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Zandvoort, Netherlands

Date: 3/4/1972
Track length: 4.195 m
Attendance: 10.000
Entries accepted: 39 (A); 35 (B)
Starters: 33 (A); 32 (B)
Finishers: 32 (A); 17 (B)

Pole position: Vermeulen in 1.51,5 (A); Hezemans in 1.39,8 (B)
Fastest lap: Vermeulen in 1.51,4 (A); Chiotakis in 1.38,4 (B)

Distance: 15 laps (Groep 1), 20 laps (Group 2)
Average speed: 130,577 kmh (A); 149,749 kmh (B)
Weather: Sunny and dry
Ruleset: Group 1, Group 2
Car info: 1972 Cars

 

The second weekend of the Dutch championship only had two touring car races; in both group 1 and 2, all classes started together, providing full grids.
The Group 1 race was dominated by the DNRT, once again. Though the first practice times for Group handed out had some surprises in store: fastest was Gijs van Lennep in a VW 1200 with a sensational time of 1.33,7; Dolk was second fastest with 1.44,7
But the date gave away the clue: April 1!
Vermeulen and Dolk were fastest on the second version of the grid; and they had a little fight until Dolk made contact with the DNRT Commodore, Vermeulen spun and lost 10 seconds, but then Dolk slowed and retired with a damaged tire, a result of the incident no doubt.
Both other DNRT Opels won their class of course, though initially Tom Coronel (recent father of twin boys, named Tim and Tom - future racing drivers) could keep up with his Alfa Romeo. Loek Vermeulen (DNRT) in the smallest class did not win with his Simca - his car refused to run properly, until he used his choke which solved the problem; a second place being the reward. Finally, the 8500 class was won by van Kempen, who had learned his lesson on slipstream finishing.
Group 2 lost one of its attractions at scrutineering; Slotemaker’s BMW was built up as a lightweight CSL which was due to be homologated at April 1. But the cars was not yet produced in sufficient numbers - in fact, the car would only be homologated on November 1. So the plastic windows and aluminium doors were not allowed.
There were more favourites. The new Capri of Chiotakis, Akersloot’s Escort RS and perhaps the ageing Alfa Romeo of Hezemans, and a surprise entry of Engeman in the Kent Capri would provide for some action - though the smaller classes hardly had new cars, apart from a bunch of Daf 55’s.
Akersloot had a troubled practice, so Hezemans in the ex-Chiotakis car was fastest in practice with a tatty-looking but much modified car, with Chiotakis second fastest and Akersloot third. Engeman was a disappointing fourth with 1.43,9, just ahead of Boshuis - the latter by far the fastest in his class, just like Strous should have been in the 1150 class, but he had technical problems and could not set a time. The 1000 cc class had more competitive cars, though none were new at Zandvoort: fastest was Dijkstra in his usual Abarth, Kok with the ex-vd Pol Abarth was second in class, new boy Laqueuille steered an Imp.
Van der Vliet did not start in the fuel-injection Alfa GTAJ, the only one who could have made any sort of impact on Boshuis; team-mate Deen did not have such an engine.
Dijkstra did start, but no one really knew what happened - he followed Akersloot (2 rows in front of him), touched Boshuis and spun towards the armco - he retired on the spot.
Chiotakis had a bad start with too much wheelspin, while Hezemans was not away very quick too. So a big lead for Akersloot, while Chiotakis was now following Engeman - and Hezemans was only seventh. Strous retired with a slipping clutch, handing the lead over to Han Tjan in the Daf. Speets’ brand-new Steyr-Puch (an unusual choice for a 1000 cc class!) battled with Sandvliet in another Daf, until a coming together in lap 9 meant the end of both of them.
Chiotakis meanwhile stormed back to the front, taking the lead in lap 5, but his tires went and he fell back to second on lap 15. Hezemans had retired on lap 9, while Engeman had stopped in lap 7 with handling problems.
So that was about it, Akersloot winning, Chiotakis second, class wins for Boshuis, Tjan and Kok.

