Ken Duclos is a Americas former racing driver. Duclos competed in the Trans-Am Series, Atlantic Championship among other series.
Career
Racing a Chevrolet Corvette, Duclos competed in regional SCCA competition. Duclos made his Trans-Am Series debut during the inaugural season. At Bryar Motorsports Park Duclos shared his Ford Mustang with Robert Arego. Competing in the 'Over 2 liter' class the duo failed to finish.[1] He returned to the championship during the following year in the same race. This time he shared the Mustang with Ray Caldwell, but again failed to finish.[2]
Duclos made his Formula B debut in 1969. Racing in an older Brabham BT21A, he finished third in the SCCA North East regional championship.[3] He also made his SCCA National Championship Runoffs debut at Daytona. He qualified on pole position but retired after four laps. Upgrading to a Brabham BT29 for the 1970 championship, he beat Bob Welch to the regional division championship.[4] In 1970 he finished sixth at the SCCA National Championship Runoffs. Running a partial season in 1971, he won the championship in 1972. Despite racing an older Brabham chassis, he kept the March chassis at a distance. Again qualifying on pole position for the SCCA Runoffs but retired after his Ford engine failed. He won the prestigious race twice, in 1973 and 1974.
In 1978 Duclos made his professional Atlantic Championship debut. The driver finished eleventh at Lime Rock Park in a Ralt RT1. In the non-championship Grand Prix de Trois-Rivieres Duclos finished in fifth place. In the season ending race at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve Duclos finished seventh, again scoring championship points.[5] Competing six out of ten races in the 1979 season, Duclos scored three top ten finishes. He placed his Ken Duclos Automotive Ralt RT1 in fourteenth place of the championship.[6]
After finishing ninth in the 1969 Watkins Glen 6 Hours, part of the 1969 Can-Am season, Duclos disappeared from the pro racing scene.[7]
Motorsport results
SCCA National Championship Runoffs
| Year | Track | Car | Engine | Class | Finish | Start | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | Daytona | Brabham BT23A | Ford | Formula B | 15 | 1 | Not running |
| 1970 | Road Atlanta | Brabham BT29 | Ford | Formula B | 6 | 7 | Running |
| 1972 | Road Atlanta | Brabham BT29 | Ford | Formula B | 16 | 1 | Not running |
| 1973 | Road Atlanta | Brabham BT40 | Ford | Formula B | 1 | 3 | Running |
| 1974 | Road Atlanta | Brabham BT40 | Ford | Formula B | 1 | 1 | Running |
| 1975 | Road Atlanta | Brabham BT40 | Ford | Formula B | 16 | 5 | Not running |
| 1976 | Road Atlanta | Chevron B34 | Ford | Formula B | 3 | 2 | Running |
| 1977 | Road Atlanta | Chevron B39 | Ford | Formula B | 3 | 4 | Running |
| 1978 | Road Atlanta | Ralt RT1 | Ford | Formula B | 2 | 3 | Running |
American Open-Wheel racing results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest race lap)
Atlantic Championship
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | New England Racing Partners | LBH | WMP | QUE | LRP 11 |
HAM | MON 7 |
21st | 14 | ||||
| 1979 | Ken Duclos Automotive | LBH 19 |
MEX | WMP | QUE 7 |
HAL 12 |
LRP | MOS 12 |
TRO 8 |
BRI | MON 10 |
14th | 31 |
References
- ^ "1966 Trans-Am Box Scores" (PDF). SCCA. Archived from the original on 4 January 2010. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "1967 Trans-Am Box Scores" (PDF). SCCA. Archived from the original on 29 March 2009. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "North East Division SCCA Formula B 1969". oldracingcars.com. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
- ^ "North East Division SCCA Formula B 1970". oldracingcars.com. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
- ^ "Ken Duclos". ChampCar Stats. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
- ^ "1979 CASC/SCCA North American Formula Atlantic Championship". ChampCar Stats. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
- ^ "Complete Archive of Ken Duclos". Racing Sports Cars. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
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