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Escort Mexico Trophy Race

Zandvoort, Netherlands

Date: 10/10/1971
Track length: 4.195 m
Attendance:
Entries accepted: unknown
Starters: 29 (A); 17 (B); 17 (C); 11? (D)
Finishers: 29 (A); 12 (B); 16 (C); 8 (D)

Pole position: Frankenhout in 1.59,2 (A); Dijkstra in 1.48,8 (B); Akersloot in 1.37,7 (C); Vermeulen in 1.35,2 (D)
Fastest lap: Post in 1.59,2 (A); Dijkstra in 1.46,8; Akersloot in 1.38,5 (C); Vermeulen in 1.34,0 (D)

Distance: 10 laps (Group 1); 15 laps (Group 2); 12 laps (Sports etc)
Average speed: 125,236 kmh (A); 137,659 kmh (B); 151,625 kmh (C); 158,309 kmh (D)
Weather:
Ruleset: Group 1; Group 2
Car info: 1971 Cars

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Before we enter the big fights and championship decisions, first there was another Group 1 race. A single race yet again, with the Kadett 1900’s on row one.
Post was the fastest this time, winning the 8500 class, while Hempenius got a narrow victory over a bunch of other NSU’s and Frankenhout’s Mazda. The smallest class was won by Coronel, standing in for Loek Vermeulen - he got used to the tricky car swiftly,lapping faster than anyone else.

In the under-1150 Group 2 race we saw Dijkstra on the grid - a major relief, since his behaviours the last race prompted the officials to withdraw his license (“psychical unfit to race”) but is was handed back to him - for the time being. He had a clean fight with van de Pol, but won the race and the championship. Slotemaker’s car would not start on the grid, so it was pushed away; cheeky Rob engaged the clutch and went after the field. He was black flagged for receiving a push-start, of course. The 1150 class and the championship here was won by van Oorschot.

While Akersloot and Berg sprinted away for a 1-2 for Ford in the 2000 cc class, Hezemans’ championship chances came to an abrupt end when he and rival van der Sluis closed in on van der Sluis’ team-mate Chiotakis, who had fuel feed problems. The situation at Tarzan corner: Chiotakis in front, Hezemans on the outside, van der Sluis on the inside. A few 100 meters later: Hezemans in the grass, van der Sluis and Chiotakis disappearing into the distance.
The role of Chiotakis was unclear and probably not decisive. But van der Sluis pushed Hezemans off, that was clear. Hezemans could continue but half a lap before the end was sidelined with a broken throttle cable.
Van der Sluis champion, therefore? Well, yes. He got fined 1000 Guilders (an unprecedented fine in the Netherlands) and a few weeks later, after appeal from Hezemans (“The championship is for sale for only 1000 Guilders!”) van der Sluis’ license was suspended until August 1, 1972 - a harsh verdict, even according to Hezemans.
No hard feelings, by the way: Van der Sluis and Hezemans would meet again in the future: Van der Sluis (the “S” of F&S properties) funding many of Hezemans’ projects, like F3 and F1 with Boy Hayje.

