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6e Bekers van België

Zolder, Belgium

Date: 20/4/1969
Track length: 4.184 m
Attendance: unknown
Entries accepted: 21/34
Starters: 20/24
Finishers: 10/22

Pole position: Vernaeve in 1.52,8 (-1300); Hezemans in 1.45,2 (+1300)
Fastest lap: Vernaeve in 1.53,8 (-1300); Hezemans in 1.44,9 (+1300)

Distance: 15 laps
Average speed: 130,636 kmh (-1300 cc); 141,697 kmh (+1300); 120,377 kmh (Group 1)
Weather: unknown
Ruleset: Group 1, 2 and 5/69
Car info: 1969 Cars

 

Main opposition for Vernaeve and his immaculate fuel-injection Cooper S were the Team Grafo Alfa Romeo 1300 GTAs. One was a modified GT Junior of the year before (Deprez), the other one was a genuine aluminium-body and fuel-injected GTA (Cornet). These three were at the front after practice too; and Vernaeve was away quickest in the race, Deprez second, Cornet third. Cornet retired, so Deprez finished second in front of the two Minis of Bardet and Merckx.

The big class had its favourites too. Ford of Belgium had entered two cars, for Alain Dex and Jacky Ickx, so Yvette Fontaine was moved to a Cortina. And we had two Porsches from the Netherlands, with Hezemans and van Lennep. BMW had three cars for Derom, Moorkens and Potters.
Alfa Romeo had a GTA-SA for Demoulin and atmospheric GTAs for Christine and Demol.
The Dutch Porsches were fastest in practice, and took the lead after the start, followed by Ickx, Derom, Dex, Moorkens and the lot. The Porsches inched away from Ickx, until the latter had to retire in lap 7 with gearbox troubles. Hezemans opened a gap to van Lennep now, and the Dutch cars were so fast that the entire field was lapped with the exception of Dex.

A: Group 2/5 under 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 50  
Morris Mini Cooper S		 Julien Vernaeve, B
 1293 L4 Group 2/5 1300 15 laps, 28.49,5 1 1.52,8 1.53,8  
2 2 56 Grafo Levi’s
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior		 Yves Deprez, B
 1290 L4 Group 2/5 1300 15 laps, 29.22,2 3 1.55,0    
3 3 43 Emile Businario
Austin Mini Cooper S		 Jean-Pol Bardet, B
 1293 L4 Group 2/5 1300 15 laps, 29.34,7 4 1.55,9    
4 4 44 Mille Miglia
Austin Mini Cooper S		 Tony Merckx, B
 1293 L4 Group 2/5 1300 15 laps, 29.43,4 5 2.00,0    
5 5 40  
Renault R 8 Gordini		 Francy Lacroix, B
 1255 L4 Group 2/5 1300 14 8 2.07,4    
6 1 42  
Sunbeam Imp		 Daniel Doyen, B
 998 L4 Group 2/5 1000 14 6 2.02,1    
7 6 39  
Ford Escort 1300 GT		 Yvan Derivière, B
 1298 L4 Group 2/5 1300 13 15 2.14,5    
NC   52  
DKW Junior		 Emile Holvoet, B
 796 L3 Group 2/5 850   13 2.13,5    
NC   38  
Ford Anglia		 Robert Loyens, B
 997 L4 Group 2/5 1000   19 2.22,6    
DNF   57 Grafo Levi’s
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior		 Jean-Pierre Cornet, B
 1290 L4 Group 2/5 1300   2 1.53,9    
DNF   37  
Morris Mini Cooper S		 Pieter Cath, B
 1293 L4 Group 2/5 1300   7 2.02,7    
DNF   54  
Morris Mini Cooper S		 David Mirmovich ("Mir"), B
 1293 L4 Group 2/5 1300   9 2.07,7    
DNF   55  
NSU 1000 TT		 Guy Deladrière, B
 1085 L4 Group 2/5 1300?   10 2.09,7    
DNF   45  
BMC Mini Cooper S		 Jules Leloux, B
 1293 L4 Group 2/5 1300   11 2.09,9    
DNF   41  
NSU 1000 TT		 Henri Sonveau, B
 1085 L4 Group 2/5 1300   12 2.11,9    
DNF   35  
NSU 1000 TTS		 René Dahm, B
 996 L4 Group 2/5 1000   14 2.14,4    
DNF   47  
Fiat Abarth 1000 TC		 Pierre Rubens, B
 982 L4 Group 2/5 1000   16 2.16,0    
DNF   51  
Sunbeam Imp		 André Degueldere, B
 998 L4 Group 2/5 1000   17 2.18,1    
DNF   49 Mille Miglia
Morris Mini 850		 Jacques Hendrickx, B
 848 L4 Group 2/5 850   18 2.18,2    
DNF   46  
BMC Mini Cooper S		 Philippe Verdeyen, B
 1293 L4 Group 2/5 1300   20 2.34,6    

