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Lime Rock Trans-Am

Lime Rock Park, Lime Rock, Connecticut, USA

Date: 9/5/1970
Track length: 2.460 m
Attendance:
Entries accepted: unknown
Starters: 23 (O), 16 (U)
Finishers: 10 (O), 11 (U)

Pole position: Pike in 1.03,8 (U)
Fastest lap: Jones in 0.59,8 (O), Andrey in 1.04,0 (U)

Distance: 2,5 hours (O), 45 laps (U)
Average speed: 142,97 kmh (O), 135,31 kmh (U)
Weather:
Ruleset: SCCA Sedan
Car info:  

 

Despite fading brakes towards the end, and a broken pushrod, Parnelli Jones made it two in a row at the pocket-handkerchief sized Lime Rock circuit. The Chaparral-entered Camaros of Ed Leslie and Jim Hall finished second and fourth, split by the Autodynamics Dodge Challenger of Sam Posey. Retirements included Dan Gurney, George Follmer, Peter Revson, Swede Savage and Jerry Titus.
(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 15 Bud Moore
Ford Mustang Boss 302		 Parnelli Jones, USA
 ca. 5000 V8 O 146 laps, 2:30.54,9        
2 2 2 Chaparral
Chevrolet Camaro		 Ed Leslie, USA
 ca. 5000 V8 O 145        
3 3 77 Autodynamics
Dodge Challenger		 Sam Posey, USA
 ca. 5000 V8 O 143        
4 4 1 Chaparral
Chevrolet Camaro		 Jim Hall, USA
 ca. 5000 V8 O 136        
5 5    
Chevrolet Camaro		 Paul Nichter, USA
 ca. 5000 V8 O 135        
6 6    
Chevrolet Camaro		 Vince Gimondo, USA
 ca. 5000 V8 O 133        
7 7    
Chevrolet Camaro		 Warren Agor, USA
 ca. 5000 V8 O 125        
8 8    
Pontiac Firebird		 Craig Fisher, CDN
 ca. 5000 V8 O 112        
9 9    
Chevrolet Camaro		 Dick Young
 ca. 5000 V8 O 98        
10 10    
Plymouth Barracuda		 Gerald Robinson, USA
 ca. 5000 V8 O 90        
DNF   8  
Pontiac Firebird		 Jerry Titus, USA
 ca. 5000 V8 O 91       Fuel leak
DNF      
Chevrolet Camaro		 Gordon Dewar, CDN
 ca. 5000 V8 O 91       Electrics
DNF   6 Penske Racing
AMC Javelin		 Mark Donohue, USA
 ca. 5000 V8 O 72       Engine
DNF   48 AAR
Plymouth Barracuda		 Dan Gurney, USA
 ca. 5000 V8 O 64       Clutch
NC      
Ford Mustang		 Steve Ross, USA
 ca. 5000 V8 O 62 (running)        
DNF   16 Bud Moore
Ford Mustang Boss 302		 George Follmer, USA
 ca. 5000 V8 O 57       Engine
DNF      
Chevrolet Camaro		 Peter Schwartzott, USA
 ca. 5000 V8 O 56       Electrics
DNF   9 Penske Racing
AMC Javelin		 Peter Revson, USA
 ca. 5000 V8 O 46       Engine
DNF   42 AAR
Plymouth Barracuda		 Swede Savage, USA
 ca. 5000 V8 O 34       Engine
DNF      
AMC Javelin		 Ted Roberts
 ca. 5000 V8 O 26       Piston
DNF      
Chevrolet Camaro		 Tony De Lorenzo, USA
 ca. 5000 V8 O 22       Head gasket
DNF      
Ford Mustang Boss 302		 Dean Gregson, USA
 ca. 5000 V8 O 20        
DNF      
Ford Mustang		 Jan Nelson, USA
Ray Cuomo, USA
 ca. 5000 V8 O 16       Overheating

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		 Gaston Andrey, USA
 1570 L4 U 55 laps, 1:00.5,4        
2 2 3 Wetson’s Racing
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA		 Horst Kwech, USA
 1570 L4 U 55 laps, 1:00.15,9        
3 3    
BMW 2002		 Peter Schuster, USA
 1990 L4 U 55        
4 4    
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA		 Harry Theodorocopulous, USA
 1570 L4 U 54        
5 5    
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA		 Wilbur Pickett, USA
 1570 L4 U 54        
6 6    
Fiat Abarth 1000 TC		 Craig Fisher, CDN
 982 L4 U 52        
7 7    
Volvo 122		 Art Mollin, USA
 1778 L4 U 50        
8 8    
BMC Mini Cooper S		 Rod Bremner, CDN
 1293 L4 U 49        
9 9    
Volvo 122		 Robert Huber, USA
 1778 L4 U 49        
10 10    
Volvo 122		 Ron Pelimeni
 1778 L4 U 48        
11 11    
NSU 1000 TTS		 Raymond Walle, USA
 996 L4 U 39        
DNF      
BMW 2002		 Gerry Gregory, USA
 1990 L4 U 43       Oil pressure
DNF      
BMW 2002		 Don Pike, USA
 1990 L4 U 25 1     Body damage
NC      
BMC Mini Cooper S		 Joseph Richardson, USA
 1293 L4 U 23 (running)        
DNF      
BMW 2002		 Herb Swan, USA
 1990 L4 U 11 1     Radiator damage
DNF      
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA		 Carmelo Giuffre, USA
 1570 L4 U 6        
DSQ      
BMW 2002		 Robert Lazebnik, USA
 1990 L4 U         Oversized valves