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Robert Bosch/VW Super Vee Championship Round

Long Beach, 26 Mar 1983

ResultsLapsTime/Speed
1 Michael Andretti Ralt RT5/83 [390] - VW Brabham 4
#43 Ralt American 		30 50m 01.908s
73.213 mph
2 Hubert Phipps Ralt RT5/83 [401] - VW Brabham 4
#34 Ralt American 		30 50m 13.018s
3 Jerrill Rice Ralt RT5/81 - VW Bunce 4
#28 JR Ltd Racing/Spicerlieb [Bunce Racing]
 		30 50m 35.370s
4 Chip Robinson Ralt RT5/82 [335] - VW Schrick 4
#3 Bill Scott Racing 		30 50m 35.585s
5 Ed Jones Shannon AJ82V - VW Brabham 4
#46 		30 50m 56.947s
6 Mike Rosen Ralt RT5/82 [320] - VW Brabham 4
#2 Garvin Brown Racing 		30 51m 05.353s
7 Ludwig Heimrath Jr. Ralt RT5/83 - VW Brabham 4
#5 Heimrath Racing 		30 51m 05.990s
8 Roger 'Kip' Penske Jr Ralt RT5/82 [287] - VW Brabham 4
#1 Arciero Racing 		30 51m 09.611s
9 Ed Pimm Ralt RT5/83 - VW Brabham 4
#26 Red Roof Inns 		30 51m 31.795s
10 Don Roberts Ralt RT5/82 [321] - VW Brabham 4
#58 DB Racing 		30 51m 44.824s
11 Dominic Dobson Ralt RT5/82 - VW 4
#33 KrK Motorsports 		29
12 Stan Fox Ralt RT5/82 [328] - VW Brabham 4
#59 Centerline/Pabst 		29
13 Bobby Huddleston Ralt RT5/82 [304] - VW Brabham 4
#21 Huddleston Racing 		29
14 Glenn Harris Ralt RT5/81 - VW Brabham 4
#61 		29
15 Mike Miller Ralt RT5/83 - VW Brabham 4
#4 MTI Vacations 		29
16 Ted Prappas Ralt RT5/81 [243] - VW Brabham 4
#57 J.S. Racing 		29
17 John Andretti Ralt RT5 - VW Schrick 4
#38 North Shore Racing 		28 Mechanical
18 Michael Keyes March 83SV - VW 4
#14 E.F. Hutton 		28
19 Bob Ward Ralt RT5/82 - VW 4
#29 Ward Racing 		28
20 Bob Earl Van Diemen RF83 - VW 4
#16 USA Gold Racing 		27 Fuel feed
21 Rick Jackson March 81V - VW 4
#0 		27
22 J W Mitchell March 82V [1] - VW Bunce 4
#39 Wilbur Bunce Racing/Mitchell Construction
 		27
23 Bob Schader Van Diemen RF83 - VW 4
#35 USA Gold Racing 		26 Accident
24 Kim Campbell Ralt RT5/81 - VW 4
#42 C.C.T. Energy 		20 Accident
25 Sandy Dells Ralt RT1 - VW 4
#71 Dells Racing 		18 Engine
26 Peter Moodie Anson SA3V [01] - VW Bertils 4
#77 Viking Motorsports 		17 Engine
27 Ben Gustafson Ralt RT5 - VW 4
#64 		16 Accident
28 Glen Smith Ralt RT5/81 [239] - VW 4
#44 Curry Auto Leasing [Pierre Phillips]
 		14 Accident
29 John Stephanus Ralt RT5/81 - VW 4
#7 Pierre Phillips Racing 		14 Accident
30 William Henderson III Ralt RT5/82 [314] - VW 4
#82 Fox Racing Enterprises 		11 Intake manifold
31 Rick Talbot Ralt RT5/83 - VW Conti Brabham 4
#23 Talbot Racing 		10 Accident
32 Chris Kneifel Venture GR002 - VW Brabham 4
#63 Venture Racing Cars 		9 Not running
33 Jim Trueman Ralt RT5/83 - VW Brabham 4
#25 Red Roof Inns 		8 Spun
34 Bob Tankersley March 83SV - VW Bunce 4
#66 T.O.I. 		6 Accident
35 Arie Luyendijk Anson SA3 - VW Brabham 4
#89 Viking Motorsports 		2 Head gasket
36 Paul Barnhardt Anson SA3/82 - VW 4
#17 Sanders Racing 		2 Bell housing
37 Price Cobb Ralt RT5/82 [342] - VW Brabham 4
#22 Witt Racing 		1 Cam drive
38 Chris Strong March 79V [1] - VW 4
#79 Quaker State 		1 Head gasket
39 Mike Follmer Spicerleib 83 - VW Brabham 4
#70 Follmer Motorsports 		1 Camshaft
40 Marc Biro Ralt RT1 - VW 4
#30 Manac Enterprise 		1 Engine
41 Tom Patston Ralt RT1/79 [158] - VW 4
#6 		1 Accident
DNS Ted Dillon Van Diemen RF83 - VW 4
#9 USA Gold Racing 		Did not start
DNS Rusty Scott Van Diemen RF82 - VW 4
#50 		Did not start
DNA John Stephanus Ralt RT5 - VW 4
#27 Stockbridge Racing 		Did not arrive
DNA Russell Long Ralt RT5 - VW 4
#38 Alert Radar Detector 		Did not arrive
DNA Hank Chapman Ralt RT5 - VW 4
#45 Motorsport Promotion Intl 		Did not arrive
DNA Jim Harvey March - VW 4
#48 Harvey Racing 		Did not arrive
DNA Parker Johnstone Wheeler - VW 4
Frontier Racing/FJ Enterprises 		Did not arrive
DNA Roberto Moreno Ralt RT5 - VW 4
Gould Racing 		Did not arrive
DNA Richard Johnson Ralt RT5 - VW 4
Johnson Racing 		Did not arrive

