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Robert Bosch/VW Super Vee Championship Round

Riverside, 25 Sep 1983

ResultsLapsTime/Speed
1 Ed Pimm Ralt RT5/83 - VW Brabham 4
#25 Red Roof Inns
24 32m 35.561s
112.53 mph
2 Chip Robinson Ralt RT5/83 - VW Schrick 4
#3 Bill Scott Racing
24 32m 36.403s
3 Ludwig Heimrath Jr. Ralt RT5/83 - VW Brabham 4
#5
24
4 Ted Prappas Ralt RT5/83 - VW Brabham 4
#57
24
5 Roger 'Kip' Penske Jr Ralt RT5/83 [402] - VW Brabham 4
#1 Arciero Racing
24
6 Bob Earl Anson SA4 - VW Bertils 4
#77 Viking Racing
24
7 Don Roberts Ralt RT5/83 [424] - VW Brabham 4
#58
24
8 Dominic Dobson Ralt RT5/82 - VW Brabham 4
#33
24
9 Mike Rosen Ralt RT5/82 [320] - VW Brabham 4
#2 Garvin Brown/ASI
24
10 Peter Moodie Anson SA4 - VW Schrick 4
#87
24
11 Bob Schader Van Diemen RF83 - VW Schrick 4
#6 USA Gold Racing
24
12 John Timken Ralt RT5/83 [420] - VW Brabham 4
#94 Franklin Farms
24
13 Ben Gustafson Ralt RT5 - VW Brabham 4
#64
24
14 Paul Barnhardt Ralt RT5/82 [304] - VW Schrick 4
#17 Sanders Racing
23
15 K C Spurlock Ralt RT5/83 - VW Brabham 4
#4 Mike Miller
23
16 Ted Dillon Van Diemen RF83 - VW Schrick 4
#9 USA Gold Racing
23
17 Glenn Harris Ralt RT5 - VW Brabham 4
#61
23
18 John Stephanus Venture GR002 - VW Brabham 4
#63
22 Ignition
19 Dan Chase Ralt RT5 - VW Brabham 4
#23 Rick Talbot?
22
20 J W Mitchell March 82V [1] - VW Bunce 4
#39 Wilbur Bunce Racing
22 Mechanical'
21 Michael Keyes March 81V - VW Schrick 4
#14
16 Accident
22 Jerrill Rice Spicerleib - VW Schrick 4
#21
7 Suspension
23 Mike Hooper Ralt RT5/83 [423] - VW Bunce 4
#28 Wilbur Bunce Racing
4 Engine
24 Bob Tankersley March 81V - VW Brabham 4
#66
4 Ignition
25 Price Cobb Ralt RT5/83 [422 (83-295)] - VW Schrick 4
#22 Witt Racing
4 Fuel injection
DNS Craig Dummit Ralt RT5 - VW Schrick 4
#18
Did not start
(Engines)
DNS Marc Biro Ralt RT5 - VW 4
Did not start
(Accident)

All cars are 1.6-litre FSV unless noted.

Qualifying
1 Ted Prappas (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/83 - VW Brabham 4 1m 19.321s
2 Ed Pimm (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/83 - VW Brabham 4 1m 19.395s
3 Mike Rosen (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/82 [320] - VW Brabham 4 1m 19.754s
4 Chip Robinson (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/83 - VW Schrick 4 1m 19.859s
5 Price Cobb (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/83 [422 (83-295)] - VW Schrick 4 1m 19.962s
6 Bob Earl (FSV) 1.6-litre Anson SA4 - VW Bertils 4 1m 19.966s
7 Craig Dummit * (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5 - VW Schrick 4
7 Ludwig Heimrath Jr. (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/83 - VW Brabham 4 1m 20.079s
8 Peter Moodie (FSV) 1.6-litre Anson SA4 - VW Schrick 4 1m 20.148s
9 Don Roberts (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/83 [424] - VW Brabham 4 1m 20.751s
10 Bob Schader (FSV) 1.6-litre Van Diemen RF83 - VW Schrick 4 1m 20.800s
11 Paul Barnhardt (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/82 [304] - VW Schrick 4 1m 20.874s
12 Mike Hooper (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/83 [423] - VW Bunce 4 1m 20.930s
13 John Timken (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/83 [420] - VW Brabham 4 1m 21.107s
14 Dominic Dobson (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/82 - VW Brabham 4 1m 21.357s
15 Roger 'Kip' Penske Jr (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/83 [402] - VW Brabham 4 1m 22.123s
16 Ben Gustafson (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5 - VW Brabham 4 1m 22.364s
17 Jerrill Rice (FSV) 1.6-litre Spicerleib - VW Schrick 4 1m 22.800s
18 Ted Dillon (FSV) 1.6-litre Van Diemen RF83 - VW Schrick 4 1m 23.256s
19 Bob Tankersley (FSV) 1.6-litre March 81V - VW Brabham 4 1m 23.582s
20 Michael Keyes (FSV) 1.6-litre March 81V - VW Schrick 4 1m 23.739s
21 K C Spurlock (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/83 - VW Brabham 4 1m 24.148s
22 J W Mitchell (FSV) 1.6-litre March 82V [1] - VW Bunce 4 1m 25.067s
23 Glenn Harris (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5 - VW Brabham 4 1m 25.986s
24 Dan Chase (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5 - VW Brabham 4 1m 27.279s
25 John Stephanus (FSV) 1.6-litre Venture GR002 - VW Brabham 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.