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Download 1978 formula 1 champion7/11/2023 Inspired in part by Pook's successful street race, Harrison The racesįormula Atlantic Labatts Championship events shown in bold 1978 Formula Atlantic Labatts Championship table 1 The SCCA, however, continued to keep their distance. Harrison also struck a deal with Chris Pook to run at the Long Beach GP and now billed the series as North American Formula Atlantic, rather than Canadian. He had already lost races at Mosport and St Jovite because they had contracts with Molson, competitor to Labatts who sponsored Harrison's series. Off the track, Kris Harrison's attempts to develop the series almost killed it off instead. His closest competitor was Finnish star Keke Rosberg, driving a Chevron B45 for Fred Opert Racing but there were also impressive performances from a trio of Ralt RT1 drivers: the fast but erratic Bobby Rahal in Pierre Philips' car, Price Cobb in the Ecurie Canada car and 21-year-old Kevin Cogan in Brian Robertson's car. 29-year-old Formula Ford and Super Vee graduate Howdy Holmes won the 1978 series in one of Doug Shierson Racing's new March 78Bs.
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