Group 1 (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
1 1 84 Auto-Post
Opel Kadett 1900		 Henk Post, NL
 1897 L4 8500 10 laps, 20.05,3 2 1.59,9 1.59,2  
2 2 87 Dutch National Racing Team
Opel Kadett 1900		 Rien Frankenhout, NL
 1897 L4 8500 10 1 1.59,2 1.59,5  
  3 85  
Ford Escort 1300 GT		 Piet Schouten, NL
 1298 L4 8500 10 5 2.04,9 2.06,3  
  4 86  
Ford Escort 1300 GT		 Ruud van Boom, NL
 1298 L4 8500 10 4 2.04,7 2.04,7  
  1 46 Holfriba N.V.
NSU 1200 TT		 Ubbo Hempenius, NL
 1177 L4 7500 10 7 2.06,5 2.06,1  
  2 45  
NSU 1200 TT		 Leen Hagman, NL
 1177 L4 7500 10 6 2.06,4 2.06,2  
  3 54 Ginaf Automobiel Fabriek
NSU 1200 TT		 Evert van Ginkel, NL
 1177 L4 7500 10 13 2.07,9 2.06,0  
  4 53  
NSU 1200 TT		 Ric van Kempen, NL
 1177 L4 7500 10 14 2.08,3 2.06,0  
  5 41 American Optical Company
NSU 1200 TT		 Hans Ernst, NL
 1177 L4 7500 10 16 2.08,9 2.07,1  
  6 48 Dutch National Racing Team
Mazda 1300		 Fred Frankenhout, NL
 1272 L4 7500 10 9 2.07,3 2.06,9  
  7 44  
NSU 1200 TT		 Ton Boddé, NL
 1177 L4 7500 10 10 2.07,5 2.07,5  
  1 3 Dutch National Racing Team
Simca Rallye		 Tom Coronel, NL
 1118 L4 6500 10 8 2.06,9 2.07,3  
  2 10 Racing Team Wheels
Simca Rallye		 Aloys Mattijssen, NL
 1118 L4 6500 10 11 2.07,8 2.07,2  
  3 20  
Simca Rallye		 Rob Elmers, NL
 1118 L4 6500 10 19 2.10,2 2.07,5  
DSQ   2 Autorijschool Cees Velthuysen
Simca Rallye		 Hans Velthuysen, NL
 1118 L4 6500 10 18 2.10,0 not given DSQ: illegal engine modifications
  4 4 Dutch National Racing Team
Simca Rallye		 Jim Vermeulen, NL
 1118 L4 6500 10 15 2.08,8 2.07,5  
  5 1 Haags Racing Productions
Simca Rallye		 Roelof Wunderink, NL
 1118 L4 6500 10 12 2.07,8 2.08,1  
  6 7  
Simca Rallye		 Bob la Grouw, NL
 1118 L4 6500 10 20 2.10,4 2.08,9  
  7 21 Team L. Goedbloed
Simca Rallye		 Leen Verhoeven, NL
 1118 L4 6500 10 17 2.09,2 2.10,5  
  8 8  
Simca Rallye		 Bart la Grouw, NL
 1118 L4 6500 10 21 2.11,2 2.10,7  
  9 23  
Simca Rallye		 Hans van Rhoon, NL
 1118 L4 6500 9 24 2.13,2 2.12,2  
  10 9  
Simca Rallye		 Rob Grootveld, NL
 1118 L4 6500 9 22 2.12,1 2.12,3  
  11 24 D.A.S. Rechtsbijstand Verzekering
Simca Rallye		 Aad van der Graaf, NL
 1118 L4 6500 9 25 2.13,8 2.13,6  
  12 6 Haags Racing Productions
Renault R 8		 Harry Riko, NL
 956 L4 6500 9 26 2.16,6 2.15,0  
  13 28  
Simca Rallye		 Chris Vos, NL
 1118 L4 6500 9 27 2.19,3 2.15,2  
  14 27  
Simca Rallye		 Rob van Boom, NL
 1118 L4 6500 9 28 2.25,0 2.22,1  
  15 25 Haags Racing Productions
Renault R 8		 Rien Reynders, NL
 956 L4 6500 9 29 no time 2.10,5  
  5 82  
Ford Escort 1300 GT		 John van Beek, NL
 1298 L4 8500 9 23 2.13,2 2.11,1  
  6 81  
Ford Escort 1300 GT		 Pim Giesberger, NL
 1298 L4 8500 7 3 2.04,3 2.21,3  

Group 2 under 1150 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 10 DNRT-Sony Racing Team
Fiat Abarth 1000 TCR		 Rob Dijkstra, NL
 982 L4 1000 15 laps, 27.24,8 1 1.48,8 1.46,8  
2? 2 1 Ginaf Automobiel Fabriek
Fiat Abarth 1000 TCR		 Jan van der Pol, NL
 982 L4 1000 15 5 1.50,8 1.47,9  
3? 1 34 Transavia/RTR
NSU 1000 TT		 Henri van Oorschot, NL
 1140 L4 1150 15 laps, 27.38,0 3 1.49,9 1.48,5  
4? 2 41 Team Radio Veronica
Fiat 128 Berlina		 Rein Zwolsman, NL
 1148 L4 1150 15 6 1.52,8 1.53,1  
  3 7 ZAV
NSU 1000 TTS		 Hub Nijsten, NL
 996 L4 1000 14 9 1.58,9 1.56,6  
  4 3  
Austin Mini Cooper		 Ben Schaafsma, NL
 998 L4 1000 14 12 2.02,7 2.00,8  
  5 21 Racing International
Fiat Abarth 850 TC		 Ron Verzijlbergen ("Jerom"), NL
 847 L4 1000 14 10 2.01,1 2.01,5  
  6 2 Garage Ameide
Austin Mini Cooper		 Horst Knauer, NL
 998 L4 1000 14 11 2.02,1 2.01,5  
  3 36 Duckhams Racing
Daf 55 Marathon		 Hans Deen, NL
 1148 L4 1150 14 8 1.58,8 1.57,0  
  4 35 Fiat Knijn
Fiat 128 Berlina		 Hans Hettelder, NL
 1116 L4 1150 14 14 2.05,0 2.02,0  
  7 19 Mobiel Station Visser
Fiat Abarth 850 TC		 Pieter Visser, NL
 847 L4 1000 13 15 2.09,6 2.07,8  
  8 14  
Fiat Abarth 850 TC		 Ron Kluit, NL
 847 L4 1000 13 16 2.12,9 2.13,8  
DNF   4 Racing International
Fiat Abarth 850 TC		 Hans de Jonge, NL
 847 L4 1000 8 13 2.04,2 2.11,2  
DNF   8 Bosman Racing
Sunbeam Imp		 Ray Hutchinson, NL
 998 L4 1000 5 7 1.57,2 1.56,6  
DNF   9 Transavia/RTR
Sunbeam Imp		 Rob Slotemaker, NL
 998 L4 1000 3 2 1.48,8 1.51,4 Blackflagged: push start
DNF   38 Team Radio Veronica
Fiat 128 Berlina		 Piet Leeuwenburgh, NL
 1148 L4 1150 3 4 1.50,2 1.52,5  
DNF   18  
Fiat Abarth 850 TC		 Rob den Ottelander, NL
 847 L4 1000 1 17 2.13,8 no time  

