Formula Atlantic 1974

Race Trois Rivieres

2x Brack, Follmer, Mead, Jassaud, Ferguson
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Results Race Trois Rivieres:

1 Tom Klausler Lola T360 [HU2] - Ford BDA Traylor #63   60
2 Jean-Pierre Jaussaud Chevron B27 [27-74-02] - Ford BDA Hart Fred Opert Racing (see note 1)  60
3 Patrick Depailler March 74B [73-1] - Ford BDA Race Shop Douglas Shierson Racing  59
4 James King Chevron B27 [27-74-04] - Ford BDA Nicholson Douglas Shierson Racing (see note 2)  59
5 Bruce Jensen March 74B [6] - Ford BDA Hart 59
6 Reg Scullion March 74B - Ford BDA Hart 58
7 Chip Mead Chevron B27 [27-74-03] - Ford BDA Hart Douglas Shierson Racing (see note 3)  58
8 Bill O'Connor Lola T360 [HU3] - Ford BDA Traylor 57 Engine
9 Price Cobb Chevron B20 [72-3] - Ford BDA Hart 57
10 Al Justason Rondel M1 - Ford BDA Hart 57
11 Ron Cohn March 73B - Ford BDA 57
12 David Westgate March 71BM - Ford twin cam 56
13 Hugh "Wink" Bancroft Chevron B27 [27-74-05] - Ford BDA Hart Fred Opert Racing (see note 4)  56
14 Bob Beyea Brabham BT40 - Ford BDA Fred Opert Racing  56
15 Ric Forest March 73B [10] - Ford BDA 56
16 Peter W. Broeker Chevron B17b - Ford twin cam 55
17 Mike Hall Brabham BT40 - Ford BDA (see note 5)  54
18 Chris O'Brien Rondel M1 [206] - Ford BDA (see note 6)  50
19 Craig Hill Brabham BT40 - Ford BDA 45 Oil pressure
20 Roger Seacrist Rondel M1 [208] - Ford BDA Nicholson  (see note 7)  41 Accident
21 George Follmer March 74B [722?] - Ford BDA  #15 Ecurie Canada - Schweppes (see note  39 Engine
R  Tom Pryce Chevron B27 [27-74-15] - Ford BDA Hart #8 Fred Opert Racing (see note 9)  20 Accident
R  Bill Brack Lotus 59 - Ford BDA Crosty #1   9 Gearbox
R Gary Magwood Lola T360 [HU6] - Ford BDA Hart  (see note 10)  3 Accident damage
R Gilles Villeneuve March 74B [3] - Ford BDA #69 Ecurie Canada - Schweppes  1 Accident
R Charles T. Gibson March 73B [71BM-15] - Ford BDA Hart Engine

UNK Chris Gleason Brabham BT40 - Ford BDA Fred Opert Racing  
UNK Seb Barone Rondel M1 - Ford BDA
UNK Joe Shepherd Chevron B20 [72-4] - Ford BDA Hart Xanadu Racing  
UNK Don Breidenbach March 74B - Ford BDA (see note 11)  

DNSC Bobby Brown Chevron B27 [27-74-18] - Ford BDA Smith (see note 12)  Did not start (crashed)  
DNQ Peter Ferguson Chevron B20 [72-7] - Ford BDA #3   Did not qualify  
DNQ William Prout Jr March 705/73B [2] - Ford twin cam Did not qualify  
DNQ Bill Eagles Brabham BT40 - Ford BDA #46 Tex Made Racing  Did not qualify  

All cars are 1.6-litre F/Atl unless noted.

