" : s e : - $ ., . ENTS AUTOWEEK 7 L - - - -- A@ ' PUBLISHED WEEKLY J , '"art Cruises To Q!@?$,.9pfi7 t B y Bruce A. Ceaja practice shunt. with t'eter Cregg InKsecond to th e Monzn in 111s M LONG POND. Penn-crew chief sin th e seems norn~al nougl~, ntil y o u r 1MSA Hadla1 Challenge can be thankful Elliott t'orhes-Rubinsun wa s thin tli;rt thuy arc never faced with the decl- Sharp Racing Uatsun Z car. aftel iiolls ~vblch onfront their counterparts ru n 11 1 seond place fo r a large po. In tllu Camel GT Challenge. Slncc they th e race's rntddle stages. EFH ncp: requlred by th e rules l c us e street second tononeotl>ertllanBradFrr rachirl tires, which already have tread. the sin~lli~r car. w111ch ead almosts~ questlon of rrrhnt to do i f rt rains never' of th e race. A C'l'Ucar leadingove. C<,~I?S p. l'hry ,"st keepguing.uslng th e C;%nrc.l : T r;icc at a cornhin;rtlo i,t~lir ~LCS. ru;rd rourse where th e smaller U H at best u, quallfy wtthln 10 ser:r,nd bwger machines'? It wa s no t your d ay sports cat. race. Ilave been in that position. Instead of A s a t Tdliadega. wrather w to rain tlres. As itt~trnedout.~nostolthen~ louds delrvered their watery loaosatthe enlartaining-if not bizarre-races in the lead for the flrst half of th e upen~ng ap . hlscory of the series. Al Holbert won another race after on the oval. Cregg held th e th11.d s p Conl~nued n Page E? 1st Bill k b 3r d Tom Collnr
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ay. 8a& ayy s c~u l itg lng ua ~ u b h ook m r he lead an his r&w wmHutmian, new convert to the Campro Moore's tire c w e .faith. in a heated diseucaion with UBACatock car sunemisor Bob Stroudregarding the hbight of B u W o .poiler.UBAC .rid the mU- -- --- -- ----height. w.a't lo@ Bvtob uid it r m .UBAC U i d it M Y nd Butoh d d hat
r a d o n t o p o f t h a f t h . U B M w hcDQllliarrpsoplew0repesrlnOmgtb.mwum' .hould.rs u t b y @.tb.r e p b m e n t work. EventuallyO.&stud8 were ds(srrmn0d to be a6
coodition to go any further. ~ I e h r w *~ t b . c u b e h i n d t h e w d l . . ' i
.pin and Moors's hnublea. EM& amldpull out faoily &r the pllBI $lagcondltione.Watercutter, sursfr(lf bmfs
thehelad.He W M Workingh iSWaywUpwhen Ray Bolurder's Plymouth opmO
the m t h urn on h-d lap andhit tb .wallon t h e i r o n t s t d g i l t . W i t h i a 0 ~Don White edged ahead, but hd ohaul
for the pi* a l ~ ~ o s tn rapldlg m ld~(.boodteOmcvne ilu. and Harrnun caunht - - ...
' 1 the VOM ind eak OVET the r0ni.Pia.it.i (W . 1 bi,ccrftb.thfqr.-". . . both Norm Nelson's aria R o n 1 u & l , t l e . ~ - *%' ., -.---H u b . ~ ' . dad. Riohud lhrtalm& h o d got into a h W l w w munyleldiag superviaor 8tmud over theinoldrmt, m l v d when a cheek of th e
rulobook iodlcrted that. inetleot.areuspoiler can't amsed three nohem unlessit's a li.otorJr-luppllsd put of the- --*
But tho end of qualifying found Lurg.Moore's Dodge Chugoron the pole. withHartman's C.mrroon theouts ld~nd the
Harhnan's C.muo a h p b euh.raevmyima t h m fo llowed by motk 8.1
T and ~ e l w n . u rg .UJtdhi.engine leavehimon the 148th &hi.Plymouth n u Mclled from (br hek .rhile Run etemon, in a ChweUa.IldButoh Ouwr's Charger t.nLb4L b.oouth turn mhortly tbma@r, batHurmans little yellow MurmllsQads
kit dtcu of R.mo Stott on he h i d e Of th o .hgd sfter t h ~ - ~ r e s n ./' .I2 A ".. -A-..-.-ow. IYm PD LUI ,ow-.
