1980 Robert Bosch Formula Super Vee Championship



Round 1: Charlotte 100 km

1 Bob Earl Ralt RT1 2 Dave McMillan Ralt RT5 3 Ed Pimm Ralt RT1 4 Josele Garza Ralt RT1 5 Jim Griffin Ralt RT1 6 Richard Hubbard Ralt RT1 7 Richard Tallon Pheasant 8 Bob Cicconi March 79SV 9 John Kalagian March 80SV 10 Doug Clark Ralt RT1 11 Joe Gimpel Jr. March 12 Jan Slesinski March 13 Bruno Bielcke March 80SV 14 Peter Moodie Argo/March 15 16 Peter Kuhn Ralt RT1 17 18 19 20 Dave Manzolini Zink Z14 21 Michael Chandler March 80SV 22 Stuart Moore Ralt RT1 23 24 25 Bob Lazier March/Ralt RT5 Pole Position: Peter Kuhn

Round 2: Milwaukee 100 km, 8th June

Ps St # Driver Laps 1 2 17 Billy Scyphers Jr 63 47m39.96, 79.302 mph 2 1 5 Dave McMillan 63 3 3 4 Pete Halsmer 63 4 6 77 Bob Cicconi 63 5 9 1 Dennis Firestone 63 6 10 19 John Kalagian 62 7 7 46 Stuart Moore 62 8 8 26 Bruno Beilcke 62 9 13 97 Dave Manzolini 62 10 14 49 Joe Gimpel Jr 62 11 19 21 Richard Hubbard 60 12 26 47 Ray Lipper 60 13 17 57 Mike Martz 60 14 18 39 Richard Tallon 60 15 23 9 Paul Tavilla 59 16 24 30 Roy Kischell 58 17 25 70 Ron Drew 58 18 5 2 Mike Chandler 50 19 12 11 Josele Garza 50 20 4 18 Peter Kuhn 50 21 22 29 Pat Jesmore 47 22 20 55 Ed Pimm 37 23 16 45 J.B.Brown 25 24 11 72 Gary Pratt 24 25 21 56 Craig Carter 20 26 15 98 John Schiesser 19 27 27 6 Ronn Gregg 12

Round 3: Pocono 100 km, 22nd June

Ps St # Driver Laps 1 7 11 Josele Garza 25 28m20.66, 132.331 mph 2 2 4 Pete Halsmer 25 3 4 55 Ed Pimm 25 4 3 2 Mike Chandler 25 5 9 77 Bob Cicconi 25 6 26 89 Peter Kuhn 25 7 8 1 Dennis Firestone 25 8 11 26 Bruno Beilcke 25 9 12 72 Gary Pratt 25 10 13 23 Dick Moody 25 11 6 5 Dave McMillan 25 12 10 17 Billy Scyphers Jr 25 13 22 15 Doug Clark 25 14 20 45 Jeff Brown 25 15 1 19 John Kalagian 24 16 31 47 Ray Lipper 24 17 29 98 John Schiesser 24 18 23 49 Joe Gimpel Jr 24 19 30 86 Randy Gilmore 24 20 32 9 Paul Tavilla 23 21 15 35 Jim Giffin 23 22 18 56 Craig Carter 23 23 28 14 Tom D'Eath 23 24 27 30 Roy Kischell 23 25 21 70 Ronald Drew 23 26 16 33 A.J.Manning 21 27 19 79 Don Maguire 18 28 14 68 Domenick Billera 17 29 25 87 Bill Cruse 16 30 24 29 Pat Jesmore 12 31 5 28 Jim Harvey 3 32 17 88 William Vermeer 1

