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Zandvoort Trophy

Zandvoort, Netherlands

Date: 1/9/1963
Track length: 4.195 m
Attendance: 15.000
Entries accepted: unknown
Starters: unknown
Finishers: unknown

Pole position: Slotemaker (race 2)
Fastest lap: Class 2-9: Hahne, 2.03,8; Rothstein, 2.03,6; Mantzel, 2.01,4; Slotemaker, 1.56,5; Sears, 1.56,0; Trana, 1.58,2; Cabella, 2.03,1; Lindner, 1.56,4

Distance: 22 laps
Average speed: Race 1: 126,057 kmh; race 2: 127,716 kmh; race 3: 120,162 kmh
Weather: Sunny
Ruleset: Group 2/63
Car info: 1963 Cars

 

The race for the biggest cars was dull to say the least; Nöcker and Pendleton were absent, so Lindner (Jaguar) was on his own really and took the lead in front of Sparrow (Jaguar) and Trana (Volvo). Soon Sparrow took over since Lindner retired at the pits with water loss, and duly won the race with Trana second and Neerpasch (Volvo) third.

The second race was most promising, with Slotemaker and Sears the obvious favourites while the red Squadra HF Lancias would win the beauty contest. Slotemaker (Cooper S) had been fastest in practice but Sears (Cortina GT) had his eyes set on the overall victory. He was away quickest, but Slotemaker was on his tail and passed him at Gerlach corner. Sears retook the lead soon after, and behind them Cella and Patria followed with quite some distance. Sears pulled away slightly, but in lap 13 Slotemaker was in the lead again since Sears had to pit to repair a loose spark plug wire. After 50 seconds he left the pits and still managed to win his class despite protests from the Lancia team. Slotemaker won overall, and the 1000 cc class was won by Mantzel.

The small cars started with a formation fight consisting of both Saabs (Karlsson, Rothstein) and two BMWs (Hahne and Grähser). Grähser was left behind after three laps, and Hahne started to threaten the Saab in front of him but had to settle for the class win and third overall in the end. Late in the race, Rösner (DKW) rolled his car at Tarzan corner - with a dislocated shoulder as result.


A: Class 1-3
Pos Pos in class # Team / Entrant
Car- Engine
Drivers, Nationality Engine
vol. (cc)
Engine
Type
Group Distance,
time
Qualifying position Qualifying time Fastest lap Reason out,
remarks
1 1 22  
Saab 96 Sport
Gösta Karlsson, S
841 L3 class 3 22 laps, 46.03,6        
2 2 21  
Saab 96 Sport
Björn Rothstein, S
841 L3 class 3 22 laps, 46.12,6     2.03,6  
3 1 6  
BMW 700
Hubert Hahne, D
697 B2 class 2 22 laps, 47.06,3     2.03,8  
4 2 7  
BMW 700 CS
Jürgen Grähser, D
697 B2 class 2 22 laps, 47.42,8        
5 3 15  
BMW 700 S
Fritz Grünwaldt, D
697 B2 class 2 21        
6? 1 1  
NSU Sport Prinz
Hans Braun, D
598 L2 class 1 21 laps, 48.19,6        
7 3 23  
Saab 96 Sport
J.A. Valkenet, NL
841 L3 class 3 21        
  6 14  
BMW 700 S
Emiel Linders, NL
697 B2 class 2 21        
11 4 19?  
Fiat 600D
Dick 't Hooft, NL
767 L4 class 3 21        
  2    
NSU Prinz
Dieter Wannowius, D
584 L2 class 1 19        
  3 2  
NSU Sport Prinz
Peter Lux, D
598 L2 class 1 19        
DNF   18  
DKW Junior de Luxe
August Rösner, D
796 L3 class 1 21?       Accident

B: Class 4-6
Pos Pos in class # Team / Entrant
Car- Engine
Drivers, Nationality Engine
vol. (cc)
Engine
Type
Group Distance,
time
Qualifying position Qualifying time Fastest lap Reason out,
remarks
1 1 37 Downton Engineering Ltd.
Austin Mini Cooper S
Rob Slotemaker, NL
1071 L4 class 5 22 laps, 43.20,2 1   1.56,4  
2 1 48 John Willment Automobiles
Ford Cortina GT
Jack Sears, GB
1498 L4 class 6 22 laps, 44:34,3 2   1.56,0 Pit stop; spark plug wire
3 2 45 HF Squadra Corse
Lancia Flavia
Franco Patria, I
1500 B4 class 6 22 laps, 44.38,2        
4 3 47  
Alfa Romeo Giulia TI
Ernst Furtmayr, D
1570 L4 class 6 22 laps, 44.43,6        
5 1 34  
DKW F12
Wolf-Dieter Mantzel, D
889 L3 class 4 22 laps, 45.13,2        
  2 41 John Aley
Morris Mini Cooper S
John Thurston, GB
1071 L4 class 5 21        
  3 38  
Alfa Romeo Giulietta TI
Hans-Dieter Dechent, D
1290 L4 class 5 21        
  2 27  
Morris Mini Cooper
John Aley, GB
997 L4 class 4 21        
  3 33  
DKW F12
Maarten Jonker, NL
889 L3 class 4 21        
  4 46 Lawrencetune Engines
Vauxhall VX 4/90
Bill Blydenstein, GB
1508 L4 class 6 20        
  4 42  
Alfa Romeo Giulietta TI
Joop Heidendahl, NL
1290 L4 class 5 20        
  5 39  
Fiat 1300
Ed Swart, NL
1295 L4 class 5 20        
  4 29  
Austin Mini Cooper
Philip Keller, NL
997 L4 class 4 20        
  5 30  
Austin Mini Cooper
"Jack Smit", NL
997 L4 class 4 19        
  6 31  
Austin Mini Cooper
Loek Nerden, NL
997 L4 class 4 19        
DNF   44 HF Squadra Corse
Lancia Flavia
Leo Cella, I
1500 B4 class 6 12       Engine

C: Class 7-9
Pos Pos in class # Team / Entrant
Car- Engine
Drivers, Nationality Engine
vol. (cc)
Engine
Type
Group Distance,
time
Qualifying position Qualifying time Fastest lap Reason out,
remarks
1 1 67  
Jaguar Mk II 3.8
John Sparrow, GB
3781 L6 class 8/9 22 laps, 43.54,5        
2 1 53 Volvo AB
Volvo 122 S
Tom Trana, S
1778 L4 class 7 22 laps, 44:00,1     1.58,2  
3 2 54 Volvo AB
Volvo 122 S
Jochen Neerpasch, D
1778 L4 class 7 22 laps, 44:55,4        
4? 2    
Jaguar Mk II 3.8
Tilo Schadrack, D
3781 L6 class 8/9 21        
5? 3 56  
Volvo PV 544
M. Huisman, NL
1778 L4 class 7 21        
6 3 60 HF Squadra Corse
Lancia Flaminia
Luigi Cabella, I
2458 V6 class 8/9 21 laps, 44.30,4     2.03,1  
7 4 58  
Fiat 2300 S coupé
Edmond Graf, D
2279 L6 class 8/9 20        
DNF   69 Peter Lindner Racing
Jaguar Mk II 3.8
Peter Lindner, D
3781 L6 class 8/9       1.56,4 Water loss

Remarks: EC = entered for the European Challenge