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SCCA Can-Am Challenge 1983

Round	Date	Race	State	Practiced	Started
1	5.6.1983	Can-Am Mosport	CDN	22	18
2	4.7.1983	Can-Am Lime Rock	USA	19	17
3	17.7.1983	Can-Am Road America	USA	26	22
4	4.9.1983	Can-Am Trois-Rivieres	CDN	19	18
5	11.9.1983	Can-Am Mosport II	CDN	23	21
6	9.10.1983	Can-Am Sears Point	USA	20	19

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SCCA Can-Am Challenge	Round: 1

Can-Am Mosport

Labatt's Can-Am, Mosport Park	Date: 5.6.1983

Practiced:	22
Started:	18

Circuit length: 3,957 km

Race distance: 237,443 km

Winner's average speed: 179,893 km/h

Fastest lap:

Jacques Villeneuve, Sr.

No. 6

Frissbee-Galles GR3 Chevrolet

1:12,6

196,227 km/h

Pos.	No.	Driver / Nationality	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time/retired	Pos.	Group	Pos.	Practice
1.	6	Jacques Villeneuve, Sr. (CDN)	Frissbee-Galles GR3 Chevrolet	Canadian Tire Racing	60	1:19:19,314		-	1.	1:10,713
2.	7	Jim Crawford (GB)	Ensign N180B Ford Can-Am MN-15	Fernley Racing	59	1:19:46,850		-	2.
3.	26	Michael Roe (IRL)	Lola T333 CS Chevrolet ex-Ickx spare	Norwood-Walker Racing	59			-	3.
4.	11	Hurley Haywood (USA)	March 83G Chevrolet 3	Holbert Racing	57			-	9.
5.	37	Horst Kroll (CDN)	Frissbee - Chevrolet T330-HU2	Horst Kroll Racing	57			-	5.
6.	30	Charles Monk (CDN)	Frissbee - Chevrolet ex-Kalagian	Charles Monk Racing	56			-	6.
7.	56	Roman Pechmann (CDN)	Lola T290 Hart HU34	Pechmann Racing	55		1.	U2L	14.
8.	34	Paul Wheatley (CDN)	Lola T333 CS Chevrolet	Wheatley Racing	53			-	17.
9.	14	Al Holbert (USA)	March 83G Porsche 4	Holbert Racing	52	Turbo		-	7.
10.	44	Bob Roy (CDN)	Lola T294 Hart HU75	Roy Racing	48		2.	U2L	15.
11.	2	Bertil Roos (S)	Marguey - Hart	Elite Racing	48	Overaheating	3.	U2L	21.	no time
12.	59	Michael Allen (USA)	Frissbee Lola Chevrolet T332-HU46	McDonald's	35	Fatal accident		-	16.
13.	25	Phil Compton (USA)	Lola T332 Frissbee Chevrolet	Norwood-Walker Racing	34	Mechanical		-	4.
14.	63	Rupert Bragg-Smith (CDN)	Chevron B24 Chevrolet 73-05B	Bragg-Smith Racing	33	Accident		-	12.
15.	15	Eddie Wachs (USA)	Toleman TG280 Hart	Ausca International Racing	24	Accident	4.	U2L	8.
16.	8	Jerry Molnar (USA)	Invader 002 BMW 802-13	Molnar Racing	15	Water leak	5.	U2L	10.
17.	10	Milt Minter (USA)	Adams Escort Can-Am Chevrolet	Herb Adams Racing	7	Bodywork		-	18.
18.	84	John Macaluso (USA)	Brabert FWH 001 Ford	Macaluso Racing	6	Engine	6.	U2L	20.
	Did not start:
	20	Marzio Romano (CH)	Ralt RT2 Hart 154	Genoa Racing				U2L	11.
	31	Gerre Payvis (USA)	Lola T333 CS Chevrolet HU1	Race Power				-	19.
	33	Mike Freberg (CDN)	Ralt RT1 Chevrolet	Storrie Racing				-	13.
	45	Richard Spenard (CDN)	Frissbee - Chevrolet ex-Morton '82	Phil Conte CGI		Accident in practice		-
	In entry list:
	-	Bob Wollek (F)	Porsche 956 104	Joest Racing				-
	-	John Sorbello (USA)	Osella					U2L
	3	Mike Wilds (GB)	Williams FW07C Ford Can-Am FW07/15	Colin Bennett Racing				-
	5	Jacques Villeneuve, Sr. (CDN)	Frissbee GR2 Chevrolet	Canadian Tire Racing				-
	15	xxx	Ralt RT	Ausca International Racing				U2L
	18	Tony LaRosa (USA)	Osella - Ford	LaRosa Racing				-
	22	Rex Ramsey (USA)	Frissbee	Ramsey Solution				-
	27	Jim Gustafson (USA)	Lola T333	G Team				-
	42	Randy Zimmer (USA)	Rondel M1 Mazda 201	Zimmer Racing				U2L
	61	E. B. Lunken (USA)	Invader 002 BMW 802-18	Scuderia Racing				U2L
	88	Hurley Haywood (USA)	March 83G Chevrolet 1					-
	94	Robert Goulet (USA)	Sabre 001 Chevrolet	Sunbury Racing				-