Round 4: Watkins Glen

1 Dave McMillan Ralt RT5 2 Peter Halsmer Ralt RT1 3 Ed Pimm Ralt RT1 4 Bob Lazier March/Ralt RT5 5 Michael Chandler March 80SV 6 Josele Garza Ralt RT5 7 Stuart Moore Ralt RT1 8 Dick Moody Ralt RT5 9 Carl Whitney Ralt RT1 10 Doug Clark Ralt RT1 11 Domonick Billera Modus 12 Jim Griffin Ralt RT1 13 Mark Abel Argo 14 Kees Nierop Argo JM4 15 Bob Cicconi March 79SV 16 Ray Lipper Autoresearch 17 Bruno Bielcke March 80SV 18 19 Peter Kuhn Ralt RT5 20 David Bruns Autoresearch 21 Peter Moodie Argo/March 22 Jan Slesinski March 23 24 25 John Kalagian March 80SV Pole Position: Dave McMillan

Round 5: Mid-Ohio 100 km, 13th July

Ps St # Driver Laps 1 1 5 Dave McMillan 26 39m43.04, 94.266 mph 2 8 3 Bob Lazier 26 3 5 2 Mike Chandler 26 4 4 94 David Bruns 26 5 12 19 John Kalagian 26 6 11 87 Peter Moodie 26 7 2 89 Peter Kuhn 26 8 10 46 Stuart Moore 26 9 13 95 Carl Whitney 25 10 15 47 Ray Lipper 25 11 17 56 Craig Carter 25 12 25 21 Richard Hubbard 24 13 22 71 Dr Curt Erwin 24 14 19 57 Mike Martz 24 15 18 88 Bill Vermeer 23 16 6 11 Josele Garza 20 17 7 23 Dick Moody 20 18 9 15 Ed Pimm 15 19 23 34 Jan Slesinski 13 20 21 29 Tom Pomeroy 12 21 24 76 Bob Boffi 5 22 14 68 Domenick Billera 3 23 3 4 Pete Halsmer 2 24 16 86 Randy Gilmore 1 25 20 45 Jeff Brown 0

Round 6: Road America 100 km

1 Peter Kuhn Ralt RT5 2 Bob Lazier March/Ralt RT5 3 Michael Chandler March 80SV 4 Josele Garza Ralt RT5 5 Dave McMillan Ralt RT5 6 Peter Halsmer Ralt RT1 7 John Kalagian March 80SV 8 Peter Moodie Argo/March 9 Bill O'Connor March 10 Stuart Moore Ralt RT1 11 Domonick Billera Modus 12 Carl Whitney Ralt RT1 13 Bruno Bielcke March 80SV 14 Dick Moody Ralt RT5 15 16 Jan Slesinski March 17 Ron Drew Lola 18 John Schlessor Lola 19 Ray Lipper Autoresearch 20 Ed Pimm Ralt RT1 21 David Bruns Autoresearch Pole Position: Peter Kuhn

Round 7: Brainerd 100 km

1 Peter Kuhn Ralt RT5 2 Peter Moodie Argo/March 3 Bob Lazier March/Ralt RT5 4 Josele Garza Ralt RT5 5 Roger Penske Jr. Ralt 6 Dick Moody Ralt RT5 7 Ed Pimm Ralt RT1 8 Dave McMillan Ralt RT1 9 Stuart Moore Ralt RT1 10 John Kalagian March 80SV 11 Bruno Bielcke March 80SV 12 Peter Halsmer Ralt RT1 13 14 John Schlessor Lola 15 Jan Slesinski March 16 17 Michael Chandler March 80SV Pole Position: Dick Moody

Round 8: St. Paul (1) 100 km, 23rd August

Ps St # Driver Laps 1 3 89 Peter Kuhn 125 1h00m45.33, 61.722 mph 2 5 11 Josele Garza 125 3 4 1 Dennis Firestone 125 4 1 4 Pete Halsmer 124 5 14 19 John Kalagian 122 6 18 34 Jan Slesinski 121 7 20 65 Steve Thompson 121 8 16 95 Pat Bedard 120 9 21 98 John Schiesser 118 10 22 70 Ron Drew 116 11 2 5 Roger Penske Jr 98 12 10 23 Dick Moody 92 13 9 45 Roger Rager 92 14 6 77 Bob Cicconi 86 15 7 48 Dan Park 74 16 8 3 Dave McMillan 60 17 12 38 Jerrill Rice 52 18 11 17 Billy Scyphers Jr 37 19 15 72 Gary Pratt 36 20 19 39 Richard Tallon 36 21 17 57 Mike Martz 23 22 13 55 Ed Pimm 2