B: Group 2/5 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 95 Lach 69/SRT Holland
Porsche 911 L		 Toine Hezemans, NL
 1991 B6 Group 2/5 2000 15 laps, 26.34,5 1 1.45,2 1.44,9  
2 2 65 Dutch National Racing Team
Porsche 911 L		 Gijs van Lennep, NL
 1991 B6 Group 2/5 2000 15 laps, 26.35,9 2 1.45,6    
3 1 60 Ford Belgium
Ford Escort TC		 Freddy Semoulin ("Alain Dex"), B
 1594 L4 Group 2/5 1600 15 laps, 28.11,1 5 1.49,9    
4 3 61  
BMW 2002		 Robert Derom, B
 1990 L4 Group 2/5 2000 14 4 1.48,6    
5 4 73  
Porsche 911 L		 Edouard Duvigneaud, B
 1991 B6 Group 2/5 2000 14 7 1.52,6    
6 5 66  
BMW 2002 TI		 Richard Potters, B
 1990 L4 Group 2/5 2000 14 9 1.54,0    
7 1 86 Team Lucien Bianchi
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA-SA		 Jacques Demoulin, B
 1570 s/c L4 Group 2/5 +2000 14 6 1.52,4    
8 6 75  
BMW 2002		 Dominique Moorkens, B
 1990 L4 Group 2/5 2000 14 8 1.53,6    
9 2 93  
BMW 1600 TI		 Jakob Hürtgen, D
 1573 L4 Group 2/5 1600 14 11 1.54,9    
10 3 81  
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA		 Pascal Demol, B
 1570 L4 Group 2/5 1600 14 10 1.54,2    
11 7 62  
BMW 2002		 Rick Coemans, B
 1990 L4 Group 2/5 2000 14 14 1.57,0    
12 4 74 Team Welcker
Ford Lotus Cortina		 Yvette Fontaine, B
 1594 L4 Group 2/5 1600 14 13 1.57,0    
13 8 67  
BMW 2002		 Jeannot Sauvage, B
 1990 L4 Group 2/5 2000 13 18 2.02,9    
14 9 79 Princess Racing
BMW 2002		 Jeremy Rawlins, GB
 1990 L4 Group 2/5 2000 13 16 2.01,3    
15 10 72  
Porsche 911 L		 Jacques Thenaers, B
 1991 B6 Group 2/5 2000 13 19 2.05,5    
16 5 88  
Datsun 1600 SSS		 Henry Miroux, B
 1595 L4 Group 2/5 1600 13 21 2.06,7    
17 6 63  
Datsun 1600 SSS		 Jean-Pierre Guyette, B
 1595 L4 Group 2/5 1600 13 22 2.07,9    
18 11? 84  
Volvo PV 544		 Guy Gillet, B
 1778? L4 Group 2/5 2000? 12 23 2.08,9    
19 7 85  
BMW 1600		 Valère Lejeune, B
 1573 L4 Group 2/5 1600 12 25 2.11,9    
20 2 76  
Opel Commodore GS		 Paul Deman, B
 2490 L6 Group 2/5 +2000 12 24 2.09,6    
21 12 64  
Volvo 123 GT		 Joost Byttebier, B
 1778 L4 Group 2/5 2000 12 20 2.06,5    
22 8 69  
BMW 1600 TI		 Emile Lecler, B
 1573 L4 Group 2/5 1600 12 17 2.02,9    
DNF   94 Ford Belgium
Ford Escort TC		 Jacky Ickx, B
 1594 L4 Group 2/5 1600 7 3 1.46,7   Gearbox
DNF   87 Team Lucien Bianchi
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA		 Christine Beckers ("Christine"), B
 1570 L4 Group 2/5 1600 1 12 1.55,5   Valves
DNF 1 70  
Opel Commodore GS		 Etienne Stalpaert, B
 2490 L6 Group 2/5 +2000   15 1.59,4    

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
1 1 1 Ford-Chevron Racing Team
Ford Lotus Cortina		 Freddy Semoulin ("Alain Dex"), B
 1558 L4 Group 1 1600          
2 2 12 Écurie Azur
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTV		 Jacques Berger, B
 1570 L4 Group 1 1600          
3 3 30  
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTV		 Roland van Cauwenberg, B
 1570 L4 Group 1 1600          
4 4 27  
Ford Lotus Cortina		 Henry Lax, B
 1558 L4 Group 1 1600          
5 1 6 Écurie Azur
BMW 2002		 Raymond Mathay, B
 1990 L4 Group 1 2500          
6 5 22 Ford Belgium
Ford Lotus Cortina		 Nicole Sol, B
 1558 L4 Group 1 1600          
7 6 31  
Alfa Romeo Giulia Super		 Georges Hacquin, B
 1570 L4 Group 1 1600          
8 1 21  
Renault R 8 Gordini		 Jean Deleu, B
 1255 L4 Group 1 1300          
9 2 15  
Morris Mini Cooper S		 Francis Polak, B
 1275 L4 Group 1 1300          
10 3 14  
Renault R 8 Gordini		 Johnny De Bruyker, B
 1255 L4 Group 1 1300          
11 4 32 Team Lucien Bianchi
Alfa Romeo 1300 GT Junior		 Christine Beckers ("Christine"), B
 1290 L4 Group 1 1300          
12 5 10 Team Bardahl
Renault R 8 Gordini		 Freddy Vandecaveye, B
 1255 L4 Group 1 1300          
13 7 29  
Alfa Romeo Giulia Super		 Jacques Simons, B
 1570 L4 Group 1 1600          
14 2 24  
BMW 2002		 Antoine van Kerkhove, B
 1990 L4 Group 1 2500          
15 6 9  
Morris Mini Cooper S		 Michel Humbert, B
 1275 L4 Group 1 1300          
16 7 18  
Austin Mini Cooper S		 Francis Masseaux, B
 1293 L4 Group 1 1300          
17 1 5  
Morris Mini Cooper		 Jean-Jacques Vloebergs, B
 998 L4 Group 1 1000          
18 1 3 Mille Miglia
Fiat 850 coupé		 Maurice Lenaif ("Alix"), B
 843 L4 Group 1 850          
19 8 8  
Opel Rallye Kadett		 Albin Navaux ("Clayes"), B
 1078 L4 Group 1 1300          
20 8 17  
Ford Lotus Cortina		 Jacques Balduzzi, B
 1558 L4 Group 1 1600          
21 9 20  
Morris Mini Cooper		 Robert Gilles, B
 998 L4 Group 1 1000