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SCCA Budweiser Can-Am Challenge 1981

Round	Date	Race	State	Practiced	Started	Classified
1	14.6.1981	Can-Am Mosport	CDN	19	18
2	28.6.1981	Can-Am Mid-Ohio	USA		20
3	11.7.1981	Can-Am Watkins Glen	USA		22
4	26.7.1981	Can-Am Road America	USA	25	20
5	16.8.1981	Can-Am Edmonton	CDN		18
6	6.9.1981	Can-Am Trois-Rivieres	CDN		16
7	13.9.1981	Can-Am Mosport II	CDN	19	16	16
8	4.10.1981	Can-Am Riverside	USA		19
9	11.10.1981	Can-Am Laguna Seca	USA		23
10	16.10.1981	Can-Am Caesars Pallace	USA		18

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SCCA Budweiser Can-Am Challenge	Round: 1

Can-Am Mosport

The Molson Can-Am Formula Atlantic Weekend, Mosport	Date: 14.6.1981

Practiced:	19	(- - 12, U2L - 7)
Started:	18	(- - 12, U2L - 6)

Circuit length: 3,957 km

Race distance:

Winner's average speed: 185,921 km/h

Fastest lap:

Teo Fabi

No. 6

March 817 Chevrolet

1:13,102

195,069 km/h

Pos.	No.	Driver / Nationality	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time/retired	Pos.	Group	Pos.	Practice
1.	6	Teo Fabi (I)	March 817 Chevrolet 2	Paul Newman Racing	60	1:16:36,617		-	1.	1:10,763
2.	3	Geoff Brabham (AUS)	Lola T530 Chevrolet HU4	Racing Team V.D.S.	60	1:16:54,268		-	2.	1:11,056
3.	4	Danny Sullivan (USA)	Lola T530 Chevrolet HU8	Garvin Brown Racing	60			-	4.	1:11,800
4.	1	Jeff Wood (USA)	Lola T530 Chevrolet	Carl Haas Racing Team, Ltd.	58			-	6.	1:14,617
5.	14	Al Holbert (USA)	Holbert CAC-2 Chevrolet	CRC Chemicals	57			-	5.	1:13,810
6.	37	Horst Kroll (CDN)	Lola T332 Chevrolet T330-HU2	Horst Kroll Racing	54			-	11.	1:24,396
7.	68	Richard Guider (USA)	Marguey March Cicale Ford	Elite	54		1.	U2L	9.	1:20,985
8.	36	Mike Freberg (CDN)	Lola T300 Chevrolet HU15	Horst Kroll Racing	53			-	10.	1:24,020
9.	58	Roman Pechmann (CDN)	Lola T290 Ford HU34	Roman Pechmann Racing	52		2.	U2L	15.	1:26,329
10.	54	S. Peter Smith (USA)	Bobsy - Hart	Red Roof Inns	49		3.	U2L	12.	1:24,644
11.	25	Jim Trueman (USA)	Ralt RT2 Hart 153	Red Roof Inns	31	Engine	4.	U2L	7.	1:18,467
12.	77	John Graham (CDN)	Chevron	Midland Racing	26	Accident	5.	U2L	14.	1:25,671
13.	42	Bill Blackledge (USA)	Ralt RT2 Hart 172	Blackledge Racing	16	Accident	6.	U2L	17.	no time
14.	5	Al Unser (USA)	March 817 Chevrolet 1	Paul Newman Racing	12	Brakes		-	3.	1:11,701
15.	56	Leonard Janke (USA)	Lola T332	Janke Auto	10	Electrical		-	13.	1:25,549
16.	19	John Sorbello (USA)	McRae GM5	Sorbello	8	Engine		-	16.	1:30,822
17.	22	Graham McRae (NZ)	McRae GM9 Chevrolet	Burt & Hal's Skoal Bandit	4	Shocks		-	18.	no time
18.	38	Danny Johnson (USA)	Chevron B24/28 Chevrolet 73-02	Johnson Competition	4	Oil pressure		-	8.	1:19,046
	Did not start:
19.	44	Bob Roy (CDN)	March 744 (CF1)	COPES Plus	0	Fire		U2L
	In entry list:
	9	Jake Jeppesen (USA)	Chevron B23	Jeppesen Motoracing				U2L
	10	Rocky Moran (USA)	Frissbee	American Spirit				-
	20	Dave Hoover (USA)	Lola T333 Chevrolet T300-HU5	Motorsports Technology				-
	23	Duane Eitel (USA)	M1R-002	EKR Racing				-
	52	Gary Gove (USA)	Williams FW07B Ford Can-Am FW07/06	Lovely				-
	61	E. B. Lunken (USA)	March 73/77S 73S-14	Team 61				U2L
	62	Wayne Rutherford (USA)	Lola T332	S.F.D. Autotech				-

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SCCA Budweiser Can-Am Challenge	Round: 2

Can-Am Mid-Ohio

Valvoline Can-Am, Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Date: 28.6.1981

Started:

