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Robert Bosch/VW Super Vee Championship Round

Long Beach, 5 Apr 1987

ResultsLapsTime/Speed
1 Steve Bren Ralt RT5/86 [643] - VW Brabham 4
#43 Ralt American
37 46m 23.656s
79.91 mph
2 Paul Radisich Ralt RT5/85 - VW Brabham 4
#3 Simpson Racing
37 46m 24.320s
3 Scott Atchison Ralt RT5/85 [84-499] - VW Bunce 4
#23 Zephyr Racing
37
4 Ken Johnson Ralt RT5/84 [462] - VW IHP 4
#14 Lee Hagen Racing
37
5 Gary Rubio Ralt RT5/87 [669] - VW Bertils 4
#26 Performance Motorsports
37
6 Dennis Vitolo Ralt RT5/87 [677] - VW Brabham 4
#34
37
7 Chad McQueen Ralt RT5/85 [545] - VW Brabham 4
#42 Dave White Racing
37
8 Jeff Simpson Ralt RT5/85 [581] - VW Brabham 4
#6 Simpson Racing
37
9 David Whitney Ralt RT5/83 - VW Bunce 4
#62
37
10 Stuart Crow Ralt RT5/84 [83-430] - VW Brabham 4
#78
36
11 Patrick Phinny Ralt RT5/85 - VW Brabham 4
#8
36
12 Robbie Groff Ralt RT5/87 [678] - VW Bertils 4
#5
36
13 J O 'Jocko' Cunningham Ralt RT5/85 - VW Bertils 4
#86
36
14 Angel Figueras Martini MK50 [001] - VW IHP 4
#29
36
15 Phil Katzakian Ralt RT5/85 [RT3/84 468] - VW Bertils 4
#9
36
16 Bernard Jourdain Ralt RT5/86 [87-723] - VW Brabham 4
#38 Cimmaron Racing
36
17 John Brooks Ralt RT5/85 - VW Brabham 4
#87
36
18 Tero Palmroth Martini MK53 [001] - VW Bertils 4
#1 Martini USA
35
19 Donald Peterson Ralt RT5/85 - VW Brabham 4
#36 McNeill Motorsport
35
20 Mark Smith Martini MK53 [002] - VW Bertils 4
#55
35
21 Rusty Scott Ralt RT5/84 - VW Brabham 4
#51 Conti Racing
35
22 Al Arciero Ralt RT5/84 [456] - VW Brabham 4
#12 Arciero Racing
35
23 Steve Thomson Ralt RT5/84 [439] - VW Bertils 4
#80
35
24 David Ramsay Ralt RT5/84 - VW Bunce 4
#49
34
25 Christopher Cross Ralt RT5/86 - VW Brabham 4
#44
34
26 Michael McHugh Anson SA4 [05] - VW Brabham 4
#0
32 Transmission
27 Tony George Ralt RT5/87 [662] - VW Bertils 4
#4
27 Puncture
28 Jim Ward Ralt RT5/86 [654] - VW Brabham 4
#24
24 Engine
29 E J Lenzi Anson SA6 - VW Bertils 4
#10
22 Gearbox
30 José David Ralt RT5/86 - VW Brabham 4
#52 Conti Racing
19 Accident
31 Joe Tabor Ralt RT5/85 - VW Brabham 4
#25
16 Overheating
32 Wright Hugus III Martini MK50 [002] - VW Bertils 4
#18
15 Gearbox
33 Greg Edenholm Ralt RT5/82 - VW Brabham 4
#19
8 Accident
34 Mike Smith Martini MK53 [003] - VW Bertils 4
#45
7 Accident
35 Mike Follmer Ralt RT5/84 [492] - VW Brabham RPM 4
#16 RPM Motorsports
5 Steering
36 David Kudrave Ralt RT5/87 [676] - VW Bertils 4
#2 Dave White Racing
2 Accident
DNS C T Hancock Anson SA6 - VW Quicksilver 4
#13
Did not start
(Engine)
DNS Pat Wolter Ralt RT5/87 [675] - VW Bunce 4
#50 Rick Mills Racing
Did not start
(Engine)
DNA Doug Clark Ralt RT5/82 - VW 4
#15
Did not arrive
DNA Dave Manzolini MR20 - VW 4
#20
Did not arrive
DNA Norman Breedlove unknown - VW 4
#22
Did not arrive
DNA Gary Burklein Ralt RT5/82 - VW 4
#27
Did not arrive
DNA Jeff McGaughey Ralt RT5/82 - VW 4
#32
Did not arrive
DNA Tom Ballentyne March - VW 4
#39
Did not arrive
DNA Kenneth Weld Jr Ralt RT5 - VW 4
#57
Did not arrive
DNA Corky Priep Ralt RT5/84 - VW 4
#58
Did not arrive
DNA José Giupponi Franca Ralt RT5/82 - VW 4
#65
Did not arrive
DNA Richard Haskell Ralt RT5/82 [342] - VW 4
#76
Did not arrive
DNA Richard DeLorto Ralt RT5/83 - VW 4
#81
Did not arrive
DNA Bill Shamick Ralt RT5/84 - VW 4
#82
Did not arrive
DNA John McCarthy Ralt RT5 - VW 4
#83
Did not arrive
DNA John Schiesser Ralt RT5/81 [238] - VW 4
#99
Did not arrive