Qualifying
1 Patrick Depailler (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 74B [73-1] - Ford BDA Race Shop 1.06.697  
2 Bill O'Connor (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Lola T360 [HU3] - Ford BDA Traylor 1.06.710  
3 Tom Klausler (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Lola T360 [HU2] - Ford BDA Traylor 1.06.755  
4 Jean-Pierre Jaussaud (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Chevron B27 [27-74-02] - Ford BDA Hart 1.06.815  
5 Bill Brack (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Lotus 59 - Ford BDA Crosty 1.07.522  
6 Ric Forest (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 73B [10] - Ford BDA 1.07.718  
7 Tom Pryce (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Chevron B27 [27-74-15] - Ford BDA Hart 1.07.961  
8 Hugh "Wink" Bancroft (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Chevron B27 [27-74-05] - Ford BDA Hart 1.08.145  
9 James King (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Chevron B27 [27-74-04] - Ford BDA Nicholson 1.08.215  
10 Charles T. Gibson (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 73B [71BM-15] - Ford BDA Hart 1.08.484  
11 Gary Magwood (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Lola T360 [HU6] - Ford BDA Hart 1.08.504  
12 George Follmer (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 74B [722?] - Ford BDA 1.08.508  
13 Gilles Villeneuve (F/Atl) 1.6-litre March 74B [3] - Ford BDA 1.08.664  
14 Bobby Brown * (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Chevron B27 [27-74-18] - Ford BDA Smith    
16 Craig Hill (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Brabham BT40 - Ford BDA    
30 Price Cobb (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Chevron B20 [72-3] - Ford BDA Hart    
33 Peter W. Broeker (F/Atl) 1.6-litre Chevron B17b - Ford twin cam    
 
