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Robert Bosch/VW Super Vee Championship Round

Indianapolis Raceway Park, 23 May 1987

ResultsLapsTime/Speed
1 E J Lenzi Ralt RT5/85 - VW Bertils 4
#10 Lee Hagen Racing
80 43m 00.969s
76.547 mph
2 Scott Atchison Ralt RT5/85 [581] - VW Brabham 4
#6 Simpson Racing
80 43m 01.438s
3 Gary Rubio Ralt RT5/86 [629] - VW Bertils 4
#26 Performance Motorsports
80
4 Mike Smith Martini MK53 [003] - VW Bertils 4
#45
80
5 Tero Palmroth Martini MK53 [001] - VW Bertils 4
#1 Martini USA
80
6 Harry Sauce Anson SA6 - VW Bertils 4
#66
80
7 José David Ralt RT5/86 - VW Brabham 4
#52 Conti Racing
80
8 Tony George Ralt RT5/87 [662] - VW Bertils 4
#4 Dave White Motorsports
79
9 John Brooks Ralt RT5/85/86 - VW Brabham 4
#87
78
10 Dave Simpson Ralt RT5/85 - VW Brabham 4
#3 Simpson Racing
78
11 Jeff Davis Ralt RT5/84 - VW Brabham 4
#51 Conti Racing
78
12 Pete Pittman Vicky Walt PJ3 - VW Bertils 4
#48
77
13 Dennis Vitolo Ralt RT5/87 [677] - VW Brabham 4
#34
74 Engine
14 Ken Johnson Ralt RT5/84 [462] - VW IHP 4
#14
71 Accident
15 David Kudrave Ralt RT5/87/86 [676] - VW Bertils 4
#2 Dave White Motorsports
66 Accident
16 Robbie Groff Ralt RT5/87 [678] - VW Bertils 4
#5
59 Suspension
17 Jeff Andretti Ralt RT5/87 [724] - VW Brabham 4
#43 Ralt American
47 Accident
18 John McCarthy Ralt RT5/85 - VW Brabham 4
#83
16 Accident
19 Patrick Phinny Ralt RT5/85 - VW Brabham 4
#8
16 Accident
20 Stuart Crow Ralt RT5/84 [83-430] - VW Brabham 4
#78
1 Accident
21 Bernard Jourdain Ralt RT5/86 [87-723] - VW Brabham 4
#69 Cimmaron Racing
1 Accident
22 Mark Smith Martini MK53 [002] - VW Bertils 4
#55
0 Accident
DNS Ron Dykes Martini MK50 [002] - VW Bertils 4
#40
Did not start
DNS Mark Wolocatiuk Ralt RT5/85 - VW Brabham 4
#7
Did not start
DNS Frank Chianelli Ralt RT5/85 [573] - VW Brabham 4
#11
Did not start
DNQ Steve Knapp Anson SA6 - VW Bertils 4
#94
Did not qualify
DNQ Jim Putnam Ralt RT5/83 [418] - VW Brabham 4
#46
Did not qualify
DNQ John Eskuri Ralt RT5/85 [548] - VW Bertils 4
#63 Northland Racing
Did not qualify
DNQ Jim Ward Ralt RT5/86 [654] - VW Brabham 4
#24
Did not qualify

All cars are 1.6-litre FSV unless noted.

Qualifying
1 E J Lenzi (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/85 - VW Bertils 4 19.993s
2 Scott Atchison (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/85 [581] - VW Brabham 4 20.057s
3 David Kudrave (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/87/86 [676] - VW Bertils 4 20.168s
4 Robbie Groff (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/87 [678] - VW Bertils 4 20.326s
5 Dennis Vitolo (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/87 [677] - VW Brabham 4 20.356s
6 Jeff Andretti (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/87 [724] - VW Brabham 4 20.431s
7 Ken Johnson (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/84 [462] - VW IHP 4 20.437s
8 Gary Rubio (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/86 [629] - VW Bertils 4 20.472s
9 Dave Simpson (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/85 - VW Brabham 4 20.606s
10 John McCarthy (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/85 - VW Brabham 4 21.007s
11 Bernard Jourdain (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/86 [87-723] - VW Brabham 4 21.215s
12 Tero Palmroth (FSV) 1.6-litre Martini MK53 [001] - VW Bertils 4 21.265s
13 Stuart Crow (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/84 [83-430] - VW Brabham 4 21.356s
14 Mike Smith (FSV) 1.6-litre Martini MK53 [003] - VW Bertils 4 21.431s
15 Harry Sauce (FSV) 1.6-litre Anson SA6 - VW Bertils 4 21.521s
16 José David (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/86 - VW Brabham 4 21.586s
17 Mark Smith (FSV) 1.6-litre Martini MK53 [002] - VW Bertils 4 21.605s
18 Patrick Phinny (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/85 - VW Brabham 4 21.683s
19 Pete Pittman (FSV) 1.6-litre Vicky Walt PJ3 - VW Bertils 4 21.744s
20 Jeff Davis (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/84 - VW Brabham 4 21.819s
21 John Brooks (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/85/86 - VW Brabham 4 21.939s
22 Tony George (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/87 [662] - VW Bertils 4 21.958s
23 Ron Dykes * (FSV) 1.6-litre Martini MK50 [002] - VW Bertils 4 22.142s
24 Mark Wolocatiuk * (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/85 - VW Brabham 4 22.261s
25 Frank Chianelli * (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/85 [573] - VW Brabham 4 25.286s
28 Steve Knapp * (FSV) 1.6-litre Anson SA6 - VW Bertils 4 no time
29 Jim Putnam * (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/83 [418] - 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.