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Trofee van de Noordzee Zolder

Zolder, Belgium

Date: 18/4/1971
Track length: 4.184 m
Attendance: 5.000
Entries accepted:
Starters:
Finishers:

Pole position:
Fastest lap: Verbeeck in 1.45,6 = 142,636 kmh

Distance: 15 laps, 10 laps (heats)
Average speed: 128,453 kmh (B); 141,937 kmh (E)
Weather:
Ruleset: Group 1 and 2
Car info: 1971 Cars

 

The opening of the Belgian season took place at Zolder.

Group 1
Dex’ Mustang was away first, but a bad start of Tuerlinckx (Camaro) did not hamper the latter to take the lead - but for a short while only, since the Mustang was faster on the straight. When the Camaro sterted to suffer from fuel starvation he was passed by Peltier (BMW).

Heats
The first heat was won by Berger (BMW), after Grauls retired with gearbox problems. Tuerlinckx (Commodore) befell the same fate, so Raus finished second.
Heat 2 was won by Franck with Fontaine in second, unable (or unwilling) to do anything about it. Verbeeck (Commodore) had been in the lead for a while but a puncture ended his race.

Final
It was expected that Franck would walk away with victory, but Fontaine passed him on lap 8 and never looked back in the new Escort RS. One lap later, Franck fell back while Joossens had a fight with Berger (BMW) and soon claimed second while Berger finished third.


A: Group 1 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   Écurie Azur
Alfa Romeo 1300 GT Junior
Claude Collignon, B
1290 L4 Group 1 1300          
2 2   Scuderia Mille Miglia
Renault R 8 Gordini
Jean-Marie Morlet, B
1255 L4 Group 1 1300          
3 3   Écurie Azur
Alfa Romeo 1300 GT Junior
Michel Degraeve, B
1290 L4 Group 1 1300          
4 4    
Renault R 8 Gordini
Marcel Du Soleil, B
1255 L4 Group 1 1300          
5 5   Grafo Motor
Alfa Romeo 1300 GT Junior
Jean-Claude Franck, B
1290 L4 Group 1 1300          
6 6    
Alfa Romeo 1300 GT Junior
Emile Holvoet, B
1290 L4 Group 1 1300          

B: Group 1 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   Ford BP Racing Team
Ford Mustang
Freddy Semoulin ("Alain Dex"), B
  V8 Group 1 +2000 15 laps, 29.18,9        
2 2   Précision Liegeoise
BMW 2800 CS
Alain Peltier, B
2788 L6 Group 1 +2000 15 laps, 29.20,3 2      
3 3   Transeurop Gulf Racing Team
Chevrolet Camaro
Chris Tuerlinx, B
  V8 Group 1 +2000 15 laps, 29.38,5 7     Fuel pressure
4 4    
Opel Commodore GS/E
Paul Verbeeck, B
2490 L6 Group 1 +2000 15 laps, 29.56,2        
5 5   Racing Team Marabout
Opel Commodore GS/E
Vincent Gaye, B
2490 L6 Group 1 +2000 15 laps, 30.21,5        
6 1    
BMW 2002 TI
Rick Coemans, B
1990 L4 Group 1 2000 15 laps, 30.31,5        
7 2    
BMW 2002 TI
"VDM", B
1990 L4 Group 1 2000 15 laps, 30.52,7        
8 3    
BMW 2002 TI
J. Werrie, B
1990 L4 Group 1 2000 15 laps, 31.03,8        
9 4    
BMW 2002 TI
"E. Patrick", B
1990 L4 Group 1 2000 15 laps, 31.04,8        
10 5    
BMW 2002 TI
André Lierneux, B
1990 L4 Group 1 2000 15 laps, 31.05,1        
DNF     Transeurop Gulf Racing Team
Opel Commodore GS/E
Paul Joossens, B
2490 L6 Group 1 +2000          
DNF      
Opel Commodore GS/E
René Tricot, B
2490 L6 Group 1 +2000          

C: Group 2 - Heat 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 10  
BMW 2800 CS
Jacques Berger, B
2996 L6 Group 2 +2000          
2 1    
BMW 2002 TI
Raymond Raus, B
1990 L4 Group 2 2000          
3 1    
BMC Mini Cooper S
Julien Vernaeve, B
1293 L4 Group 2 2000          
4 2    
Morris Mini Cooper S
Jean-Pierre Guyette, B
1293 L4 Group 2 2000          
DNF?      
Chevrolet Camaro
Ivo Grauls, B
  V8 Group 2 +2000         Gearbox
DNF?     Transeurop Gulf Racing Team
Opel Commodore GS 2800
Chris Tuerlinx, B
2998 L6 Group 2 +2000         Gearbox

