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Riverside Grand Prix

Riverside, 27 Oct 1974

ResultsLapsTime/Speed
1 Mario Andretti Lola T332 [HU29] - Chevrolet V8
[Vel's Parnelli Jones/Viceroy] (see note 1) 		40 49m 53.827s
122.172 mph
2 Brian Redman Lola T332 [HU42] - Chevrolet V8
(see note 2) 		40 49m 58.626s
3 Warwick Brown Lola T332 [HU27] - Chevrolet V8
(see note 3) 		40
4 Al Unser Lola T332 [HU41] - Chevrolet V8
(see note 4) 		40
5 Graham McRae McRae GM2 [001] - Chevrolet V8
40
6 Brett Lunger Eagle 74A [003] - Chevrolet V8
40
7 John Morton Eagle 74A [004] - Chevrolet V8
40
8 David Hobbs Lola T330 [HU12-2] - Chevrolet V8
[Hogan Racing] (see note 5) 		40
9 Lella Lombardi Lola T332 [HU48] - Chevrolet V8
(see note 6) 		39
10 Gus Hutchison March 73A/741 [73A/3(B)] - Chevrolet V8
(see note 7) 		39
11 John Cannon March 73A [1] - Chevrolet V8
(see note 8) 		38
12 Vern Schuppan Lola T332 [HU37] - Chevrolet V8
(see note 9) 		Retired
13 Micky Fowler Lola T332 [HU44] - Chevrolet V8
(see note 10) 		Retired
14 James Hunt Eagle 755 [01] - Chevrolet V8
Retired
15 Roger Bighouse Chevron B24 [24-73-02] - Chevrolet V8
(see note 11) 		retired
16 John Benton Lola T330 [HU26] - Chevrolet V8
(see note 12) 		retired
17 John Gunn Lola T332 [HU47] - Chevrolet V8
(see note 13) 		Retired
18 Eppie Wietzes Lola T332 [HU31] - Chevrolet V8
(see note 14) 		retired
19 Bobby Unser Eagle 74 [7404 or 7405] - Offy 159 ci turbo
retired
20 Sam Posey Talon MR-1 ['2'] - Chevrolet V8
Retired
21 Tony Settember Lola T330 - Chevrolet V8
Retired
22 Jerry Grant Lola T332 [HU46] - Chevrolet V8
(see note 15) 		Retired
23 Nestor Garcia Veiga Lola T330 [HU24] - Chevrolet V8
(see note 16) 		DSQ
24 Jon Woodner Talon MR-1 ['1'] - Chevrolet V8
DSQ
DNSF Gary Matthews Surtees TS11 [04] - Chevrolet V8
Did not start final
DNSF Ron Dykes Lola T192 [HU30] - Chevrolet V8
Did not start final
DNQH Horst Kroll Lola T300 [HU15] - Chevrolet V8
(see note 17) 		Did not qualify from heats
(11th in Heat 1)
DNQH Jerry Karl Lola T332 [HU49] - Chevrolet V8
(see note 18) 		Did not qualify from heats
(11th in Heat 2)
DNQH Larry Harley Lola T330 [HU8] - Chevrolet V8
(see note 19) 		Did not qualify from heats
(12th in Heat 1)
DNQH Merle Brennan Matich A50 [003] - Ford Boss 302 V8
Did not qualify from heats
(12th in Heat 2)
DNQH Michael Brayton Eagle Mk 5 [509] - Chevrolet V8
Did not qualify from heats
(13th in Heat 1)
DNQH Jim Gustafson Lola T190 [190/F1/8] - Chevrolet V8
(see note 20) 		Did not qualify from heats
(13th in Heat 2)
DNQH Dan Furey Lola T330 [HU19] - AMC 304 ci Traco V8
(see note 21) 		Did not qualify from heats
(14th in Heat 1)
DNQH Joseph Schultz Lola T300 - Chevrolet V8
(see note 22) 		Did not qualify from heats
(14th in Heat 2)
DNQH Bob McGinty McLaren M10B - Chevrolet V8
Did not qualify from heats
(15th in Heat 1)
DNQH Arlon J. Koops Lola T330 [HU20] - Chevrolet V8
(see note 23) 		Did not qualify from heats
(16th in Heat 2)
DNQH Stuart Forbes-Robinson Surtees TS8 [008] - Chevrolet V8
Did not qualify from heats
(19th in Heat 1)
DNQH Evan Noyes Lola T332 [HU51] - Chevrolet V8
(see note 24) 		Did not qualify from heats
(19th in Heat 2)
DNQH Skeeter McKitterick Chevron B24 [24-73-05A] - Chevrolet V8
(see note 25) 		Did not qualify from heats
(20th in Heat 1)
DNQH Bill Baker Lola T300 - Chevrolet V8
Did not qualify from heats
(20th in Heat 2)
DNS Mike Mosley Lola T332 [HU44] - Chevrolet V8
[Lodestar/Agajanian/Leader Card]
(see note 26) 		Did not start
T Micky Fowler McLaren M10B [400-15] - Chevrolet V8
(Only used in practice)
T Mario Andretti Lola T332 [HU35] - Chevrolet V8
[Vel's Parnelli Jones/Viceroy] (see note 27) 		(Only used in practice)