Round 9: St. Paul (2) 100 km, 24th August

Ps St # Driver Laps 1 3 89 Peter Kuhn 125 46m13.57, 81.123 mph 2 6 11 Josele Garza 125 3 18 17 Billy Scyphers Jr 125 4 13 77 Bob Cicconi 125 5 9 5 Roger Penske Jr 123 6 10 72 Gary Pratt 123 7 2 55 Ed Pimm 123 8 1 23 Dick Moody 122 9 7 38 Jerrill Rice 118 * 10 12 45 Roger Rager 110 ** 11 11 95 Pat Bedard 106 12 16 65 Steve Thompson 103 13 8 48 Dan Park 76 14 5 4 Pete Halsmer 73 15 15 19 John Kalagian 72 16 17 98 John Schiesser 61 17 14 34 Jan Slesinski 28 18 4 1 Dennis Firestone 15 * 1 lap penalty for passing pace car. ** 1 lap penalty for passing under yellow.

Round 10: Ontario 100 km, 30th August

Ps St # Driver Laps 1 2 4 Pete Halsmer 25 29m26.00, 127.262 mph 2 1 17 Billy Scyphers Jr 25 3 4 89 Peter Kuhn 25 4 6 2 Michael Chandler 25 5 5 23 Dick Moody 25 6 9 1 Jeff Wood 25 7 8 94 David Bruns 25 8 20 77 Bob Cicconi 25 9 11 5 Roger Penske Jr 25 10 16 19 John Kalagian 25 11 14 50 Ken Nichols 25 12 13 28 Jim Harvey 25 13 18 61 Bob Zinnagl 25 14 10 66 Don Breidenbach 25 15 17 91 Mike McHugh 24 16 21 68 Gary Howard 24 17 23 29 Dean Thompson 24 18 25 27 Bob Ward 23 19 22 16 Mike Follmer 23 20 7 26 Bruno Beilcke 20 21 15 38 Jerrill Rice 20 22 19 74 Richard Shirey 19 23 24 30 Roy Kischell 16 24 12 11 Josele Garza 6 25 3 47 Ray Lipper 4

Round 11: Michigan 100 km

1 Peter Kuhn Ralt RT5 2 Peter Halsmer Ralt RT1 3 Josele Garza Ralt RT5 4 Al Unser Jr. Ralt RT5 5 Ed Pimm Ralt RT1 6 David Bruns Autoresearch 7 Billy Roe Autoresearch 8 Stuart Moore Ralt RT1 9 Ray Lipper Autoresearch 10 John Kalagian March 80SV 11 Pat Bedard Ralt RT1 12 Jim Harvey March 79SV 13 Roger Rager March 14 Dave McMillan Ralt RT1 15 Doug Clark Ralt RT1 16 17 Bob Cicconi March 79SV 18 19 John Schlessor Lola 20 Domonick Billera Modus 21 Dick Moody Ralt RT5 22 23 Steve Thompson Wheeler 24 Bruno Bielcke March 80SV 25 26 27 Billy Scyphers Ralt RT5 28 29 30 Jan Slesinski March NS Michael Chandler March 81SV NS Bob Lazier March/Ralt RT5 DQ Gary Pratt Riley DSQ

