South East Division SCCA 1976 « Formula B

South East Division SCCA Formula B 1976

Of the Division's three FB competitors in 1975, only Tom Pumpelly came back for 1976, and he only picked up nine points as he was focusing on the Pro series in his brand new March 76B. The new champion was William Kneeland in his Chevron B29, who beat Bill Anspach, who competed in Formula C earlier in the season before hiring a second Chevron B34 from Fred Opert to use in Formula Atlantic. The other scorer was Max Sebba, who raced a March 722 through the regular season before borrowing a Chevron B29 for the Runoffs.

Final standings

1.	William Kneeland	Chevron [B29]	Cent. Florida	29 pts
2.	Bill Anspach	Chevron [B34]	Florida	18 pts
3.	Max Sebba	March [722]	Atlanta	15 pts
4.	Tom Pumpelly	March [76B]	North Carolina	9 pts

Southeast Division SCCA Nationals in 1976

22 Feb 1976	Palm Beach International Raceway	Florida Region
28 Mar 1976	Charlotte Motor Speedway	Central Carolinas Region
16 May 1976	Gainesville Raceway	Central Florida Region
30 May 1976	Roebling Road Raceway	Buccaneer Region
13 Jun 1976	Charlotte Motor Speedway	North Carolina Region
18 Jul 1976	Road Atlanta	Atlanta Region
06 Sep 1976	Palm Beach International Raceway	Florida Region
19 Sep 1976	Roebling Road Raceway	Buccaneer Region

Southeast Division sources

What we know of Southeast Division racing in this period comes from Competition Press & Autoweek's reports on SCCA Nationals and the SCCA's own Sports Car magazine. We are keen to learn more and are therefore very keen to acquire or borrow 1960s, 1970s and 1980s copies of SCCA regional publications from this Division. The known ones are:

The Checker (Central Florida Region)
CARolina Newsletter (Central Carolina Region)
The Racket (Tennessee Valley Region)
Regional Notes (Florida Region)
Rich Mixture (Southern West Virginia Region)
Sowega Newsletter (Sowega Region - became Chavaga Region in 1968)
Sports Racing News (Alabama Region)
Steering Wheel (Atlanta Region)

North Carolina Region, which moved from NEDiv to SEDiv in the late 1960s, has made its newsletter available online at the NCR website.

We are also keen to get scans of entry lists from SCCA Nationals in this Division.

SEDiv Formula B seasons

1976 SCCA Divisional FB

Brief reports on the Divisional seasons are available below:

The top three from each Division were invited to the SCCA Runoffs in November to decide a national champion.

The research

From 1976 onwards, the SCCA made a concerted effort to collect and store the results of SCCA Nationals and Regionals, and this archive is now held at the International Motor Racing Research Center at Watkins Glen. However, the archive is incomplete, and we still need information for Gainesville Raceway 16 May 1976, Roebling Road Raceway 30 May 1976, Road Atlanta 18 July 1976, Charlotte Motor Speedway 29 August 1976, and Greater Southwest Raceway 19 Sept 1976.

Please get in touch if you have any programs, results sheets, grid positions or qualifying times from these races, or can help in any other way.

Please email Allen (allen@oldracingcars.com) with any further additions, corrections or comments.