D: Group 2 - Heat 2
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 12 Grafo Motor Racing Developments
Alfa Romeo 2000 GTAm
Jean-Claude Franck, B
1985 L4 Group 2 2000 10 laps, 18.00,8        
2 2 36 Ford BP Racing Team
Ford Escort RS 1600
Yvette Fontaine, B
1701 L4 Group 2 2000 10 laps, 18.07,3        
3 1 4 Transeurop Gulf Racing Team
Opel Commodore GS 2800
Paul Joossens, B
2998 L6 Group 2 +2000 10 laps, 18.30,2        
4 3 22 Écurie Azur
BMW 2002 TI
Robert Derom, B
1990 L4 Group 2 2000 10 laps, 18.37,0        
5 4 34 Ford BP Racing Team
Ford Escort TC
Freddy Semoulin ("Alain Dex"), B
1594 L4 Group 2 2000 10 laps, 19.06,0        
6 5 32  
BMW 2002 TI
Fred Helsen, B
1990 L4 Group 2 2000 10 laps, 19.14,4        
7 1 54  
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior
Charles Van Stalle ("Chavan"), B
1290 L4 Group 2 1300 10 laps, 19.52,9        
8 2 48  
Renault R 8 Gordini
Philippe Bervoets ("Davit"), B
1255 L4 Group 2 1300 9        
9 6 28  
BMW 2002 TI
Rick Coemans, B
1990 L4 Group 2 2000 9        
10 7    
BMW 2002 TI
Michel De Deyne, B
1990 L4 Group 2 2000 9        
11 3 50  
Morris Mini Cooper S
Jacques Hendrickx, B
1293 L4 Group 2 1300 9        
12 4 76  
NSU 1000 TTS
Marcel Tombeur, B
996 L4 Group 2 1300 8        
13 5 74  
Ford Anglia
Frerotte, B
997 L4 Group 2 1300 8        
14 2 8  
Opel Commodore GS 2800
Paul Verbeeck, B
2998 L6 Group 2 +2000 7     1.45,6 Puncture
15 6 70  
Simca 1000 S
Michel Bitaine, B
1118 L4 Group 2 1300 3        

E: Group 2 - Final
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 36 Ford BP Racing Team
Ford Escort RS 1600
Yvette Fontaine, B
1701 L4 Group 2 2000 15 laps, 26.31,8? 2   1.44,6 (?)  
2 2 4 Transeurop Gulf Racing Team
Opel Commodore GS 2800
Paul Joossens, B
2998 L6 Group 2 +2000 15 laps, 26.50,0        
3 3 10  
BMW 2800 CS
Jacques Berger, B
2996 L6 Group 2 +2000 15 laps, 26.50,2 3      
4 1    
BMW 2002 TI
Raymond Raus, B
1990 L4 Group 2 2000 15 laps, 27.07,0        
5 2 22 Écurie Azur
BMW 2002 TI
Robert Derom, B
1990 L4 Group 2 2000 15 laps, 27.22,2        
6 1 48  
Renault R 8 Gordini
Philippe Bervoets ("Davit"), B
1255 L4 Group 2 1300 14        
7 2    
BMC Mini Cooper S
Julien Vernaeve, B
1293 L4 Group 2 1300          
8 3 50 Scuderia Mille Miglia
Morris Mini Cooper S
Jacques Hendrickx, B
1293 L4 Group 2 1300          
9 3 28  
BMW 2002 TI
Rick Coemans, B
1990 L4 Group 2 2000          
10 1 76  
NSU 1000 TTS
Marcel Tombeur, B
996 L4 Group 2 1000          
11 2    
NSU 1000 TTS
Jean-Baptiste Laurent, B
996 L4 Group 2 1000          
12 4    
BMW 2002 TI
Michel De Deyne, B
1990 L4 Group 2 2000          
13 5 12 Grafo Motor
Alfa Romeo 2000 GTAm
Jean-Claude Franck, B
1985 L4 Group 2 2000 8? 1     DNF
14 6 74  
Ford Anglia
Frerotte, B
997? L4 Group 2 1300          
DNF   8  
Opel Commodore GS 2800
Paul Verbeeck, B
2998 L6 Group 2 +2000         Overheating
DNF   34 Ford BP Racing Team
Ford Escort TC
Freddy Semoulin ("Alain Dex"), B
1594 L4 Group 2 2000