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Ford Grand Prix

Jyllandsringen, Silkeborg, Denmark

Date: 23/8/1969 to: 24/8/1969
Track length: 1.701 m
Attendance:
Entries accepted:
Starters:
Finishers:

Pole position: Engstrøm (D)
Fastest lap:

Distance:
Average speed:
Weather:
Ruleset: Group 2/63
Car info: 1969 Cars

 

Group 2 under 1600 cc
Some competition from abroad here, with Robert Kvist (Escort TC) winning overall after Buch-Larsen had retired.

Group 2 under 1000 cc
No Swedes to spoil the Danish fun here, with Høyer winning on saturday some 8,5 seconds over Borch-Christensen while the next heat went to Høyer too, this time beating Borch-Christensen by a massive 19 seconds. Overall victory went to Høyer of course, with Davis a strong third.

Group 1
It seemed that Arnold Larsen finally got his Renault Gordini right, and he won two heats on Saturday while Kristensen won a heat on Sunday. But when the first three cars were inspected none of them complied fully with the Group 1 rules and all of them were thrown out. Kristensen insulted the scrutineers, resulting in a 3-month license suspension. Høyer, who had not been able to run near the front, now got an unexpected victory.

Group 5
The championship was heating up with Belsø now only 2 points behind Engstrøm. He had used the month in between for two trips to Sweden, winning Falkenberg over Green (Escort) and Hansen (Porsche) and again winning at Karlskoga over Green.
Engstrøm had used the time very well too, updating his car with parts from Germany - and rumour had it that he clocked fabulous times at Jyllands during testing...
Rasmussen had also made the trip to Karlskoga, with a mighty crash as a result - he had to get a car from the Netherlands to be able to start here.
Practice saw Engstrøm in front, followed by Belsø, Henriksen and Jürgensen.
Both heats on Saturday saw Engstrøm winning by a mile, after two heats his lead was over 30 seconds! Belsø would not believe it and fielded a protest against the Porsche’s engine. It was rejected on Monday, after Engstrøm had won the third heat in dominant style as well.


A: Group 2 1000-1600 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 Escort TC
Robert Kvist, S
1594 L4 1600          
2 2    
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA
W. Bühl, D
1570 L4 1600          
3 3    
Morris Mini Cooper S
Rolf Nielsen, DK
1293 L4 1600          
4 4    
Austin Mini Cooper S
Kenneth Gram, DK
1293 L4 1600          
DNF      
Ford Escort 1300 GT
Jørgen Kureer
1298 L4 1600          
DNF      
Ford Escort TC
Aage Buch-Larsen, DK
1594 L4 1600          

B: Group 2 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 970
Erik Høyer, DK
999 L4 1000          
2 2    
Fiat Abarth 1000 TC
Son Borch-Christensen, DK
982 L4 1000          
3 3    
Fiat Abarth 1000 TC
Jerry Davis, S
982 L4 1000          
4 4    
Austin Mini Cooper S 970
Lars Viggo-Jensen, DK
999 L4 1000          
5 5    
NSU 1000 TTS
Peter Fransson, S
996 L4 1000          
6 6    
Fiat Abarth 1000 TC
Kai Nielsen, DK
982 L4 1000          
7 7    
NSU 1000 TTS
Henrik Winther, DK
996 L4 1000          

C: Group 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
DSQ      
Renault R 8 Gordini
Arnold Larsen, DK
1255 L4 Group 1          
DSQ      
Fiat 124 Sport Coupé
Son Borch-Christensen, DK
1438 L4 Group 1          
DSQ      
Morris Mini Cooper S
Knud Kristensen, DK
1293 L4 Group 1          
1 1    
Austin Mini Cooper S
Erik Høyer, DK
1275 L4 Group 1          
2 2    
Fiat 124 Sport Coupé
John Lundberg, DK
1438 L4 Group 1          
3 3    
Austin Mini Cooper S
Toben Hasfeldt, DK
1275 L4 Group 1          
4 4    
NSU 1200 TT
Heinz Müller
1177 L4 Group 1          
5 5    
Ford Lotus Cortina
Steen Oehlenschläger, DK
1558 L4 Group 1          
6 6    
Fiat 124 Sport Coupé
Ib Ollerup Christiansen, DK
1438 L4 Group 1          
7 7    
Austin Mini Cooper S
Poul Weinreich, DK
1275 L4 Group 1          

D: 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    
Porsche 911 S
Sven Engstrøm, DK
1991 B6 Group 5          
2 2    
Ford Escort TC
Tom Belsø, DK
1594 L4 Group 5          
3 3    
BMW 2002 TI
Gunnar Henriksen, DK
1990 L4 Group 5          
4 4   Speed-Man Racing
Volvo PV 544
Ulf Andersson, S
  L4 Group 5          
5 5    
Volvo 122
Niels-Peter Elleman-Jacobsen, DK
ca. 2000 L4 Group 5          
DSQ      
Porsche 911 S
Hans-Christian Jürgensen, D
1991 B6 Group 5         Blackflagged: dangerous driving
DNF      
Ford Escort TC
Flemming Rasmussen, DK
1594 L4 Group 5          
DNF      
Volvo PV 544
Mette Kruuse, DK
1778 L4 Group 5          

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.