12 | John Mortensen | March 79B - Ford BDD #9 Transcendental Meditation/Stimola Race Preparation |
36 | ||||||
| 13 | James King | March 79B [16] - Ford BDD #25 Raggedy Ann |
36 | ||||||
| 14 | Mark McCaig | Chevron B45 [45-78-03] - Ford BDD #11 Shea-McCaig/Rick Shea Racing |
36 | ||||||
| 15 | Bob Armstrong | Ralt RT1/78 [106] - Ford BDD #31 Signom Racing |
36 | ||||||
| 16 | Jean-Pierre Alamy | Ralt RT1/79 [148] - Ford BDD #13 Pepsi |
36 | ||||||
| 17 | Bruce Jensen | Ralt RT1/78 [95] - Ford BDD #41 Poverty Racing |
36 | ||||||
| 18 | Mike Follett | Ralt RT1/78 [128] - Ford BDD #21 Follett's Mountain Sports |
36 | ||||||
| 19 | Bruce MacInnes | Ralt RT1 - Ford BDD #56 Connolly Enterprises |
35 | ||||||
| 20 | Robert Silvestro | Ralt RT1/78 [129] - Ford BDD #99 BTG Investments |
34 | ||||||
| 21 | John Paul Jr | Ralt RT1/79 [96] - Ford BDD #18 Hilton |
34 | ||||||
| 22 | John David Briggs | March 79B - Ford BDD Pacific #79 Tropicana Hotel |
33 | ||||||
| 23 | Don Breidenbach | March 79B - Ford BDD Pacific #50 Tropicana Hotel |
28 | ||||||
| 24 | Eje Elgh | March 79B - Ford BDD #1 Valvoline Opert Racing (see note 1) |
24 | ||||||
| 25 | Gilles Léger | Ralt RT1 - Ford BDD #6 Belvedere |
24 | ||||||
| 26 | Larry Bergman | Ralt RT1 - Ford BDD #87 Briggs Racing |
21 | ||||||
| 27 | Kees Nierop | Ralt RT1/77 - Ford BDD #35 Belvedere/Pierre Phillips |
19 | ||||||
| 28 | Cliff Hansen | March 79B - Ford BDD #27 Furnas |
17 | ||||||
| 29 | Rick Koehler | Excalibur EE3B [March 79B-9] - Ford BDD #51 Ecurie Excalibur EE3B |
17 | ||||||
| 30 | Joe Sposato | March 79B [13] - Ford BDD #28 Fat Cola |
12 | ||||||
| 31 | Jacques Villeneuve Sr | March 79B [78B-13] - Ford BDD #7 Bombardier |
7 | Black flagged dangerous driving | |||||
| 32 | Kevin Cogan | Ralt RT1/79 [132?] - Ford BDD #33 Ralt American |
5 | Brake master cylinder | |||||
| 33 | Skeeter McKitterick | Ralt RT1/78 [136] - Ford BDD Jennings #12 Cam 2 -- AME Racing |
3 | ||||||
| 34 | Gary Yott | March 78B - Ford BDD #37 Yott Courier Service |
1 | ||||||
| DNS | Doug Titus | Chevron B39 [39-77-12] - Ford BDD #4 Excita Special/Fred Opert Racing (see note 2) |
Did not start (engine) |
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| DNS | Marco Tolama | Chevron B45 [45.78.02] - Ford BDD #5 Terremar/Fred Opert Racing |
Did not start | ||||||
| DNSC | Ralph Manaker | March 79B [6] - Ford BDD #23 RM Racing/Site Hill Farms |
Did not start (crashed) | ||||||
| DNQ | Monique Proulx | Ralt RT1 - Ford BDD #81 Queenswear |
Did not qualify | ||||||
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 | 1.38.896 | ||
| 2 | Howdy Holmes | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 79B - Ford BDD | 1.40.430 | ||
| 3 | Tom Gloy | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT1/79 [147] - Ford BDD Jennings | 1.40.454 | ||
| 4 | Tom Klausler | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 78B - Ford BDD | 1.40.789 | ||
| 5 | Bob Earl | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT1/78 [142] - Ford BDD | 1.40.931 | ||
| 6 | Jeff Wood | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 79B [17] - Ford BDD | 1.41.389 | ||
| 7 | Jacques Villeneuve Sr | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 79B [78B-13] - Ford BDD | 1.41.499 | ||
| 8 | Price Cobb | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 79B - Ford BDD | 1.41.742 | ||
| 9 | Eje Elgh | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 79B - Ford BDD | 1.41.959 | ||
| 10 | Richard Spenard | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT1 - Ford BDD | 1.42.488 | ||
| 11 | Dan Marvin | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 79B - Ford BDD | 1.42.733 | ||
