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Grote Prijs van Limburg

Zolder, Belgium

Date: 8/5/1966
Track length: 4.184 m
Attendance: unknown
Entries accepted: unknown
Starters: unknown
Finishers: unknown

Pole position: Ortner (div. 1); Whitmore in 1.51,6 (div. 2)
Fastest lap: Ortner, 1.59,3 (div. 1), Whitmore, 1.51,5 (div. 2)

Distance: 32 laps
Average speed: 124,904 kmh (div. 1); 133,715 kmh (div. 2)
Weather:
Ruleset: Group 2/63
Car info: 1966 Cars

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Division 1 saw the usual bunch of Fiat Abarths with the occasional Mini Cooper. In practice, Ortner was quickest, followed by Hopkirk, Swart and Hezemans, the last one in only his second car race ever - and his first in an Abarth 1000...

Swart was fastest away but had to let Ortner go, Hezemans was fourth behind Hopkirk. Steinmetz was mangled in the first corner and had to stop to check his front suspension. Swart had engine troubles (finally sending him into retirement), so while Ortner led, he was now followed by Hezemans who had passed Hopkirk. Hezemans tried to pass Ortner, but did not succeed. Jonker, handicapped by pretty useless gear ratios for this circuit, still won the 850 class.

Division 2
After one victory each, the Cortina-Alfa war went on at Zolder. Gardner was away first, but Rindt took over in the first corner. Whitmore had a bad start and was fourth initially, behind Ickx but in front of Trosch and Slotemaker. Ickx benefited of an error by Rindt, taking the lead in the fifth lap, closely followed by Whitmore and Gardner.
A few laps later, Whitmore took the lead, while Rindt passed Gardner for fourth. Later, Rindt passed Ickx, and he now tried to attack Whitmore, but to no avail. Two laps before the end, Rindt pitted for fuel, and lost second to Ickx. Therefore the finishing order became Whitmore-Ickx-Rindt, while Vernaeve won the 1300 cc class despite a pit stop for fuel.


Division 1
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 18  
Fiat Abarth 1000 TC		 Johannes Ortner, A
 982 L4 Div. 1/1000 32 laps, 1:04.18,9 1   1.59,3  
2 2   Scuderia Auto-Swart
Fiat Abarth 1000 TC		 Toine Hezemans, NL
 982 L4 Div. 1/1000 32 laps, 1:05.20,4 4      
3 3 10 Don Moore
Austin Mini Cooper S 970		 Paddy Hopkirk, IRL
 999 L4 Div. 1/1000 32 laps, 1:05.24,5 2      
4 4    
Fiat Abarth 1000 TC		 Wolf-Dieter Mantzel, D
 982 L4 Div. 1/1000 32 laps, 1:05.43,0        
5 5 17  
Fiat Abarth 1000 TC		 Klaus Steinmetz, D
 982 L4 Div. 1/1000 31 5?      
6 1   Scuderia Auto-Swart
Fiat Abarth 850 TC		 Maarten Jonker, NL
 847 L4 Div. 1/850 30 laps, 1:04.42,7        
7 2    
Panhard 24 CT		 Jacques Bigrat ("Bagrit"), F
 848 B2 Div. 1/850 27        
8 6    
Austin Mini Cooper S 970		 "Jim", GB
 999 L4 Div. 1/1000 16        
9 3 15 Scuderia Auto-Swart
Fiat Abarth 1000 TC		 Ed Swart, NL
 982 L4 Div. 1/1000 13 3     Valve spring
10 3    
DKW F11 Junior		 Emile Holvoet, B
 796 L3 Div. 1/850          
DNF   14 John Aley
BMC Mini Cooper S 970		 Rinke van der Feer, NL
 999 L4 Div. 1/1000         Holed piston
DNF      
BMC Mini Cooper		 George Cayley, GB
 998 L4 Div. 1/1000          
DNS      
BMW 700		 Emiel Linders, NL
 697 B2 Div. 1/850         Rejected - ground clearance

Division 2
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 47 Alan Mann Racing
Ford Lotus Cortina		 John Whitmore, GB
 1594 L4 Div. 2/1600 32 laps, 1:00.04,9 1 1.51,6 1.51,5  
2 2 44 Team Lotus
Ford Lotus Cortina		 Jacky Ickx, B
 1594 L4 Div. 2/1600 32 laps, 1:00.39,6 6 1.53,2    
3 3 36 Autodelta S.p.A.
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA		 Jochen Rindt, A
 1570 L4 Div. 2/1600 32 laps, 1:00.49,8 2 1.51,9   Gearbox
4 4 35 Jolly Club
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA		 Rob Slotemaker, NL
 1570 L4 Div. 2/1600 32 laps, 1:00.52,5 5      
5 5 34 Ecurie Toison d’Or
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA		 Taf Gosselin, B
 1570 L4 Div. 2/1600 32 laps, 1:00.54,4        
6 6 38 VDS Racing team
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA		 Serge Trosch, B
 1570 L4 Div. 2/1600 32 laps, 1:01.13,5        
7 7 39 VDS Racing team
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA		 Maurice Damseaux, B
 1570 L4 Div. 2/1600 32 4      
8 8 42 Ecurie Toison d’Or
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA		 Georges Harris, B
 1570 L4 Div. 2/1600 32        
9 9 45 Frami Racing Holland
Ford Lotus Cortina		 Frans Lubin, NL
 1594 L4 Div. 2/1600 30       Broken wheel
10 1 20 Don Moore
Austin Mini Cooper S		 Julien Vernaeve, B
 1293 L4 Div. 2/1300 30 laps, 1:00.37,4        
11 10 33  
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA		 Hans Bohlmeier, D
 1570 L4 Div. 2/1600 30        
12 2 21  
Austin Mini Cooper S		 Roger Heavens, GB
 1293 L4 Div. 2/1300 30        
13 3 23 VDS Racing team
Austin Mini Cooper S		 Paul Gonthier, B
 1293 L4 Div. 2/1300 30        
14 4 24 VDS Racing team
Austin Mini Cooper S		 Hughes de Fierlant, B
 1293 L4 Div. 2/1300 29        
15 5 26 Barracuda
Austin Mini Cooper S		 Cl. Gilmont ("Gil"), B
 1293 L4 Div. 2/1300 29        
16 6 22  
Austin Mini Cooper S		 John Aley, GB
 1293 L4 Div. 2/1300 28        
17 7 30  
Glas 1304 TS		 Robert Leysieffer, D
 1290 L4 Div. 2/1300 27        
18 8 28 Ecurie Baudouin Visétoise
Glas 1304 TS		 Georges Lambrechts, B
 1290 L4 Div. 2/1300 26        
19 11 41  
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA		 Eric Brouwers, B
 1570 L4 Div. 2/1600 17        
20 9 25 Barracuda
Austin Mini Cooper S		 Buffin, B
 1293 L4 Div. 2/1300 12        
DNF   46 Alan Mann Racing
Ford Lotus Cortina		 Frank Gardner, AUS
 1594 L4 Div. 2/1600   3 1.52,4   Broken oil pipe