Can-Am Trois-Rivières 1979 - Race Results

Event: Grand Prix Molson Trois-Rivières		Date: 2.9.1979
Track: Trois-Rivières (Canada), 3.376 kms	Organiser: unknown
Can-Am Trois-Rivières
SCCA Citicorp Can-Am Challenge (round 8)

(Race Results)

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Distance	Km/h	Reason	Pos.	Gr.
1^st	4	Elliot Forbes-Robinson	Spyder NF-11 Chevrolet	Newman-Freeman Racing	42	141.944 kms	137.309			-
2^nd	8	Bobby Rahal	Prophet - Chevrolet	U.S. Racing	42					-
3^rd	2	Geoff Lees	Lola T333 CS Chevrolet	Racing Team VDS	41			Accident		-
4^th	0	Randy Lewis	Lola T332 Chevrolet	Randy Lewis	40					-
5^th	51	Tim Evans	Lola T290 Ford	Diversified Engineering Services	40				1^st	U2L
6^th	46	John Morton	Lola T333 CS Chevrolet	John Morton Racing	40			In pits		-
7^th	5	Keke Rosberg	Spyder NF-11 Chevrolet	Newman-Freeman Racing	39			Engine		-
8^th	12	Michael Brayton	Wolf Brayton 001 Chevrolet	Michael Brayton	39					-
9^th	52	Gary Gove	Chevron B26 Ford	Pete Lovely	39				2^nd	U2L
10^th	37	Horst Kroll	Lola - Chevrolet	Horst Kroll Racing	39			Spin		-
11^th	9	Bill Tempero	Lola T332C Chevrolet	Bill Tempero Racing	38			Off course		-
12^th	47	Tony Cicale	Ralt RT1 1/2 Hart	Cicale Champion Racing	38				3^rd	U2L
13^th	1	Jacky Ickx	Lola T333 CS Chevrolet	Carl A. Haas Racing Team, Ltd.	37			Accident		-
14^th	59	Roman Pechmann	Lola T290 Ford	Roman Pechmann	37				4^th	U2L
15^th	13	Randolph Townsend	Spyder NF-11 Chevrolet	Newman-Freeman Racing	37					-
16^th	10	Al Holbert	Hogan HR-001 Chevrolet	Hogan Racing, Ltd.	37					-
17^th	61	E. B. Lunken	March 73S BMW	E. B. Lunken	36			Accident	5^th	U2L
18^th	36	Gary Hirsch	Porsche 908	R&H Racing	36					-
19^th	43	Dean Dietrich	DRL Hawke 79 (March 76A)	Dietrich Racing Ltd.	36					-
20^th	20	Dave Hoover	Lola T300 Chevrolet	Broccoli Racing	29					-
21^st	7	Michael Allen	Lola T332 CS Chevrolet	Don Weber	26			Accident		-
22^nd	79	Bob Brown	Lola T333 CS Chevrolet	Bobby Brown Racing	17			Piston failure		-
23^rd	67	Robert J. Nelkin	Lola T333 CS Chevrolet	R. J. Nelkin	10			Accident		-

Did not start:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Gr.
19	John Sorbello	Sorbello GM5 Chevrolet		-
25	James Woodruff	Lola T430 Chevrolet	Titan-Woodruff Brothers	-
40	Tom Jones	March 74A Chevrolet	Development 5000	-

Practiced:

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Distance	Km/h	Reason	Pos.	Gr.
		Forbes-Robinson / Rosberg	Spyder NF-11 Chevrolet	Newman-Freeman Racing				Spare car		-

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Gr.
6	Howard Kelly	Lola T332 RNF Chevrolet		-
11	Vern Schuppan	Elfin MR8A Chevrolet	Vern Schuppan	-
15	Dave Hoover	Lola T300		-
27	Jim Gustafson	Jackal 79 (March 73A Chevrolet)		-
28	John McCormack	McLaren M23 Repco	John McCormack	-
31	Gerre Payvis	Lola T333 CS Chevrolet		-
33	Brian Burgess	Chevron B21/23		U2L
34	Bertil Roos	Chevron B27	Roos Racing School	U2L
39	John Gunn	Lola T332 Chevrolet (GG-5)		-
54	S. Peter Smith	Bobsy	Red Roof Inns	U2L
56	Leonard Janke	Lola T332 Chevrolet	Janke Auto	-
58	Rocky Moran	Lola T332 Chevrolet		-
72	Chuck Smith	Chevron B19/21 Ford	Chuck Smith	U2L
81	T. Patrick McGonegle	Lola T332		-
94	John Timken, Jr.	Lola T296 Ford	Essex Racing	U2L
96	Chris Strong	Chevron B36		U2L
97	Robert E. Dugo	Lola B.A.D. 1	Bob Dugo	-
98	Tom Spalding	Schkee - Chevrolet	Sony Corp.	-