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Grote Prijs van Zolder

Zolder, Belgium

Date: 1/5/1971 to: 2/5/1971
Track length: 4.184 m
Attendance: 64.000
Entries accepted:
Starters:
Finishers:

Pole position: Grauls (D)
Fastest lap: Fontaine in 1.44,0 (D)

Distance: 12 laps
Average speed: 115,911 kmh (A); 129,235 kmh (B); 134,525 kmh (C); 143,258 kmh (D)
Weather:
Ruleset: Group 1 and 2
Car info: 1971 Cars

Pictures

Grauls and his Camaro had a convincing win in the biggest Group 2 class, beating Fontaine (Escort) and Verbeeck (Commodore). The biggest Group 1 race had been won by heavy metal too, Tuerlinx winning his race in a Camaro.


Group 1 under 1300 cc (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   18 Grafo Motor
Alfa Romeo 1300 GT Junior
Jean-Claude Franck, B
1290 L4 Group 1 1300 12 laps, 25.58,3        
2   28 Précision Liegeoise
Renault R 8 Gordini
Alain Peltier, B
1255 L4 Group 1 1300 12 laps, 26.08,3        
3   8  
Renault R 8 Gordini
Roman Feitler, L
1255 L4 Group 1 1300 12 laps, 26.08,6        
4   6 Racing Team Biral
Renault R 8 Gordini
Freddy Vandecaveye, B
1255 L4 Group 1 1300 12 laps, 26.22,4        
5   29 Racing Team Biral
Renault R 8 Gordini
Hermès Delbar, B
1255 L4 Group 1 1300 12 laps, 26.22,9        
6   26 Scuderia Mille Miglia
Renault R 8 Gordini
Jean-Marie Morlet, B
1255 L4 Group 1 1300 12 laps, 26.22,9        
7   30  
Alfa Romeo 1300 GT Junior
Raymond Lessenes, B
1290 L4 Group 1 1300 12 laps, 26.39,8        
8   17 Écurie Azur
Alfa Romeo 1300 GT Junior
Michel Degraeve, B
1290 L4 Group 1 1300 12 laps, 26.45,1        
9   10  
Renault R 8 Gordini
Marcel Du Soleil, B
1255 L4 Group 1 1300 12 laps, 26.50,6        
10   12 Écurie Azur
Austin Mini Cooper S
Pieter Cath, B
1275 L4 Group 1 1300 12 laps, 26.51,0        

Group 1 over 1300 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   74 Transeurop Gulf Racing Team
Chevrolet Camaro
Chris Tuerlinx, B
6500 V8 +1300 12 laps, 23.18,6        
2   82 Ford BP Racing Team
Ford Mustang
Freddy Semoulin ("Alain Dex"), B
  V8 +1300 12 laps, 23.32,5        
3   89 Précision Liegeoise
BMW 2800 CS
Alain Peltier, B
2788 L6 +1300 12 laps, 23.34,9        
4   90 Racing Team Marabout
Opel Commodore GS/E
Vincent Gaye, B
2490 L6 +1300 12 laps, 24.12,8        
5   78  
BMW 2002 TI
Rick Coemans, B
1990 L4 +1300 12 laps, 24.35,3        
6   83 Ecurie Le Perron
BMW 2002 TI
"E. Patrick", B
1990 L4 +1300 12 laps, 24.40,7        
7   69  
Opel Commodore GS/E
Dany Wauters, B
2490 L6 +1300 12 laps, 24.44,1        
8   75  
BMW 2002 TI
Peter Otto, D
1990 L4 +1300 12 laps, 24.57,8        
9   85  
BMW 2002 TI
Marc Demol, B
1990 L4 +1300 12 laps, 24.57,8        
10   88  
BMW 2002 TI
Daniël Gelinne, B
1990 L4 +1300 12 laps, 25.07,5        

Group 2 under 1300 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 17 Grafo Motor
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior
Jean-Claude Franck, B
1290 L4 Group 2 1300 12 laps, 22.23,6        
2 2 10  
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior
Pierre Rubens, B
1290 L4 Group 2 1300 12 laps, 22.41,5        
3 3 24  
BMC Mini Cooper S
Julien Vernaeve, B
1293 L4 Group 2 1300 12 laps, 22.48,0        
4 4 20 Ford BP Racing Team
Ford Escort 1300 GT
Freddy Semoulin ("Alain Dex"), B
1298 L4 Group 2 1300 12 laps, 22.53,8        
DSQ?   25 Écurie Azur
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior
"Jean Hex", B
1290 L4 Group 2 1300 12 laps, 23.21,6        
6 5 16 Ecurie Pays Noir
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior
Daniel Dezy, B
1290 L4 Group 2 1300 12 laps, 23.34,7        
7 6 21 East Belgian Racing Team
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior
Edgar Gillessen, B
1290 L4 Group 2 1300 12 laps, 23.40,2        
8   5  
Fiat Abarth 1000 TCR
Wilfried Liehr, D
982 L4 Group 2 1300 12 laps, 23.52,2        
9   13  
Morris Mini Cooper S
Jean-Jacques Vloebergs, B
1293 L4 Group 2 1300 12 laps, 23.54,6        
10   29  
BMC Mini Cooper S
Emile Businaro, B
1293 L4 Group 2 1300 12 laps, 22.48,0        

Group 2 over 1300 cc (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 61  
Chevrolet Camaro
Ivo Grauls, B
7443 V8 Group 2 +2000 12 laps, 21.01,7 1      
2 1 68 Ford BP Racing Team
Ford Escort RS 1600
Yvette Fontaine, B
1701? L4 Group 2 2000 12 laps, 21.05,5 5      
3 2 72  
Opel Commodore GS 2800
Paul Verbeeck, B
2940 L6 Group 2 +2000 12 laps, 21.06,4 2      
4 3 59 Transeurop Gulf Racing Team
Opel Commodore GS 2800
Chris Tuerlinx, B
2980 L6 Group 2 +2000 12 laps, 21.11,9 3      
5 2 66 Grafo Motor
Alfa Romeo 2000 GTAm
Jean-Claude Franck, B
1985 L4 Group 2 2000 12 laps, 21.12,3 4      
6 4 57 Transeurop Gulf Racing Team
Opel Commodore GS 2800
Paul Joossens, B
2980 L6 Group 2 +2000 12 laps, 21.28,6        
7 5 58 Transeurop Gulf Racing Team
Opel Commodore GS 2800
Joost Byttebier, B
2980 L6 Group 2 +2000 12 laps, 21.32,5        
8 3 71  
BMW 2002
Raymond Raus, B
1990 L4 Group 2 2000 12 laps, 21.36,3        
9 4 67 Grafo Motor
Alfa Romeo 2000 GTAm
Gérald Simonis, B
1985 L4 Group 2 2000 12 laps, 21.50,4        
10 5 54  
BMW 1600/2
Dieter Hegels, D
1573 L4 Group 2 2000 12 laps, 22.28,9