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Road America Trans-Am

Road America, Elkart Lake, Wisconsin, USA

Date: 16/7/1972
Track length: 6.430 m
Attendance: 18.000-26.000
Entries accepted: unknown
Starters: 42 (O), 19 (U)
Finishers: 25 (O), 12 (U)

Pole position: Follmer in 2.32,18 (O), Morton in 2.43,476 (U)
Fastest lap: Follmer in 2.33,831 (O), Morton in 2.43,7 (U)

Distance: 50 laps, 200 miles (O), 27 laps, 108 miles (U)
Average speed: 144,44 kmh (O), 138,92 kmh (U)
Weather: Clear
Ruleset: SCCA Sedan
Car info:  

 



Over 2500 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   Tope Racing
Ford Mustang		 Warren Tope, USA
 ca. 5000 V8 O 50 laps, 2:13.35,7 2      
2 2   Team Assoc.
Pontiac Firebird		 Milt Minter, USA
 ca. 5000 V8 O 50 laps, 2:13.37,2 14      
3 3   Fighting Saints
AMC Javelin		 Bill Collins, USA
 ca. 5000 V8 O 50 3?      
4 4    
Chevrolet Camaro		 Gene Harrington, USA
 ca. 5000 V8 O 50 6      
5 5   Don Duncan
Chevrolet Camaro		 Richard Brown, CDN
 ca. 5000 V8 O 49 9      
6 6   Nichter Assoc.
Chevrolet Camaro		 Paul Nichter, USA
 ca. 5000 V8 O 49 8      
7 7   Shafer Farms
Chevrolet Camaro		 Carl Shafer, USA
 ca. 5000 V8 O 49 11      
8 8   Carter Racing Services
Chevrolet Camaro		 Alfred Ruys de Perez, USA
 ca. 5000 V8 O 49 19      
9 9    
Chevrolet Camaro		 Warren Fairbanks, USA
 ca. 5000 V8 O 48 22      
10 10    
Chevrolet Camaro		 Jerome Lagod, USA
 ca. 5000 V8 O 48 23      
11 11 2 RWR
AMC Javelin		 Roy Woods, USA
 ca. 5000 V8 O 48 4      
12 12    
Chevrolet Camaro		 Walter Parkins, USA
 ca. 5000 V8 O 48 7      
13 13    
Chevrolet Camaro		 Stan Bennett, USA
 ca. 5000 V8 O 48 28      
14 14    
Chevrolet Camaro		 Larry Bock, USA
 ca. 5000 V8 O 48 15      
15 15    
Ford Mustang		 Dave Hoselton, USA
 ca. 5000 V8 O 48 31      
16 16    
Chevrolet Camaro		 Paul Hecker, USA
 ca. 5000 V8 O 47 35      
17 17    
Chevrolet Camaro		 Bob Bienerth, USA
 ca. 5000 V8 O 46 34      
18 18    
Chevrolet Camaro		 Alan La Brush, USA
 ca. 5000 V8 O 46 18?      
19 19    
Chevrolet Camaro		 John Elliot, USA
 ca. 5000 V8 O 46 3?      
20 20    
Chevrolet Camaro		 Bob Christiansen, USA
 ca. 5000 V8 O 45 37      
DNF 21   Carter Racing Services
Chevrolet Camaro		 Steve Bradley, USA
 ca. 5000 V8 O 44 10     Engine
22 22    
Chevrolet Camaro		 Ken Stoddard, USA
 ca. 5000 V8 O 42 42      
DNF 23   Shook-Bruehler
Chevrolet Camaro		 Martin Shook, USA
 ca. 5000 V8 O 41 30     Overheating
24 24   Car Craft
Ford Mustang		 John Hall, CDN
 ca. 5000 V8 O 40 18?      
DNF 25 1 RWR
AMC Javelin		 George Follmer, USA
 ca. 5000 V8 O 39 1 2.32,18   Engine
26 26    
Chevrolet Camaro		 Frank Search, USA
 ca. 5000 V8 O 39 20      
DNF 27   Agor Racing
Chevrolet Camaro		 Warren Agor, USA
 ca. 5000 V8 O 38 5     Engine
DNF 28    
Chevrolet Camaro		 Bob Clemens, USA
 ca. 5000 V8 O 38 24     Engine
29 29    
Chevrolet Camaro		 John Putnam, USA
 ca. 5000 V8 O 38 33      
DNF 30   Allin Engineering
Chevrolet Camaro		 Jerry Petersen, USA
 ca. 5000 V8 O 37 43     Accident
DNF 31    
Ford Mustang		 John Gimbel, USA
 ca. 5000 V8 O 27 13     Engine
DNF 32   Busy D Racing
Chevrolet Camaro		 Ken Deckman, USA
 ca. 5000 V8 O 26 29     Engine oil fire
33 33   Arrow Heating
Chevrolet Camaro		 Joe Chamberlain, USA
 ca. 5000 V8 O 26 12      
DNF 34   Agor Racing
Chevrolet Camaro		 Jerry Daca, CDN
 ca. 5000 V8 O 23 41     Water pump
DNF 35    
Chevrolet Camaro		 Bob Kiefer, USA
 ca. 5000 V8 O 16 36     Tire
DNF 36   W&W Racing
Chevrolet Camaro		 Duane Winkle, USA
 ca. 5000 V8 O 16 38      
DNF 37    
Ford Mustang		 Dan Furey, USA
 ca. 5000 V8 O 12 25      
DNF 38   Agor Racing
Chevrolet Camaro		 Kent Fellows, USA
 ca. 5000 V8 O 11 21      
DNF 39    
Chevrolet Camaro		 Ike Knupp, USA
 ca. 5000 V8 O 10 17     Overheating
DNF 40   H&H Racing
Chevrolet Camaro		 Dick Hoffman, USA
 ca. 5000 V8 O 9 40      
DNF 41   J.M. Robbins
Ford Mustang		 Jerry Thompson, USA
 ca. 5000 V8 O 5 16     Engine
DNF 42    
Chevrolet Camaro		 Dave Steffens, USA
 ca. 5000 V8 O 2 26      