Flymouth.And all four top qualmem dwnd
themu~lva he put of the Bunday u p. n d d o n n s m t h e ~ . c o m m s n o e d .
ston f f lul ly won. but not nlthout anunoflicdal protsat tram smond-plaoafinini.herTovelhM~.wbohdhopedto
? parlay early caution parkdm into anadvantage. had hia Frid.y the 13th lllclr
C^.I.- ,*k".the -.....finally hung it u p u h i . huumisston
phrssd itMU out. and Tovella p ~ a e dpthe winner's oircle featidti- infavord aconference with tlmilrp and
I t r u o n t h e 1 W t h l a p . p ~mathim fate.&me people
.h d menamokIn& mmeoai4rhateVETt&~u~.e~ull0dtna n ule wok atr;ighc t&.momon pmblems. SWLIsd rlth Twe l l i behind lo.-
Bay Dunell's B i g DodgeHutcheram's Volus and O W
WNIMRD TIMERSTlwor tlannhm m a dl thaurn I ld~ts, d~os.tc p u muldus* r e hon.mecthy W t w o my ad1 hetima thrlDUeH WNIAND TINUSu npr*.b ht lust pobct~mLm yo# m away IS to km this fmtastlc tutonutlc eCuetaker Systomwrking toc pu.
BY-la7 w i n s ue." said Hoppen, even beSunday's r e . And uniortunably for
BRAINERD. Minu.-Perhapa the days b m h e . BCCA and the h n s -A m .-1 the "P om he ~ande..lin the Sport s Car H op p e~ robabig rig htClub of Am erica's Trans-Am aeri es us While Bhafer's car isu trick aa he canover. I mdm it (with a bit of helo from ~ o h n-- -~ ~ - = - ~ ~ ~~~
NO less of an authoridjr O ~ o ~ p e n . resaw&), the ~ i i s c h min thi s case,
the feisty owdinat& of Porsche's the Turbo-Pom hes) us ssemillgly fat
Camam did in thePo&mfortheascondoonwzutive race the &avious event a tElkhartLake. WL.. ad a Shafer romo).
bu t c e r t a i n l y e n o h g h t o c a u s econsiderable heul-nh&ng by Hoppen,V& Pola. Oaorgo l~ollnmr.Hurlsy~ a y w o o dm d the rest) i the " ~ o m eParade" cast of ohuwtpm.The race at BIR wur round si x of an
eight-- aeries whicjh ~ a y w o m ~nd
and sloppy. ."We're probab ly 200 pou nds
overweight:' ar ys Hoppen, adding , "Weneed a bigger wing and wider rims t o becompetitive wi* Bhd er and the Mo nsu.Actually, though, BCCA would probablytdniua eaving us where we us no w andpu tt iu g w r n e r n a ~ o p . a n t h p C a m a n xand Mamas. Then the other cam (moatlyCorvnt tes ) could be reasonablymmpetlt$ve."
the 011's nomewhat in the baupnrk.& what baoosned s t BIR7~nc*mal:dbnt andmrnrgerD ~ ~ I SOO
had the Ran.-Am bops busy the week ofthe mom. Follmer, Hilt Hmmr. JohnOrsves. Ken Deakman and other"regulars" in the series were on hand for
Bid er was thna ascondn qui ck er thmwere. Hem, i t will be clown I flgursweosnmt down amund I:%."
Co&iderinL! the D&US
record& 1.&.680dthy ~ er rg ~. ns sn inb k old Advlnce Unikd Corvette in lm.
th. rsdiction8 told the tale of jult bowmu& of an imp rint the FIA c u m am
h a h . in their iint eeaeon M "jointte na n2 with the OM, category Onek .On Thursd.y. BIR b o d chalmum
Hmsen shod up with the ia tmt beauty
in his stable of nuring ou s. an --MikeKwaer Monsa with frsahly-lettered Jay
Kline Chsvrolet backing. Hannsncurrently has four cam. including thsMonza. a Formula Atlantic Lo14 aFormula JOOOlA Lola an d the ex-Re vmnfactom Lola TP20 Can-Am machine.
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specialred on four tracks Lncluding hisown. E W M ake. Road Atlanta and theclu b-mi ng cimuit at Blackhawk Farms."With Oe o w Follmer. Hu rl q Haywood.Dpnmr On~ais. l Holbert. Bob Tullius.Greg-~iclre t t. ca r1 ~ hn fe r nd m y Ment sred i t will be a gma t race." Hansens.id
It probably would have been. Exceptthat Holbert and Tulliua didn't show andPickett. Haywwd and Hansen hadperpetual problems. in fact. just a n houror a0 after Haneen henan shak lnr down
one event wa hunheppr that Hobut them l u l t wu mcould do."
Tullius w u uppowd to debO m p 44 J a w u XJB a t Brains
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And Hansen never ran the car again 6. mI I ta t 10.PkbIl. 3, oil lmk It- 1.Ubv:2.until Sunday. M m . , n(Ybr : Il.H*(k. .h .H.
