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Openingsraces

Zandvoort, Netherlands

Date: 12/3/1972
Track length: 4.195 m
Attendance:
Entries accepted: 24 (A); 19 (B)
Starters: 16 (A); 15 (B)
Finishers: 14 (A); 13 (B)

Pole position: van Kempen in 2.09,7 (A); H. Vermeulen in 1.55,1 (B)
Fastest lap: van Boom and van Kempen in 2.07,0 (A); H. Vermeulen and Dolk in 1.53,5 (B)

Distance: 12 laps
Average speed: 117,469 kmh (A); 130,917 kmh (B)
Weather: Sunny but cold
Ruleset: Group 1
Car info: 1972 Cars

 

The start of the 1972 season for Zandvoort was a restricted program; the group 2 field had a little extra time for some preparation, so here we had only two group 1 races.
The small class had changed a little; up to 7.000 Guilders, we had two Mazda 1300’s, fighting it out with the Simca Rallye brigade - pending the homologation of the 1300 cc Rallye 1. The 8.500 Guilder class would be fought out between the NSU TT’s, some Ford Escort Sports and a single Fiat 128 Rally.
Saturday started with - snow, so the morning practice did not take part at all. In the afternoon, weather was a little better.
The more expensive cars were faster during practice, van Kempen (Fiat) taking pole, while van Boom disappointed - he was second, but a staggering 4,3 seconds behind van Kempen.
In the race everything came good for him, he won the race after an exciting dice with van Kempen. He was about 10 cm in front after 12 laps! The Simca class was won by Loek Vermeulen - in a Mazda...
The big group 1 cars, new this year, did not attract the big entry some of us had expected. Still, the three classes had some good cars, though the standard of preparation of the DNRT was not within the reach of most of the other competitors.
All three Opels were the class of their class. Huub Vermeulen’s main opposition was a Steinmetz Commodore for Dolk, but he could not keep up after a bad start. The 14.000 Guilder class was won by another DNRT-Opel, the Manta of Rien Frankenhout. Brother Fred (11.000 Guilder class, Opel Ascona) had more competition - he had a fine start, leading initially (!), but Rien had to make clear that the Manta was 3.000 Guilders more expensive and passed Fred, leaving him in a fight with Piet Schouten (more expensive Capri) and van der Pol (more expensive Alfa). Fred won his class with ease.
After the race, some cars were put on Rob Janssen’s testbed. The DNRT Ascona and Manta had 96 HP at the wheels, which must be somewhere around 120 DIN HP at the crankshaft. Quite a lot, but could be explained by the homologation goodies. The Commodore must have had something like 175 DIN HP.
Most competitors were flabbergasted; they came to Zandvoort with virtual standard cars (Group 1 must be intended to be like this?), but were blown away by these well-prepared DNRT Opels - which were always found to be legal.

