Frissbee KR3

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Frissbee KR3
Category Can-Am
Constructor Frissbee
Predecessor Lola T330 [1]
Successor Frissbee KR4
Technical specifications
Engine Chevrolet 5,000 cc (305.1 cu in) V8 engine naturally-aspirated mid-engined
Tyres Goodyear and Hoosier
Competition history
Notable entrants Horst Kroll Racing
Notable drivers Horst Kroll
Debut 1984 Can-Am Mosport Park
RacesWins
292
Drivers' Championships2: (1986 Can-Am, 1986 Canadian-American Thundercars Championship)

The Frissbee KR3 was an American sports prototype racing car, built by Frissbee in 1984 for the Can-Am series. Originally built by Lola Cars as a Lola T330, it featured a 5-litre Chevrolet V8 engine, and was used by Horst Kroll Racing between 1984 and 1987. Horst Kroll used the car to win both the Can-Am and Canadian American Thundercars Championship in 1986.

Racing history

The Frissbee KR3 started out as a Lola T330, and featured a 5-litre Chevrolet V8 engine. It was first used by Horst Kroll's self-run Horst Kroll Racing team at the opening round of the 1984 Can-Am season, held at Mosport; [2] he finished in fourth place. [3] At Dallas, he finished eighth, and fifth of the full Can-Am entries, [4] before finishing second at Brainerd, [5] fifth at Lime Rock, [6] second at Road Atlanta, [7] and fourth at Trois-Rivières. [8] The next round of the season was held again at Mosport; he went one better than the first race of the season, and took the KR3 to third place. [9] He finished the season with eighth at Sears Point, [10] fourth at Riverside, [11] and eighth in the final round of the season, held at Green Valley. [12] Kroll finished the season in third place, with 119 points; 37 behind Jim Crawford, and 31 ahead of Kim Campbell. [13]

Kroll used the KR3 again in 1985, and started the season with a win at Mosport. [14] The next two rounds, both held at Lime Rock, were less successful; Kroll finished tenth overall, and fifth of the full Can-Am cars in the first race, [15] before taking fourth overall, and second in class, in the second race, held two months later. [16] The fourth race of the season was held again at Mosport; Kroll returned to the podium, taking second place. [17] The penultimate race of the season was held at St. Louis International Raceway, where Kroll again finished second. [18] He finished the season by finishing eleventh overall, and sixth in class, at the St. Petersburg Grand Prix. [19] Kroll finished second in the Driver's championship, with 71 points; ten behind Rick Miaskiewicz in a similar Frissbee GR3, and 19 ahead of Lou Sell in a 2-litre March 832. [20]

For 1986, the Can-Am series saw a partial split; a new Canadian American Thundercars Championship (CAT) was formed, and four races were shared between the two, with a fifth race being held as part of the latter series. [21] Kroll started the 1986 season in exactly the same way he had started the 1985 season; by winning the opening race at Mosport in his Frissbee KR3. [22] Kroll followed this with fourth overall, and second in the O2L class at Summit Point, [23] and a pair of second places, at St. Louis and Mosport. [24] [25] As a result, Kroll won the Can-Am championship, with 64 points; 11 points more than his closest rival, Bill Tempero, who drove a March 84C. [21] Kroll finished the CAT season with a sixth place at Hallett, [26] having taken tenth in the first race, [27] and fourth in the second. [28] This was enough to also secure him the CAT title, beating Tempero by ten points. [21]

In 1987, the Can-Am series folded, and the CAT series took over. [29] Kroll continued to use the KR3, but retired after four laps from the first race of the season, held at Willow Springs, [30] before finishing third at the second race; [31] this was enough to secure seventh place at the meeting. [32] He then took third at Hallett and Milwaukee, [33] [34] before finishing fourth at Sanair. [35] Kroll finished the season by taking eighth at both Pueblo and Phoenix; [36] [37] his 65 points were enough for him to take third in the Driver's championship once again. [29] He finished 27 points behind Al Lamb in a similar Frissbee GR2, and three ahead of Buddy Lazier in a March 85C. [29] The CAT series was replaced by the American Indycar Series for 1988, [29] and the KR3 was not used again. [38]

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