HOlbe*? A1haatlcontract with poricheD*S:w-*k+n. 0. b h u-: 35.Uk..
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(whichHoPPen*mi~~onracedaY)to is w e of Bob's favorite tracks. The new4'paar at TrsnkAm event. Only oar. which n u builtby BrianFuerstenauone problem with that: Holbert is already and~~d~ ~ ~ ~ ha, iiaally redyOut Of lor the drivere' for initlal testingtheweekofthe Brained
championship in the Trans-Am. And in ,,,,excellent position to capture the drivers' lt ran .nnPlendidly:' aocording toch-pionship in the IMsA series, in Tullius. ~ u the motor e x p e r l e n d somewhich he runs a Monea. overheating problems and at the last. So Halbert calls Hoppen and. 8a~s.."I minute. G~~~ 44 ~ i t h hb car.
Follmer led in thedrivekstandingaafterfive munds. Which iounds goad forPomhe . . right? And 1 after the race.Haywood still leads anpF oll msr i s stillsecond. Great fo r Porsche, you sa y?
Well. Hoppen and fri 8nds didn't expe ctto lose two straight rd m , espsoi dy toShaler and his fire-bfeathi ng C-aro"fumy car." "The mles are stacked
BLR's p res s da y on Wednesday. So wasShafer. who quickly began showingeveryone the fastest way around thethree-mile mad facility. Shafer workedhi8 Way down to k41.9 and predicted. "Itail1 ake a 137 or k38 to win the pole."
Follmer was quite hap py with the wayhis Fi rst National City Travelers' Chsckaturbo was handlinn: "At Road America
Know 1 nave a commlunent to N n m eTrans-Am and will. if vou insist. but I'dlike to gut a re p~ m &n t dnver m theTrans-Am s o I em run the MSA event atPocono."
Ho pp n, being a reasonable man, said."OK. Al. ur long as I b v e the right oiapproving your replacement in theTrans-Am." The first choice as alternatednv er of the Holbert tu&o was Hay ma d.
who appeared(o
be out of a d nv e afterFollmer luncbed one of Vasek Polak's
"It Juat doesn't m ake anv sense o m8kea lonitrrp and have mmeihing bp p n t othe motor." s a ~ d ulliua. from Hsrndoo.Va. "We'd rath er debut the ca r later aftermaking sure everything is totally rlght."
Ongaia' ride in d turbo w u i n TedField's new I n t s ~ ~ ~ ~ p ear. Both Ongalaand Field, who drives an RBR, werewearing happy faces all weekend aitercompleting an arrangement with the
Vels-Punelll Racing Team m whichnnear. n. n ~ I R A P.-I II.,--.-- ".-."" - -. -..-.
I ~ - ' A L-+ II- E r n - 1 Hawood's regular team) 'Thtaturbotlvlrtnallv hrand nsur..naiA
t e a cars at Watkms Glen. Polak. -mate and unser ,.,,,, ~~~~l~however, made a couple of qulck tri ps to
JOOO as o n g ~ all underGermany for Parts and a second car ~ i e l d - ~ banner
SCCALL ROUNDUP
R~G-NAT ACES1I SEPT. 18-19
.----.- .- -* ----- -- .. --.-r e a d ~or H u r l e ~ ,hus ending Holbe*'a Ongaie, who insisted that th e Braherdfirst choice. drivewastobehisonlyraceinthsTnn~ ~ f ;
"Al hen wanted to pu t Milt Minter inAm series, ...?
the car but I said no." said Hoppen. "Milt Pickewe weekend pdlems. . ..is running our Scirocco and we've gone wholeaale, ~h~ ~ a l i f ~ ~ ~ ~-ugh a lot of expen= on that Project. (which is vsry bbi~aro ~ h ~ f ~ ~ . ~Momuch to chuok it all away fora ow-off new engine in Oeor,+ Folb. ahin the turbo. We then tried to get JIckie
D~~~~~ on ~h~~~~~~ and dib.tOuver but lust when we though we had a ~ ~ ~ i n ~ ~ dntil mid-day s a tu r a y .deal. he went back to England. clutch blew and Pickett never
"We tried to get Hn but learned he chance to until the finshad the Monza and figured it would be of the only session,better to try and beat J e w han to givebim one of o w carswhere he might not be The sing1e Of qualifyaa competitive a s George." produoad some intentsting msults. Th
A laatditch effort to get John Morton who we* "*Y loved it. thoas
into the ca r was finally abandoned-Weren't.were
along with any kind of effort to get the No one seemed happy with hi s timHolbert CIU to the track. EXPIP n only 10laps to gainHoppen. "Our deal with SCCA wsa or 108.072miles per hhave at least three turbos a t every ed the otherfrunt-row spotand with Danny Ongaiscomingin fo r Continued On Next Page