Round 12: Watkins Glen 100 km

1 Herm Johnson Ralt RT5 2 Peter Kuhn Ralt RT5 3 David Bruns Autoresearch 4 Josele Garza Ralt RT5 5 Peter Moodie Argo/March 6 Dave McMillan Ralt RT1 7 Stuart Moore Ralt RT1 8 Ed Pimm Ralt RT1 9 Michael Chandler March 81SV 10 Kees Nierop Argo JM4 11 Billy Scyphers Ralt RT5 12 Mark Abel Argo 13 Domonick Billera Modus 14 Pat Bedard Ralt RT1 15 16 Dick Moody Ralt RT5 17 Bob Lazier March/Ralt RT5 18 Doug Clark Ralt RT1 19 20 21 Dave Manzolini Zink Z14 22 23 24 Peter Halsmer Ralt RT5 25 26 Jhhn Schlessor Lola 27 John Kalagian March 80SV NS Jan Slesinski March NS Ray Lipper Autoresearch Pole Position: Peter Kuhn

Round 13: Riverside 100 km

1 Bob Earl Ralt RT5 2 David Bruns Autoresearch 3 Peter Kuhn Ralt RT5 4 Josele Garza Ralt RT5 5 Michael Chandler March 81SV 6 Dave McMillan Ralt RT1 7 Bob Lazier March/Ralt RT5 8 Peter Halsmer Ralt RT5 9 Richard Maier Ralt RT1 10 Bruno Bielcke March 80SV 11 Mike Hooper March 12 Pete Pittman Pitman 13 14 15 Ray Lipper Autoresearch 16 Dick Moody Ralt RT5 17 Billy Scyphers Ralt RT5 18 John Kalagian March 80SV NS Peter Moodie Argo/March Pole Position: David Bruns

Round 14: Phoenix 100 km

1 Al Unser Jr. Ralt RT5 2 David Bruns Autoresearch 3 Josele Garza Ralt RT5 4 Peter Kuhn Ralt RT5 5 Michael Chandler March 81SV 6 Arie Luyendijk Argo 7 Billy Scyphers Ralt RT5 8 Bob Cicconi March 79SV 9 Dave McMillan Ralt RT1 10 Jim Harvey March 79SV 11 Bob Ward Zink Z14 12 Daniel Park Lola 13 Jan Slesinski March 14 Ray Lipper Autoresearch 15 16 Pat Bedard Ralt RT1 17 Peter Halsmer Ralt RT5 18 19 Bruno Bielcke March 80SV 20 Dick Moody Ralt RT5 21 22 23 24 25 DNS John Kalagian March 80SV DNS Dennis Firestone March Pole Position: Al Unser Jr