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SCCA Can-Am Challenge	Round: 2

Can-Am Lime Rock

Kendall Oil Nationals Lime Rock Can-Am, Lime Rock Park	Date: 4.7.1983

Practiced:	19
Started:	17

Circuit length: 2,462 km

Race distance: 196,984 km

Winner's average speed: 172,921 km/h

Fastest lap:

Jacques Villeneuve, Sr.

No. 6

Frissbee GR3 Chevrolet

0:46,93

188,882 km/h

(lap 3)

Pos.	No.	Driver / Nationality	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time/retired	Pos.	Group	Pos.	Practice
1.	7	Jim Crawford (GB)	Ensign N180B Ford Can-Am MN-15	Fernley Racing	80	1:08:20,345		-	3.
2.	26	Michael Roe (IRL)	VDS-002 Chevrolet 002	Norwood-Walker Racing	78	1:08:49,620		-	2.	0:46,508
3.	69	Bertil Roos (S)	Scandia B-3 Hart	Bertil Roos Racing	78		1.	U2L	5.
4.	30	Charles Monk (CDN)	Frissbee - Chevrolet	Charles Monk Racing	75			-	8.
5.	37	Horst Kroll (CDN)	Frissbee - Chevrolet T330-HU2	Horst Kroll Racing	73			-	4.
6.	61	E. B. Lunken (USA)	Invader 002 BMW 802-18	Scuderia Racing	73		2.	U2L	11.
7.	39	Robert Meyer (USA)	Lola T333 CS Chevrolet	Hohstadt Meyer Racing	72			-	12.
8.	20	Marzio Romano (CH)	Ralt RT2 Hart 154	Genoa Racing	69	Body damage	3.	U2L	7.
9.	56	Roman Pechmann (CDN)	Lola T290 Hart HU34	Pechmann Racing	69		4.	U2L	16.
10.	78	Jeremy Hill (CDN)	March - BMW	Jeremy Hill Racing	59	Engine	5.	U2L	10.
11.	10	Milt Minter (USA)	Adams Escort Can-Am Chevrolet	Herb Adams Racing	24	Engine		-	15.
12.	6	Jacques Villeneuve, Sr. (CDN)	Frissbee GR3 Chevrolet	Canadian Tire	19	Head gasket		-	1.	0:45,730
13.	44	Bob Roy (CDN)	Lola T294 HU75	Roy Racing	16	Engine	6.	U2L	13.
14.	15	Eddie Wachs (USA)	Toleman TG280 Hart	Ausca International Racing	15	Mechanical	7.	U2L	6.
15.	71	J. Kurt Roehrig (USA)	Ralt RT1	Roehrig Racing	6	Oil pump	8.	U2L	18.
16.	84	John Macaluso (USA)	Brabert FWH 001 Ford	Macaluso Racing	3	Engine	9.	U2L	17.
17.	33	Mike Freberg (CDN)	Ralt RT1 Chevrolet	Storrie Racing	2	Mechanical, spun		-	9.
	Did not start:
	25	Phil Compton (USA)	VDS-003 003	Norwood-Walker Racing		Accident in practice		-	19.
	34	Claude Gou	Lola T333 CS Chevrolet	Wheatley Racing		Accident in warm-up		-	14.
	In entry list:
	8	Jerry Molnar (USA)	Invader 002 BMW 802-13	SMB Racing Enterprises				U2L
	48	Robb Woltring (USA)	Frissbee	Western Fleep Corp.				-
	96	Cliff Dawson (CDN)	Cicale Ralt	Dawson Racing				U2L