All cars are 5-litre F5000 unless noted.

Heat 1 Laps Time Speed
1Mario Andretti2430:07.953121.384 mph
2Brian Redman24
3Jon Woodner24
4Nestor Garcia Veiga24
5John Morton24
6Graham McRae24
7John Gunn23
8Micky Fowler23
9Roger Bighouse23
10Gary Matthews23
11Horst Kroll22
12Larry Harley22
13Michael Brayton21
14Dan Furey21
15Bob McGinty20
16Gus HutchisonRetired
17Eppie WietzesRetired
18Sam PoseyRetired
19Stuart Forbes-RobinsonRetired
20Skeeter McKitterickRetired
Heat 2 Laps Time Speed
1Bobby Unser2430:17.433120.751 mph
2Warwick Brown24
3Brett Lunger24
4James Hunt24
5Al Unser24
6Vern Schuppan24
7David Hobbs24
7Larry Harley24
8Lella Lombardi23
9Ron Dykes23
10Jerry Grant23
11Jerry Karl22
12Merle Brennan22
13Jim Gustafson21
14Joseph Schultz20
15John Benton18
16Arlon J. KoopsRetired
17John CannonRetired
18Tony SettemberRetired
19Evan NoyesRetired
20Bill BakerRetired
Qualifying
1 Mario Andretti (F5000) 5-litre Lola T332 [HU29] - Chevrolet V8 1:12.258
2 Mario Andretti(T) (F5000) 5-litre Lola T332 [HU35] - Chevrolet V8 1:13.070
3 Bobby Unser Eagle 74 [7404 or 7405] - Offy 159 ci turbo 1:13.275
4 Brian Redman (F5000) 5-litre Lola T332 [HU42] - Chevrolet V8 1:13.460
5 Vern Schuppan (F5000) 5-litre Lola T332 [HU37] - Chevrolet V8 1:13.773
6 Eppie Wietzes (F5000) 5-litre Lola T332 [HU31] - Chevrolet V8 1:14.100
7 James Hunt (F5000) 5-litre Eagle 755 [01] - Chevrolet V8 1:14.230
8 Jon Woodner (F5000) 5-litre Talon MR-1 ['1'] - Chevrolet V8 1:14.670
9 Warwick Brown (F5000) 5-litre Lola T332 [HU27] - Chevrolet V8 1:14.770
10 Graham McRae (F5000) 5-litre McRae GM2 [001] - Chevrolet V8 1:14.800
11 Brett Lunger (F5000) 5-litre Eagle 74A [003] - Chevrolet V8 1:14.986
12 Nestor Garcia Veiga (F5000) 5-litre Lola T330 [HU24] - Chevrolet V8 1:14.988
13 Al Unser (F5000) 5-litre Lola T332 [HU41] - Chevrolet V8 1:15.260
14 John Morton (F5000) 5-litre Eagle 74A [004] - Chevrolet V8 1:15.340
15 David Hobbs (F5000) 5-litre Lola T330 [HU12-2] - Chevrolet V8 1:15.400