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 1 102 Dutch National Racing Team
Opel Commodore GS/E		 Huub Vermeulen, NL
 2490 L6 18000 15 laps, 28.55,1 1 1.51,5 1.51,4  
2 1 78 Dutch National Racing Team
Opel Manta 1900		 Rien Frankenhout, NL
 1897 L4 14000 15 laps, 28.55,1 (?) 3 1.54,7 1.54,5  
  2 77 Alfa Groensande
Alfa Romeo Giulia Super		 Tom Coronel, NL
 1570 L4 14000 15 4 1.54,9 1.55,0  
  3 83 Team ELF SRT Holland
Alfa Romeo Giulia Super		 Jan van der Pol, NL
 1570 L4 14000 15 5 1.56,7 1.55,8  
  4 81 Alfa Loosdrecht
Alfa Romeo Giulia Super		 Jan Kanters ("Giovanni Kantore"), NL
 1570 L4 14000 15 10 1.58,5 1.56,1  
  5 76  
Ford Capri 2300 GT		 Piet Schouten, NL
 2293 V6 14000 15 7 1.57,8 1.56,4  
  6 82  
Fiat 124 Sport Coupé 1600		 Hans Daniëls, NL
 1608 L4 14000 15 11 1.58,8 1.58,1  
  7 85 Alfa Romeo Hoogeveen
Alfa Romeo Giulia Super		 Daan v.d. Wall Bake, NL
 1570 L4 14000 15 9 1.58,0 1.58,1  
  1 55 Dutch National Racing Team
Opel Ascona 19 S		 Fred Frankenhout, NL
 1897 L4 11000 15 laps, 29.12,6 6 1.56,8 1.55,1  
  2 53 Auto-Post
Opel Ascona 19 S		 Henk Post, NL
 1897 L4 11000 15 8 1.57,9 1.56,8  
  3 54 Racing Team Randstad Uitzendbureau
Datsun 1600 SSS		 Hans Ernst, NL
 1595 L4 11000 15 12 1.59,5 2.00,0  
  4 51 Datsun Nederland
Datsun 1600 SSS		 Theo Koks, NL
 1595 L4 11000 15 13 2.00,2 1.59,9  
  8 80  
Alfa Romeo Giulia Super		 "P. Porceleyn", NL
 1570 L4 14000 14 32 2.13,5 2.05,9  
  5 56  
Ford Escort 1300 GT		 John van Beek, NL
 1298 L4 11000 14 21 2.07,8 2.08,7  
  6 57  
Ford Escort 1300 GT		 Fer Beaufort, NL
 1298 L4 11000 14 29 2.10,7 2.09,6  
  1 31 Team Radio Veronica
Fiat 128 Rallye		 Ric van Kempen, NL
 1290 L4 8500 14 laps, 29.48,3 15 2.05,1 2.06,5  
  2 34  
Ford Escort Sport		 Ruud van Boom, NL
 1298 L4 8500 14 17 2.06,3 2.06,1  
  3 29 Sony Racing Team
Ford Escort Sport		 Hans Hugenholtz Jr, NL
 1298 L4 8500 14 18 2.06,6 2.06,4  
  4 27  
NSU 1200 TT		 Ton Boddé, NL
 1177 L4 8500 14 16 2.06,0 2.06,4  
  5 26 Speed Service
Ford Escort Sport		 Leen Hagman, NL
 1298 L4 8500 14 22 2.07,9 2.06,9  
  1 5  
Simca Rallye		 Rob Elmers, NL
 1118 L4 7000 14 laps, 30.41,0 24 2.09,5 2.08,1  
  2 1 Dutch National Racing Team
Mazda 1300		 Loek Vermeulen, NL
 1272 L4 7000 14 20 2.06,9 2.06,1  
  3 4 Automobiel Import Hans Maasland
Mazda 1300		 Aad Barmentloo, NL
 1272 L4 7000 14 28 2.10,4 2.11,4  
  4 17  
Mazda 1300		 Hans van Beem, NL
 1272 L4 7000 14 25 2.10,1 2.10,1  
  5 16  
Simca Rallye		 Frans de Vos, NL
 1118 L4 7000 14 26 2.10,2 2.10,8  
  6 9 De Pier Scheveningen
Simca Rallye		 Ernst Antonides, NL
 1118 L4 7000 14 27 2.10,3 2.10,6  
  7 11  
Simca Rallye		 Bart la Grouw, NL
 1118 L4 7000 14 30 2.11,2 2.10,7  
  6 33 LGS - Scorpion
NSU 1200 TT		 Bert Weber, NL
 1177 L4 8500 13 33 2.14,1 2.13,3  
  7 35  
NSU 1200 TT		 Stephen ter Horst, NL
 1177 L4 8500 13 35 2.17,3 2.17,2  
  8 2  
Simca Rallye		 Aad van der Graaf, NL
 1118 L4 7000 13 34 2.15,8 2.11,4  
  9 6  
Simca Rallye		 Leo Arendse, NL
 1118 L4 7000 13 31 2.13,3 2.12,6  
  10 8  
Simca Rallye 1		 Hans Velthuysen, NL
 1294 L4 7000 13 36 2.18,5 2.11,7  
DNF   105  
Opel Commodore GS/E		 Bert Dolk, NL
 2490 L6 18000 7 2 1.52,0 1.51,5  
DNS   103  
BMW 2002 TI		 Bob Sinnema, NL
 1990 L4 18000   14 2.00,4 no time  
DNS   37  
NSU 1200 TT		 Robert Wüthrich, NL
 1177 L4 8500   19 2.06,8 no time  
DNS   14 Haags Racing Productions
Simca Rallye		 Harry Riko, NL
 1118 L4 7000   23 2.09,4 no time  