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SCCA Can-Am Challenge	Round: 3

Can-Am Road America

Budweiser Can-Am Weekend (Budweiser Canadian-American Challenge), Road America	Date: 17.7.1983

Practiced:	26	(- - 15, U2L - 11)
Started:	22	(- - 13, U2L - 9)

Circuit length: 6,437 km

Race distance: 257,495 km

Winner's average speed: 174,743 km/h

Attendance: 10000

Fastest lap:

Jacques Villeneuve, Sr.

No. 6T

Frissbee GR2 Chevrolet

2:2,96

188,472 km/h

Pos.	No.	Driver / Nationality	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time/retired	Pos.	Group	Pos.	Practice
1.	11	John Fitzpatrick (GB)	Porsche 956 110	John Fitzpatrick	40	1:28:24,840		-	1.	2:00,622
2.	6T	Jacques Villeneuve, Sr. (CDN)	Frissbee GR2 Chevrolet	Performance Engineering, Ltd.	40	1:28:36,450		-	2.	2:01,752
3.	30	Charles Monk (CDN)	Frissbee - Chevrolet	Charles Monk Racing	40			-	9.	2:11,744
4.	69	Bertil Roos (S)	Scandia B-3 Hart	Bertil Roos Racing	40		1.	U2L	10.	2:12,164
5.	20	Marzio Romano (CH)	Ralt RT2 Hart 154	Genoa Racing	40		2.	U2L	8.	2:11,591
6.	15	Eddie Wachs (USA)	Toleman TG280 Hart	Ausca Racing	39	DNF	3.	U2L	6.	2:11,195
7.	16	Wally Dallenbach, Jr. (USA)	Ralt RT2 Hart 153	Ausca Racing	39		4.	U2L	14.	2:16,620
8.	10	Walt Bohren (USA)	Adams Escort Can-Am Chevrolet	Herb Adams	37			-	15.	2:20,888
9.	8	Jerry Molnar (USA)	Invader 002 BMW 802-13	Lou Infante Motoracing	35		5.	U2L	12.	2:14,693
10.	84	John Macaluso (USA)	Brabert FWH 001 Ford	Macaluso Racing	34		6.	U2L	19.	2:28,117
11.	7	Jim Crawford (GB)	Ensign N180B Ford Can-Am MN-15	Fernley Racing	33	Blown engine		-	3.	2:03,080
12.	71	J. Kurt Roehrig (USA)	Ralt RT1 BMW	Roehrig Racing	33	Unknown	7.	U2L	13.	2:16,109
13.	94	Robert Goulet (USA)	Sabre 001 Chevrolet	Robert J. Goulet	32			-	20.	2:28,334
14.	26	Michael Roe (IRL)	VDS-002 Chevrolet 002	Norwood-Walker Racing	26	Ring & pinion		-	4.	2:03,563
15.	37	Horst Kroll (CDN)	Frissbee - Chevrolet	Horst Kroll Racing	26	Engine		-	5.	2:07,330
16.	73	Jerald Dulski (USA)	Lotus JDR002-83 Chevrolet		24	Mechanical		-	17.	2:25,790
17.	0	Jeff Miller (USA)	Lola T294 Ford		22	Unknown	8.	U2L	16.	2:23,329
18.	39	Robert Meyer (USA)	Lola T333 CS Chevrolet	Robert Meyer	8	Mechanical		-	7.	2:11,468
19.	51	Frank Joyce (USA)	Holbert CAC-2 Chevrolet	Phantom Racing	8	Gearbox		-	11.	2:12,905
20.	42	Randy Zimmer (USA)	Rondel M1 Mazda 201	Zimmer Racing	6	Spun out	9.	U2L	18.	2:27,575
21.	27	Jim Gustafson (USA)	Lola - Chevrolet	G Team	6	Spun out		-	21.	2:28,542
22.	31	Gerre Payvis (USA)	Lola T333 CS Chevrolet HU1	Race Power	3	Mechanical		-	22.	2:33,300
	Did not start:
	33	Mike Freberg (CDN)	Ralt RT1 Chevrolet	Storrie Racing				-
	58	Frank Jellinek (USA)	Invader 001 B29-xx-xx	New England Racing Ent.				U2L
	61	E. B. Lunken (USA)	Invader 002 BMW 802-18	Scuderia Mouserosa				U2L
	Running in practice:
	6	Jacques Villeneuve, Sr. (CDN)	Frissbee GR3 Chevrolet	Performance Engineering, Ltd.		Accident in practice		-		1:59,560
	In entry list:
	76	Rick Parsons (USA)	Conquest - Chevrolet	Dy-Con, Inc.				-

