The 1972 SCCA L&M Continental 5000 Championship was the Sports Car Club of America's sixth annual professional open-wheel auto racing series. It was open to Formula 5000 cars, these being Formula SCCA Class A open-wheel, single-seat cars with 5000cc restricted design engines or 3000cc unrestricted design engines.Watkins Glen L&M Grand Prix Facts Sheet, mclaren-m18-06.com Retrieved on 20 April 2014 The championship was won by New Zealand driver Graham McRae.
Race schedule The championship was contested over eight races with two heats per race.Wolfgang Kopfler, 1972 L&M Continental 5000 Championship, Formula A and Formula 5000 in America - Race by Race, 2003, pages 59 & 60 Race Date Race Name Circuit Race winner Car 1 May 7 Monterey Grand Prix Laguna Seca Raceway Graham McRae Leda GM1 - Chevrolet V8 2 June 4 Lucerne 100 Edmonton International Speedway David Hobbs Lola T300 - Chevrolet V8 3 June 18 Watkins Glen Grand Prix Watkins Glen International Graham McRae Leda GM1 - Chevrolet V8 4 July 16 Road America Grand Prix Road America Graham McRae Leda GM1 - Chevrolet V8 5 July 30 Minnesota Grand Prix Donnybrooke Eppie Wietzes Lola T300 - Chevrolet V8 6 August 20 Road Atlanta Grand Prix Road Atlanta Brett Lunger Lola T300 - Chevrolet V8 7 September 4 Lime Rock Grand Prix Lime Rock Park Brett Lunger Lola T300 - Chevrolet V8 8 September 24 Riverside Grand Prix Riverside International Raceway Brian Redman Chevron B24 - Chevrolet V8
Points system Championship points were awarded to drivers on a 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1 basis for the first ten places in each race, those places having been determined from the results of the two heats. Total points for each driver were based on the best six finishes.
Championship standings
Position 1972 SCCA L&M Continental 5000 Championship Review (Part 1), www.myf5000.com Retrieved on 21 April 20141972 SCCA L&M Continental 5000 Championship Review (Part 2), www.myf5000.com Retrieved on 21 April 2014 Driver Car Points 1 Graham McRae Leda GM1 Chevrolet & McRae GM1 Chevrolet 87 2 Sam Posey Surtees TS11 Chevrolet 69 3 Brett Lunger Lola T300 Chevrolet 60 4 Brian Redman Chevron B24 Chevrolet 60 5 Eppie Wietzes Lola T300 Chevrolet 47 6 Skip Barber March 711 Ford Cosworth DFV 44 7 Lothar Motschenbacher McLaren M18 Chevrolet 32 8 David Hobbs Lola T300 Chevrolet 31 9 Bob Muir Lola T300 Chevrolet 22 10 Jerry Hansen Lola T300 Chevrolet 21 11 Gus Hutchison Lola T300 Chevrolet 18 12 John Gunn Lola T300 Chevrolet 16 13 Allan Lader McLaren M18 Chevrolet 15 14 Derek Bell McLaren M10B Chevrolet 15 15 John Morton Lotus 70B Ford 14 16 Rocky Moran Surtees TS8B Chevrolet 13 17 Sandy Shepard Lola T300 Pontiac 12 18 Kevin Bartlett McLaren M10B Chevrolet & Lola T300 Chevrolet 11 19 Peter Gethin Chevron B24 Chevrolet 10 = Horst Kwech Lola T300 Chevrolet 10 21 Evan Noyes Leda LT27 Chevrolet & Leda GM1 Chevrolet 8 = Warren Flickinger Lola T300 Chevrolet 8 23 Horst Kroll Lola T300 Chevrolet 7 = John Cannon March 725 Oldsmobile & McLaren M10B Chevrolet 7 25 Colin Hyams Lola T192 Chevrolet 3 = George Follmer Matich A50 Ford & Lotus 70B Ford 3 27 Ed Felter Lola T192 Chevrolet 1 = Dave Jordan Eagle Chevrolet 1
References
Further reading F David Stone, Continental Championship - Formula 5000 comes of age, Motor Racing Year, 1973 Edition, pages 91 to 93
External links Old Racing Cars Formula 5000 page