Circuit length: 3,862 km

Race distance: 243,333 km

Winner's average speed: 161,598 km/h

Fastest lap:

Teo Fabi

No. 6

March 817 Chevrolet

1:22,6

168,337 km/h

(lap 47)

Pos.	No.	Driver / Nationality	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time/retired	Pos.	Group	Pos.	Practice
1.	6	Teo Fabi (I)	March 817 Chevrolet 2	Newman Racing/Budweiser	63	1:30:20,884		-	1.	1:20,043
2.	3	Geoff Brabham (AUS)	Lola T530 Chevrolet HU4	Racing Team VDS	63	1:30:21,002		-	2.	1:21,641
3.	10	Rocky Moran (USA)	Frissbee - Chevrolet	American Spirit	63			-	4.	1:22,422
4.	14	Al Holbert (USA)	Holbert CAC-2 Chevrolet	Holbert Racing/CRC	63			-	3.	1:22,207
5.	4	Danny Sullivan (USA)	Lola T530 Chevrolet HU8	Garvin Brown Racing	62			-	5.	1:23,350
6.	1	Jeff Wood (USA)	Lola T532 Chevrolet	Carl Haas Racing Teams	62			-	9.	1:26,463
7.	2	Randy Lewis (USA)	Holbert CAC-1 Chevrolet	Cribari	61			-	6.	1:25,145
8.	52	Gary Gove (USA)	Williams FW07B Ford Can-Am FW07/06	Pete Lovely VW	60			-	7.	1:26,016
9.	25	Jim Trueman (USA)	Ralt RT2 Hart 153	Red Roof Inns	60		1.	U2L	8.	1:26,018
10.	68	Richard Guider (USA)	Marguey - Ford	Elite Racing	59		2.	U2L	10.	1:27,662
11.	22	Graham McRae (NZ)	McRae GM9 Chevrolet	Burt & Hal's Skoal Bandit	58			-	13.	1:31,455
12.	37	Horst Kroll (CDN)	Lola T330 Chevrolet T330-HU2	Horst Kroll Racing	58			-	14.	1:33,427
13.	41	Greg Sorrentino (USA)	March 802 75S-3=>77ST-1	Different Drummer	52		3.	U2L	19.	1:37,784
14.	54	S. Peter Smith (USA)	Bobsy - Hart	Red Roof Inns	51	Flat tyre	4.	U2L	11.	1:29,809
15.	57	Dick Leppla (USA)	Chevron B36 Ford 76-06	Crane & Shovel Sales	51		5.	U2L	18.	1:37,649
16.	73	Joe Salyer (USA)	Chevron B36 Ford	Systems-Mech. Constractors	41		6.	U2L	16.	1:34,885
17.	31	Gerre Payvis (USA)	Lola T332 Chevrolet HU53	Race Power/Cartel	18	Chassis		-	17.	1:37,602
18.	36	Mike Freberg (CDN)	Lola T300 Chevrolet	Horst Kroll Racing	9	Overheating		-	12.	1:31,312
19.	20	Dave Hoover (USA)	Lola T333 Chevrolet T300-HU5	Crazy Horse Racing	5	Tyres		-	20.	1:47,719
20.	55	David Locke (USA)	March 77B Hart	Lockesport	2	Gearbox	7.	U2L	15.	1:33,691
	In entry list:
	8	David Kennedy (IRL)	Frissbee - Chevrolet	U. S. Racing				-
	23	Duane Eitel (USA)	MLR - Chevrolet	EKR Racing				-
	38	Danny Johnson (USA)	Chevron B24/28 Chevrolet 73-02	Exact Machine				-
	42	Bill Blackledge (USA)	Ralt RT2 Ford 172	Blackledge Racing				U2L
	49	John Sorbello (USA)	McRae GM3 Chevrolet	Sorbello				-
	61	E. B. Lunken (USA)	March 73/77S BMW 73S-14	S.O.D.E.S.				U2L
	77	John Graham (CDN)	Lola T290 Ford	Midland Racing				U2L
	91	Jay Jacobs (USA)	Chevron B21 Hart	Genoa Racing				U2L
	99	Jake Jeppesen (USA)	Chevron B23 Ford	G. C. Jeppesen				U2L

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SCCA Budweiser Can-Am Challenge	Round: 3

Can-Am Watkins Glen

Glen Six Hours of Endurance, Budweiser/SCCA Can-Am, Robert Bosch/VW Super Vee, Watkins Glen Grand Prix Circuit	Date: 11.7.1981

Started:

Circuit length: 5,435 km

Race distance: 298,895 km

Winner's average speed: 144,661 km/h

Fastest lap:

Geoff Brabham

No. 3

Lola T530 Chevrolet

1:40,746

194,200 km/h

Pos.	No.	Driver / Nationality	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time/retired	Pos.	Group	Pos.	Practice
1.	14	Al Holbert (USA)	Holbert CAC-2 Chevrolet	Holbert Racing, Inc.	55	1:39:03,700		-	6.	1:43,339
2.	4	Danny Sullivan (USA)	Lola T530 Chevrolet HU8	Garvin Brown Racing	55	1:39:17,500		-	4.	1:41,573
3.	10	Rocky Moran (USA)	Frissbee - Chevrolet	American Spirit Racing	55			-	3.	1:41,546
4.	8	David Kennedy (IRL)	Frissbee - Chevrolet	U.S. Racing-Herb Caplan	53			-	7.	1:44,004
5.	2	Randy Lewis (USA)	Holbert CAC-1 Chevrolet	Cribari	52			-	8.	1:47,390
6.	25	Jim Trueman (USA)	Ralt RT2 Hart 153	Red Roof Inns, Inc.	51		1.	U2L	9.	1:49,652
7.	68	Richard Guider (USA)	Marguey - Ford	Elite Racing	49		2.	U2L	11.	1:52,281
8.	58	Roman Pechmann (CDN)	Lola T290 Ford HU34	Roman Pechmann	47		3.	U2L	15.	1:58,871
9.	20	Dave Hoover (USA)	Lola T333CS Chevrolet T300-HU5	Crazy Horse Racing	45			-	20.	2:02,088
10.	41	Greg Sorrentino (USA)	March 802 Ford 75S-3=>77ST-1	Different Drummer Racing	43		4.	U2L	22.	2:05,226
11.	77	John Graham (CDN)	Chevron	Midland Racing	40		5.	U2L	18.	2:01,945
12.	3	Geoff Brabham (AUS)	Lola T530 Chevrolet HU4	Racing Team V.D.S.	39	Gearbox		-	2.	1:40,225
13.	31	Gerre Payvis (USA)	Lola T332 Chevrolet HU53	Christine B. Snyder	28	Broken fuel line		-	14.	1:56,768
14.	99	Jake Jeppesen (USA)	Chevron B23	G. C. Jeppesen	27	Oil leak	6.	U2L	19.	2:02,071
15.	6	Teo Fabi (I)	March 817 Chevrolet 2	Newman Racing	21	Blown engine		-	1.	1:39,270
16.	61	E. B. Lunken (USA)	March 73/77S 73S-14	S.O.D.E.S.	21	Broken cable	7.	U2L	21.	2:02,622
17.	5	Al Unser (USA)	March 817 Chevrolet 1	Newman Racing	16	Rear end		-	5.	1:41,819
18.	36	Mike Freberg (CDN)	Lola T300 Chevrolet	Race Safe Racing	10	Off course		-	10.	1:50,232
19.	54	S. Peter Smith (USA)	Bobsy - Hart	Red Roof Inns	7	No power	8.	U2L	13.	1:56,685
20.	74	Paul Macey (CDN)	Lola T294 Ford	Intercicle Racing	6	Fuel pump	9.	U2L	16.	1:59,910
21.	49	John Sorbello (USA)	McRae GM5	John Sorbello	5	Overheating		-	17.	2:01,767
22.	37	Horst Kroll (CDN)	Lola T300 Chevrolet	Horst Kroll Racing	3	Blown engine		-	12.	1:52,560
	Did not start:
	1	Jeff Wood (USA)	Lola T532 Chevrolet	Carl A. Haas Racing Team Ltd.		Wrecked		-		1:44,613
	22	Graham McRae (NZ)	McRae GM9 Chevrolet	Burt & Hal Skoal Bandit		Chassis		-		1:59,793
	52	Gary Gove (USA)	Williams FW07B Ford Can-Am FW07/06	Pete Lovely		Wrecked		-
	In entry list:
	91	Jay Jacobs (USA)	Chevron B21/23	Genoa Racing				U2L

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SCCA Budweiser Can-Am Challenge	Round: 4

Can-Am Road America

Can-Am/CRC Trans-Am (Budweiser Can-Am Challenge), Elkhard Lake's Road America	Date: 26.7.1981

Practiced:	25	(- - 17, U2L - 8)
Started:	20	(- - 13, U2L - 7)

Circuit length: 6,437 km

Race distance: 257,495 km

Winner's average speed: 185,347 km/h

Fastest lap:

Geoff Brabham

No. 3

Lola T530 Chevrolet

2:0,268

192,692 km/h

Pos.	No.	Driver / Nationality	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time/retired	Pos.	Group	Pos.	Practice
1.	3	Geoff Brabham (AUS)	Lola T530 Chevrolet HU4	Racing Team V.D.S.	40	1:23:21,340		-	3.	2:02,680
2.	1	Jeff Wood (USA)	Lola T530 Chevrolet	Carl Haas Racing	40	1:23:35,540		-	2.	2:02,670
3.	5	Al Unser (USA)	March 817 Chevrolet 1	Newman Racing	39			-	4.	2:02,923
4.	14	Al Holbert (USA)	Holbert CAC-2 Chevrolet	Holbert Racing	39			-	5.	2:02,994
5.	25	Jim Trueman (USA)	Ralt RT2 Hart 153	Red Roof Inns, Inc.	37		1.	U2L	9.	2:10,202
6.	68	Richard Guider (USA)	Marguey - Ford	Elite Racing	36		2.	U2L	11.	2:13,973
7.	36	Mike Freberg (CDN)	Lola T300 Chevrolet	Race Safe Racing	36			-	12.	2:14,588
8.	37	Horst Kroll (CDN)	Lola T330 Chevrolet	Horst Kroll Racing	34	Engine		-	13.	2:15,242
9.	77	John Graham (CDN)	Chevron	Midland Racing	34		3.	U2L	17.	2:25,177
10.	2	Randy Lewis (USA)	Holbert CAC-1 Chevrolet	Cribari Racing	34			-	8.	2:07,156
11.	0	Jeff Miller (USA)	Lola T496	Wynnfurst, Ltd.	31	Overheating	4.	U2L	15.	2:19,963
12.	10	Rocky Moran (USA)	Frissbee - Chevrolet	American Spirit Racing	29	Out of gas		-	6.	2:04,105
13.	4	Danny Sullivan (USA)	Lola T530 Chevrolet HU8	Garvin Brown Racing	26	Out of gas		-	1.	2:02,450
14.	31	Gerre Payvis (USA)	Lola T332 Chevrolet HU53	Christine B. Snyder	23	Shift linkage		-	14.	2:19,224
15.	38	Danny Johnson (USA)	Chevron B24/28 Chevrolet 73-02	Dan Johnson Racing	17	Overheating		-	10.	2:13,726
16.	8	David Kennedy (IRL)	Frissbee - Chevrolet	U.S. Racing-Herb Caplan	11	Dropped valve		-	7.	2:04,109
17.	92	Robert Goulet (USA)	McKee Mk.18C Chevrolet	Robert Goulet Racing	10	Unknown		-	16.	2:23,041
18.	73	Joe Salyer (USA)	Chevron B26/31	Systems Mechanical Constractors	8	Unknown	5.	U2L	18.	2:27,255
19.	61	E. B. Lunken (USA)	March 73/77S 73S-14	Sodes Racing	5	Unknown	6.	U2L	20.	2:44,822
20.	41	Greg Sorrentino (USA)	March 802 75S-3=>77ST-1	Different Drummer Racing	2	Unknown	7.	U2L	19.	2:38,252
	Did not start:
	6	Teo Fabi (I)	March 817 Chevrolet 2	Newman Racing		Accident in practice		-		2:01,290
	22	Graham McRae (NZ)	McRae GM9 Chevrolet	Skoal Bandits				-		2:28,078
	91	Jay Jacobs (USA)	Chevron B21/23	Genoa Racing				U2L		2:24,874
	Did not qualify:
	56	Leonard Janke (USA)	Lola T332	Janke Auto Co.				-
	76	Rick Parsons (USA)	Conquest I Chevrolet	Dy-Con, Inc. Charles Parsons				-
	In entry list:
	23	Duane Eitel (USA)	MLR-002 Chevrolet	EKR Racing/M. L. Eitel				-
	46	John Morton (USA)	Frissbee - Chevrolet T333-HU8	John Morton Racing				-
	52	Gary Gove (USA)	Williams FW07B Ford Can-Am FW07/06	Pete Lovely Volkswagen				-
	54	S. Peter Smith (USA)	Bobsy - Ford	Red Roof Inns, Inc.				U2L
	74	Paul Macey (CDN)	Lola T294 Ford	George Macey/Intercicle				U2L
	99	Jake Jeppesen (USA)	Chevron B23	G C. Jeppeson Racing				U2L

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SCCA Budweiser Can-Am Challenge	Round: 5

Can-Am Edmonton

Letheridge Brewery Can-Am, Edmonton Internatioanl Speedway	Date: 16.8.1981

Started:

Circuit length: 4,067 km

Race distance: 244,009 km

Winner's average speed: 170,874 km/h

Fastest lap:

Teo Fabi

No. 6

March 817 Chevrolet

1:22,106

178,348 km/h

Pos.	No.	Driver / Nationality	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time/retired	Pos.	Group	Pos.	Practice
1.	3	Geoff Brabham (AUS)	VDS-001 Chevrolet	Racing Team V.D.S.	60	1:25:40,837		-	1.	1:19,741
2.	4	Danny Sullivan (USA)	Lola T530 Chevrolet HU8	Garvin Brown Racing	60	1:26:18,130		-	6.	1:22,711
3.	10	Rocky Moran (USA)	Frissbee - Chevrolet	American Spirit Racing	60			-	4.	1:21,667
4.	1	Jeff Wood (USA)	Lola T530 Chevrolet	Carl Haas Racing Team	59			-	8.	1:23,811
5.	38	Danny Johnson (USA)	Chevron B24/28 Chevrolet 73-02	Exact Machine	57			-	9.	1:26,308
6.	25	Jim Trueman (USA)	Ralt RT2 Hart 153	Red Roof Inns	56		1.	U2L	10.	1:26,985
7.	8	John Morton (USA)	Frissbee - Chevrolet	U.S. Racing	55	Engine		-	7.	1:22,717
8.	68	Richard Guider (USA)	Marguey - Ford	Elite Racing	55		2.	U2L	11.	1:29,693
9.	36	Horst Kroll (CDN)	Lola T330 Chevrolet HU15	Horst Kroll Racing	54			-	14.	1:32,880
10.	77	John Graham (CDN)	Chevron B36	Midland Racing	51		3.	U2L	17.	1:39,457
11.	92	Robert Goulet (USA)	McKee Mk.18C Chevrolet	Robert Goulet Racing	50			-	16.	1:39,218
12.	6	Teo Fabi (I)	March 817 Chevrolet 2	Paul Newman Racing	48	Spun		-	2.	1:20,612
13.	73	Joe Salyer (USA)	Chevron B26/31	Systems Mechanical Constractors	47	Engine	4.	U2L	18.	1:40,063
14.	56	Leonard Janke (USA)	Lola T332	Janke Auto	31	Accident		-	12.	1:30,953
15.	5	Al Unser (USA)	March 817 Chevrolet 1	Paul Newman Racing	25	Engine		-	3.	1:21,305
16.	41	Greg Sorrentino (USA)	March 802 75S-3=>77ST-1	Different Drummer Racing	22	Linkage	5.	U2L	15.	1:35,472
17.	14	Al Holbert (USA)	Holbert CAC-2 Chevrolet	CRC Chemicals	18	Accident		-	5.	1:22,200
18.	31	Gerre Payvis (USA)	Lola T332 Chevrolet HU53	Gerre Payvis	7	Overheating		-	13.	1:32,477
	Did not start:
	23	Duane Eitel (USA)	M1R-002	EKR Racing				-		1:37,116

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SCCA Budweiser Can-Am Challenge	Round: 6

Can-Am Trois-Rivieres

Grand Prix Molson Trois-Rivieres, Trois-Rivieres, Quebec	Date: 6.9.1981

Started:

Circuit length: 3,380 km

Race distance: 141,944 km

Winner's average speed: 132,679 km/h

Fastest lap:

Danny Sullivan

No. 4

Lola T530 Chevrolet

1:25,93

141,589 km/h

Pos.	No.	Driver / Nationality	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time/retired	Pos.	Group	Pos.	Practice
1.	14	Al Holbert (USA)	Holbert CAC-2 Chevrolet	CRC Chemicals	42	1:04:11,353		-	1.	1:25,250
2.	3	Geoff Brabham (AUS)	Lola T530 Chevrolet HU4	Racing Team V.D.S.	42	1:04:24,000		-	3.	1:25,494
3.	1	Jeff Wood (USA)	Lola T530 Chevrolet	Carl Haas Racing Team	42			-	4.	1:26,297
4.	6	Teo Fabi (I)	March 817 Chevrolet 2	Paul Newman Racing	42			-	2.	1:25,494
5.	4	Danny Sullivan (USA)	Lola T530 Chevrolet HU8	Garvin Brown Racing	42			-	5.	1:27,272
6.	25	Jim Trueman (USA)	Ralt RT2 Hart 153	Red Roof Inns	41		1.	U2L	7.	1:31,518
7.	68	Richard Guider (USA)	Marguey - Ford	Elite Racing	40		2.	U2L	6.	1:30,509
8.	38	Danny Johnson (USA)	Chevron B24/28 Chevrolet 73-02	Exact Machine	40			-	11.	1:35,767
9.	96	Cliff Dawson (CDN)	Brabham BT38 Ford 13	Team Canada	38		3.	U2L	13.	1:39,910
10.	77	John Graham (CDN)	Chevron	Midland Racing	29		4.	U2L	15.	1:56,086
11.	37	Horst Kroll (CDN)	Lola T330 Chevrolet	Horst Kroll Racing	18	Electrical		-	8.	1:31,854
12.	35	Michael Prevost (CDN)	Lola T212 Ford HU34	Michael Prevost	14	Unknown	5.	U2L	16.	2:04,670
13.	36	Mike Freberg (CDN)	Lola T330 Chevrolet HU15	Race Safe Racing	10	Off track		-	10.	1:34,608
14.	44	Bob Roy (CDN)	March 744 Ford	COPES	9	Throttle linkage	6.	U2L	9.	1:33,913
15.	58	Roman Pechmann (CDN)	Lola T290 Ford HU34	Roman Pechmann	7	Engine	7.	U2L	12.	1:39,678
16.	81	David Giorgi (USA)	Chevron B19 71-33	Winners Circle	6	Ignition	8.	U2L	14.	1:43,448
	Did not start:
	8	Tom Klausler (USA)	Frissbee - Chevrolet	U.S. Racing		Valve		-		1:28,340
	18	Tony LaRosa (USA)	Osella	Nino LaRosa				-
	Did not qualify:
	49	John Sorbello (USA)	McRae GM5	John Sorbello				-

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SCCA Budweiser Can-Am Challenge	Round: 7

Can-Am Mosport II

The Molson Can-Am Doubleheader Weekend featuring the Swiss Chalet Trans-Am (Molson Can-Am), Mosport Park	Date: 13.9.1981