Group 1 under F 8.500 (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 34  
Ford Escort Sport		 Ruud van Boom, NL
 1298 L4 8500 12 laps, 25.42,5 2 2.14,0 2.07,0  
2 2 31 Team Radio Veronica
Fiat 128 Rallye		 Ric van Kempen, NL
 1290 L4 8500 12 1 2.09,7 2.07,0  
  3 29 Sony Racing Team
Ford Escort Sport		 Hans Hugenholtz Jr, NL
 1298 L4 8500 12 10 2.18,4 2.09,5  
  4 36  
NSU 1200 TT		 Bob la Grouw, NL
 1177 L4 8500 12 9 2.18,2 2.08,2  
  5 26 Speed Service
Ford Escort Sport		 Leen Hagman, NL
 1298 L4 8500 12 6 2.16,7 2.10,9  
  6 33 LGS - Scorpion
NSU 1200 TT		 Bert Weber, NL
 1177 L4 8500 12 11 2.21,4 2.08,2  
  1 1 Dutch National Racing Team
Mazda 1300		 Loek Vermeulen, NL
 1272 L4 7000 12 laps, 26.35,6 3 2.15,1 2.10,8  
  2 9  
Simca Rallye		 Ernst Antonides, NL
 1118 L4 7000 12 7 2.17,5 2.11,0  
  3 11  
Simca Rallye		 Bart la Grouw, NL
 1118 L4 7000 12 12 2.22,3 2.10,7  
  4 5  
Simca Rallye		 Rob Elmers, NL
 1118 L4 7000 12 5 2.16,5 2.11,5  
  5 4 Automobiel Import Hans Maasland
Mazda 1300		 Aad Barmentloo, NL
 1272 L4 7000 12 4 2.16,3 2.11,3  
  6 14 Haags Racing Productions
Simca Rallye		 Harry Riko, NL
 1118 L4 7000 12 13 2.22,9 2.13,1  
  7 35  
NSU 1200 TT		 Stephen ter Horst, NL
 1177 L4 8500 11 16 2.26,9 2.18,6  
  7 6  
Simca Rallye		 Leo Arendse, NL
 1118 L4 7000 12 15 2.26,2 2.13,1  
DNF   2  
Simca Rallye		 Aad van der Graaf, NL
 1118 L4 7000 6 14 2.25,1 2.14,1  
DNF   27  
NSU 1200 TT		 Ton Boddé, NL
 1177 L4 8500 3 8 2.17,8 2.11,7  

Group 1 over F 8.500 (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 1 102 Dutch National Racing Team
Opel Commodore GS/E		 Huub Vermeulen, NL
 2490 L6 18000 12 laps, 23.03,7 1 1.55,1 1.53,5  
2 2 105  
Opel Commodore GS/E		 Bert Dolk, NL
 2490 L6 18000 12 2 1.56,3 1.53,5  
3 1 78 Dutch National Racing Team
Opel Manta 1900		 Rien Frankenhout, NL
 1897 L4 14000 12 laps, 23.32,1 7 1.59,2 1.55,8  
  2 83 Team ELF SRT Holland
Alfa Romeo Giulia Super		 Jan van der Pol, NL
 1570 L4 14000 12 3 1.57,7 1.56,8  
  3 77 Alfa Groensande
Alfa Romeo Giulia Super		 Tom Coronel, NL
 1570 L4 14000 12 8 2.01,0 1.57,7  
  4 81 Alfa Loosdrecht
Alfa Romeo Giulia Super		 Jan Kanters ("Giovanni Kantore"), NL
 1570 L4 14000 12 9 2.01,5 1.58,6  
  5 76  
Ford Capri 2300 GT		 Piet Schouten, NL
 2293 V6 14000 12 4 1.58,0 1.57,0  
  1 55 Dutch National Racing Team
Opel Ascona 19 S		 Fred Frankenhout, NL
 1897 L4 11000 12 laps, 23.47,5 5 1.58,1 1.56,9  
  2 53 Auto-Post
Opel Ascona 19 S		 Henk Post, NL
 1897 L4 11000 12 12 2.03,7 2.00,3  
  3 54 Racing Team Randstad Uitzendbureau
Datsun 1600 SSS		 Hans Ernst, NL
 1595 L4 11000 12 11 2.02,9 2.00,2  
  3 103  
BMW 2002 TI		 Bob Sinnema, NL
 1990 L4 18000 12 13 2.04,3 2.02,8  
  4 51 Datsun Nederland
Datsun 1600 SSS		 Theo Koks, NL
 1595 L4 11000 11 10 2.01,7 2.01,8  
  5 56  
Ford Escort 1300 GT		 John van Beek, NL
 1298 L4 11000 11 15 2.19,1 2.12,6  
DNF   84 Toine Hezemans
Alfa Romeo Giulia Super		 Leo Molendijk, NL
 1570 L4 14000 4 15 no time 2.04,4  
DNF   82 Toine Hezemans
Fiat 124 Sport Coupé 1600		 Hans Daniëls, NL
 1608 L4 14000 2 6 1.59,0 1.57,7