All cars are 1.6-litre FSV unless noted.

Qualifying
1 Paul Radisich (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/85 - VW Brabham 4 1m 13.602s
2 Scott Atchison (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/85 [84-499] - VW Bunce 4 1m 14.048s
3 Steve Bren (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/86 [643] - VW Brabham 4 1m 14.288s
4 David Kudrave (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/87 [676] - VW Bertils 4 1m 14.464s
5 Dennis Vitolo (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/87 [677] - VW Brabham 4 1m 14.731s
6 Jeff Simpson (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/85 [581] - VW Brabham 4 1m 15.496s
7 Gary Rubio (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/87 [669] - VW Bertils 4 1m 15.507s
8 Ken Johnson (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/84 [462] - VW IHP 4 1m 15.650s
9 David Whitney (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/83 - VW Bunce 4 1m 15.864s
10 Tero Palmroth (FSV) 1.6-litre Martini MK53 [001] - VW Bertils 4 1m 15.917s
11 Chad McQueen (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/85 [545] - VW Brabham 4 1m 16.029s
12 J O 'Jocko' Cunningham (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/85 - VW Bertils 4 1m 16.187s
13 Michael McHugh (FSV) 1.6-litre Anson SA4 [05] - VW Brabham 4 1m 16.243s
14 Tony George (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/87 [662] - VW Bertils 4 1m 16.262s
15 Wright Hugus III (FSV) 1.6-litre Martini MK50 [002] - VW Bertils 4 1m 16.295s
16 José David (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/86 - VW Brabham 4 1m 16.357s
17 Patrick Phinny (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/85 - VW Brabham 4 1m 16.416s
18 C T Hancock * (FSV) 1.6-litre Anson SA6 - VW Quicksilver 4 1m 16.438s
19 Stuart Crow (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/84 [83-430] - VW Brabham 4 1m 16.502s
20 Phil Katzakian (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/85 [RT3/84 468] - VW Bertils 4 1m 16.691s
21 Robbie Groff (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/87 [678] - VW Bertils 4 1m 16.791s
22 John Brooks (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/85 - VW Brabham 4 1m 16.925s
23 Donald Peterson (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/85 - VW Brabham 4 1m 16.987s
24 Jim Ward (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/86 [654] - VW Brabham 4 1m 17.257s
24 Angel Figueras (FSV) 1.6-litre Martini MK50 [001] - VW IHP 4 1m 17.057s
25 Mike Follmer (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/84 [492] - VW Brabham RPM 4 1m 17.276s
26 Rusty Scott (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/84 - VW Brabham 4 1m 17.474s
27 E J Lenzi (FSV) 1.6-litre Anson SA6 - VW Bertils 4 1m 17.726s
28 Steve Thomson (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/84 [439] - VW Bertils 4 1m 17.855s
29 David Ramsay (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/84 - VW Bunce 4 1m 17.882s
31 Joe Tabor (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/85 - VW Brabham 4 1m 18.558s
32 Mike Smith (FSV) 1.6-litre Martini MK53 [003] - VW Bertils 4 1m 18.682s
33 Mark Smith (FSV) 1.6-litre Martini MK53 [002] - VW Bertils 4 1m 20.325s
34 Greg Edenholm (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/82 - VW Brabham 4 1m 20.941s
35 Christopher Cross (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/86 - VW Brabham 4 1m 21.866s
36 Pat Wolter * (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/87 [675] - VW Bunce 4 1m 22.428s
37 Bernard Jourdain (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/86 [87-723] - VW Brabham 4 1m 26.214s
38 Al Arciero (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/84 [456] - VW Brabham 4 1m 29.066s
 
* 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.