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Category | Can-Am |
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Predecessor | Lola T330 |
Successor | Frissbee KR4 |
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Tyres | Goodyear |
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Debut | 1984 Can-Am Mosport Park |
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The Frissbee KR3 was an American sports prototype racing car, built by Frissbee in 1984 for the Can-Am series. Originally built by Lola Cars as a Lola T330, it featured a 5-litre Chevrolet V8 engine, and was used by Horst Kroll Racing between 1984 and 1987. Horst Kroll used the car to win both the Can-Am and Canadian American Thundercars Championship in 1986.
Racing history[]
The Frissbee KR3 started out as a Lola T330, and featured a 5-litre Chevrolet V8 engine. It was first used by Horst Kroll's self-run Horst Kroll Racing team at the opening round of the 1984 Can-Am season, held at Mosport;[1] he finished in fourth place.[2] At Dallas, he finished eighth, and fifth of the full Can-Am entries,[3] before finishing second at Brainerd,[4] fifth at Lime Rock,[5] second at Road Atlanta,[6] and fourth at Trois-Rivières.[7] The next round of the season was held again at Mosport; he went one better than the first race of the season, and took the KR3 to third place.[8] He finished the season with eighth at Sears Point,[9] fourth at Riverside,[10] and eighth in the final round of the season, held at Green Valley.[11] Kroll finished the season in third place, with 119 points; 37 behind Jim Crawford, and 31 ahead of Kim Campbell.[12]
Kroll used the KR3 again in 1985, and started the season with a win at Mosport.[13] The next two rounds, both held at Lime Rock, were less successful; Kroll finished tenth overall, and fifth of the full Can-Am cars in the first race,[14] before taking fourth overall, and second in class, in the second race, held two months later.[15] The fourth race of the season was held again at Mosport; Kroll returned to the podium, taking second place.[16] The penultimate race of the season was held at St. Louis International Raceway, where Kroll again finished second.[17] He finished the season by finishing eleventh overall, and sixth in class, at the St. Petersburg Grand Prix.[18] Kroll finished second in the Driver's championship, with 71 points; ten behind Rick Miaskiewicz in a similar Frissbee GR3, and 19 ahead of Lou Sell in a 2-litre March 832.[19]
For 1986, the Can-Am series saw a partial split; a new Canadian American Thundercars Championship (CAT) was formed, and four races were shared between the two, with a fifth race being held as part of the latter series.[20] Kroll started the 1986 season in exactly the same way he had started the 1985 season; by winning the opening race at Mosport in his Frissbee KR3.[21] Kroll followed this with fourth overall, and second in the O2L class at Summit Point,[22] and a pair of second places, at St. Louis and Mosport.[23][24] As a result, Kroll won the Can-Am championship, with 64 points; 11 points more than his closest rival, Bill Tempero, who drove a March 84C.[20] Kroll finished the CAT season with a sixth place at Hallett,[25] having taken tenth in the first race,[26] and fourth in the second.[27] This was enough to also secure him the CAT title, beating Tempero by ten points.[20]
In 1987, the Can-Am series folded, and the CAT series took over.[28] Kroll continued to use the KR3, but retired after four laps from the first race of the season, held at Willow Springs,[29] before finishing third at the second race;[30] this was enough to secure seventh place at the meeting.[31] He then took third at Hallett and Milwaukee,[32][33] before finishing fourth at Sanair.[34] Kroll finished the season by taking eighth at both Pueblo and Phoenix;[35][36] his 65 points were enough for him to take third in the Driver's championship once again.[28] He finished 27 points behind Al Lamb in a similar Frissbee GR2, and three ahead of Buddy Lazier in a March 85C.[28] The CAT series was replaced by the American Indycar Series for 1988,[28] and the KR3 was not used again.[37]
References[]
- ↑ "Can-Am Mosport – Photo Gallery". Racing Sports Cars. http://www.racingsportscars.com/photo/Mosport-1984-06-10.html. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
- ↑ "Can-Am Mosport 1984 – Race Results". Racing Sports Cars. http://www.racingsportscars.com/results/Mosport-1984-06-10.html. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
- ↑ "Can-Am Dallas 1984 – Race Results". Racing Sports Cars. http://www.racingsportscars.com/results/Dallas-1984-07-08.html. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
- ↑ "Can-Am Brainerd 1984 – Race Results". Racing Sports Cars. http://www.racingsportscars.com/results/Brainerd-1984-07-22.html. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
- ↑ "Can-Am Lime Rock 1984 – Race Results". Racing Sports Cars. http://www.racingsportscars.com/results/Lime_Rock-1984-08-04.html. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
- ↑ "Can-Am Road Atlanta 1984 – Race Results". Racing Sports Cars. http://www.racingsportscars.com/results/Road_Atlanta-1984-08-19.html. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
- ↑ "Can-Am Trois-Rivières 1984 – Race Results". Racing Sports Cars. http://www.racingsportscars.com/results/Trois-Rivieres-1984-09-02-3216.html. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
