Ken Duclos

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Ken Duclos is a Americas former racing driver. Duclos competed in the Trans-Am Series, Atlantic Championship among other series.

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Career

Racing a Chevrolet Corvette, Duclos competed in regional SCCA competition. Duclos made his Trans-Am Series debut during the inaugural season. At Bryar Motorsports Park Duclos shared his Ford Mustang with Robert Arego. Competing in the 'Over 2 liter' class the duo failed to finish. [1] He returned to the championship during the following year in the same race. This time he shared the Mustang with Ray Caldwell, but again failed to finish. [2]

Duclos made his Formula B debut in 1969. Racing in an older Brabham BT21A, he finished third in the SCCA North East regional championship. [3] He also made his SCCA National Championship Runoffs debut at Daytona. He qualified on pole position but retired after four laps. Upgrading to a Brabham BT29 for the 1970 championship, he beat Bob Welch to the regional division championship. [4] In 1970 he finished sixth at the SCCA National Championship Runoffs. Running a partial season in 1971, he won the championship in 1972. Despite racing an older Brabham chassis, he kept the March chassis at a distance. Again qualifying on pole position for the SCCA Runoffs but retired after his Ford engine failed. He won the prestigious race twice, in 1973 and 1974.

In 1978 Duclos made his professional Atlantic Championship debut. The driver finished eleventh at Lime Rock Park in a Ralt RT1. In the non-championship Grand Prix de Trois-Rivieres Duclos finished in fifth place. In the season ending race at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve Duclos finished seventh, again scoring championship points. [5] Competing six out of ten races in the 1979 season, Duclos scored three top ten finishes. He placed his Ken Duclos Automotive Ralt RT1 in fourteenth place of the championship. [6]

After finishing ninth in the 1969 Watkins Glen 6 Hours, part of the 1969 Can-Am season, Duclos disappeared from the pro racing scene. [7]

Motorsport results

SCCA National Championship Runoffs

YearTrackCarEngineClassFinishStartStatus
1969 Daytona Brabham BT23A Ford Formula B 151Not running
1970 Road Atlanta Brabham BT29 Ford Formula B 67Running
1972 Road Atlanta Brabham BT29 Ford Formula B 161Not running
1973 Road Atlanta Brabham BT40 Ford Formula B 13Running
1974 Road Atlanta Brabham BT40 Ford Formula B 11Running
1975 Road Atlanta Brabham BT40 Ford Formula B 165Not running
1976 Road Atlanta Chevron B34 Ford Formula B 32Running
1977 Road Atlanta Chevron B39 Ford Formula B 34Running
1978 Road Atlanta Ralt RT1 Ford Formula B 23Running

American Open-Wheel racing results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest race lap)

Atlantic Championship

YearTeam12345678910RankPoints
1978 New England Racing Partners LBH WMP QUE LRP
11		 HAM MON
7		21st14
1979 Ken Duclos Automotive LBH
19		 MEX WMP QUE
7		 HAL
12		 LRP MOS
12		 TRO
8		 BRI MON
10		14th31

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References

  1. ↑ "1966 Trans-Am Box Scores" (PDF). SCCA. Archived from the original on 4 January 2010. Retrieved 15 September 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ↑ "1967 Trans-Am Box Scores" (PDF). SCCA. Archived from the original on 29 March 2009. Retrieved 15 September 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ↑ "North East Division SCCA Formula B 1969". oldracingcars.com. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  4. ↑ "North East Division SCCA Formula B 1970". oldracingcars.com. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  5. ↑ "Ken Duclos". ChampCar Stats. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  6. ↑ "1979 CASC/SCCA North American Formula Atlantic Championship". ChampCar Stats. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  7. ↑ "Complete Archive of Ken Duclos". Racing Sports Cars. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
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