1978 Formula Atlantic season

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The 1978 Formula Atlantic Labatts Championship Series season was contested over 7 rounds. In this one-make engine formula all drivers had to utilize Ford engines. [1]

Contents

Calendar

Race NoTrackStateDateLapsDistanceTimeSpeedWinnerPole positionFastest race lap
1 Long Beach California April 6, 1978503.250786=162.5393 km1'14:18.682131.236 km/h Howdy Holmes Bobby Rahal ?
2 Westwood Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada April 23, 1978562.89674=162.21744 km1'08:47.021141.502 km/h Keke Rosberg Jeff Wood ?
3 Québec City Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada June 11, 1978802.0293273=162.346184 km?? km/h Keke Rosberg Bobby Rahal ?
4 Lime Rock Connecticut July 4, 1978652.462229=160.044885 km0'54:55.024174.858 km/h Bobby Rahal Howdy Holmes ?
5 Elkhart Lake Wisconsin July 23, 1978256.4372=160.93 km0'56:05.360172.150 km/h Howdy Holmes Bobby Rahal ?
6 Hamilton Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada August 7, 1978392.09209=81.59151 km0'47:24.585103.259 km/h Keke Rosberg Bill Brack Price Cobb (1:05.694)
Trois-Rivières Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada September 3, 1978did not count for the championship Bill Brack
7 Montréal Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada September 24, 1978354.409482=154.33187 km1'02:08.582149.010 km/h Jeff Wood Price Cobb Price Cobb (1:44.650)

Final points standings

Driver

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.

PlaceNameCountryTeamChassisTotal Points Flag of the United States.svg Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Flag of the United States.svg Flag of the United States.svg Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
1 Howdy Holmes Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Shierson Racing March 131309192430-19
2 Keke Rosberg Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Fred Opert Racing Chevron 114-303015930-
3 Price Cobb Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Ecurie Canada March 103-192412-2424
4 Jeff Wood Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Great Plains Racing March 881524-19--30
5 Bobby Rahal Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Pierre's Motors Racing Ralt 68---301919-
6 Tom Gloy Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Lane Sports March 60246-1012-
Shea Racing Chevron 8
7 Bertil Roos Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden AME Racing March 57779910-15
8 Bill Brack Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Shierson Racing March 5210-10824--
Danny Sullivan Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States ? March 52-10--151512
10 Kevin Cogan Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Cogan Racing Ralt 49191515----
11 Chip Mead Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Pierre's Motors Racing Ralt 45-12124710-
12 Bobby Brown Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States ? March 28--768-7
13 Chris Gleason Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Gleason Racing March 23652-4-6
John Mortensen Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Shierson Racing March 23--63-95
15 Bob Earl Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Tourte Racing Chevron 1912----7-
16 Mike Rocke Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States ? March 189-5--4-
Robert Nelkin Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Nelkin Racing March 18--8-6-4
18 Rick Bell Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States ? Ralt 16--42361
19 Divina Galica Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Fred Opert Racing Chevron 153----12-
20 Skeeter McKitterick Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States ? March 144-----
AME Racing March 10
Ken Duclos Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States ? Ralt 14---5--9
Rick Koehler Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States ? Excalibur (March)14-3---83
23 Dan Marvin Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Norman Racing March 1028-----
24 Carl Liebich Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Liebrau Racing Lola 98--1---
25 James Crawley Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Fred Opert Racing Chevron 7---7---
26 Bruce Jensen Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada ? Ralt 6--1-5--
Gilles Léger Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada ? Ralt 6--3--3-
28 Terry Vidger Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States ? March 55------
Jean-Pierre Alamy Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada ? March 5-----5-
30 Ken Briggs Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States ? March 4-4-----
31 Rick Shea Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Shea Racing Chevron 2-2-----
Peter Robinson Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States ? Chevron 2----2--
Jeff Smith Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Starr Racing Chevron 2-----2-
Jon Norman Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Norman Racing March 2-1---1-
Giovanni Distasio Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States ? March 2------2
36 Willy T. Ribbs Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States ? March 11------
John Bauer Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States ? March 1----1--

References

  1. ↑ "1978 Formula Atlantic season" . Retrieved June 3, 2022.
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