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The 1973 SCCA Formula Super Vee season was the third season of the Sports Car Club of America sanctioned Formula Super Vee championship.
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The 1973 SCCA Formula Super Vee season was the third season of the Sports Car Club of America sanctioned Formula Super Vee championship.
| Round | Circuit | Location | Date | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lime Rock Park |  Lime Rock, Connecticut | 5 May |  Bertil Roos | ||
| 2 | Watkins Glen International Raceway | Watkins Glen, New York | 16 May | Don Bradley | Bertil Roos | |
| 3 | Road Atlanta | Braselton, Georgia | 8 July | Harry Ingle | Harry Ingle | |
| 4 | Watkins Glen International Raceway | Watkins Glen, New York | 22 July | Bertil Roos | Bertil Roos | |
| 5 | Road Atlanta | Braselton, Georgia | 26 August | Fred Phillips | Bob Wheelock | |
| 6 | Pocono Raceway | Long Pond, Pennsylvania | 3 September | Tom Reddy | Bob Lazier | |
| 7 | Seattle International Raceways | Lake Morton-Berrydale, Washington | 30 September | Elliott Forbes-Robinson | Elliott Forbes-Robinson | |
| 8 | Laguna Seca Raceway | Monterey, California | 14 October | Elliott Forbes-Robinson | Elliott Forbes-Robinson | |
| 9 | Riverside Raceway | Riverside, California | 28 October | Bob Lazier | Bob Lazier |
| Color | Result |
|---|---|
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | 2nd place |
| Bronze | 3rd place |
| Green | 4th & 5th place |
| Light Blue | 6th–10th place |
| Dark Blue | 11th place or lower |
| Purple | Did not finish |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Brown | Withdrawn (Wth) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| Blank | Did not participate (DNP) |
| Driver replacement (Rpl) | |
| Injured (Inj) | |
| No race held (NH) |
| Pos. | Driver | Chassis | LRP | WGI1 | ATL1 | WGI2 | ATL2 | POC | SEA | LS | RIV | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bertil Roos | Tui BH3 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 29 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 86 | |
| 2 | Harry Ingle | Royale RP14 | 1 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 76 | ||
| 3 | Bob Lazier | Royale RP18 | 29 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 67 | ||
| 4 | Elliott Forbes-Robinson | Lola T252 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 55 | ||||||
| 5 | Wink Bancroft | Lola T320 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 27 | 11 | 39 | |
| 6 | Frank Maka | Lola T320 | 27 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 25 | 37 | ||
| 7 | Bob Williams | Lola T320 | 11 | 3 | 25 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 34 | ||
| 8 | Tom Bagley | Lola T252 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 36 | DSQ | 32 | ||||
| 9 | Fred Phillips | Tui BH3 | 13 | 33 | 31 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 5 | 30 | ||
| 10 | Bob Wheelock | Lola T252 | 20 | 9 | 8 | 26 | 1 | 22 | 25 | |||
| 11 | Howdy Holmes | Lola T252 | 10 | 15 | 32 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 25 | ||
| 12 |  Dave McMillan | Tui BH3 | 4 | 30 | 5 | 17 | 6 | 17 | 36 | 24 | ||
| 13 |  Fred van Beuren IV | Tui BH3 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 23 | |||
| 14 | Richard Melville | Royale RP18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 31 | 17 | 22 | 28 | 38 | 19 | |
| 15 | Stephen Webb | Lola T252 | 2 | 12 | 16 | 24 | 15 | 19 | 15 | |||
| 16 | Tom Reddy | Tui BH3 | 2 | 20 | 25 | 24 | 32 | 15 | ||||
| 17 | Dick Cooney | Tui BH3 | 5 | 12 | 22 | 6 | 25 | 14 | ||||
| 18 | Bert Everett | Tui BH3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | |||||||
| 19 | Jack Rabold | Tui BH3 | 4 | 30 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 10 | ||||
| 20 | Dick Renard | Lola T252 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 10 | ||||||
| 21 | Tom Pumpelly | Royale RP14 | 5 | 8 | ||||||||
| 22 | Mike Eyerly | Tui BH3 | 5 | 8 | ||||||||
| 23 | John Benton | Tui BH3 | 6 | 25 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 20 | 19 | 7 | ||
| 24 | Allan Turner | Lola T320 | 13 | 6 | 25 | 12 | 6 | |||||
| 25 | Dave Yoder | Lola T252 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 30 | 6 | |||||
| 26 | Don Bradley | Royale RP18 | 8 | 10 | 21 | 9 | 6 | |||||
| 27 | Benny Scott | Lola T252 | 22 | 13 | 8 | 26 | 9 | 5 | ||||
| 28 | Frank Marrs | Lola T252 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 4 | ||||||
| 29 | Bob McQueen | Lola T320 | 7 | 4 | ||||||||
| 30 | Shelly Marrs | Lola T320 | 16 | 7 | 4 | |||||||
| 31 | Bill Collins | Tui BH3 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 4 | |||||
| 32 | Tom Wiechmann | Lola T320 | 7 | 4 | ||||||||
| 33 | Bob Danielson | Lola T252 | 8 | 17 | 3 | |||||||
| 34 | Walter Handley | Lola T252 | 9 | 2 | ||||||||
| 35 | Tom Evans | LeGrand | 9 | 13 | 16 | 2 | ||||||
| 36 | Stephen Griswold | Tui AM29 | 11 | 9 | 19 | 2 | ||||||
| 37 | John Morrison | Tui BH3 | 10 | 10 | 2 | |||||||
| 38 | Ron Dykes | Royale RP14 | 10 | 1 | ||||||||
| 39 | Bob DeMarco | Lola T320 | 20 | 17 | 10 | 1 | ||||||
| 40 | Bill Robinson | Royale RP9 | 10 | 14 | 17 | 1 |
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