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Donnybrooke Trans-Am

Donnybrooke International Speedway, Bainerd, Minnesota, USA

Date: 5/7/1970
Track length: 4.800 m
Attendance:
Entries accepted: unknown
Starters: 20 (O), 11 (U)
Finishers: 14 (O), 7 (U)

Pole position: Kwech in 1.55,7 (U)
Fastest lap: Follmer in 1.46,0 (O), Kwech in 1.56,3 (U)

Distance: 70 laps (O), 33 laps (U)
Average speed: 155,45 kmh (O), 146,71 kmh (U)
Weather:
Ruleset: SCCA Sedan
Car info:  

 

This time it was the turn of a Chevrolet Camaro, but not a Chaparral entry; Milt Minter was the hero in his privately-owned example. Minter fought off a last-ditch attack from George Almeras Mustang, the two cars colliding at the last corner. Parnelli Jones made the initial pace, but his Mustang dropped out with electrical failure, and then Swede Savage's Barracuda locked in second gear and fell to fifth.
(Report from Race report 4 by Eddie Guba)


Over 2000 cc
Pos Pos in class # Team / Entrant
Car- Engine
Drivers, Nationality Engine
vol. (cc)
Engine
Type
Group Distance,
time
Qualifying position Qualifying time Fastest lap Reason out,
remarks
1 1    
Chevrolet Camaro
Milt Minter, USA
ca. 5000 V8 O 70 laps, 2:10.20,2        
2 2 16 Bud Moore
Ford Mustang Boss 302
George Follmer, USA
ca. 5000 V8 O 70 laps, 2:10.31        
3 3    
Chevrolet Camaro
Roy Woods, USA
ca. 5000 V8 O 68        
4 4    
Chevrolet Camaro
Joe Leonard, USA
ca. 5000 V8 O 68        
5 5 48 AAR
Plymouth Barracuda
Swede Savage, USA
ca. 5000 V8 O 67        
6 6    
Chevrolet Camaro
Maurice Carter, CDN
ca. 5000 V8 O 67        
7 7    
Chevrolet Camaro
Jerome Lagod, USA
ca. 5000 V8 O 65        
8 8    
Chevrolet Camaro
Warren Fairbanks, USA
ca. 5000 V8 O 65        
9 9    
Chevrolet Camaro
Ken Deckman, USA
ca. 5000 V8 O 64        
10 10    
Chevrolet Camaro
Jim Corwin, USA
ca. 5000 V8 O 60        
11 11    
Chevrolet Camaro
Robert MacIntyre
ca. 5000 V8 O 60        
DNF      
Ford Mustang
Warren Tope, USA
ca. 5000 V8 O 39        
DNF   15 Bud Moore
Ford Mustang Boss 302
Parnelli Jones, USA
ca. 5000 V8 O 36       Suspension/tires
DNF   2 Chaparral
Chevrolet Camaro
Ed Leslie, USA
ca. 5000 V8 O 32       Engine
DNF      
Chevrolet Camaro
Tony De Lorenzo, USA
ca. 5000 V8 O 27       Accident
DNF      
Chevrolet Camaro
Lee Gardner
ca. 5000 V8 O 27        
DNF      
Pontiac Firebird
Jerry Titus, USA
ca. 5000 V8 O 23       Engine
DNF      
Chevrolet Camaro
Allan Hewitt
ca. 5000 V8 O 18        
DNF   6 Penske Racing
AMC Javelin
Mark Donohue, USA
ca. 5000 V8 O 14       Engine
DNF   77 Autodynamics
Dodge Challenger
Sam Posey, USA
ca. 5000 V8 O 13        

Under 2000 cc
Pos Pos in class # Team / Entrant
Car- Engine
Drivers, Nationality Engine
vol. (cc)
Engine
Type
Group Distance,
time
Qualifying position Qualifying time Fastest lap Reason out,
remarks
1 1    
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA
Horst Kwech, USA
1570 L4 U 33 laps, 1:05.06,5        
2 2    
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA
Harry Theodorocopulous, USA
1570 L4 U 33 laps, 1:06.10        
3 3    
BMW 2002 TI
Russell Norburn, USA
1990 L4 U 33 laps, 1:07.06        
4 4    
BMW 2002 TI
Don Pike, USA
1990 L4 U 32        
5 5    
BMW 2002 TI
Robert Lazebnik, USA
1990 L4 U 31        
6 6    
BMC Mini Cooper S
Peter Griffin
1293 L4 U 30        
7 7    
Renault R 8 Gordini
Bob Armstrong, CDN
1255 L4 U 28        
DNF      
BMW 2002 TI
Peter Schuster, USA
1990 L4 U 24        
DNF      
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA
Lee Midgley, USA
1570 L4 U 10        
DNF      
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA
Ed Wachs, USA
1570 L4 U 10        
DNF      
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA
Bert Everett, USA
1570 L4 U 9       Head gasket
DNF      
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA
Jon Norman, USA
1570 L4 U 7       Engine
DNF      
Ford Escort
Thomas Lynch, USA
  L4 U 5       Accident
DNF      
BMW
Terry Enk
  L4 U 1       Engine