1983 Formula Atlantic season

Summary

The 1983 Formula Mondial North American Cup season was contested over 9 rounds. In this one-make engine formula all cars had to use Ford BDD engines. 57 different drivers competed in 8 different chassis.

Calendar edit

Race No Track State Date Laps Distance Time Speed Winner Pole Position Fastest Race Lap
1 Willow Springs California April 17, 1983 40 4.023.25=160.930km 0'50:55.536 189.606 km/h Roberto Moreno Roberto Moreno ?
2 Riverside California April 23, 1983 31 5.230.22=162.137km 0'52:58.903 183.615km/h Mark Moore Michael Andretti ?
3 Sears Point California May 8, 1983 40 162.206 km| 1'00:28.170 160.941km/h Michael Andretti Michael Andretti ?
4 Westwood   Canada May 22, 1983 56 2.896.73=162.217km 0'56:51.114 171.200 km/h Michael Andretti Michael Andretti Michael Andretti
5 Detroit Michigan June 4, 1983 40 4.012=160.480km 1'19:14.986 121.499km/h Josele Garza Roberto Moreno ?
6 Montréal   Canada June 11, 1983 37 4.421=163.577km 1'02:12.382 157.775km/h Roberto Moreno Roberto Moreno ?
7 Elkhart Lake Wisconsin July 16, 1983 25 6.437.20=160.930km 0'59:06.02 163.380km/h Roberto Moreno Michael Andretti ?
8 Trois-Rivières   Canada September 4, 1983 48 3.379.53=162.217km 1'17:12.810 126.054km/h Michael Andretti Michael Andretti John David Briggs
9 Mosport Park   Canada September 11, 1983 40| 0'52:03.614 182.419km/h Roberto Moreno Roberto Moreno Roberto Moreno

Final points standings edit

Driver edit

For every race the points were awarded: 30 points to the winner, 24 for runner-up, 19 for third place, 15 for fourth place, 12 for fifth place, 10 for sixth place, 9 seventh place, winding down to 1 point for 15th place. No additional points were awarded. All results count.

Place Name Country Team Chassis Total Points                  
1 Michael Andretti   United States Conte Racing Ralt 188 24 - 30 30 2 24 24 30 24
2 Roberto Moreno   Brazil Theodore Racing/Agapiou Racing Ralt 151 30 2 24 - 5 30 30 - 30
3 Dan Marvin   United States Norman Racing Ralt 121 8 15 10 24 19 15 15 - 15
4 John David Briggs   United States Briggs Racing Ralt 108 15 24 15 10 15 10 - - 19
5 Josele Garza   Mexico McCall Racing Ralt 78 12 - - - 30 12 - 24 -
6 Mike Rosen   United States Brown Racing Ralt 76 2 12 19 12 - 19 5 -
Brown Racing Tiga 7
7 Mark Moore   United States Stuart Moore Racing Ralt 60 1 30 5 - 24 - - - -
8 Rod Cusumano   United States Formula Rondo Racing Ralt 41 - 3 - - 8 8 - 10 12
9 Dave McMillan   New Zealand McMillan Racing Ralt 40 7 9
McMillan Racing Dart 1 - - 19 - - 4
10 Rogelio Rodríguez   Mexico Shea Racing Ralt 31 9 10 - - 10 2 - - -
11 Tommy Phillips Pierre's Motor Racing Ralt 27 - - - 15 - - 12 - -
12 Victor Gonzalez   United States Shea Racing Ralt 24 - - - 12
Conte Racing Ralt 3 9 - - -
13 Patrick Shelby   United States Gianelli Race Preparation Ralt 22 - 8 7 - - 7 - - -
14 William Ayoub   Canada Tiga Tiga 21 - - - - - - - 12 9
15 Hubert Phipps   United States Conte Racing Ralt 19 19 - - - - - - - -
Norm Hunter   United States Team Tui Ralt 19 - 19 - - - - - - -
Carlos Bobeda   United States ? Ralt 19 10 9 - - - - - - -
Tommy Byrne   Ireland Theodore Racing/Agapiou Racing Ralt 19 - - 19 - - - - - -
Jim Opperman   United States Opperman Racing Special-March 19 - - - - 6 5 8 - -
Price Cobb   United States Stuart Moore Racing Ralt 19 - - - - - - - 19 -
Ron Canizares   United States Larkin's Race Shop Ralt 19 - - - - - 6 7 1 5
22 Joe Sposato   United States ? Tiga 17 5 12 - - - - - - -
Peter Hastrup   United States ? Tiga 17 6 5 6 - - - - - -
24 Jason Holehouse   Canada J&J Racing Ralt 16 - - - - - - 6 - 10
25 Charles O'Brien   Australia Theodore Racing/Agapiou Racing Ralt 15 - - - - - - - 15 -
Andy Falbo   United States ? March 15 - - - - 7 - - 8 -
Jimmy Santos   United States Santos Racing Ralt 15 - - 8 - - - - 7 -
28 Riley Hopkins ? Ralt 14 - 6 - 8 - - - - -
29 Peter Greenfield   United States Greenfield Industries Ralt 13 - - - - - 3 10 - -
Wayne G. Horst   United States Horst Racing March 13 - - - - 4 - - 3 6
31 Mauro Lanaro   Canada ? Lanaro Special (March) 12 - - - - - 1 - 4 7
32 Nick Wrzesinski   United States ? March 10 - - - - 9 - 1 - -
33 Ross Bentley   Canada ? Johnston 9 - - - 9 - - - - -
Howard Cherry   United States Hansaloy Corp. Ralt 9 - - - - - - 9 - -
Gene Griesel   United States ? March 9 - - - - - - - 9 -
Michael Angus   United States Eagle Racing March 9 - - - - - - 3 6 -
37 Peter Dragffy   Canada T.R.T. Sports Lola 8 - - - - - - - - 8
38 Marco Akerstream ? Ralt 7 - - - 7 - - - - -
39 Phil Simon   United States ? March 6 - - - 6 - - - - -
40 Carl Bergren ? March 5 - - - - - - 5 - -
41 Bob Noll ? Ralt 4 4 - - - - - - - -
Jeff McPherson ? Ralt 4 - 4 - - - - - - -
Nancy James   United States ? Ralt 4 - - 4 - - - - - -
Scott Goodyear   Canada Agapiou Racing Ralt 4 - - - - - 4 - - -
Carl Liebach   United States ? March 4 - - - - - - 4 - -
James King   United States ? Ralt 4 - - - - - - 2 2 -
47 Tom Blackaller ? Ralt 3 3 - - - - - - - -
Rod Bennett   United States ? Ralt 3 - - 3 - - - - - -
49 Mike Buckenham   United States ? March 2 - - 2 - - - - - -
50 Ed Pimm   United States Tiga/Brown Racing Tiga 1 - - 1 - - - - - -
Bill O'Connor Comprep Racing Ralt 1 - - - - 1 - - - -

Note:

Race 4 and 9 not all points were awarded (not enough competitors).

See also edit