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Robert Bosch/VW Super Vee Championship Round

Long Beach, 1 Apr 1984

ResultsLapsTime/Speed
1 Chip Robinson Ralt RT5/84 [459] - VW Schrick 4
#4 Carteret Savings and Loan [Champlin Motorsports]
37 48m 04.70s
75.985 mph
2 Arie Luyendijk Ralt RT5/84 [462] - VW Brabham 4
#61 Provimi Veal
37
3 Steve Millen Ralt RT5/82 - VW Brabham 4
#87 Alfa Travel Trailers
37
4 John David Briggs Ralt RT5/84 - VW Brabham 4
#23 Ralt American
37
5 Ted Prappas Ralt RT5/83 [82-243] - VW Brabham 4
#57 Prappas Racing
37
6 Jeff MacPherson Ralt RT5/84 [460 (84-350)] - VW Brabham 4
#11 Mac Howard Leasing
37
7 Ludwig Heimrath Jr. Ralt RT5/84 [439] - VW Brabham 4
#5 Heimrath Porsche
37
8 Mike Hooper Ralt RT5/84 [491] - VW Brabham 4
#50 Colin Bennett Racing/Opar
37
9 Mike Rosen Ralt RT5/84 [490] - VW Brabham 4
#2 Garvin Brown Racing
37
10 Craig Dummit Ralt RT5/83 [420] - VW Brabham 4
#18 Kraco Car Stereo
37
11 Mark Dismore Ralt RT5/81 - VW Conti Brabham 4
#34
37
12 Ken Johnson Ralt RT5/84 [452] - VW Schrick 4
#8 Bill Scott Racing
37
13 Glenn Harris Ralt RT5/81 - VW Brabham 4
#40
36
14 John Richards Ralt RT5/82 - VW Brabham 4
#28
36
15 Ben Gustafson Ralt RT5/83 [401] - VW Brabham 4
#64
36
16 Michael McHugh Ralt RT5/82 [336 (82-198)] - VW Brabham 4
#55
36
17 Steve Wilson Ralt RT5/82 - VW Brabham 4
#71 Dietel Enterprises Racing
36
18 Bob Ward Ralt RT5/82 - VW Brabham 4
#29
36
19 Barti Stadler Ralt RT5/84 [494] - VW Brabham 4
#51 Colin Bennett Racing/Opar
36
20 Tommy Grunnah Venture GR002 - VW 4
#63
35
21 Al Arciero Ralt RT5/83 [402] - VW Brabham 4
#96 Arciero & Sons
35
22 Mike Follmer Spicerleib - VW Schrick 4
#16 George Follmer Racing
35
23 Bob Schader Sparton SE420 - VW Atwell 4
#6 Foremost Motorsports
35
24 J W Mitchell March 82SV [1] - VW Brabham 4
#39 Santa Ana River Rock
35
25 Dominic Dobson Ralt RT5/82 [290] - VW Brabham 4
#33 Greater Suburban Mortgage
34
26 Parker Johnstone Ralt RT1/78 - VW 4
#76 Frontier Racing
34
27 Peter Moodie Ralt RT5/84 [457] - VW Schrick 4
#7 Bill Scott Racing
33 Engine
28 Tommy Byrne Anson SA4 [05 (84-359)] - VW Bertils 4
#77 Bertils Racing Engines
32 Collision with Luyendijk
29 Howard Cherry Ralt RT5/82 [314] - VW Brabham 4
#13 Comprep
32
30 Roger 'Kip' Penske Jr Ralt RT5/84 [492] - VW Brabham 4
#3 Arciero Racing
28 Engine
31 Ken Nielsen March 83SV - VW 4
#14
20 Spoiler
32 Hank Chapman Ralt RT5/83 [390] - VW Brabham 4
#45 Bridgehampton Race Circuit
18
33 Justin Revene Ralt RT5/83 [423] - VW Brabham 4
#41 Wilbur Bunce Racing
15 Spun
34 Don Roberts Anson SA3V - VW Bertils 4
15 Overheating
35 Dennis Rasmussen Ralt RT5/83 - VW Brabham 4
#62 JD Racing
11 Spun
36 Steve Thomson Argo JM12 [061-SV] - VW 4
#80 JB Distributing
7 Spoiler
37 Rick Jackson March 81V - VW Brabham 4
#17 Shoei Helmets
2 Suspension
DNS Gary Burklein Ralt RT5/83 - VW Schrick 4
#27 Baytown Datsun
Did not start
(Accident)
DNS Patrick Phinny Ralt RT5 - VW Brabham 4
#99
Did not start
( )
DNS Bob Tankersley March 83V - VW Brabham 4
#66 Theatre Operators
Did not start
(Accident)
DNS Ken Murray Ralt RT5/83 - VW Brabham 4
#88
Did not start
(Accident)
DNQ Tom Patston Van Diemen RF82 - VW 4
#31
Did not qualify
DNA TBA Ralt RT5 - VW 4
#9 Bill Scott Racing
Did not arrive
DNA Doug Clark Ralt RT5/80 [182] - VW 4
#15 IVECO of North America
Did not arrive
DNA TBA Ralt RT5 - VW 4
#22 Competition Products
Did not arrive
DNA TBA Ralt RT5 - VW 4
#28 Wilbur Bunce Racing
Did not arrive
DNA Marc Biro Ralt RT5 - VW 4
#30
Did not arrive
DNA Tom Patston Sparton SE420 - VW Atwell 4
#35 Foremost Motorsports
Did not arrive
DNA TBA Ralt RT5 - VW 4
#37 Wilbur Bunce Racing
Did not arrive
DNA Bill Janis Ralt RT5 - VW 4
#54 Bridgehampton Race Circuit
Did not arrive
DNA Denny Sideri Argo JM3 - VW 4
#65
Did not arrive
DNA Don Roberts Ralt RT5 - VW 4
#67 US Racing
Did not arrive
DNA Robert Stevens Ralt RT5 - VW 4
#73 Aurelio's Pizza
Did not arrive
DNA John Timken Ralt RT5 - VW 4
#94 Timken Racing
Did not arrive