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SCCA Can-Am Challenge	Round: 4

Can-Am Trois-Rivieres

Labatt's Grand Prix de Trois-Rivieres, Trois Rivieres	Date: 4.9.1983

Practiced:	19
Started:	18

Circuit length: 3,380 km

Race distance: 202,777 km

Winner's average speed: 140,406 km/h

Attendance: 45000

Fastest lap:

Jacques Villeneuve, Sr.

No. 6

Frissbee GR2 Chevrolet

1:26,056

140,370 km/h

Pos.	No.	Driver / Nationality	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time/retired	Pos.	Group	Pos.	Practice
1.	6	Jacques Villeneuve, Sr. (CDN)	Frissbee GR2 Chevrolet	Canadian Tire	60	1:26:39,210		-	1.	1:24,241
2.	7	Jim Crawford (GB)	Ensign N180B Ford Can-Am MN-15	Fernley Racing	59	1:27:35,670		-	3.
3.	20	Marzio Romano (CH)	Ralt RT2 Hart 154	Genoa Racing	58		1.	U2L	4.
4.	37	Horst Kroll (CDN)	Frissbee - Chevrolet	Horst Kroll Racing	58			-	5.
5.	69	Bertil Roos (S)	Scandia B-3 Hart	Bertil Roos Racing	57		2.	U2L	6.
6.	15	Eddie Wachs (USA)	Toleman TG280 Hart	Ausca International Racing	56		3.	U2L	7.
7.	30	Charles Monk (CDN)	Frissbee - Chevrolet	Charles Monk Racing	55			-	10.
8.	39	Robert Meyer (USA)	Lola T333 CS Chevrolet	Hohstadt Meyer Racing	53			-	8.
9.	56	Roman Pechmann (CDN)	Lola T290 Hart HU34	Pechmann Racing	52		4.	U2L	15.
10.	96	Cliff Dawson (CDN)	Ralt RT1 Hart	Dawson Racing	49		5.	U2L	16.
11.	42	Randy Zimmer (USA)	Rondel M1 Mazda 201	Zimmer Racing	48		6.	U2L	18.
12.	8	Jerry Molnar (USA)	Invader 002 BMW 802-13	Molnar Racing	46	Mechanical	7.	U2L	11.
13.	44	Bob Roy (CDN)	Lola T294 Ford HU75	Roy Racing	32	Gearbox	8.	U2L	12.
14.	84	John Macaluso (USA)	Brabham - Ford	Macaluso Racing	27	Mechanical	9.	U2L	19.
15.	50	Sylvain Perigny (CDN)	Ralt RT1 Mazda	Perigny Performance	21	Ignition	10.	U2L	14.
16.	18	Tony LaRosa (USA)	Osella - Ford	LaRosa Racing	10	Mechanical		-	13.
17.	26	Michael Roe (IRL)	VDS-002 Chevrolet 002	Norwood-Walker Racing	9	Crankshaft		-	2.
18.	78	Jeremy Hill (CDN)	March 75S BMW	Jeremy Hill Racing	5	Fuel ignition	11.	U2L	17.
	Did not start:
	61	E. B. Lunken (USA)	Invader 002 BMW 802-18	Scuderia Racing				U2L	9.

