SCCA Formula Super Vee
| Category | |
|---|---|
| Inaugural season | 1971 |
| Folded | 1990 |
| Constructors | Various |
| Engine suppliers | Volkswagen |
| Last Drivers' champion |  Stuart Crow |
| Last Makes' champion | Ralt |
The SCCA Formula Super Vee was one of the longest running
International Motor Sports Association
.
History
In 1969 Josef Hoppen, head of the motorsport department of
Volkswagen of America, approached the Sports Car Club of America. The Formula Super Vee was announced as an SCCA national class in November 1969.[1][2] The class was created as a substitute for the overpopulated Formula Vee class.[3] Beach Racing Cars manufactured the first Super Vee car, a single seater using threaded tires and no aerodynamic aides. Settled Formula Vee constructors Zink Cars, Autodynamics and Zeitler Racing Design soon followed.[4]
Beach's first Formula Super Vee chassis was bought by Formula Super Vee Europe to promote the racing class in Europe.
Thirteen drivers competed in the first edition of the Formula Super Vee
Laguna Seca Raceway.[7] The 1972 season entries improved and slick tires were introduced to the series. Scott became the first double champion of the series despite only winning two races.[8] For 1973 international drivers stepped in with Swede Bertil Roos winning three out of the first four races. A late charge from Elliott Forbes-Robinson could not prevent Roos winning the championship.[9]
In 1974 a new Formula Super Vee era began. The series featured fourteen races, two of them outside the United States. Races abroad were run at
Mini-Indy Series Formula Super Vee.[10]
The next era for Formula Super Vee started in 1978. The class introduced a new, water cooled,
Volkswagen Rabbit engine replacing the old air cooled one. The SCCA club racing scene remained using the old engine. The SCCA dropped the class from its regional and national series, merging it into Formula Continental, but the professional series remained. Bill Alsup won the first season of the new era Formula Super Vee championship.[11] Ralt
dominated almost every season fielding the most cars out of any constructor. Only the 1983 and 1986 championships were won by other manufacturers.
Champions
| SCCA Formula Super Vee | SCCA National Championship Runoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Champion Driver | Chassis | Season | Champion Driver | Chassis |
| 1970 | Not contested | 1970 | Tom Davey
|
Zeitler | |
| 1971 | Bill Scott
|
Royale RP9
|
1971 | Tom Davey
|
Lola |
| 1972 | Bill Scott
|
Royale RP14
|
1972 | Bob Wheelock
|
Lola |
| 1973 |  Bertil Roos
|
Tui BH3 | 1973 | Harry Ingle
|
Zink |
| 1974 | Elliott Forbes-Robinson
|
Lola T320 | 1974 | Fred Phillips
|
Elden Mk14 |
| 1975 | Eddie Miller
|
Lola T324 | 1975 | Fred Phillips
|
Elden Mk14B |
| 1976 | Tom Bagley
|
Zink Z11
|
1976 | Herm Johnson
|
Lola T324 |
| 1977 | Bob Lazier
|
Lola T324 | 1977 | Steve Ovel
|
Lola T324 |
| 1978 | Bill Alsup
|
Argo JM2 | 1978 | Mike Yoder
|
Lola |
| 1979 |  Geoff Brabham
|
Ralt RT1 | 1979 | Not contested | |
| 1980 | Peter Kuhn
|
Ralt RT1/RT5 | 1980 | Not contested | |
| 1981 | Al Unser Jr.
|
Ralt RT5 | 1981 | Not contested | |
| 1982 | Michael Andretti
|
Ralt RT5 | 1982 | Not contested | |
| 1983 | Ed Pimm
|
Anson SA4 | 1983 | Not contested | |
| 1984 |  Arie Luyendyk
|
Ralt RT5 | 1984 | Not contested | |
| 1985 | Ken Johnson
|
Ralt RT5 | 1985 | Not contested | |
| 1986 |  Didier Theys
|
Martini MK-47/MK-50
|
1986 | Not contested | |
| 1987 | Scott Atchison
|
Ralt RT5 | 1987 | Not contested | |
| 1988 | Ken Murillo
|
Ralt RT5 | 1988 | Not contested | |
| 1989 | Mark Smith
|
Ralt RT5 | 1989 | Not contested | |
| 1990 | Stuart Crow
|
Ralt RT5 | 1990 | Not contested | |
References
- ^ "Super Vee" (PDF). Vee Line (62): 1, 4. November 1969. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
- ^ "Formula Super Vee History". Historic Formula Super Vee Register. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
- ^ "1600 for 1970" (PDF). Vee Lines (61): 1, 4. October 1969. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
- ^ "Super Vee" (PDF). Vee Lines (64): 4. February 1970. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
- ^ "SCCA Runoffs Driver Histories" (PDF). SCCA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
- ^ "Super Vee at Atlanta" (PDF). Vee Lines (75): 4. December 1970. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
- ^ "SCCA Formula Super Vee 1971". Old Racing Cars. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
- ^ "SCCA Formula Super Vee 1972". Old Racing Cars. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
- ^ "SCCA Formula Super Vee 1973". Old Racing Cars. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
- ^ "SERIES 2 - 1974 - 1976". Formula Super Vee. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
- ^ "SCCA Formula Super Vee 1978". Old Racing Cars. Retrieved 28 July 2015.