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Robert Bosch/VW Super Vee Championship Round

Cleveland, 6 Jul 1986

ResultsLapsTime/Speed
1 Didier Theys Martini MK50 [001] - VW Bertils 4
#30 Martini USA
25 31m 52.77s
116.69 mph
2 Steve Bren Ralt RT5/86 [658] - VW Brabham 4
#43 Ralt American
25 32m 14.78s
3 David Kudrave Ralt RT5/85 [545] - VW Bertils 4
#2 Harveys/Garvin Brown Racing
25
4 Scott Atchison Ralt RT5/85 [548] - VW RPM 4
#7 RPM/Mike Curb Motorsports
25
5 Dave Simpson Ralt RT5/85 - VW Brabham 4
#3 RPM/Simpson Racing
25
6 Matt McBride Ralt RT5/85 [539] - VW Brabham 4
#6 McBride Co./Lee Hagen
25
7 Cary Bren Ralt RT5/85/86 - VW Brabham 4
#44 Ralt American
25
8 Tony George Ralt RT5/86 [643] - VW Brabham 4
#21 HOW Racing
25
9 Dennis Vitolo Ralt RT5/86 [654] - VW Brabham 4
#75 Federal Self Storage
24
10 Rich Rutherford Ralt RT5/85 - VW Bertils 4
#36 McNeil Motorsport
24
11 Gary Rubio Ralt RT5/86 [629] - VW Bertils 4
#26 Performance Motorsports
24
12 Patrick Phinny Ralt RT5/85 - VW Brabham 4
#8
24
13 Robert Stevens Ralt RT5/83 [424] - VW Brabham 4
#73
24
14 Phil Katzakian Ralt RT5/84/85 [RT3/84-468] - VW Bertils 4
#9
24
15 Stuart Crow Ralt RT5/83 [430] - VW Brabham 4
#78
24
16 Charles Wilson Ralt RT5/85 - VW RPM 4
#98 Budweiser/RPM
24
17 Jim Ward Ralt RT5/84 - VW Brabham RPM 4
#24 RPM/Zephyr Racing
24
18 Richard Haskell Ralt RT5/85 - VW Brabham 4
#76
24
19 C T Hancock Ralt RT5/82 [336 (82-198)] - VW Brabham 4
#13 Black Gold/Hancock Sports Cars
23 Spun, stalled
20 Jeff Wilson Ralt RT5/83 - VW Mini Perf 4
#64
23
21 Christopher Cross Ralt RT5/83 - VW Brabham 4
#22
23
R Johnny O'Connell Anson SA6 [V601] - VW Bertils 4
#89
21 Engine
R Steve Thomson Ralt RT5/84 [439] - VW Brabham 4
#80
14 Engine
R José Giupponi Franca Ralt RT5/82 - VW Brabham 4
#65
7 Oil leak
R Hank Chapman Ralt RT5/85 [573] - VW Brabham 4
#45 Conti Racing
6 Spun, stalled
R Mike Groff Ralt RT5/85 [546] - VW Bertils 4
#5
3 Front suspension
R Al Sudetic Ralt RT5/83 - VW Brabham 4
#42
2 Mechanical

All cars are 1.6-litre FSV unless noted.

Qualifying
1 Didier Theys (FSV) 1.6-litre Martini MK50 [001] - VW Bertils 4 1m 14.71s
2 Johnny O'Connell (FSV) 1.6-litre Anson SA6 [V601] - VW Bertils 4 1m 15.48s
3 Mike Groff (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/85 [546] - VW Bertils 4 1m 15.65s
4 David Kudrave (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/85 [545] - VW Bertils 4 1m 15.88s
5 Steve Bren (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/86 [658] - VW Brabham 4 1m 16.32s
6 Scott Atchison (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/85 [548] - VW RPM 4 1m 16.58s
7 Cary Bren (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/85/86 - VW Brabham 4 1m 16.97s
8 Matt McBride (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/85 [539] - VW Brabham 4 1m 17.62s
9 Dennis Vitolo (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/86 [654] - VW Brabham 4 1m 17.77s
10 Dave Simpson (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/85 - VW Brabham 4 1m 17.77s
11 Tony George (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/86 [643] - VW Brabham 4 1m 17.84s
12 Gary Rubio (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/86 [629] - VW Bertils 4 1m 17.91s
13 Patrick Phinny (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/85 - VW Brabham 4 1m 18.19s
14 C T Hancock (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/82 [336 (82-198)] - VW Brabham 4 1m 18.22s
15 Steve Thomson (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/84 [439] - VW Brabham 4 1m 18.53s
16 Rich Rutherford (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/85 - VW Bertils 4 1m 18.95s
17 Robert Stevens (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/83 [424] - VW Brabham 4 1m 19.41s
18 Phil Katzakian (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/84/85 [RT3/84-468] - VW Bertils 4 1m 19.50s
19 Jim Ward (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/84 - VW Brabham RPM 4 1m 20.63s
20 Richard Haskell (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/85 - VW Brabham 4 1m 21.00s
21 Hank Chapman (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/85 [573] - VW Brabham 4 1m 21.13s
22 Christopher Cross (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/83 - VW Brabham 4 1m 21.25s
23 Stuart Crow (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/83 [430] - VW Brabham 4 1m 21.42s
24 Charles Wilson (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/85 - VW RPM 4 1m 21.47s
25 Jeff Wilson (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/83 - VW Mini Perf 4 1m 22.03s
26 José Giupponi Franca (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/82 - VW Brabham 4 1m 23.51s
27 Al Sudetic (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/83 - VW Brabham 4 1m 25.31s

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.