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NAV Trainingsweekeinde

Zandvoort, Netherlands

Date: 7/4/1968
Track length: 4.195 m
Attendance: unknown
Entries accepted: unknown
Starters: 27 (A), 24 (B), 18 (C)
Finishers:

Pole position: vd Pol (A),
Fastest lap: Kok in 2.16,7 (A), Dijkstra in 1.55,4 (B), vd Sluis in 1.50,1 (C)

Distance: 12 laps
Average speed: 127,318 kmh (B), 135,662 kmh (C)
Weather: Sunny and dry
Ruleset: Standard cars, Group 5/68
Car info: 1968 Cars

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The winter was over - time for a practice weekend and some racing for fun - no championship points to worry about.

Not all of the teams were ready yet - but the new “standard” class had 27 entries, though the difference in quality was visible in the fact that the fastest qualifier was a cool 22 seconds quicker than the slowest car on the grid.
New boy Boshuis (NSU) had a great fight with van der Pol and Ruitenbeek (Opel) and while van der Pol could not be catched he finished second, in front of Ruitenbeek. After the race, examination of the cars meant the disqualification of both van der Pol and Boshuis. The vacant victory in the 1000 cc class was for Kok (Simca), while the 850 class was won by “Cento”. We will get back to him in a later race.

The debut of group 5 in the Netherlands provided us with a 24-car field; and the SRT cars of Goedemans and Hezemans were not even entered.
Dijkstra won his class after a fight with van Oorschot, who was sidelined with car trouble.

Last but not least the big touring cars (18 cars): van der Sluis in the ex-Ben Pon Porsche 911 was the class of the field and never really challenged, apart from team-mate Chiotakis in the Alfa Romeo GTA - but he retired with a broken fuel pump. The biggest class was won by the Kruyff with a near-standard Opel Commodore; he was the only entry since Rob Slotemaker was at Le mans.


Standaard toerwagens (A)
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
DSQ   61  
Opel Kadett		 Jan van der Pol, NL
 1078 L4 1300   1      
DSQ     SRT Holland
NSU 1000		 Wim Boshuis, NL
 996 L4 1000          
1 1    
Opel Kadett		 Gerrit Ruitenbeek, NL
 1078 L4 1300 12 laps, 27.51,6        
2 1    
Simca 1000 GLS		 Hans Kok, NL
 944 L4 1000 12 laps, 28.25,0        
3 2    
Simca 1000 L		 Govert de Jong, NL
 944 L4 1000 12 laps, 28.30,4        
4 3    
NSU 1000		 Bob Thijssen, NL
 996 L4 1000 12 laps, 29.00,2        
  1 6  
Fiat 850 Special		 Herman Pot ("Cento"), NL
 843 L4 850 12 laps, 29.16,7        
  2 12  
Morris Mini 850		 Wim Visser, NL
 848 L4 850 12 laps, 29.17,5        
  3    
Austin Mini Seven		 G. Mathot, NL
 848 L4 850 12 laps, 29.17,5        
  2    
VW 1300		 K.F. Tendick, NL
 1285 B4 1300 12 laps, 30.20,8        
DSQ      
unknown		 Truyt den Hertog, NL
                

Group 5 under 1000 cc (B)
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 SAS
Fiat Abarth 1000 TC		 Rob Dijkstra, NL
 982 L4 1000 12 laps, 23.42,7        
2 2    
Fiat Abarth 1000 TC		 Ron Deinum, NL
 982 L4 1000 12 laps, 23.53,6        
3 3 39  
NSU 1000 TTS		 Jan-Pieter Selle, NL
 996 L4 1000 12 laps, 24.33,2        
  1    
BMW 700 CS		 Bob Put, NL
 697 B2 850 11 laps        
  2    
Fiat Abarth 850 TC		 Rob Vaassen, NL
 847 L4 850 11 laps        
  3    
Fiat 600D		 Willem Snapper, NL
 767? L4 850 11 laps        
      STAR
Fiat Abarth 1000 TC		 Huub Vermeulen, NL
 982 L4 1000          
       
Hillman Imp		 John Bokkelkamp, NL
 998 L4 1000          
       
Opel Kadett		 Jaap Zwart Jr, NL
   L4 1000          
       
NSU 1000 TTS		 Hub Nijsten, NL
 996 L4 1000          
DNF?      
NSU 1000 TTS		 Henri van Oorschot, NL
 996 L4 1000          

Group 5 over 1000 cc (C)
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 85 SRT Holland
Porsche 911		 Bob van der Sluis, NL
 1991 B6 2000 12 laps, 22.15,2        
2 1    
Morris Mini Cooper S		 Jacques Koolhaas, NL
 1293 L4 1300 12 laps, 23.39,0        
3 2    
BMW 2000 TI		 Tim Calis Sr, NL
 1990 L4 2000 12 laps, 23.45,7        
4 1    
Ford Lotus Cortina		 Wim Beers, NL
 1594 L4 1600 12 laps, 23.51,0        
5 2 67  
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA		 Hennie van der Vliet, NL
 1570 L4 1600 12 laps, 24.03,0        
6 3    
Ford Lotus Cortina		 Theo Schoonderbeek, NL
 1594 L4 1600 12 laps, 24.03,3        
  1 92  
Opel Commodore GS		 Huug de Kruyff, NL
 2490 L6 +2000 11 laps        
  3    
Volvo 122 S		 Kees van Grieken, NL
 1778 L4 2000 11        
  2    
Ford Anglia Super		 Gerrit de Vries, NL
   L4 1300 11        
  3    
Renault R 8 Gordini		 M.A. Peelen, NL
 1255 L4 1300 10        
DNF     SRT Holland
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA		 Nico Chiotakis, NL
 1570 L4 1600         Fuel pump