All cars are 1.6-litre FSV unless noted.

Qualifying
1 Michael Andretti (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/83 [390] - VW Brabham 4 1m 38.758s
2 Ed Pimm (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/83 - VW Brabham 4 1m 39.027s
3 Jerrill Rice (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/81 - VW Bunce 4 1m 39.393s
4 Hubert Phipps (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/83 [401] - VW Brabham 4 1m 39.597s
5 Kim Campbell (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/81 - VW 4 1m 40.262s
6 Price Cobb (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/82 [342] - VW Brabham 4 1m 40.404s
7 Chip Robinson (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/82 [335] - VW Schrick 4 1m 40.564s
8 Ed Jones (FSV) 1.6-litre Shannon AJ82V - VW Brabham 4 1m 40.839s
9 Roger 'Kip' Penske Jr (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/82 [287] - VW Brabham 4 1m 41.127s
10 William Henderson III (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/82 [314] - VW 4 1m 41.196s
11 Mike Rosen (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/82 [320] - VW Brabham 4 1m 41.333s
12 Jim Trueman (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/83 - VW Brabham 4 1m 41.377s
13 Chris Kneifel (FSV) 1.6-litre Venture GR002 - VW Brabham 4 1m 41.443s
14 Dominic Dobson (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/82 - VW 4 1m 41.477s
15 John Andretti (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5 - VW Schrick 4 1m 41.625s
16 Bob Earl (FSV) 1.6-litre Van Diemen RF83 - VW 4 1m 41.786s
17 Don Roberts (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/82 [321] - VW Brabham 4 1m 42.040s
18 Bobby Huddleston (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/82 [304] - VW Brabham 4 1m 42.416s
19 Ludwig Heimrath Jr. (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/83 - VW Brabham 4 1m 42.466s
20 Mike Miller (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/83 - VW Brabham 4 1m 42.592s
21 Arie Luyendijk (FSV) 1.6-litre Anson SA3 - VW Brabham 4 1m 42.746s
22 John Stephanus (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/81 - VW 4 1m 42.904s
23 Glen Smith (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/81 [239] - VW 4 1m 42.931s
24 Michael Keyes (FSV) 1.6-litre March 83SV - VW 4 1m 43.406s
25 Paul Barnhardt (FSV) 1.6-litre Anson SA3/82 - VW 4 1m 43.538s
26 Chris Strong (FSV) 1.6-litre March 79V [1] - VW 4 1m 43.550s
27 Rick Jackson (FSV) 1.6-litre March 81V - VW 4 1m 43.770s
28 Glenn Harris (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/81 - VW Brabham 4 1m 43.787s
29 Ted Dillon * (FSV) 1.6-litre Van Diemen RF83 - VW 4 1m 44.607s
30 Ben Gustafson (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5 - VW 4 1m 46.162s
31 Mike Follmer (FSV) 1.6-litre Spicerleib 83 - VW Brabham 4 1m 46.220s
32 Sandy Dells (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT1 - VW 4 1m 46.477s
33 Bob Tankersley (FSV) 1.6-litre March 83SV - VW Bunce 4 1m 46.856s
34 J W Mitchell (FSV) 1.6-litre March 82V [1] - VW Bunce 4 1m 48.432s
35 Tom Patston (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT1/79 [158] - VW 4 1m 48.791s
36 Rusty Scott * (FSV) 1.6-litre Van Diemen RF82 - VW 4 1m 51.161s
37 Rick Talbot (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/83 - VW Conti Brabham 4 2m 02.843s
38 Ted Prappas (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/81 [243] - VW Brabham 4 no time
39 Peter Moodie (FSV) 1.6-litre Anson SA3V [01] - VW Bertils 4 no time
40 Bob Ward (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/82 - VW 4 no time
41 Stan Fox (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/82 [328] - VW Brabham 4 no time
42 Marc Biro (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT1 - VW 4 no time
45 Bob Schader (FSV) 1.6-litre Van Diemen RF83 - VW 4 no time
 
* Did not start

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.

Despite its success, FSV attracted little coverage and establishing complete race results is proving difficult. The SCCA's Sports Car magazine, On Track and Racecar have proved the most useful sources for the US series. Information on the European series would be most welcome.

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.