All cars are 1.6-litre FSV unless noted.

Qualifying
1 Tommy Byrne (FSV) 1.6-litre Anson SA4 [05 (84-359)] - VW Bertils 4 1m 12.852s
2 Dominic Dobson (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/82 [290] - VW Brabham 4 1m 13.128s
3 Peter Moodie (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/84 [457] - VW Schrick 4 1m 13.146s
4 Arie Luyendijk (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/84 [462] - VW Brabham 4 1m 13.225s
5 John David Briggs (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/84 - VW Brabham 4 1m 13.527s
6 Ted Prappas (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/83 [82-243] - VW Brabham 4 1m 13.546s
7 Chip Robinson (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/84 [459] - VW Schrick 4 1m 13.611s
8 Steve Millen (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/82 - VW Brabham 4 1m 13.612s
9 Mike Rosen (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/84 [490] - VW Brabham 4 1m 13.685s
10 Ludwig Heimrath Jr. (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/84 [439] - VW Brabham 4 1m 13.878s
11 Barti Stadler (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/84 [494] - VW Brabham 4 1m 13.958s
12 Jeff MacPherson (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/84 [460 (84-350)] - VW Brabham 4 1m 14.021s
13 Ken Johnson (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/84 [452] - VW Schrick 4 1m 14.067s
14 Roger 'Kip' Penske Jr (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/84 [492] - VW Brabham 4 1m 14.170s
15 Tommy Grunnah (FSV) 1.6-litre Venture GR002 - VW 4 1m 14.424s
16 Steve Wilson (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/82 - VW Brabham 4 1m 14.673s
17 Justin Revene (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/83 [423] - VW Brabham 4 1m 14.709s
18 Ben Gustafson (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/83 [401] - VW Brabham 4 1m 14.861s
19 Mike Hooper (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/84 [491] - VW Brabham 4 1m 14.878s
20 Glenn Harris (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/81 - VW Brabham 4 1m 15.227s
21 Michael McHugh (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/82 [336 (82-198)] - VW Brabham 4 1m 15.421s
22 Craig Dummit (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/83 [420] - VW Brabham 4 1m 15.466s
23 Mark Dismore (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/81 - VW Conti Brabham 4 1m 15.505s
24 Rick Jackson (FSV) 1.6-litre March 81V - VW Brabham 4 1m 15.559s
25 Bob Ward (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/82 - VW Brabham 4 1m 16.093s
26 John Richards (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/82 - VW Brabham 4 1m 16.155s
27 Al Arciero (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/83 [402] - VW Brabham 4 1m 16.215s
28 Howard Cherry (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/82 [314] - VW Brabham 4 1m 16.379s
29 Dennis Rasmussen (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/83 - VW Brabham 4 1m 16.434s
30 J W Mitchell (FSV) 1.6-litre March 82SV [1] - VW Brabham 4 1m 16.479s
31 Bob Schader (FSV) 1.6-litre Sparton SE420 - VW Atwell 4 1m 16.501s
32 Gary Burklein * (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/83 - VW Schrick 4 1m 19.127s
33 Parker Johnstone (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT1/78 - VW 4 1m 17.176s
34 Hank Chapman (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/83 [390] - VW Brabham 4 1m 17.242s
35 Patrick Phinny * (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5 - VW Brabham 4 1m 17.316s
36 Mike Follmer (FSV) 1.6-litre Spicerleib - VW Schrick 4 1m 17.439s
37 Don Roberts (FSV) 1.6-litre Anson SA3V - VW Bertils 4 1m 17.574s
38 Steve Thomson (FSV) 1.6-litre Argo JM12 [061-SV] - VW 4 1m 17.578s
39 Bob Tankersley * (FSV) 1.6-litre March 83V - VW Brabham 4 1m 18.792s
40 Ken Nielsen (FSV) 1.6-litre March 83SV - VW 4 1m 19.095s
41 Ken Murray * (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/83 - VW Brabham 4 1m 21.511s
42 Tom Patston * (FSV) 1.6-litre Van Diemen RF82 - VW 4 1m 28.544s
 
* 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.