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SCCA Can-Am Challenge	Round: 5

Can-Am Mosport II

Labatt's Can-Am, Mosport Park	Date: 11.9.1983

Practiced:	23
Started:	21

Circuit length: 3,957 km

Race distance: 201,168 km

Winner's average speed: 187,183 km/h

Fastest lap:

Michael Roe

No. 26

VDS-002 Chevrolet

1:12,234

197,225 km/h

(lap 7)

Pos.	No.	Driver / Nationality	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time/retired	Pos.	Group	Pos.	Practice
1.	7	Jim Crawford (GB)	Ensign N180B Ford Can-Am MN-15	Fernley Racing	60	1:16:06,814		-	3.
2.	6	Jacques Villeneuve, Sr. (CDN)	Frissbee GR2 Chevrolet	Canadian Tire	60	1:16:28,561		-	2.
3.	11	John Fitzpatrick (GB)	Porsche 956 110	JDavid Racing	58			-	5.
4.	20	Marzio Romano (CH)	Ralt RT2 Hart 154	Genoa Racing	57		1.	U2L	7.
5.	15	Eddie Wachs (USA)	Toleman TG280 Hart	Ausca International Racing	56		2.	U2L	8.
6.	69	Bertil Roos (S)	Scandia B-3 Hart	Bertil Roos Racing	55		3.	U2L	9.
7.	8	Jerry Molnar (USA)	Invader 002 Hart 802-13	Molnar Racing	55		4.	U2L	14.
8.	37	Horst Kroll (CDN)	Frissbee - Chevrolet	Horst Kroll Racing	54			-	4.
9.	39	Robert Meyer (USA)	Lola T333 CS Chevrolet	Hohstadt Meyer Racing	54			-	11.
10.	63	Rupert Bragg-Smith (CDN)	Chevron B24 Chevrolet 73-05B	Bragg-Smith Racing	52			-	10.
11.	78	Jeremy Hill (CDN)	March	Jeremy Hill Racing	51		5.	U2L	13.
12.	58	Frank Jellinek (USA)	Invader 001 B29-xx-xx	Taylor Instrument/Lou Infante	51		6.	U2L	19.
13.	42	Randy Zimmer (USA)	Rondel M1 Mazda 201	Zimmer Racing	50		7.	U2L	21.
14.	73	Jerald Dulski (USA)	Lotus 70		48			-	20.
15.	36	John Macaluso (USA)	Lola T300 Chevrolet HU15	Horst Kroll Racing	48			-	17.
16.	94	Robert Goulet (USA)	Sabre 001 Chevrolet	Sunbury Racing	27	Transmission oil leak		-	22.
17.	26	Michael Roe (IRL)	VDS-002 Chevrolet 002	Norwood-Walker Racing	23	Tyre		-	1.	1:10,660
18.	33	Mike Freberg (CDN)	Ralt RT1 Chevrolet	Mike Freberg Racing	10	Electrical		-	12.
19.	30	Charles Monk (CDN)	Frissbee - Chevrolet	Charles Monk Racing	9	Accident		-	6.
20.	44	Bob Roy (CDN)	Lola T294 HU75	Roy Racing	3	Water pump belt	8.	U2L	16.
21.	56	Roman Pechmann (CDN)	Lola T290 HU34	Pechmann Racing	0	Transmission	9.	U2L	18.
	Did not start:
	50	Sylvain Perigny (CDN)	Ralt RT1	Perigny Performance				U2L	23.
	61	E. B. Lunken (USA)	Invader 002 BMW 802-18	Scuderia Racing				U2L	14.
	In entry list:
	16	John Graham (CDN)	Ralt RT2 Hart 153	Penham's				U2L
	27	Jim Gustafson (USA)	Lola	G Team Can-Am				-
	31	Gerre Payvis (USA)	Lola T333 CS Chevrolet HU1	Race Power				-
	34	Paul Wheatley (CDN)	Lola T333 CS Chevrolet	Wheatley Racing				-
	84	John Macaluso (USA)	Lola T332	Macaluso Racing				-