| 12 | Ken Duclos | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT1/78 [119] - Ford BDD | 1.42.957 | ||
| 13 | John David Briggs | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 79B - Ford BDD Pacific | 1.43.085 | ||
| 14 | Rick Bell | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT1/78 [127] - Ford BDD | 1.43.326 | ||
| 15 | James King | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 79B [16] - Ford BDD | 1.43.428 | ||
| 16 | Skeeter McKitterick | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT1/78 [136] - Ford BDD Jennings | 1.43.434 | ||
| 17 | Ken Briggs | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 79B - Ford BDD Pacific | 1.43.536 | ||
| 18 | John Mortensen | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 79B - Ford BDD | 1.43.646 | ||
| 19 | Joe Sposato | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 79B [13] - Ford BDD | 1.43.955 | ||
| 20 | Cliff Hansen | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 79B - Ford BDD | 1.44.092 | ||
| 21 | Jean-Pierre Alamy | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT1/79 [148] - Ford BDD | 1.44.160 | ||
| 22 | Don Breidenbach | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 79B - Ford BDD Pacific | 1.44.229 | ||
| 23 | Bob Armstrong | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT1/78 [106] - Ford BDD | 1.44.317 | ||
| 24 | Rick Koehler | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Excalibur EE3B [March 79B-9] - Ford BDD | 1.44.384 | ||
| 25 | Bruce MacInnes | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT1 - Ford BDD | 1.44.409 | ||
| 26 | Mark McCaig | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Chevron B45 [45-78-03] - Ford BDD | 1.44.939 | ||
| 27 | Larry Bergman | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT1 - Ford BDD | 1.45.020 | ||
| 28 | Mike Follett | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT1/78 [128] - Ford BDD | 1.45.273 | ||
| 29 | John Paul Jr | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT1/79 [96] - Ford BDD | 1.45.291 | ||
| 30 | Bruce Jensen | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT1/78 [95] - Ford BDD | 1.45.964 | ||
| 31 | Gilles Léger | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT1 - Ford BDD | 1.46.154 | ||
| 32 | Robert Silvestro | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT1/78 [129] - Ford BDD | 1.46.435 | ||
| 33 | Ralph Manaker * | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 79B [6] - Ford BDD | 1.46.963 | ||
| 34 | Marco Tolama * | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Chevron B45 [45.78.02] - Ford BDD | 1.47.879 | ||
| 35 | Gary Yott | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 78B - Ford BDD | 1.49.207 | ||
| 36 | Kees Nierop | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT1/77 - Ford BDD | 1.52.835 | ||
| 37 | Doug Titus * | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Chevron B39 [39-77-12] - Ford BDD | 1.54.135 | ||
| 38 | Monique Proulx * | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT1 - Ford BDD | 2.13.482 | ||
| * Did not start | |||||
Notes on the cars:
- March 79B (Eje Elgh): Long-time Chevron importer Fred Opert acquired a March 79B for 1979 and ran it alongside the Chevron B45 he had left from 1978. It was raced once by team driver Marco Tolama and also by European F2 stars Derek Daly (at Trois-Rivières) and Eje Elgh (at Montréal). It went to Carl Liebich for 1980, who recalls buying a car from Opert that had previously been driven by Daly. Retained for 1981 but Liebich does not recall who he sold it to.
- Chevron B39 [39-77-12] (Doug Titus): 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.
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.