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Chevrolet Monza Racecar Chassis DeKon Engineering, LTD Designed by Lee Dykstra and built by Horst Kwech |
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| Chassis No. | Model | Year | Group | First owner | Other owners | Comment |
| DeKon 1001 | Monza | 1975 | AAGT/GTO | DeKon Engineering, LTD driver Horst Kwech | 2. Maurice Carter (1975); 3. Red Dawson (1975-80); 4. John Roberts/John Briggs (1980-); 5. Mike Griffon (-1984); Jeff Barnes (1984-98) | Crashed & rebuilt by Kwech, sold to Carter. Destroyed by Red Dawson (NZ). |
| DeKon 1002 | Monza | 1975-78 | AAGT/GTO | Harry Theodoracopulos | 2. Bill Wonder (1978~88), 3. Steve Cohen (1988~) 4. Chad Raynal | |
| DeKon 1003 | Monza | 1975-76 | AAGT/GTO | DeKon Engineering, LTD driver Al Unser | 2. Michael Keyser (1976); 3. Brad Frisselle (1977~1978) | |
| DeKon 1004 | Monza | 1976-79 | AAGT/GTO | Tom Frank | n/a | Still raced by Frank in 1979. |
| DeKon 1005 | Monza | 1975-81 | AAGT/GTO | Horst Kwech/DeKon | 2. Alan Moffat (75-81) 3. Paul Jones (81-82) 4. Fred Ewing / Neil Brain (82-84) 5. John Tesoriero (84-95) 6.Toby Bean (95-99) 7. Steve Simpson (95-05) 8. Current Owner (05-) | Raced in New Zealand and Australia 1975-85, CAMS/ASSC Championship. Currently under restoration in the US. |
| DeKon 1006 | Monza | 1976-77 | AAGT/GTO | Michael Keyser | 2. Roy Woods (1977-80) | Fitted w/ Twin-Turbo V8 in 1978 by Roy Woods Racing. Setup like RWR as of 2010. |
| DeKon 1007 | Monza | 1976-77 | AAGT/GTO | Jerry Jolly | 2. Gerry Wellik (1978-81); 3. Steve Walker (as of 2010) | Vintage raced |
| DeKon 1008 | Monza | 1976-77 | AAGT/GTO | Al Holbert | 2. John Paul (1977); 3. Joe Gonzalez (1985-88); 4. Private collector | |
| 1009 | Camaro | Built as Chevrolet Camaro. | ||||
| DeKon 1010 | Monza | 1977 | AAGT/TA II | Greg Pickett | 2. Gerry Wellik Racing/Team LSI (1978-82) | GWR/LSI drivers: Jerry Hansen, Doug Rippie, Gerry Wellik |
| DeKon 1011 | Monza | 1977-84 | AAGT/GTO | Chris Cord | n/a | Still raced by Cord in 1981. |
| DeKon 1012 | Monza | n/a | AAGT/GTO | Ted Field/Interscope | 2. Chris Cord (1980-81) | Raced twice by Danny Ongais for Interscope. Sold to Cord as second car driven by Jim Adams and Bruce Jenner. |
| 1013 | Not built | Never built. | ||||
| DeKon 1014 | Monza | 1977 | AAGT/GTO | Al Holbert | 2. Dave Heinz - Budweiser Racing Team (1978); 3. Alfredo Sesana Racing (1983-84) | |
| DeKon 1015 | Buick Skyhawk | 1978 | IMSA RS | Gene Felton | Built as Buick Skyhawk for IMSA Champion Spark Plug Challenge. | |
| DeKon 1016 | Monza | 1978-84 | AS, IMSA, TA | Keith Feldott | n/a | Built for SCCA A Sedan (AS) class. Crashed and rebuilt by Dan Gallant. Raced in IMSA and Trans-Am (1978~1984). |
| 1017 | Camaro | S. Burgess | Built as Chevrolet Camaro. | |||
| DeKon 1018 | Monza | 1978 | AAGT/GTO | Al Holbert | Private collector in New York | DeKon built #1018 for Al Holbert w/ big-block alum. V8 and transaxle, but IMSA disallowed and it never raced. |
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| Designed and built by Owners of Teams | ||||||
| Chassis Name | Model | Year | Group | First owner | Next owners (year) | Comment |
