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| The winner of the race would be the immaculate Alpina BMW with old hands Quester and Hezemans. |
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The only Luigi CSL: Xhenceval/Dieudonné came second, the other CSL being destroyed in Belgium. |
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| This
looks like another Luigi car - it was in 1976, but was then sold to
Italy, and to confuse the spectators the UFO livery was the same as
Luigi's... it retired with a blown engine. |
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The #5 Jaguar retired... |
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| ... like the #6 car. They made a great show, nonetheless. |
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| The Raymond Raus BMW was piloted by the owner as well als Maassen and old warrior Lubin. They finished a respectable 6th. |
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| One of the Dutch Group 1B Camaros: van Gelderen/Deen retired early. |
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| The noisy Mazda RX5 of Markey and Palmer; they finished 15th. |
Up front the BMW CSi of (if my memory serves me rihgt) Coorengel and Tjan. They were not allowed to race. |
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Fresco/Remeus (DNF) about to be lapped by the second Eggenberger car.
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The #22 Commodore was driven by van Oosterom, Hutzezon and Frankenhout. 14th overall, third in class - ahead of the Mazda RX5...
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There
were still Capri RS's racing in the ETCC. But they had seen better
days. The car on the left, a genuine RS 2600 (Siller/Pöschko), retired;
the Capri II below (Hinz/Walter) finished 17th overall. Their
respective practice times wouldn't have put them in the top-10 of any
Dutch Group 1B championship race... |
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The
3-litre coupé of Austrians Werginz and Loibnegger finished ninth
overall; they are followed by Fornera/Franz/Camathias, seventh and
class winners!
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A
Group 1B Commodore, piloted by Zwaanenburg and Formula 1 driver Brett
Lunger, who wanted some mileage before the Grand Prix. It retired after
the first stint of Lunger. |
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Vanierschot's
CSL was shared by F1 driver Boy Hayje - they finished a fine third, a
small consolation for Hayje, who had a miserable year in F1.
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| The
missing CSL of Luigi was replaced by this Group 1B/Group 2 hybrid 530.
They finished fifth overall, with Dewael and Grano doing the driving
while Grohs provided the spectacle. |
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Buschor and König swapped their Alpina engines for Heidegger, I guess. 11th and third in class.
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Nijsten/Houthuyzen retired the Alfetta GTV.
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Hegels and Tibor finished eight and second in class. Respectable.
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| Leyland
brought engines not only for the Jaguars but for the Dolomite as well.
Bron/Brun shared the fate of the Jaguars and retired with clutch
problems. |
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Dimmendaal and Prentzel retired this 2002.
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Eggenberger was luckless here; the Brun/Vermeulen car retired with engine problems. |
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| The other Eggenberger BMW finished a lowly 20th overall with Hufstad and Reinke. |
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| A difficult race for Kluit and Akersloot: after leading the class they dropped back to 12th overall and 4th in class. |
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An old 2002 can still be very good looking. I guess these are Mirer/Vanoli, who retired.
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Lauria and Bovy in the Alfa GTV were 18th overall.
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Kuhlmann and Rummel retired.
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Oldies Maasland and Slotemaker shared this youngtimer GTV; they finished 16th overall.
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| An unusual car was this Spanish Chrysler 2 Litres; slow but spectacular. |
Bieler/Schramm/Arlt retired this Scirocco.
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| Even the Jägermeister Scirocco retired in this race - Bergmeister/Henzler broke their gearbox. |
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| In front of the Jägermeister car the Scirocco of Bieler/Schramm/Arlt. |
The Yugoslavian Scirocco of Regvart/Suster - 13th overall, second in class. |
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| Despite this mishap in practice, Stocker/Siegrist won their class finishing 4th overall. |
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Hecq/Nowak retired this Belgian Audi.
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The hood of this Dutch Datsun 120A Coupé. I suppose it did not qualify. |
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| This Alfasud Sprint was piloted by Glerch and Schmidt; they finished second in class. |
Zampa/Breard
finished tenth overall and won their class. An Argentine radio station
was present on the circuit to keep the home listeners up to date.
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Unlike its sister car, this Argentinian Alfasud did not qualify (Parrado/Marquez).
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A harmless spin for Hufstadt/Reinke, but it underlined it was not Eggenberger's weekend.
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A good fight between the Jag and the Alpina BMW lasted not for long.
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See you next year (the Luigi car, not the Jaguar...)
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