North East Division SCCA Formula B 1973
Ken Duclos upgraded from his Brabham BT29 to the latest Brabham BT40, and retained his NEDiv Formula B title. His closest competitor was Sebby Barrone, who retained his March 722 and had a much better season in it. Duclos also won the Runoffs at the end of the season.
Despite a Brabham taking the title, NEDiv saw a continued increase in sales of Marchs, with five new March 73Bs added to the divisions stocks of 722s.
Final standings
1. | Ken Duclos | Brabham [BT40] | New England | 48 pts |
2. | Seb Barone | March [722] | New England | 42 pts |
3. | Frank Del Vecchio | March [73B] | New England | 28 pts |
4. | Olney "Bill" Mairs | March [722] | New York | 23 pts |
5. | Charles T. Gibson | March [71BM] | New York | 20 pts |
6. | Ron Cohn | March [73B] | New York | 13 pts |
7. | Charles "Chuck" Hansen | March [722] | NNJ | 13 pts |
8. | Tom Outcault | March [73B] | NNJ | 10 pts |
9. | Joseph Freeman | Brabham [BT35] | New England | 9 pts |
10. | Bruce MacInnes | March [73B] | New York | 9 pts |
11. | Bob Hebert | Lotus [69] | New England | 2 pts |
12. | Lyle Heck | Brabham [BT29] | Blue Mntn | 2 pts |
13. | Ted Thomas | March [722] | Steel Cities | 2 pts |
14. | Joe Grimaldi | March [722] | NNJ | 1 pt |
15. | William Prout Jr | March [705] | New England | 1 pt |
16. | Mike Rand | March [73B] | New England | 1 pt |
Northeast Division SCCA Nationals in 1973
20 May 1973 | Nelson Ledges | Steel Cities Region |
27 May 1973 | Thompson Speedway | New England Region |
10 Jun 1973 | Summit Point | Washington DC Region |
07 Jul 1973 | Lime Rock | Northern New Jersey Region |
15 Jul 1973 | Pocono (road course) | Tri-Region (NE Penn, Philadelphia & South Jersey) |
29 Jul 1973 | Nelson Ledges | Mahoning Valley Region |
12 Aug 1973 | Watkins Glen | Glen Region |
26 Aug 1973 | Summit Point | Susquehanna Region |
26 Aug 1973 | Bridgehampton | New York Region |
03 Sep 1973 | Bryar Motorsport Park | New England Region |
16 Sep 1973 | Pocono (road course) | South Jersey Region |
23 Sep 1973 | Summit Point | Washington DC & Susquehanna Regions |
Northeast Division sources
Most of our knowledge of NEDiv racing comes from the SCCA's Sports Car magazine and from Competition Press & Autoweek. We are very keen to acquire or borrow 1960s, 1970s and 1980s copies of SCCA regional publications from this Division. These include:
- Pit Talk (New England Region) - full archive available at pittalk.org
- The Drift (Steel Cities Region)
- Knock Off (Mohawk Hudson Region) - full archive available at mohud-scca.org
- Regional Review (New York Region)
- Spark Plug (Glen Region)
- The Bulletin (North Carolina Region - full archive available at ncrscca.com.
- The Spokesmen (Philadelphia Region)
- The Straightpipe (Washington DC Region)
- Top End Magazine (Finger Lakes Region)
Three regionals have scanned all copies of their newsletters and made them available online: New England Region's 'Pit Talk', Mohawk Hudson Region's 'Knock Off', and North Carolina Region's 'The Bulletin'.
Additionally, Racing Magazine was published as a Lime Rock track magazine.
We are also keen to get scans of entry lists from SCCA Nationals in this Division.