* Did not start

Notes on the cars:
1.Chevron B27 [27-74-02] (Jean-Pierre Jaussaud): Chevron build record says sold via Opert to Freeman Racing but retained by Opert in 1974 and used by Jean-Pierre Jaussaud at Trois Rivieres and Richard Melville at Watkins Glen. For sale Autoweek (AW) 5 Jul 1975 p25 by Opert "2 races from new". Opert team again in 1975 and used twice by Tom Bagley at Halifax and Trois Rivieres, where his car is described as 'ex Jaussaud'. Believed to be Michael Landrum's B27 in early 1976 in the IMSA series. Then advertised by Pierre Phillips Autoweek 31 July 76 p28 'ex Bagley'. Subsequently to Frank Scott (Racine, WI) for sale AW 9 Oct 1976 p27 B27 'ex Jaussaud, 8 races from new' and 31 Mar 1978 p39. Sold to Richard Ellingson and used in Mid West SCCA until 1980. Then to an autocrosser and subsequently to Paul Berg. Owned by Bob Dupré (USA) 1985 and said to have been written off at Road America that year.
2.Chevron B27 [27-74-04] (James King): Chevron build record says sold via Opert to Doug Shierson Racing. According to Chevron the car used by James King at Mallory Park before being shipped to the USA. (King and Mead owned their own cars in the Shierson team.) Badly damaged by King at Mosport and rebuilt around a new tub. Formula Mar 75 p29 reports, 'King is trying to sell the B27 he drove in 1974 under Shierson's management'. (King still has the plate for this car.) Sold to Lloyd Callaway (Chicago) and used in 1975 early 1976 SCCA and some pro races. Callaway advises that the car was sold to Fred Opert in early 1976 in p/x for a new Chevron B34. A very strong candidate for the car of Tom Christ (Racine, WI) in 1976/77.
3.Chevron B27 [27-74-03] (Chip Mead): Chevron build record says sold via Opert to Doug Shierson Racing. According to Chevron the car used by Chip Mead at Mallory Park before being shipped to the USA. Sold to Keith Feldott for SCCA races in Cen Div in 1975 and retained by him to at least 1977.
4.Chevron B27 [27-74-05] (Hugh "Wink" Bancroft): An Opert team car, used by Hugh "Wink" Bancroft in 1974. Possibly also used by Roos and James Crawley in SCCA before the Canadian season started. The car was owned by Bancroft, who according to Formula and Sports Car retained it unraced in 1975, and then wheeled it out again for a few SCCA So Pac division races in early 1976. (Riverside SCCA Feb uses 'the same B27 that he campaigned in 1974' Formula May 76 p26.) For sale in Autoweek Vol.26 no.19 May 76 p33. Possibly the Mike Morris car in 1977.
5.Brabham BT40 (Mike Hall): Mike Hall (Twin Lakes, WI) raced a brand new Brabham BT40 at the Road Race of Champions at Road Atlantic 25 Nov 1972, the first BT40 to race. Although this car may have been on loan from Fred Opert, it is assumed here that it was the same car he then raced in Formula B and Fomrula Atlantic in 1973 and 1974. He replaced it with a Lola T360 for 1975 and is believed to be the car then raced by John Elder (Rosemount, Minnesota) in SCCA Nationals in 1975. Hall had modified his car with a wide nose and a higher and fuller tail, and Elder's car showed the same modifications.
6.Rondel M1 [206] (Chris O'Brien): Henri Pescarolo's main car in F2 in 1973; used also by Schenken at Pau, Kinnekulle Ring and Rouen. Sold via Fred Opert to Chris O'Brien for Canadian Formula Atlantic in 1974 then probably back via Fred Opert and eventually sold to Randy Zimmer as a source of spares for his Can Am car. Still with Zimmer in 2010.
7.Rondel M1 [208] (Roger Seacrist): New for Tom Pryce at Mantorp Park F2 in July 1973. Sold via Fred Opert to Roger Seacrist (Chicago, IL) for 1974 US SCCA FB. Advertised in 1976.
8.March 74B [722?] (George Follmer): Charles Hansen (Tenafly, NJ) appears on the Westwood entry list at the beginning of 1974 with a March 722 twin cam and on the July Mosport Park entry list with a March 742. When the car finally appears, at Sanair two weeks later, it is described as a March 74B but it would be safe to assume this was an earlier car kitted to the latest specificiation. Hansen crashed at Sanair, after which George Follmer runs this car at Trois-Rivières (CMB noting that it was the Hansen car).
9.Chevron B27 [27-74-15] (Tom Pryce): Consigned to Opert, July 1974, for "a Californian SCCA driver". Almost certainly the Opert car that appears July 1974 for Howdy Holmes, described as 'brand new'. Used by Tom Pryce at Trois Rivieres and badly damaged. Rebuilt for Holmes at Watkins Glen. Sold to Dan Neuman (St. Paul Minnesota) early 1975. For sale in Autoweek 28 Feb 1976 p.21 by Neuman, 'ex Pryce three races from new' which means the car had not been raced by him. Still for sale Autoweek 9 Oct 1976 p29. Very probably then the car used by Tom Cooney (Cen Div SCCA) from 1977 to 1981 or later.
10.Lola T360 [HU6] (Gary Magwood): Lola sales record says sold to Haas for Robertson 19 Jul 1974, colour white, and with a Hart 416B t/c, fulfilling Haas order 36003 from Brian Robertson. Robertson was acting as agent for a sale in Canada and this car was for Gary Magwood, whose name appears on the Haas records under the order number. In February 2006 Gary Magwood advised that his car, run from 1974 to 1976 and owned by Jack Burnett, came from Robertson and was white before being sprayed black. Destroyed by Magwood in an accident at Atlantic Motorsports Park, Halifax 8 Aug 1976.
11.March 74B (Don Breidenbach): Don Breidenbach (Oakland, CA) raced a white March 74B in SCCA National and later in Pro races in 1974 but early that season his car was described as a 732 so this 74B may have been a mid or late-season replacement for the older car. Retained for the early 1975 race at Riverside and then sold to Bob Gledhill (Utah). Somehow the deal with Gledhill unwound and the car ended up with Jeff Alkana (Azusa, CA) who raced it in SCCA events up to early 1976. Alkana then bought Breidenbach's newer 75B and he recalls selling the 74B to Jim van Horn (Orange, CA). Van Horn raced such a March in SCCA events in late 1976 and 1977 but then disappears from FB in 1978. When he returns in 1979 he has a March again, but it could be a different one. Subsequent history unknown.
12.Chevron B27 [27-74-18] (Bobby Brown): Chevron build record says sold to Bobby Brown of B&B Racing Enterprises, June 1974. The car was badly damaged in an accident at Trois Rivieres in 1974. Brown says that the remains were returned to Chevron in p/x for two B29s in 1975. However, for sale by Brown AW 31 May and 7 June 1876 'not raced since complete rebuild at Chevron' which suggests that the car survived. This chassis number attributed to a B27 recently for sale by the Henry family and it seems as if they bought the car somewhere between 1977 and 1979, running it alongside their ex Brown Chevron B25 and ex Holmes B34. Run for Denny Sideri in FC in Cen Div SCCA in 1980.

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