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SCCA Can-Am Challenge	Round: 6

Can-Am Sears Point

Budweiser Can-Am Challenge, Sears Point International Raceway	Date: 9.10.1983

Practiced:	20
Started:	19

Circuit length: 4,072 km

Race distance: 203,019 km

Winner's average speed: 163,773 km/h

Fastest lap:

Jacques Villeneuve, Sr.

No. 6

Frissbee GR3 Chevrolet

1:25,81

170,350 km/h

Pos.	No.	Driver / Nationality	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time/retired	Pos.	Group	Pos.	Practice
1.	6	Jacques Villeneuve, Sr. (CDN)	Frissbee GR3 Chevrolet	Canadian Tire	50	1:14:22,702		-	1.	1:23,703
2.	7	Jim Crawford (GB)	Ensign N180B Ford Can-Am MN-15	Fernley Racing	50	1:14:24,270		-	2.
3.	26	Michael Roe (IRL)	VDS-002 Chevrolet 002	Norwood-Walker Racing	49			-	3.
4.	37	Horst Kroll (CDN)	Frissbee - Chevrolet	Horst Kroll Racing	47			-	4.
5.	2	Bertil Roos (S)	Marguey	Elite Racing	47		1.	U2L	5.	1:30,569
6.	30	Charles Monk (CDN)	Frissbee - Chevrolet	Charles Monk Racing	46			-	6.
7.	51	Frank Joyce (USA)	Holbert CAC-2 Chevrolet	Fel-Pro Racing	45			-	11.
8.	87	Gary Gove (USA)	Ralt RT4 Hart 249	Norman Racing	45		2.	U2L	13.
9.	43	Clive Bush (NZ)	Conquest B2 Chevrolet		45			-	9.
10.	10	Walt Bohren (USA)	Adams Escort Can-Am Chevrolet	Herb Adams Racing	43			-	18.
11.	42	Randy Zimmer (USA)	Rondel M1 Mazda 201	Zimmer Racing	42		3.	U2L	17.
12.	39	Robert Meyer (USA)	Lola T333 CS Chevrolet	Hohstadt Meyer Racing	42			-	10.
13.	20	Marzio Romano (CH)	Ralt RT2 Hart 154	Genoa Racing	41	Mechanical	4.	U2L	7.
14.	16	John Graham (CDN)	Ralt RT2 Hart 153	RK Racing Summit	39		5.	U2L	15.
15.	3	Robb Woltring (USA)	Frissbee		37			-	12.
16.	19	Merle Brennan (USA)	Lola	Brennan	33	Spin		-	16.
17.	15	Eddie Wachs (USA)	Toleman TG280 Hart	Ausca International Racing	4	Mechanical	6.	U2L	8.
18.	45	John McDonald (USA)	R.S. MK II		1	Mechanical		-	20.
19.	34	Jerry Kehoe (USA)	Brabham BT29 Oldsmobile BT29-11	Kehoe Racing	1	Mechanical		-	19.
	Did not start:
	14	Andrew Ratcliffe (GB)	McRae GM9 Chevrolet	Ratcliff Racing				-	14.

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