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Austin Grand Prix

Roskilde Ring, near Copenhagen, Denmark

Date: 17/8/1968 to: 18/8/1968
Track length: 1.400 m
Attendance:
Entries accepted:
Starters:
Finishers:

Pole position:
Fastest lap: Høyer in 0.47,9 (B)

Distance:
Average speed:
Weather:
Ruleset: Group 2 and 5
Car info: 1968 Cars

 

Group 2 under 850 cc
After the Summer Holiday, the small ones were back in action. A non-championship race, and while Søgaard was absent the three other Abarth musketeers took over, to the effect that Mikkelsen won, Nielsen came second and Weinreich had to retire with a broken gearbox.

Group 5 under 1000 cc
Høyer’s lap record was again bettered by Høyer himself, and he won overall. The margins between the first four were large!

Group 5 over 1300 cc
This non-championship race was won by Belsø, finally a victory for the plagued Ford team. Engstrøm finished at the tail of the field after a misunderstanding.

A: Group 2 under 850 cc
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    
Fiat Abarth 850 TC		 Steen Mikkelsen, DK
 847 L4 850          
2 2    
Fiat Abarth 850 TC		 John Nielsen, DK
 847 L4 850          
3 3    
DKW F11 Junior		 Poul Lund, DK
 796 L3 850          
4 4    
Fiat Abarth 850 TC		 Rainer Fricke, D
 847 L4 850          
5 5    
Saab 96 Sport		 Lars Thaung, S
 841 L3 850          
6 6    
Saab 96 Sport		 Arnold Jensen, S
 841 L3 850          
7 7    
Saab 96 Sport		 Gösta Johansson, S
 841 L3 850          
8 8    
Saab 96 Sport		 Gösta Karlsson, S
 841 L3 850          
DNF      
Fiat Abarth 850 TC		 Poul Weinreich, DK
 847 L4 850         Gearbox

B: Group 5 under 1000 cc
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    
Austin Mini Cooper S		 Erik Høyer, DK
 1293 L4 1000          
2 2    
Fiat Abarth 1000 TC		 Son Borch-Christensen, DK
 982 L4 1000 7,9 sec behind Høyer        
3 3    
Morris Mini Cooper S 970		 John Lundberg, DK
 999 L4 1000 23,1 sec behind B.C.        
4 4    
Austin Mini Cooper S		 Ib Vølding, DK
 1293 L4 1000 13,7 sec behind Lundberg        
5 5    
NSU 1000 TTS		 Steffen Nielsen, DK
 996 L4 1000          
6 6    
Fiat Abarth 1000 TC		 Arnold Larsen, DK
 982 L4 1000          
7 7    
Austin Mini Cooper S		 Flemming Jaeger, DK
 1293 L4 1000          
8 8    
NSU 1000 TTS		 Leif Pedersen, DK
 996 L4 1000          
9 9    
Unknown		 Poul Andersen, DK
     1000          
10 10    
Fiat Abarth ?850 TC		 Ed Swart, NL
 847 L4 1000          

C: Group 5 over 1300 cc
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   Ford Goodyear Team
Ford Escort TC		 Tom Belsø, DK
 1594 L4 +1300          
2 2    
BMW 2002		 Gunnar Henriksen, DK
 1990 L4 +1300          
3 3   Ford Goodyear Team
Ford Escort TC		 Aage Buch-Larsen, DK
 1594 L4 +1300          
4 4    
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA		 Flemming Rasmussen, DK
 1570 L4 +1300          
5 5    
Unknown		 Roland Johansson, S
     +1300          
6 6    
Volvo 122		 Niels-Peter Elleman-Jacobsen, DK
 ca. 2000 L4 +1300          
7 7    
BMW 2002		 Peter Ekman, S
 1990 L4 +1300          
8 8    
Unknown		 Åke Sundh, S
     +1300          
9 9    
Volvo PV 544		 Mette Kruuse, DK
   L4 +1300          
       
Porsche 911		 Sven Engstrøm, DK
 1991 B6 +1300          

Remarks: Since many results are compiled backwards from the championship tables, it is possible that I have missed foreign drivers, which may have actually won a race outright.