Frissbee KR3

Frissbee KR3
Category Can-Am
Constructor Frissbee
Predecessor Lola T330
Successor Frissbee KR4
Technical specifications
Engine Chevrolet 5,000 cc (305.1 cu in) V8 engine naturally-aspirated mid-engined
Tyres Goodyear
Competition history
Notable entrants Horst Kroll Racing
Notable drivers Horst Kroll
Debut 1984 Can-Am Mosport Park
RacesWins
292
Drivers' Championships 2: (1986 Can-Am, 1986 Canadian-American Thundercars Championship)

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

  1. ↑ "Can-Am Mosport – Photo Gallery". Racing Sports Cars. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
  2. ↑ "Can-Am Mosport 1984 – Race Results". Racing Sports Cars. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
  3. ↑ "Can-Am Dallas 1984 – Race Results". Racing Sports Cars. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
  4. ↑ "Can-Am Brainerd 1984 – Race Results". Racing Sports Cars. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
  5. ↑ "Can-Am Lime Rock 1984 – Race Results". Racing Sports Cars. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
  6. ↑ "Can-Am Road Atlanta 1984 – Race Results". Racing Sports Cars. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
  7. ↑ "Can-Am Trois-Rivières 1984 – Race Results". Racing Sports Cars. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
  8. ↑ "Can-Am Mosport II 1984 – Race Results". Racing Sports Cars. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
  9. ↑ "Can-Am Sears Point 1984 – Race Results". Racing Sports Cars. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
  10. ↑ "Can-Am Riverside 1984 – Race Results". Racing Sports Cars. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
  11. ↑ "Can-Am Green Valley 1984 – Race Results". Racing Sports Cars. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
  12. ↑ "Can-Am 1984". OldRacingCars.com. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
  13. ↑ "Can-Am Mosport 1985 – Race Results". Racing Sports Cars. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  14. ↑ "Can-Am Lime Rock 1985 – Race Results". Racing Sports Cars. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  15. ↑ "Can-Am Lime Rock II 1985 – Race Results". Racing Sports Cars. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  16. ↑ "Can-Am Mosport II 1985 – Race Results". Racing Sports Cars. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  17. ↑ "Can-Am St. Louis 1985 – Race Results". Racing Sports Cars. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  18. ↑ "Can-Am St. Petersburg 1985 – Race Results". Racing Sports Cars. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  19. ↑ "Can-Am 1985". OldRacingCars.com. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  20. 1 2 3 "Can-Am 1986". OldRacingCars.com. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  21. ↑ "Can-Am Mosport 1986 – Race Results". Racing Sports Cars. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  22. ↑ "Can-Am Summit Point 1986 – Race Results". Racing Sports Cars. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  23. ↑ "Can-Am St. Louis 1986 – Race Results". Racing Sports Cars. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  24. ↑ "Can-Am Mosport II 1986 – Race Results". Racing Sports Cars. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  25. ↑ "CAT Hallett 1986 – Race Results". Racing Sports Cars. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  26. ↑ "CAT Hallett 1986 – Race 1 Results". Racing Sports Cars. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  27. ↑ "CAT Hallett 1986 – Race 2 Results". Racing Sports Cars. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  28. 1 2 3 4 "Can-Am 1987". OldRacingCars.com. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  29. ↑ "Canadian American Thundercars Willow Springs 1987 – Race 1 Results". Racing Sports Cars. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  30. ↑ "Canadian American Thundercars Willow Springs 1987 – Race 2 Results". Racing Sports Cars. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  31. ↑ "Canadian American Thundercars Willow Springs 1987 – Race Results". Racing Sports Cars. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  32. ↑ "Canadian American Thundercars Hallett 1987 – Race Results". Racing Sports Cars. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  33. ↑ "Canadian American Thundercars Milwaukee 1987 – Race Results". Racing Sports Cars. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  34. ↑ "Canadian American Thundercars Sanair 1987 – Race Results". Racing Sports Cars. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  35. ↑ "Canadian American Thundercars Pueblo 1987 – Race Results". Racing Sports Cars. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  36. ↑ "Canadian American Thundercars Phoenix 1987 – Race Results". Racing Sports Cars. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  37. ↑ "All Results of Frissbee KR3". Racing Sports Cars. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
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