Group 2 over 1150 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 78 DNRT-Sony Racing Team
Ford Escort RS 1600		 Han Akersloot, NL
 1800 L4 2000 15 laps, 24.53,3 1 1.37,7 1.38,5  
2 2 77  
Ford Escort RS 1600		 Ernst Berg, NL
 1800 L4 2000 15 2 1.40,4 1.40,2  
3? 3 79 Team 4711 Sir Irish Moss
Alfa Romeo 2000 GTAm		 Nico Chiotakis, NL
 1999 L4 2000 15 3 1.40,4 1.40,1  
4? 1 63 Team 4711 Sir Irish Moss
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior		 Bob van der Sluis, NL
 1290 L4 1300 15 laps, 25.51,3 4 1.42,6 1.41,6  
5? 2 60 Team ELF SRT Holland
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior		 Wim Boshuis, NL
 1290 L4 1300 15 7 1.44,6 1.44,0  
6 1 93  
Opel Commodore GS		 Paul Verbeeck, B
 2998 L6 +2000 15 laps, 26.34,0 5 1.42,6 1.42,8  
7 3 61 Zuider Garage
Austin Mini Cooper S		 Roland Dirks, NL
 1293 L4 1300 14 9 1.48,4 1.48,5  
8 4 57 Garage Grand Prix
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior		 Hennie van der Vliet, NL
 1290 L4 1300 14 10 1.49,1 1.49,1  
9 5 55  
Austin Mini Cooper S		 Gerrit de Vries, NL
 1293 L4 1300 14 11 1.51,3 1.49,6  
10 6 58 Team ELF SRT Holland?
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior		 Tonny Zwaanenburg, NL
 1290 L4 1300 14 14 1.55,1 1.51,8  
11 7 59 Milko Racing
Austin Mini Cooper S		 Pim Pruijs, NL
 1293 L4 1300 14 13 1.54,4 1.52,0  
DNF 8 62 Team Radio Veronica
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior		 Toine Hezemans, NL
 1290 L4 1300 14 6 1.43,5 1.42,0 Throttle cable
13 9 54  
BMC Mini Cooper S		 Tanny Boissevain, NL
 1293 L4 1300 13 15 1.58,2 1.56,2  
  10 53 Team Wimedo
Austin Mini Cooper S		 Freddy Corporaal ("F. Cornelisse"), NL
 1293 L4 1300 13 12 1.54,4 1.51,3  
  4 82  
Ford Escort Mexico		 Hans Deen, NL
 1601 L4 2000 13 16 2.00,9 1.58,4  
16 5 75 Team ELF SRT Holland
Alfa Romeo 2000 GTAm		 Jan van der Pol, NL
 1999 L4 2000 12 8 1.44,9 1.43,7  
DNF   73 ZAV
Ford Escort TC		 Harrie Geeris, NL
 1594 L4 2000   17 no time 1.53,3  

Sportscars/Prototypes/Libre (D)
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 84 DNRT-Sony Racing Team
Royale Super Vee		 Huub Vermeulen, NL
 1584 B4 Monoposto 12 laps, 19.04,2 1 1.35,2 1.34,0  
2 1 63 Team Radio Veronica
Chevron B8-BMW		 Henk Bosman, NL
 1990 L4 Sportscars/Prototypes/Libre +1300 12 laps, 19.10,0 3 1.41,2 1.34,4  
  2 81 Dutch National Racing Team
Lotus 31		 Freek Dudok van Heel, NL
 1600 L4 Monoposto 12 2 1.36,6 1.34,2  
  3 85  
Lotus		 Jan van Straaten, NL
 4728 V8 Monoposto 12 5 1.55,4 1.43,3  
  2 54 Kwinkelenberg Transport
BMW PT 5000		 Kees Kwinkelenberg, NL
 4737 V8 Sportscars/Prototypes/Libre +1300 11 4 1.51,7 1.51,5  
  1 1  
Royale RP6		 Arthur Banting, NL
 1293 L4 Sportscars/Prototypes/Libre -1300 11 laps, 19.28,9 6 1.58,3 1.43,4  
  2 6  
Marcos GT		 Hans Casteleyn, NL
 1293 L4 Sportscars/Prototypes/Libre -1300 10 9 2.00,6 1.57,3  
  3 2  
Mini Marcos		 Kim Koopman, NL
 1293 L4 Sportscars/Prototypes/Libre -1300 6 7 1.59,8 1.57,5  
DNF   3  
Fiat 850 Special		 Rob Vaassen, NL
 1300 L4 Sportscars/Prototypes/Libre -1300   8 1.59,9 no time  
DNF/DNS?   52 Team Radio Veronica
Lola T212-Ford		 Theo Kinsbergen, NL
 1800 L4 Sportscars/Prototypes/Libre +1300   10 no time no time  
DNF/DNS?   51  
Porsche Carrera 6		 Arie Ruska, NL
 1991 B6 Sportscars/Prototypes/Libre +1300   11 no time no time