CASC North American Formula Atlantic Series Race
Brainerd, 15 Jun 1980
| Results | Laps | Time/Speed | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steve "Gas" Saleen | Ralt RT1/79 [165] - Ford BDD Jennings #69 Saleen Racing |
33 | 0.55.55.86 106.202 |
| 2 | Price Cobb | March 80A [20] - Ford BDD #22 Jon Norman Racing |
33 | 0.56.12.18 |
| 3 | Jerry Hansen | March 80A [15] - Ford BDD #44 Kevin Oshima Bonsai Gardens |
33 | |
| 4 | Rick Bell | Ralt RT1/78 [127] - Ford BDD #78 Bell Racing |
33 | |
| 5 | Ralph Manaker | March 80A [4] - Ford BDD #23 R.M. Racing |
33 | |
| 6 | Roger 'Kip' Penske Jr | Ralt RT1/76 [34] - Ford BDD Jennings #10 Lane Sports |
33 | |
| 7 | Ed Midgley | March 79B [78B-19] - Ford BDD #40 (see note 1) |
33 | |
| 8 | Charles Cass | March 80A [8] - Ford BDD Race Shop #8 Doug Shierson Racing |
33 | |
| 9 | Mike Follett | Ralt RT1/78 [128] - Ford BDD #21 Follett's Mountain Sports |
32 | |
| 10 | Colin Tuckey | Chevron B45/B39 [45-78-03] - Ford BDD #26 FBM |
32 | |
| 11 | James Oppermann | March 79B [4] - Ford BDD #29 |
30 | |
| 12 | Carl Liebich | March 79B - Ford BDD #54 Liebrau Racing (see note 2) |
29 | |
| 13 | Dan Marvin | March 80A [21] - Ford BDD #7 Jon Norman Racing |
29 | |
| 14 | Bob Hoff | Ralt RT1 - Ford BDD Jennings #68 Gas Saleen Racing |
21 | Suspension |
| 15 | Rogelio Rodriguez | Ralt RT1/79 [147] - Ford BDD Jennings #11 Lane Sports |
19 | Overheating |
| 16 | Whitney Ganz | Ralt RT1 - Ford BDD #39 |
13 | Engine |
| 17 | Bruce Clark | Lola T560 [HU1] - Ford BDD #75 Budweiser (see note 3) |
1 | Accident damage |
| 18 | Jacques Villeneuve Sr | March 80A [5] - Ford BDD Race Shop #6 Shierson Racing |
0 | Accident |
| 19 | Tom Stewart | March 80A [10] - Ford BDD #3 Pierre Phillips Racing |
0 | Accident |
| 20 | Jeff Wood | March 80A [14] - Ford BDD Willis #2 |
0 | Accident; written off |
| 21 | John Mortensen | March 80A [6] - Ford BDD Race Shop #9 Shierson Racing |
0 | Accident |
| 22 | Tommy Grunnah | March 80A [16] - Ford BDD #53 Relco Racing |
0 | Accident |
| 23 | Patrick Garmyn | March 78B [3] - Ford BDD #86 |
0 | Accident |
All cars are 1.6-litre F/Atl unless noted.
| Qualifying | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacques Villeneuve Sr | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 80A [5] - Ford BDD Race Shop | 1.34.288 | ||
| 2 | Tom Stewart | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 80A [10] - Ford BDD | 1.34.567 | ||
| 3 | James Oppermann | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 79B [4] - Ford BDD | 1.34.628 | ||
| 4 | Steve "Gas" Saleen | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT1/79 [165] - Ford BDD Jennings | 1.34.673 | ||
| 5 | Dan Marvin | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 80A [21] - Ford BDD | 1.35.303 | ||
| 6 | Jeff Wood | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 80A [14] - Ford BDD Willis | 1.35.319 | ||
| 7 | Jerry Hansen | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 80A [15] - Ford BDD | 1.35.435 | ||
| 8 | John Mortensen | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 80A [6] - Ford BDD Race Shop | 1.35.462 | ||
| 9 | Whitney Ganz | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT1 - Ford BDD | 1.35.610 | ||
| 10 | Rogelio Rodriguez | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT1/79 [147] - Ford BDD Jennings | 1.35.781 | ||
| 11 | Rick Bell | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT1/78 [127] - Ford BDD | 1.36.053 | ||
| 12 | Charles Cass | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 80A [8] - Ford BDD Race Shop | 1.36.066 | ||
| 13 | Tommy Grunnah | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 80A [16] - Ford BDD | 1.36.068 | ||
| 14 | Roger 'Kip' Penske Jr | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT1/76 [34] - Ford BDD Jennings | 1.36.184 | ||
| 15 | Bruce Clark | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Lola T560 [HU1] - Ford BDD | 1.36.478 | ||
| 16 | Ed Midgley | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 79B [78B-19] - Ford BDD | 1.36.553 | ||
| 17 | Price Cobb | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 80A [20] - Ford BDD | 1.36.923 | ||
| 18 | Ralph Manaker | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 80A [4] - Ford BDD | 1.37.063 | ||
| 19 | Bob Hoff | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT1 - Ford BDD Jennings | 1.38.239 | ||
| 20 | Mike Follett | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT1/78 [128] - Ford BDD | 1.38.591 | ||
| 21 | Patrick Garmyn | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 78B [3] - Ford BDD | 1.38.663 | ||
| 22 | Carl Liebich | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 79B - Ford BDD | 1.40.153 | ||
| 23 | Colin Tuckey | (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Chevron B45/B39 [45-78-03] - Ford BDD | 1.41.067 | ||
Notes on the cars:
- March 79B [78B-19] (Ed Midgley): Sold new to Jerry Hansen and used in SCCA Nationals, winning the 1978 Run-Offs. Sold to Ed Midgley for 1979 and used again only in Nationals. Updated to 79B specification for 1980 and raced by Midgley in the Pro championship until wrecked at Trois Rivieres. Midgley completed the season in a borrowed 78B. The damaged car sold to Carl Berggren and rebuilt. Later with Bruce Cambern.
- March 79B (Carl Liebich): 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.
- Lola T560 [HU1] (Bruce Clark): New to Jerry Hansen (Long Lake, MN), and logbooked with the SCCA on 17 August 1977. Then to Bruce Clark (Wayzata, MN) 1 May 1978, then unknown between 1982 and 1989. To Richard George 1989, then Denis Tobin 1990, then sold to Michael Henderson in Australia 1995, then to Colin Haste (Port Macquarie, NSW, Australia) in 2000. Used in historic racing until an accident at Sandown in Australia 2002 left the car very badly damaged. The car was repaired and racing again by 2010, and raced regularly in Australian historic racing thereafter.
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.