Practiced:	19	(- - 10, U2L - 9)
Started:	16	(- - 9, U2L - 7)
Classified:	16	(- - 9, U2L - 7)

Circuit length: 3,957 km

Race distance: 237,443 km

Winner's average speed: 188,742 km/h

Fastest lap:

Teo Fabi

No. 6

March 817 Chevrolet

1:12,708

195,944 km/h

Pos.	No.	Driver / Nationality	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time/retired	Pos.	Group	Pos.	Practice
1.	6	Teo Fabi (I)	March 817 Chevrolet 2	Paul Newman Racing	60	1:15:27,667		-	1.	1:11,127
2.	5	Bobby Rahal (USA)	March 817 Chevrolet 1	Paul Newman Racing	60	1:15:27,713		-	2.	1:11,313
3.	3	Geoff Brabham (AUS)	VDS-001 Chevrolet	Racing Team VDS	60	1:16:01,659		-	3.	1:11,402
4.	8	Tom Klausler (USA)	Frissbee/Prophet - Chevrolet	U.S. Racing	58			-	7.	1:14,637
5.	74	Paul Macey (CDN)	Lola T294 Ford	Macey Racing	52		1.	U2L	13.	1:26,704
6.	77	John Graham (CDN)	Chevron	Midland Racing	51		2.	U2L	14.	1:27,411
7.	4	Danny Sullivan (USA)	Lola T530 Chevrolet HU8	Garvin Brown Racing Team	50	Transmission		-	5.	1:12,995
8.	1	Jeff Wood (USA)	Lola T530 Chevrolet	Carl Haas Racing Team Ltd.	49	Flat tyre		-	6.	1:13,838
9.	25	Jim Trueman (USA)	Ralt RT2 Hart 153	Red Roof Inns	49	Upright	3.	U2L	8.	1:18,929
10.	38	Danny Johnson (USA)	Chevron B24/28 Chevrolet 73-02	Exact Machine	49	Upright		-	9.	1:20,711
11.	51	Tim Evans (USA)	Cicale-Ralt RT1 1/2 Hart 106	Red Roof Inns	48		4.	U2L	11.	1:20,954
12.	36	Mike Freberg (CDN)	Lola T300 Chevrolet HU15	Horst Kroll Racing	38	Engine		-	12.	1:23,166
13.	44	Bob Roy (CDN)	March 744	COPES Plus	34		5.	U2L	16.	1:30,082
14.	41	Greg Sorrentino (USA)	March 802 75S-3=>77ST-1	Different Drummer Racing	31		6.	U2L	15.	1:30,015
15.	14	Al Holbert (USA)	Holbert CAC-2 Chevrolet	CRC Chemicals	1	Engine		-	4.	1:12,596
16.	35	Michael Prevost (CDN)	Lola T212 HU34	Michael Prevost	1	Engine	7.	U2L	19.	2:26,150
	Did not start:
	37	Horst Kroll (CDN)	Lola T330 Chevrolet	Horst Kroll Racing				-	10.
	57	Dick Leppla (USA)	Chevron B36 76-06	Crane & Shovel Sales				U2L	17.
	58	Roman Pechmann (CDN)	Lola T290 Ford HU34	Roman Pechmann Racing				U2L	18.
	In entry list:
	23	Duane Eitel (USA)	M1R-002	EKR Racing				-
	42	Bill Blackledge (USA)	Ralt RT2 Hart 172	Blackledge Racing				U2L
	46	John Morton (USA)	Frissbee T333-HU8	John Morton				-
	61	E. B. Lunken (USA)	March 73/77S 73S-14	S.O.D.E.S.				U2L
	68	Richard Guider (USA)	Marguey	Elite Racing				U2L
	73	Joe Salyer (USA)	Chevron B26/31	Systems-Mechanical				U2L
	76	Rick Parsons (USA)	Conquest I Chevrolet	DY-CON				-
	92	Robert Goulet (USA)	McKee Mk.18C Chevrolet	Goulet Sahara				-
	99	Jake Jeppesen (USA)	Chevron	Jeppeson Motorracing				U2L

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SCCA Budweiser Can-Am Challenge	Round: 8

Can-Am Riverside

Budweiser Grand Prix Weekend, Riverside International Raceway	Date: 4.10.1981

Started:

Circuit length: 3,975 km

Race distance: 243,011 km

Winner's average speed: 192,025 km/h

Pos.	No.	Driver / Nationality	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time/retired	Pos.	Group	Pos.	Practice
1.	14	Al Holbert (USA)	Holbert CAC-2 Chevrolet	CRC Chemicals	60	1:16:50,868		-	4.	1:11,886
2.	1	Jeff Wood (USA)	Lola T530 Chevrolet	Carl Haas Racing Team	60	1:16:51,876		-	5.	1:12,311
3.	8	Tom Klausler (USA)	Frissbee - Chevrolet	U.S. Racing	60			-	8.	1:14,120
4.	2	Randy Lewis (USA)	Holbert CAC-1 Chevrolet	Cribari	57			-	9.	1:14,968
5.	46	John Morton (USA)	Frissbee - Chevrolet T333-HU8	Phil Conte	57			-	7.	1:12,810
6.	59	Michael Allen (USA)	Lola T332 Chevrolet HU46	Michael Allen	56			-	13.	1:18,760
7.	22	Graham McRae (NZ)	McRae GM5 Chevrolet	Circus Circus Hotel	56			-	10.	1:16,864
8.	39	John Gunn (USA)	Lola T332 Chevrolet HU47	Gunn's Godies	56			-	12.	1:18,479
9.	68	Richard Guider (USA)	March - Hart	Elite Racing	56		1.	U2L	20.	1:49,989
10.	51	Tim Evans (USA)	Cicale-Ralt RT1 1/2 Hart 106	Red Roof Inns	55		2.	U2L	14.	1:19,588
11.	12	Michael Brayton (USA)	Wolf Brayton 001	Michael Brayton	54			-	16.	1:21,359
12.	25	Jim Trueman (USA)	Ralt RT2 Hart 153	Red Roof Inns	45	Engine	3.	U2L	11.	1:18,143
13.	3	Geoff Brabham (AUS)	VDS-001 Chevrolet	Racing Team V.D.S.	41	Engine		-	2.	1:10,485
14.	42	Bill Blackledge (USA)	Ralt RT2 Hart 172	William Blackledge	22	Engine	4.	U2L	18.	1:22,510
15.	6	Teo Fabi (I)	March 817 Chevrolet 2	Paul Newman Racing	21	Left wheel		-	1.	1:10,319
16.	5	Bobby Rahal (USA)	March 817 Chevrolet 1	Paul Newman Racing	19	Broken suspension		-	3.	1:11,223
17.	47	Robb Woltring (USA)	Lola T333 CS	Western Fleet	14	Gearbox		-	23.	no time
18.	31	Gerre Payvis (USA)	Lola T332 Chevrolet HU53	Gerre Payvis	3	Flat tyre		-	19.	1:23,071
19.	4	Danny Sullivan (USA)	Frissbee	Garvin Brown Racing	2	Electrical		-	6.	1:12,605
	Did not start:
	19	Merle Brennan (USA)	Lola T333 Chevrolet	Reno Automotive				-	15.
	21	Robin Smith (GB)	Surtees TS20 Ford TS19-04	Robin Smith				-	17.

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SCCA Budweiser Can-Am Challenge	Round: 9

Can-Am Laguna Seca

Monterey Grand Prix (Datsun SCCA Can-Am Challenge), Laguna Seca Raceway, Monterey, Calif.	Date: 11.10.1981

Started:

Circuit length: 3,058 km

Race distance: 152,888 km

Winner's average speed: 186,515 km/h

Fastest lap:

Danny Sullivan

No. 4

Frissbee

0:57,47

191,541 km/h

Pos.	No.	Driver / Nationality	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time/retired	Pos.	Group	Pos.	Practice
1.	6	Teo Fabi (I)	March 817 Chevrolet 2	Paul Newman Racing	50	0:49:10,950		-	1.	0:56,078
2.	14	Al Holbert (USA)	Holbert CAC-2 Chevrolet	CRC Chemicals	50	0:49:16,150		-	7.
3.	3	Geoff Brabham (AUS)	VDS-001 Chevrolet	Racing Team V.D.S.	50			-	4.
4.	15	Rocky Moran (USA)	Frissbee - Chevrolet	Brad Frisselle	50			-	5.
5.	8	Tom Klausler (USA)	Frissbee - Chevrolet	U.S. Racing	49	Accident		-	6.
6.	1	Jeff Wood (USA)	Lola T530 Chevrolet	Carl Haas Racing Team	49			-	9.
7.	25	Jim Trueman (USA)	Ralt RT2 Hart 153	Red Roof Inns	46		1.	U2L	13.
8.	39	John Gunn (USA)	Lola T332 Chevrolet HU47	Gunn's Godies	46			-	11.
9.	5	Bobby Rahal (USA)	March 817 Chevrolet 1	Paul Newman Racing	46			-	3.
10.	59	Michael Allen (USA)	Lola T332 Chevrolet HU46	Allen Racing	46			-	12.
11.	68	Richard Guider (USA)	Cicale/Ralt - Ford	Elite Racing	46		2.	U2L	14.
12.	19	Merle Brennan (USA)	Lola T333 Chevrolet	Reno Automotive Center	45			-	19.
13.	47	Robb Woltring (USA)	Lola T333 CS	Western Fleet	44	Unknown		-	17.
14.	21	Robin Smith (GB)	Surtees TS20 Ford TS19-04	Smith Racing	44			-	20.
15.	4	Danny Sullivan (USA)	Frissbee	Garvin Brown Racing	41	Accident		-	2.
16.	17	Dick Renard (USA)	Fox RE-5	Renard Racing	40			-	22.
17.	27	Tom Foster (USA)	Lola T296	Tracer Racing	39		3.	U2L	21.
18.	77	John Graham (CDN)	Ralt	Midland Racing Enterprises	36		4.	U2L	23.
19.	46	John Morton (USA)	Frissbee - Chevrolet T333-HU8	Phil Conte/CGI Racing	34	Engine		-	8.
20.	48	Clive Bush (NZ)	Conquest BT1	Bush Racing	30			-	18.
21.	2	Randy Lewis (USA)	Holbert CAC-1 Chevrolet	Cribari	26	Accident		-	10.
22.	22	Graham McRae (NZ)	McRae GM9 Chevrolet	Circus Circus Hotel	10	Accident		-	15.
23.	51	Tim Evans (USA)	Cicale-Ralt RT1 1/2 Hart 106	Red Roof Inns	6	Engine	5.	U2L	16.
	Did not qualify:
	12	Michael Brayton (USA)	Wolf Brayton 001	Michael Brayton				-	24.
	23	Duane Eitel (USA)	MLR-001	EKR Racing				-	28.
	31	Gerre Payvis (USA)	Lola T332 CS Chevrolet HU53	Gerre Payvis				-	26.
	33	Robert Meyer (USA)	Lola T332 CS	Meyer Racing				-	29.
	34	Jerry Kehoe (USA)	Brabham BT29 Oldsmobile BT29-11	Kehoe Racing				-
	40	Tom Bungay (USA)	Chevron	Atherton Racing				-	27.
	42	Bill Blackledge (USA)	Ralt RT2 Hart 172	Blackledge Racing				U2L	25.
	75	Bob Danzi (USA)	Prophet - Chevrolet	Rainbow Racing				-	30.
	In entry list:
	18	Janet Guthrie (USA)	Frissbee	Golden Gate Racing				-
	91	Jay Jacobs (USA)	Chevron B21/23	Genoa Racing				U2L