Championship Standings

Rounds Ps Driver Car Pts Awards 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 1 Peter Kuhn Ralt RT1/RT5 123 $38,500 16 20 6 19 7 1 1 1 1 3 1 2 3 4 2 Josele Garza Ralt RT1/RT5 108 24,960 4 19 1 6 16 4 4 2 2 24 3 4 4 3 3 Dave McMillan Ralt RT5/RT1 83 21,400 2 2 11 1 1 5 8 16 - - 14 6 6 9 4 Peter Halsmer Ralt RT5/RT1 79 20,775 - 3 2 2 23 6 12 4 14 1 2 24 8 17 5 Michael Chandler March 80SV/81SV 66 12,120 21 18 4 5 3 3 17 - - 4 # 9 5 5 6 Ed Pimm Ralt RT1 55 9,925 3 22 3 3 18 20 7 22 7 - 5 8 - - 7 David Bruns Autoresearch 54 13,000 - - - 20 4 21 - - - 7 6 3 2 2 8 Bob Lazier March/Ralt RT5 47 13,050 25 - - 4 2 2 3 - - - # 17 7 - 9 Billy Scyphers Ralt RT5 44 8,000 - 1 12 - - - - 18 3 2 27 11 17 7 10 John Kalagian March 80SV 42 6,795 9 6 15 25 5 7 10 5 15 10 10 27 18 # 11 Bob Cicconi March 79SV 41 6,850 8 4 5 15 - - - 14 4 8 17 - - 8 12 Stuart Moore Ralt RT1 35 4,800 22 7 - 7 8 10 9 - - - 8 7 - - 13 Peter Moodie Argo/March 31 4,950 14 - - 21 6 8 2 - - - - 5 # - 14 Dick Moody Ralt RT5 29 6,500 - - 10 8 17 14 6 12 8 5 21 16 16 20 15 Bob Earl Ralt RT1/RT5 28 3,450 1 - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - 16 Dennis Firestone March 24 3,150 - 5 7 - - - - 3 18 - - - - # 17 Al Unser Jr. Ralt RT5 23 5,000 - - - - - - - - - - 4 - - 1 18 Roger Penske Jr. Ralt 22 1,650 - - - - - - 5 11 5 9 - - - - 19 Bruno Bielcke March 80SV 15 1,750 13 8 8 17 - 13 11 - - 20 24 - 10 19 20 Herm Johnson Ralt RT5 14 1,600 - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - 21 Gary Pratt Riley 11 1,600 - 24 9 - - - - 19 6 - DSQ - - - 22 Richard Hubbard Ralt RT1 10 2,100 6 11 - - 12 - - - - - - - - - 23 Jim Griffin Ralt RT1 9 2,600 5 - 21 12 - - - - - - - - - - 23 Carl Whitney Ralt RT1 9 2,200 - - - 9 9 12 - - - - - - - - 23 Pat Bedard Ralt RT1 9 1,000 - - - - - - - 8 11 - 11 14 1 16 26 Jan Slesinski March 8 1,250 12 - - 22 19 16 15 6 17 - 30 # - 13 26 Ray Lipper Autoresearch 8 1,000 - 12 16 16 10 19 - - - 25 9 # 15 14 28 Jeff Wood March 7 1,290 - - - - - - - - - 6 - - - - 28 Steve Thompson Wheeler 7 1,670 - - - - - - - 7 12 - 23 - - - 28 Arie Luyendijk Argo 7 850 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6 31 Richard Tallon Pheasant 6 1,290 7 14 - - - - - 20 - - - - - - 31 Doug Clark Ralt RT1 6 1,670 10 - 13 10 - - - - - - 15 18 - - 31 Billy Roe Autoresearch 6 850 - - - - - - - - - - 7 - - - 34 Joe Gimpel Jr. March 5 1,020 11 10 18 - - - - - - - - - - - 34 Jim Harvey March 79SV 5 1,300 - - - - - - - - - 12 12 26 - 10 36 John Schlessor Lola 4 1,680 - 26 17 - - 18 14 9 16 - 19 - - - 36 Jerrill Rice March 4 850 - - - - - - - 17 9 21 - - - - 36 Domonick Billera Modus 4 1,400 - - 28 11 22 11 - - - - 20 13 - - 36 Dave Manzolini Zink Z14 4 600 20 9 - - - - - - - - - 21 - - 36 Bill O'Connor March 4 600 - - - - - 9 - - - - - - - - 36 Richard Maier Ralt RT1 4 600 - - - - - - - - - - - - 9 - 42 Ron Drew Lola 3 880 - 17 25 - - 17 - 10 - - - - - - 42 Roger Rager March 3 1,200 - - - - - - - 13 10 - 13 - - - 42 Kees Nierop Argo JM4 3 800 - - - 14 - - - - - - - 10 - - 45 Craig Carter Lola 2 450 - 25 22 - 11 - - - - - - - - - 45 Ken Nichols Ralt RT1 2 450 - - - - - - - - - 11 - - - - 45 Mike Hooper March 2 450 - - - - - - - - - - - - 11 - 45 Bob Ward Zink Z14 2 450 - - - - - - - - - 18 - - - 11 49 Mark Abel Argo 1 400 - - - 13 - - - - - - - 12 - - 49 Pete Pittman Pitman 1 400 - - - - - - - - - - - - 12 - 49 Daniel Park Lola 1 400 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 12 - Did not enter; # Did not start