| Agor | Monza | 1975-79 | AAGT/GTO | Warren Agor | n/a | |
| Baird & Trivette | Monza | 1983 | AAGT/GTO | Vista Racing | 2. Unknown; 3. Brent O'Neill (abt. 1983-85) | |
| Fournier | Monza | 1975-77 | AAGT/GTO | Bob Lazebnik, Airmaster Fan Co. | 2. Tuck Thomas (77-80); 3. Don Cummings (80-83); 4. Bill Stone (1983-2007); 5. Lance Smith (2007-) | Bob Lazebnik and John Morton were co-drivers |
| Gallant 001 | Monza | 1979 | AAGT/TA I | Mark Pielsticker, co-driver Dan Gallant | none | Destroyed at Laguna Seca practice accident April 22, 1979. |
| Gallant 002 | Monza | 1980-82 | AAGT/TA I | Mark Pielsticker | ||
| Gallant 003 | Monza | 1981-82? | AAGT/TA I | Ardie Oji? | One of these Gallant chassis raced by Ardie Oji in Trans-Am and IMSA 1981-82? | Raced by Mark Pielsticker? |
| Hinchliff | Monza | 1980-84 | SCCA-TA | Spirit of the Cherokee Nation | n/a | Raced by James Kersey in 1980-81 and by Glenn Fox in 1982-84. |
| Huffaker | Monza | 1980-81 | SCCA-TA | Art Siri, Jr. American GT Racing | n/a | |
| King | Monza | 1975-76 | AAGT/GTO | Tom Nehl, Steve Behr, Janet Guthrie co-drivers | 2. Art McKee NZ; 3. John Pollard AU (1979); 4. John Chambers AU; 5. Rowan Harman AU; 6. Geoff Munday AU; 7. Mike Imrie AU; 8. Chris Fing AU; 9. Rowan Harman AU (2004-2005) | Grant King built for AAGT/GTO Monza. |
| Klain | Monza | 1980 | SCCA-TA | Pete Klain | Raced by Ron Weaver. | |
| Overbagh 001 | Monza | 1976-83 | AAGT/GTO | Hoyt Overbagh | n/a | Built by Rickets? |
| Purcell-Small | Monza | 1979-83 | CAMS/ASSC | Bob Jane AU w/ co-driver Peter Brock AU | 2. ReCar Racing Team (1983) driver Alan Grice '84 ASSC champ; 3. Bryan Thompson '85 ASSC champ; 4. Graeme Whincup -1985 | Original Bob Jane Monza first built in Australia in 1979 by Pat Purcell. Underwent major rebuild in early 1983 by Les Small, then sold to ReCar Racing Team, driven by Allan Grice and Dick Johnson. Car ran at WEC race in 1984 |
| Stairs | Monza | 1980 | SCCA-TA | Jack Sandberg | 2. Dick Kantrud | Raced by Carl Shafer for Sandberg. |
| Trueman | Monza | 1975-79 | AAGT/GTO | Jim Trueman | ||
| Notes/abbreviations: | ||||||||||
| AAGT | All American Grand Touring (IMSA class) | |||||||||
| AS | SCCA, A Sedan class | |||||||||
| ASSC | Australian Sports Sedan Championship | |||||||||
| c/n | Chassis Number or Chassis Name | |||||||||
| GTO | Grand Touring Over 2.5 liter (IMSA class) | |||||||||
| IMSA-GT | International Motor Sports Association, Grand Touring category | |||||||||
| IMSA-RS | International Motor Sports Association, Radial Sedan category | |||||||||
| SCCA | Sports Car Club of America | |||||||||
| TA | Trans-Am (SCCA pro racing series) | |||||||||
| TA I | Category I (SCCA Trans-Am) | |||||||||
| TA II | Category II (SCCA Trans-Am) | |||||||||
| Sources: | ||||||||||
| Monza GT Registry | http://monzagtregistry.tripod.com/imsase.html | |||||||||
| Racing Sports Cars | http://www.racingsportscars.com/ | |||||||||
| Ultimate Racing History | http://www.ultimateracinghistory.com/index.htm | |||||||||
| World Sports Racing Prototypes | http://wsrp.ic.cz/ | |||||||||
| Last updated on | November 2010 | |||||||||