16 Evan Noyes (F5000) 5-litre Lola T332 [HU51] - Chevrolet V8 1:15.830
17 Sam Posey (F5000) 5-litre Talon MR-1 ['2'] - Chevrolet V8 1:15.840
18 Gus Hutchison (F5000) 5-litre March 73A/741 [73A/3(B)] - Chevrolet V8 1:16.580
19 Tony Settember (F5000) 5-litre Lola T330 - Chevrolet V8 1:16.750
20 John Gunn (F5000) 5-litre Lola T332 [HU47] - Chevrolet V8 1:16.891
21 Lella Lombardi (F5000) 5-litre Lola T332 [HU48] - Chevrolet V8 1:17.583
22 Micky Fowler (F5000) 5-litre Lola T332 [HU44] - Chevrolet V8 1:18.030
23 John Benton (F5000) 5-litre Lola T330 [HU26] - Chevrolet V8 1:18.150
24 Mike Mosley * (F5000) 5-litre Lola T332 [HU44] - Chevrolet V8 1:18.281
25 John Cannon (F5000) 5-litre March 73A [1] - Chevrolet V8 1:18.686
26 Roger Bighouse (F5000) 5-litre Chevron B24 [24-73-02] - Chevrolet V8 1:18.763
27 Merle Brennan (F5000) 5-litre Matich A50 [003] - Ford Boss 302 V8 1:19.220
28 Larry Harley (F5000) 5-litre Lola T330 [HU8] - Chevrolet V8 1:19.639
29 Jerry Grant (F5000) 5-litre Lola T332 [HU46] - Chevrolet V8 1:20.087
30 Horst Kroll (F5000) 5-litre Lola T300 [HU15] - Chevrolet V8 1:20.087
31 Arlon J. Koops (F5000) 5-litre Lola T330 [HU20] - Chevrolet V8 1:20.260
32 Gary Matthews (F5000) 5-litre Surtees TS11 [04] - Chevrolet V8 1:20.345
33 Ron Dykes (F5000) 5-litre Lola T192 [HU30] - Chevrolet V8 1:21.206
34 Skeeter McKitterick (F5000) 5-litre Chevron B24 [24-73-05A] - Chevrolet V8 1:22.868
35 Bill Baker (F5000) 5-litre Lola T300 - Chevrolet V8 1:23.295
36 Jerry Karl (F5000) 5-litre Lola T332 [HU49] - Chevrolet V8 1:23.980
37 Dan Furey (F5000) 5-litre Lola T330 [HU19] - AMC 304 ci Traco V8 1:23.988
38 Joseph Schultz (F5000) 5-litre Lola T300 - Chevrolet V8 1:26.450
39 Stuart Forbes-Robinson (F5000) 5-litre Surtees TS8 [008] - Chevrolet V8 1:27.714
40 Bob McGinty (F5000) 5-litre McLaren M10B - Chevrolet V8 1:36.293
41 Jim Gustafson (F5000) 5-litre Lola T190 [190/F1/8] - Chevrolet V8 1:59.810
 
* Did not start

Notes on the cars:

  1. Lola T332 [HU29] (Mario Andretti): See full history: Lola T332 HU29.
  2. Lola T332 [HU42] (Brian Redman): See full history: Lola T332 HU42.
  3. Lola T332 [HU27] (Warwick Brown): See full history: Lola T332 HU27.
  4. Lola T332 [HU41] (Al Unser): See full history: Lola T332 HU41.
  5. Lola T330 [HU12-2] (David Hobbs): See full history: Lola T330 HU12.
  6. Lola T332 [HU48] (Lella Lombardi): See full history: Lola T332 HU48.
  7. March 73A/741 [73A/3(B)] (Gus Hutchison): See full history: March 73A/3.
  8. March 73A [1] (John Cannon): Built for 1973 season (white). John Gunn: raced in US 1973, US 1974 (last race September 1974) - Les Hudelson mid-1974: raced by John Cannon US for the two Californian races in October 1974. Car then "put away"; retained by Hudelson in storage for nearly 20 years - Greg Wold (Maple Grove, MN) about 1993: restored to 1973 specification over next six years; raced in the SVRA series 2002. To Nick Smith (San Diego, CA) Feb 2007. To Roger Williams (New Zealand) Jan 2010. To Clark Proctor (Auckland, New Zealand) later in 2010 and raced in the Tasman Revival series in 2010/11, 2011/12, 2012/13, 2013/14 and 2014/15.
  9. Lola T332 [HU37] (Vern Schuppan): See full history: Lola T332 HU37.
  10. Lola T332 [HU44] (Micky Fowler): See full history: Lola T332 HU44.
  11. Chevron B24 [24-73-02] (Roger Bighouse): New for 1973 season. Doug Shierson for Peter Gethin: raced in UK 1973 (won Race of Champions) and US 1973. To Roger Bighouse (Eastlake, OH): raced in US 1974 (7 races); US 1975 (4 races + 1 DNS) - Pat McGonegle (Cincinnati, OH): raced in US 1976 (1 race) and Can-Am 1977 (4 races + 1 DNS); probably the car entered by McGonegle as 'Mannix MX-2' in Can-Am 1978; advertised April 1979 - Danny Johnson (Kewanee, IL) 1979: raced in Can-Am 1979 (1 race), Can-Am 1981 (5 races), Can-Am 1982 (6 races) - Brian R Taylor (now Clive, Iowa) for Mike Engstrand (Des Moines, Iowa): raced in Can-Am 1985 (3 races) - Chuck Haines (St Louis, MO) - Anthony Taylor (Blackburn, UK) 2001: due to be rebuilt and raced in FORCE Historic F5000 series (UK) 2001. Then unknown until owned by Greg Thornton in 2011 and raced in UK and New Zealand 2011/12. Badly damaged in a fire at Thornton's garage in June 2012 but completely reconstructed.
  12. Lola T330 [HU26] (John Benton): See full history: Lola T330 HU26.
  13. Lola T332 [HU47] (John Gunn): See full history: Lola T332 HU47.
  14. Lola T332 [HU31] (Eppie Wietzes): See full history: Lola T332 HU31.
  15. Lola T332 [HU46] (Jerry Grant): See full history: Lola T332 HU46.
  16. Lola T330 [HU24] (Nestor Garcia Veiga): See full history: Lola T330 HU24.
  17. Lola T300 [HU15] (Horst Kroll): Invoice date 30 Mar 1972 (sold to 'Haas', colour 'Yellow'). Horst Kroll (Canada) US 1972-1974; driven by Bert Kuehne US 1975 (5 races); Kroll US 1976; damaged in crash at Watkins Glen but rebuilt and converted to Can-Am. Kroll Can-Am 1977; rental car thereafter: e.g. Marcel Talbot Can-Am 1978 (1 race: Trois-Rivieres - 04 Sep 1978), Can-Am 1979 (1 entry in "T300": Road Atlanta - 06 May 1979, entry list only); Mike Freberg 1981; Duff Hubbard 1982; John Macaluso 1983; Walter Lechner 1984; Joe DeMarco 1985 and 1986; John Graham 1986. Rebuilt as "Frissbee KR5" for 1986. Mike Engstrand recalls driving Kroll's T300-based Can-Am car at St Louis and Hallet in 1986; used until 1987 - Chuck Haines (St Louis, MO) 1989 - Don Jensen (US) about 1998: used extensively in vintage racing still in Can-Am specification until 2007 - Andrew Kluver (Sydney, Australia) August 2007.
  18. Lola T332 [HU49] (Jerry Karl): See full history: Lola T332 HU49.
