Lucerne 200

Edmonton, 1 Aug 1971

All cars are 5-litre F5000 unless noted.

Notes on the cars:

1. McLaren M10B [400-01] (David Hobbs): See full history: McLaren M10B 400-01.
2. Lola T192 [HU19] (Brett Lunger): New to Roger Penske for Mark Donohue to drive in the 1970 US series, starting at Mosport 13 Sep 1970. To Competition Research & Development (Pomona, CA) for Brett Lunger US 1971, then to Larry McNeil US 1972, US 1973 and then in SCCA Nationals from 1974 to 1978. Via Alan Marvin to Gordon Close (Hinsdale, IL) 1979, and used it for 1979 SCCA drivers school and Regionals. To former racer Don O'Sullivan (Perth, Western Australia) in 1983 but not run by him and sold to Bob Harborow (Camberwell, Victoria, Australia) in 1989. Restored and used in historic racing in Australia, including VHRR Historic Sandown and Phillip Island Classic 1999-2013, and the Australian GP support races in 2009 and 2010. Reappeared in October 2015, when run by Kieran Patel (Victoria, Australia) at the Baskerville Historics. More information about Lola T192 HU19
3. McLaren M18 (Lothar Motschenbacher): May be 500-07. This car was originally built for Graham McRae to replace the car crashed in practice at Snetterton in April 1972 but it remained unused as Trojan "released" McRae. The M18 was sold instead to Lothar Motschenbacher and used in the SCCA series in North America, starting at Edmonton on 1 August. Motschenbacher retained the car for 1972 but it was very badly damaged at Road Atlanta in August when Motschenbacher and two other drivers crashed at Turn 1 in a sudden rain storm just as the race was finishing. Jonesy Morris, his mechanic at the time, recalls that the car was not repairable. Duncan Fox has been working hard to determine the fate of this car and is now satisfied that the tub was dumped although some parts from the car may survive somewhere. Some parts were reported to be in Los Angeles in 2002.
4. Eisert 68/69 (Bill Tempero): New to Jack Eiteljorg (Englewood, Colorado) in 1968 for Formula A, and raced in SCCA Continental Championship and in SCCA Nationals. The car was also eligible for the USAC National Championship, and Eiteljorg raced it at Continental Divide and Mont-Tremblant. After using a Lola T140 for much of 1969, he returned to the Eisert for SCCA Continental Championship and in SCCA Nationals late in 1969. Retained for 1970, when he raced it in SCCA Continental Championship and in SCCA Nationals, plus the USAC road racing events at Continental Divide and Indianapolis Raceway Park. Raced also by mechanic John Barker at Bonneville Raceway Park in September 1970. Retained for one race at the start of 1971, then replaced with a Lola T192. Sold in May 1971 to Bill Tempero (Fort Collins, CO), who already owned the original 1965 Eisert that had been in New Zealand for several years. Tempero planned to keep the older car as a spare and race the ex-Eiteljorg car, so it is assumed here that's what happened. Retained by Tempero for 1972, when he used it mainly in SCCA Nationals, winning overall at Hutchinson Naval Air Station in June. Then very probably to Arlon J. Koops (Denver, CO), who raced a light blue #85 Eisert in SCCA Formula A in 1973, entered by Solazure IV Ltd. He was entered for the two Californian Pro F5000 races at the start of the season, but did not appear. He then raced it in Midwest Division SCCA Nationals that year, leading the opening lap at Hutchinson in July before retiring, and winning his class at Fort Sumner in September. He was apparently present for the Road America Pro F5000 race in July, but failed to set a practice time and did not start, so his only start in the L&M series in the Eisert was at Seattle in late September when he finished 12th. Subsequent history unknown.
5. McLaren M10B (Dennis Ott): New to Eppie Wietzes (Thornhill, Ontario): US and Canada 1970 (#94 white-and-red; debut Harewood Acres 10 May 1970; 16 races in total). To Dennis Ott (Montclair, CA/Upland, CA) replacing an earlier car wrecked at R2 Laguna Seca 2 May 1971: US 1971 (R3 to R6), SCCA Nationals 1971 (last seen Phoenix 26 September 1971). In December 1971, Ott advertised two M10Bs, "one new rolling chassis, one complete". The complete car would be his ex-Weitzes car but the origins of the new rolling chassis remain unknown. Ott recalls that he sold his new rolling chassis to Bob McGinty, but it is possible he was mistaken and McGinty got the ex-Wietzes car.
6. Surtees TS8 [003] (Clive Baker): New for Bob Griffin's Corsair Racing Team (San Antonio, TX) June 1971 for Clive Baker to race in the US series (from Edmonton 1 Aug 1971). The TS8 was retained for Baker for 1972 as teammate to Ron Grable in a new TS11, but the team did not reappear after Grable crashed his TS11 at Edmonton on 4 Jun 1972 and went bust at some point during the year. Both cars were sold to Gus Hutchison (Dallas, TX), and the TS8 was entered by Hutchison's HRE (Dallas, TX) for Syd Demovsky (Chicago, IL) throughout the 1973 US series, with a best finish of ninth in the final race. The TS8 was advertised by Hutchison in Autoweek 22 Sep 1973 and later 7 Dec 1974 as "ready to race". Also in the advert was a TS11 which was said to have a new tub and a further new spare tub. Subsequent history unknown.
7. Lola T142 (Randy Blessing): Randy Blessing (Lakeland, FL) raced a T142 in the SCCA Regional at Daytona in August 1970 and at the 'Pro' race at Sebring 25 Oct 1970. He raced more consistently in the Pro series 1971 entered as #31, appearing in five races but retiring at every one. The Lola's colour was listed at Brainerd as blue. Blessing's recollection is that his T142 was John Gunn's, but that clashes with a newspaper article from November 1969 where Dave Heinz stated that he had bought that car from Gunn. Blessing later advertised both his T142 and the ex-Hood T140 in Aug 1972 but before the T142 could be sold, Blessing wrecked the T142 in a race at Roebling Road. Although the mangled frame was sold off, Blessing reports that "there really was nothing left of it".
8. McLaren M18 [500-06] (Evan Noyes): See full history: McLaren M18 500-06.

Sources

The identification of individual cars in these results is based on the material presented elsewhere in this site and may in some cases contradict the organisers' original results.

1968 US information has been taken from SCCA results sheets with additional information from Autoweek race reports and from some entry lists. Thanks to David McKinney and Wolfgang Klopfer for providing these. Identifying the classes and model of some entries has proved very difficult so all new information would be welcomed.

1969-1971 US information has been collated by Chris Townsend using Autoweek reports. All comments, clarifications, corrections and additions are most welcome.

1972-1976 US information was originally collated by Wolfgang Klopfer, converted to database format by Dawn Harrison and checked by Jim Thurman and Don Capps. Wolfgang's main sources are Autoweek and individual SCCA results bulletins but Autosport, Autocourse and Road Racing Annual have also been consulted.

US SCCA Runoffs, Nationals and Regionals results were collated by Wolfgang Klopfer from Autoweek reports. These reports were usually very brief so the information on the majority of races is limited just to the identity of the FA class winner.

Some race programs have also been used for entry lists and other information. My thanks to Richard Coe for the generous contributions from his collection.

All comments, clarifications, corrections and additions are most welcome. Please email Allen if you can add anything.