Under 2500 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 46 Simoniz/BRE
Datsun 510		 John Morton, USA
 1800 L4 U 27 laps, 1:15.00,382 1 2.43,476    
2 2 85? Simoniz/BRE
Datsun 510		 Mike Downs, USA
 1800 L4 U 27 laps, 1:15.03,547 3      
3 3    
Toyota 1600		 Richard Hull, USA
 1600 L4 U 27 7      
4 4    
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA?		 Lee Midgley, USA
 1570? L4 U 27 8      
DNF 5 3 Pepsi/Wetson’s
Alfa Romeo 1750 GTV		 Horst Kwech, USA
 1779? L4 U 26 4     Differential
6 6   Bobcor
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA?		 Ken Schley, USA
 1570? L4 U 26 9      
7 7    
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA?		 Ed Wachs, USA
 1570? L4 U 26 10      
8 8   Different Drummer
Datsun 510		 Gary Witzenberg, USA
 1800 L4 U 25 13      
9 9    
Datsun 510		 Corky Bell, USA
 1800 L4 U 25 12      
10 10   Cyclone
Toyota 1600		 Ted Strait, USA
 1600 L4 U 24 15      
11 11   Trackside
Austin Mini Cooper S		 Tom Cronin, USA
 1293 L4 U 23 17      
12 12    
BMW 1600/2		 Tony Rolfe, USA
 1573 L4 U 23 16      
DNF 13 4 Pepsi/Wetson’s
Alfa Romeo 1750 GTV		 Harry Theodorocopulous, USA
 1779? L4 U 21 6     Transmission
14 14    
Volvo PV 544		 James Chambers, USA
 1778? L4 U 21 18      
DNF 15 25 Bobcor
Alfa Romeo 1750 GTV		 Bert Everett, USA
 1779? L4 U 20 5      
DNF 16   Widener Coll.
Datsun 510		 John Meskauskas, USA
 1800 L4 U 17 19      
DNF 17   Treuhaft
Datsun 510		 John McCollister, USA
 1584 L4 U 14 14      
DNF 18 68? Simoniz/BRE
Datsun 510		 Sam Posey, USA
 1800 L4 U 7 2     Engine
DNS     Commercial Exchange
BMW 1600/2		 Robert Lazebnik, USA
 1573 L4 U 23 11