  19. Lola T330 [HU8] (Larry Harley): To Haas/Hall and developed by Jim Hall with revised bodywork, radiators and rear wing for Brian Redman in the 1973 US series. Then to Rogers Racing for Larry Harley in the 1974 US series. To Ken Smith (New Zealand) for the 1974/75 season, the New Zealand and Australian Internationals 1976. To Chris Milton (South Australia) and raced in Australia from Sep 1977 to Sep 1978. To John Blanden 1978, and driven for him by Rob Butcher from 1979 to 1982. To Bib Stillwell 1988 for Australian historic racing. To Noel Robson (Melbourne, Australia) 1993, and raced in Australian historic racing for many years. More information about Lola T330 HU8
  20. Lola T190 [190/F1/8] (Jim Gustafson): New to Eric Haga (Seattle, WA) and raced in the US Pro series in 1970. To Don Baker (Long Beach, CA) for 1971 and used in local SCCA events. To Jim Gustafson (Costa Mesa, CA) for 1974 and again raced in West Coast SCCA events. To Richard Votava (Southern California) in 1975. The log book then identifies a Troy R. Milken (or Millen or Milleau) driving the car in a school on 21 Feb 1976. Then Votava in SCCA Regionals (mainly at RIR) in 1976 and 1977; then SCCA Nationals in 1978 and 1979. To Marshall R. Tarnow March 1980 - Alan Sevadjain (owned with Don Johnstone) and raced at Texas in 1981 - Larry C. Clain (Tulsa, OK) and raced at RIR and elsewhere 1982 - Chuck Haines (St Louis, MO) 1984 - Chip Boatright (Illinois) 2006. Sold back to original driver Eric Haga (Renton, WA) for historic racing. Appeared in the 2011/12 and 2012/13 Tasman Revival series, but wrecked at Teretonga Park in February 2013. Tony Garmey built a new monocoque for the car, but it was still incomplete when Haga died in November 2021. Ted Wenz bought the project from the estate in early 2022 as a retirement project and completed it. After testing, it was sold via Art Hebert at Motorsports Market to Paul Kuhl (San Diego, CA) in 2023.
  21. Lola T330 [HU19] (Dan Furey): See full history: Lola T330 HU19.
  22. Lola T300 (Joseph Schultz): Joseph Schultz (Buena Park, Los Angeles, CA) raced a Lola T300 in SCCA Nationals and Regionals and in occasional Pro races between September 1974 and September 1976. He told his crew member Darrell Smart that he bought the car from Danny Ongais but as Ongais, Schultz and Eddy O'Brien all raced their T300s in the same SCCA Regional at Riverside on 15 September 1974, it is hard to see how this can have been true. Schultz' first known appearance in the car was at Ontario's California Grand Prix on 1 September 1974, entered by "Joseph Schultz/Armoral Special", but when he was entered at Road America in July 1975, his entrant was Larry Lee (also Buena Park, CA) as the blue #40 "Lola/Mod Chev 302" He scored two points in SCCA Nationals and finished seventh in Southern Pacific Division. In 2022, Schultz' surviving sons Joey and Mark could not recall where the car had gone after he sold it. Subsequent history unknown.
  23. Lola T330 [HU20] (Arlon J. Koops): See full history: Lola T330 HU20.
  24. Lola T332 [HU51] (Evan Noyes): See full history: Lola T332 HU51.
  25. Chevron B24 [24-73-05A] (Skeeter McKitterick): All new except the nose - diassembled suggesting the tub had been rebuilt. Bought other necessary parts from Chevron. Mike Koslowski 1974: raced Skeeter McKitterick: raced in US 1974 (1 race - Riverside) and US 1975 (as "B24/28" - 3 races) ... Memphis or Texas owner ... Dan Johnson (first seen June Sprints 1977): raced in SCCA FA 1977, SCCA FA 1978; wrecked at Road Atlanta 1978 and replaced by ex-Gethin/Bighouse/McGonegle B24-73-02 (see above). Remains passed Johnson - Taylor - Haines - Anthony Taylor: retained 2001. Presumably the car in McKitterick livery and said to be "chassis 5A" later raced by Paul Campfield in UK historic racing.
  26. Lola T332 [HU44] (Mike Mosley): See full history: Lola T332 HU44.
  27. Lola T332 [HU35] (Mario Andretti): See full history: Lola T332 HU35.

Sources

Note that 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' published 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.