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SCCA Budweiser Can-Am Challenge	Round: 10

Can-Am Caesars Pallace

Coors Can-Am Challenge at Caesar's Pallace Grand Prix, Caesars Pallace Circuit, Las Vegas, Nev.	Date: 16.10.1981

Started:

Circuit length: 3,650 km

Race distance: 138,700 km

Winner's average speed: 152,746 km/h

Fastest lap:

Teo Fabi

No. 6

March 817 Chevrolet

1:24,105

156,230 km/h

Pos.	No.	Driver / Nationality	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time/retired	Pos.	Group	Pos.	Practice
1.	4	Danny Sullivan (USA)	Frissbee - Chevrolet	Garvin Brown Racing	38	0:54:28,962		-	1.	1:22,751
2.	6	Teo Fabi (I)	March 817 Chevrolet 2	Paul Newman Racing	38	0:54:31,209		-	3.	1:23,500
3.	3	Geoff Brabham (AUS)	VDS-001 Chevrolet	Racing Team V.D.S.	38			-	2.	1:23,488
4.	5	Bobby Rahal (USA)	March 817 Chevrolet 1	Paul Newman Racing	38			-	4.	1:24,315
5.	46	John Morton (USA)	Frissbee - Chevrolet T333-HU8	Phil Conte/CGI Racing	38			-	7.	1:25,446
6.	8	Tom Klausler (USA)	Frissbee - Chevrolet	U.S. Racing	38			-	5.	1:25,342
7.	14	Al Holbert (USA)	Holbert CAC-2 Chevrolet	CRC Chemicals	37			-	6.	1:25,364
8.	1	Jeff Wood (USA)	Lola T530 Chevrolet	Carl Haas Racing Team	37			-	9.	1:25,928
9.	2	Randy Lewis (USA)	Holbert CAC-1 Chevrolet	Cribari	36			-	10.	1:26,011
10.	25	Jim Trueman (USA)	Ralt RT2 Hart 153	Red Roof Inns	36		1.	U2L	15.	1:30,146
11.	47	Robb Woltring (USA)	Lola T333 CS	Western Fleet	35			-	14.	1:29,596
12.	68	Richard Guider (USA)	Cicale/Ralt - Ford	Elite Racing	35		2.	U2L	16.	1:30,602
13.	51	Tim Evans (USA)	Cicale-Ralt RT1 1/2 Hart 106	Red Roof Inns	34		3.	U2L	17.	1:31,910
14.	77	John Graham (CDN)	Cicale/Ralt	Midland Racing	34		4.	U2L	18.	1:33,118
15.	39	John Gunn (USA)	Lola T332 Chevrolet HU47	Gunn's Godies	34			-	13.	1:29,232
16.	59	Michael Allen (USA)	Lola T332 Chevrolet HU46	Allen Racing	9	Engine		-	12.	1:28,399
17.	15	Rocky Moran (USA)	Frissbee - Chevrolet	Brad Frisselle	7	Engine		-	8.	1:25,895
18.	22	Graham McRae (NZ)	McRae GM9 Chevrolet	Circus Circus Hotel	2	Halfshaft		-	11.	1:27,784

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