Group 2 (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 77 Sony Racing Team
Ford Escort RS 1600		 Han Akersloot, NL
 1800 L4 +1300 20 laps, 33.37,1 3 1.43,9 1.38,8  
2 2 76 Team 4711 Sir Irish Moss
Ford Capri RS 2600		 Nico Chiotakis, NL
 2940 V6 +1300 20 2 1.40,0 1.38,4  
3 1 56 Team ELF SRT Holland
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior		 Wim Boshuis, NL
 1290 L4 1300 19 laps, 34.06,8 5 1.44,5 1.45,9  
4 2 51 Gouden Gids Racing Team
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior		 Hans Deen, NL
 1290 L4 1300 19 7 1.49,7 1.48,9  
5? 1 9 Racing Team Randstad Uitzendbureau
Fiat Abarth 1000 TCR		 Hans Kok, NL
 982 L4 1000 18 13 1.58,6 1.50,8  
6? 3 55  
Austin Mini Cooper S		 Freddy Corporaal ("F. Cornelisse"), NL
 1293 L4 1300 18 10 1.54,1 1.53,3  
  4 54  
BMC Mini Cooper S		 Tanny Boissevain, NL
 1293 L4 1300 17 11 1.57,2 1.56,7  
  1 34 STAR
Daf 55 Marathon		 Han Tjan, NL
 1148 L4 1150 17 laps, 34.21,4 12 1.58,1 1.59,3  
  2 28 ORWO Film Racing Team
Daf 55 Marathon		 Harrie Geeris, NL
 1148 L4 1150 17 16 2.00,5 2.00,6  
  2 17  
Sunbeam Imp Sport		 Ernst Laqueuille, NL
 998 L4 1000 17 15 2.00,4 2.00,1  
  3 14 Garage Koene
Fiat Abarth 850 TC		 Ron Verzijlbergen ("Jerom"), NL
 847 L4 1000 17 22 2.05,7 2.00,4  
  4 10  
NSU 1000 TTS		 Freek Meijer, NL
 996 L4 1000 17 17 2.00,9 2.00,8  
  5 7  
Austin Mini Cooper		 Joop van Schie, NL
 998 L4 1000 17 20 2.03,4 2.03,3  
  3 31  
Daf 55 Marathon		 Jan van Straaten, NL
 1148 L4 1150 16 26 2.08,3 2.07,1  
  6 8  
NSU 1000 TTS		 Siep de Jong, NL
 996 L4 1000 16 27 2.08,8 2.03,0  
  7 2 Team London Drinks
Fiat Abarth 850 TC		 Pieter Visser, NL
 847 L4 1000 16 28 2.09,7 2.10,4  
  8 4  
Fiat Abarth 850 TC		 Paul Huis in't Veld, NL
 847 L4 1000 14 30 2.15,5 2.11,1  
    1  
NSU 1000 TTS		 Henk Wagenaar Hummelinck, NL
 996 L4 1000   14 1.59,2 ?  
    11  
NSU 1000 TTS		 Max Ungricht, NL
 996 L4 1000   25 2.07,2 ?  
DNF   6  
Steyr-Puch 650 TR		 Adri Speets, NL
 660 B2 1000 9 21 2.05,3 2.03,5 Accident
DNF   27 ORWO Film Racing Team
Daf 55 Marathon		 Eddy Sandvliet, NL
 1148 L4 1150 9 19 2.03,3 2.03,1 Accident
DNF   78 Team Radio Veronica
Alfa Romeo 2000 GTAm		 Toine Hezemans, NL
 1999 L4 +1300 9 1 1.39,8 1.40,1  
DNF   81 Kent International Racing
Ford Capri RS 2600		 Liane Engeman, NL
 2940 V6 +1300 7 4 1.43,9 1.41,1 Handling
DNF   16 Garage Koene
Fiat Abarth 850 TC		 Hans de Jonge, NL
 847 L4 1000 6 18 2.02,9 2.14,0  
DNF   26 Hans Hettelder Tuning
Fiat 128 Berlina		 Hans Hettelder, NL
 1116 L4 1150 6 23 2.06,2 2.01,3  
DNF   53  
Austin Mini Cooper S		 Gerrit de Vries, NL
 1293 L4 1300 6 9 1.52,2 1.51,5  
DNF   12  
Austin Mini Cooper		 Charles van Hoften, NL
 998 L4 1000 5 24 2.06,3 2.20,8  
DNF   33 Team Radio Veronica
Fiat 128 Berlina		 Ton Strous, NL
 1148 L4 1150 1 32 no time 3.15,5 Clutch
DNF   3 Team London Drinks
Fiat Abarth 1000 TCR		 Rob Dijkstra, NL
 982 L4 1000   8 1.50,3 no time Accident
DNS   52 Gouden Gids Racing Team
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior		 Hennie van der Vliet, NL
 1290 L4 1300 19 6 1.45,8 no time Valve
DNS   5 De Pier Scheveningen
Fiat Abarth 1000 TCR		 Chris Koper, NL
 982 L4 1000   29 2.11,3 no time  
DNS   15 Hans Hettelder
Fiat Abarth 850 TC		 Ron Kluit, NL
 847 L4 1000   31 2.23,0 no time  
DNA   80 Alimpo
BMW 3.0 CSL		 Rob Slotemaker, NL
 3003 L6 +1300         Rejected at scrutineering; car not homologated