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WCAR Formula Atlantic Championship Round

Willow Springs, 8 Apr 1984

ResultsLapsTime/Speed
1 Hubert Phipps Ralt RT4/83 [81-210] - Ford BDD
#4 Fortner Lucini Motorsports
30 39m 57.958s
112.6 mph
2 Chris Bender Ralt RT4/83 - Ford BDD
#7 Bender Racing
30 39m 68.977s
3 J C Myers March 79B - Ford BDD
#19 Barstow Liquid Gas [Myers Racing]
30
4 Rod Bennett Ralt RT4/82 [308] - Ford BDD Jennings
#15 Syntron [Bennett Racing]
30
5 John Herne March 77B [76B-13] - Ford BDD
#17 Medenica Racing (see note 1)
30
6 Mike Downs Ralt RT4/83 [82-319] - Ford BDD
#6 Fox Fabrique [Pierre Phillips]
30
7 Glen Finch Ralt RT4/82 [306] - Ford BDD
#5 Pierre Phillips Racing
29
8 Sandy Dells Ralt RT4/81 [213] - Ford BDD
#11 Rick Shea Racing
29
9 John Treder Ralt RT1/78 - Ford BDD
#13 Whale Racing
28
10 Jimmy Santos Ralt RT4/82 [81-249?] - Ford BDD
#21 Santos Racing
23 Engine
11 Mike Buckenham March 80A [10] - Ford BDD
#36 Stuttgart West
22 Not known
12 John Della Penna Ralt RT4/83 - Ford BDD
#64 Pacific Motor Sports
16 Accident
13 Joe Sposato March 79B [13] - Ford BDD
#28 Sposato Motoracing
13 Clutch
14 Doug Krause March 76B - Ford BDD
#29 La Vida Racing
10 Not known
15 Dan Marvin Ralt RT4/83 - Ford BDD Hasselgren
#1 Jon Norman Racing/Red Line Oil
4 Oil pressure
DNS Damon Meek Tiga FA81 [164] - Ford BDD
#76
Did not start
(Engine)
DNSC Nancy James Ralt RT4/82 [286] - Ford BDD
#92 Ted James Racing
Did not start (crashed)

All cars are 1.6-litre F/Atl unless noted.

Qualifying
1 Hubert Phipps (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/83 [81-210] - Ford BDD 1.16.803
2 John Della Penna (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/83 - Ford BDD 1.17.660
3 Jimmy Santos (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/82 [81-249?] - Ford BDD 1.18.026
4 Chris Bender (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/83 - Ford BDD 1.18.189
5 J C Myers (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 79B - Ford BDD 1.19.006
6 Rod Bennett (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/82 [308] - Ford BDD Jennings 1.19.116
7 John Herne (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 77B [76B-13] - Ford BDD 1.19.570
8 Joe Sposato (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 79B [13] - Ford BDD 1.19.586
9 Mike Downs (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/83 [82-319] - Ford BDD 1.20.028
10 Glen Finch (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/82 [306] - Ford BDD 1.20.141
11 Dan Marvin (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/83 - Ford BDD Hasselgren 1.20.399
12 Sandy Dells (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/81 [213] - Ford BDD 1.21.621
13 Nancy James * (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT4/82 [286] - Ford BDD 1.22.148
14 John Treder (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Ralt RT1/78 - Ford BDD 1.25.462
15 Doug Krause (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 76B - Ford BDD 1.25.779
16 Mike Buckenham (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 80A [10] - Ford BDD 1.27.882
17 Damon Meek * (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Tiga FA81 [164] - Ford BDD No time
 
* Did not start

Notes on the cars:

  1. March 77B [76B-13] (John Herne): Doug Shierson Racing ran an maroon/red #8 March 76B in 1976 for Price Cobb. In early 1977, it was entered by Doug Shierson Racing in SCCA Nationals for Steve "Gas" Saleen (Whitter, CA), but when the Pro series started in May, his entrant was Clayton Racing Team. The car's log book states that it was chassis 76B-13. Run by Clayton Racing for Frank Beetson (San Diego, CA) in 1978, when it was entered as a 77B. Also seen once in mid-1979 with Beetson, and later adbertised by him in February 1980. Its history is then unknown until 1983, when it reappeared in the hands of John Herne (Santa Ana, CA). He retained it for WCAR in 1984, then sold it in early 1985 to John Blizzard (Prescott, AZ), who raced it in WCAR that season. Blizzard remembers selling it to someone in Phoenix, AZ. Subsequent history unknown.

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.

North American Formula Atlantic race results have been compiled by Chris Townsend based on material in On Track and Sports Car, plus 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.

Individual sources for this event

Chris Townsend's sources include On Track magazine 7 May 1984.