- ↑ "Can-Am Mosport II 1984 – Race Results". Racing Sports Cars. http://www.racingsportscars.com/results/Mosport-1984-09-09.html. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
- ↑ "Can-Am Sears Point 1984 – Race Results". Racing Sports Cars. http://www.racingsportscars.com/results/Sears_Point-1984-09-30.html. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
- ↑ "Can-Am Riverside 1984 – Race Results". Racing Sports Cars. http://www.racingsportscars.com/results/Riverside-1984-10-07-3219.html. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
- ↑ "Can-Am Green Valley 1984 – Race Results". Racing Sports Cars. http://www.racingsportscars.com/results/Green_Valley-1984-10-28.html. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
- ↑ "Can-Am 1984". OldRacingCars.com. http://www.oldracingcars.com/canam/1984/. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
- ↑ "Can-Am Mosport 1985 – Race Results". Racing Sports Cars. http://www.racingsportscars.com/results/Mosport-1985-06-02.html. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
- ↑ "Can-Am Lime Rock 1985 – Race Results". Racing Sports Cars. http://www.racingsportscars.com/results/Lime_Rock-1985-07-06.html. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
- ↑ "Can-Am Lime Rock II 1985 – Race Results". Racing Sports Cars. http://www.racingsportscars.com/results/Lime_Rock-1985-09-02.html. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
- ↑ "Can-Am Mosport II 1985 – Race Results". Racing Sports Cars. http://www.racingsportscars.com/results/Mosport-1985-09-15.html. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
- ↑ "Can-Am St. Louis 1985 – Race Results". Racing Sports Cars. http://www.racingsportscars.com/results/St_Louis-1985-10-13.html. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
- ↑ "Can-Am St. Petersburg 1985 – Race Results". Racing Sports Cars. http://www.racingsportscars.com/results/St_Petersburg-1985-11-03.html. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
- ↑ "Can-Am 1985". OldRacingCars.com. http://www.oldracingcars.com/canam/1985/. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 "Can-Am 1986". OldRacingCars.com. http://www.oldracingcars.com/canam/1986/. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
- ↑ "Can-Am Mosport 1986 – Race Results". Racing Sports Cars. http://www.racingsportscars.com/results/Mosport-1986-06-01.html. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
- ↑ "Can-Am Summit Point 1986 – Race Results". Racing Sports Cars. http://www.racingsportscars.com/results/Summit_Point-1986-07-05.html. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
- ↑ "Can-Am St. Louis 1986 – Race Results". Racing Sports Cars. http://www.racingsportscars.com/results/St_Louis-1986-08-03.html. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
- ↑ "Can-Am Mosport II 1986 – Race Results". Racing Sports Cars. http://www.racingsportscars.com/results/Mosport-1986-09-14.html. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
- ↑ "CAT Hallett 1986 – Race Results". Racing Sports Cars. http://www.racingsportscars.com/results/Hallett-1986-10-26.html. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
- ↑ "CAT Hallett 1986 – Race 1 Results". Racing Sports Cars. http://www.racingsportscars.com/results/race1/Hallett-1986-10-26.html. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
- ↑ "CAT Hallett 1986 – Race 2 Results". Racing Sports Cars. http://www.racingsportscars.com/results/race2/Hallett-1986-10-26.html. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
- ↑ 28.0 28.1 28.2 28.3 "Can-Am 1987". OldRacingCars.com. http://www.oldracingcars.com/canam/1987/. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
- ↑ "Canadian American Thundercars Willow Springs 1987 – Race 1 Results". Racing Sports Cars. http://www.racingsportscars.com/results/race1/Willow_Springs-1987-05-03.html. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
- ↑ "Canadian American Thundercars Willow Springs 1987 – Race 2 Results". Racing Sports Cars. http://www.racingsportscars.com/results/race2/Willow_Springs-1987-05-03.html. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
- ↑ "Canadian American Thundercars Willow Springs 1987 – Race Results". Racing Sports Cars. http://www.racingsportscars.com/results/Willow_Springs-1987-05-03.html. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
- ↑ "Canadian American Thundercars Hallett 1987 – Race Results". Racing Sports Cars. http://www.racingsportscars.com/results/Hallett-1987-06-07.html. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
- ↑ "Canadian American Thundercars Milwaukee 1987 – Race Results". Racing Sports Cars. http://www.racingsportscars.com/results/Milwaukee-1987-07-19.html. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
- ↑ "Canadian American Thundercars Sanair 1987 – Race Results". Racing Sports Cars. http://www.racingsportscars.com/results/Sanair-1987-08-16.html. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
- ↑ "Canadian American Thundercars Pueblo 1987 – Race Results". Racing Sports Cars. http://www.racingsportscars.com/results/Pueblo-1987-09-06.html. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
- ↑ "Canadian American Thundercars Phoenix 1987 – Race Results". Racing Sports Cars. http://www.racingsportscars.com/results/Phoenix-1987-11-01.html. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
- ↑ "All Results of Frissbee KR3". Racing Sports Cars. http://www.racingsportscars.com/type/results/Frissbee/KR3.html. Retrieved 10 August 2013.