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Zandvoort, Netherlands

Date: 22/5/1972
Track length: 4.195 m
Attendance: 13.000
Entries accepted: 23 (A); 24 (B); 40 (D)
Starters: 23 (A); 23 (B); 28 (C); 35 (D)
Finishers: 26 (C); 27 (D)

Pole position: Akersloot in 1.37,7 (D)
Fastest lap: F. Frankenhout in 1.54,4 (C); Chiotakis in 1.38,3 (D)

Distance: 15 laps (Group 1), 20 laps (Group 2)
Average speed: 129,903 kmh (C); 149,876 kmh (D)
Weather: Sunny and warm
Ruleset: Group 1, Group 2
Car info: 1972 Cars

 

A Group 1 festival at Zandvoort; a new idea was to split the complete Group 1 entry in half, staging two heats of which the fastest cars could take part at the final. Since there was no official championship anyway, this kind of experiment could take place.
The outcome was unsurprising, however - the level of preparation and the quality of the drivers meant an 1-2-3 for the DNRT in the final, in fact a 1-1-1 since the finish was a dead heat.
But a few details can be added.
There was the Capri GT of Schouten, which was “too fast” according to ELF SRT team manager Oosterman; a limited slip differential was suspected, but not found after the race. Oosterman too entered a protest against the Opel Manta of the DNRT (which was faster in its heat than the Commodore!); all nine points were OK. The Sony Escort Sport was searched for another LSD; OK as well. The only victim of this “after party” was... the ELF SRT Alfa Romeo of van der Pol, who left the parc fermé without guidance of an official. Unlucky and probably unintended, but after some harsh words between race director Huisman and Oosterman the car was disqualified.
A fast newcomer was the Alimpo BMW 2002 of Hettinga; is was quick enough to keep up with the Manta but a puncture on the last lap. It fared even worse in the final, for which it had qualified on position 25 - the grid for the final was determined by the race time (so Frankenhout was on pole!). Hettinga had to brake for another BMW which blocked his progress, and ended up in rolling the car - it was a total-loss.
The 7000-class was won by the new Simca Rally 1 of de Vos.

In Group 2, Akersloot won the battle from Chiotakis; if Chiotakis had not had fuel feed problems, he would probably had tire troubles with the high tarmac temperature. Slotemaker had a bad start and could not keep up with the Fords anyway - and Hezemans, fresh from the Targa Florio had to start from the rear. Despite the 5 seconds delay for those without practice time, Hezemans already had passed some 15 cars at the Hunzerug, but then lost his gearbox and retired.
1300 honours were for Deen, after another fight with ex-team mate van der Vliet - since Boshuis retired with throttle linkage problems. The 1150 class was won by Strous, after contact with Tjan. A protest of the STAR team was rejected. Finally, the 1000 cc class was won by Dijkstra.

Group 1 - heat 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 10 laps 1 1.52,3    
2 1 76  
Ford Capri 2300 GT		 Piet Schouten, NL
 2293 V6 14000 10 3 1.54,8    
3 2 83 Team ELF SRT Holland
Alfa Romeo Giulia Super		 Jan van der Pol, NL
 1570 L4 14000 10 2 1.54,7    
4 2 107 Hans vd Heuvel Vrije Tankstations
BMW 2002 TI		 Hans van den Heuvel, NL
 1990 L4 18000 10 4 1.56,8    
5 1 53 Auto-Post
Opel Ascona 19 S		 Henk Post, NL
 1897 L4 11000 10 6 1.59,3    
6 3 103  
BMW 2002 TI		 Bob Sinnema, NL
 1990 L4 18000 10? 7 1.59,8    
7 1 29 Sony Racing Team
Ford Escort Sport		 Hans Hugenholtz Jr, NL
 1298 L4 8500   10 2.04,8    
8 2 31 Team Radio Veronica
Fiat 128 Rallye		 Ric van Kempen, NL
 1290 L4 8500   13 2.05,9    
9 3 27  
NSU 1200 TT		 Ton Boddé, NL
 1177 L4 8500   11/12 2.05,3    
10 1 16  
Simca Rallye 1		 Frans de Vos, NL
 1294 L4 7000   11/12 2.05,3    
11 4 37  
NSU 1200 TT		 Robert Wüthrich, NL
 1177 L4 8500   14 2.06,8    
12 2 57  
Ford Escort 1300 GT		 Fer Beaufort, NL
 1298 L4 11000   17 2.09,9    
13 2 5  
Simca Rallye		 Rob Elmers, NL
 1118 L4 7000   18 2.10,6    
    80  
Alfa Romeo Giulia Super		 "P. Porceleyn", NL
 1570 L4 14000   9 2.04,7    
    86 Alfa Workshop
Alfa Romeo Giulia Super		 Huib Onderstal, NL
 1570 L4 14000   5 1.58,9    
    51 Datsun Nederland
Datsun 1600 SSS		 Theo Koks, NL
 1595 L4 11000   8 2.01,8    
    35  
NSU 1200 TT		 Stephen ter Horst, NL
 1177 L4 8500   22 2.14,5    
    1 Dutch National Racing Team
Mazda 1300		 Loek Vermeulen, NL
 1272 L4 7000   15 2.08,4    
    9 De Pier Scheveningen
Simca Rallye		 Ernst Antonides, NL
 1118 L4 7000   19 2.11,8    
    12  
Simca Rallye 1		 Jeroen van der Ploeg, NL
 1294 L4 7000   16 2.08,9    
    18  
Mazda 1300		 Martin Post, NL
 1272 L4 7000   20 2.12,3    
    19 Haags Racing Productions
Simca Rallye		 Rien Reynders, NL
 1118 L4 7000   23 2.17,5    
    21  
Simca Rallye		 Nico Versteegh, NL
 1118 L4 7000   21 2.12,5    

Group 1 - heat 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 78 Dutch National Racing Team
Opel Manta 1900		 Rien Frankenhout, NL
 1897 L4 14000 10 laps 1 1.53,1    
2 1 55 Dutch National Racing Team
Opel Ascona 19 S		 Fred Frankenhout, NL
 1897 L4 11000 10 3 1.53,9    
3 2 77 Alfa Groensande
Alfa Romeo Giulia Super		 Tom Coronel, NL
 1570 L4 14000 10 5 1.55,3    
4 3 85 Alfa Romeo Hoogeveen
Alfa Romeo Giulia Super		 Daan v.d. Wall Bake, NL
 1570 L4 14000 10 6 1.56,5    
5 4 81 Alfa Loosdrecht
Alfa Romeo Giulia Super		 Jan Kanters ("Giovanni Kantore"), NL
 1570 L4 14000 10 7 1.57,0    
6 2 52 Holfriba N.V.
Ford Escort Mexico		 Ubbo Hempenius, NL
 1601 L4 11000 10 10 2.02,6    
7 3 54 Racing Team Randstad Uitzendbureau
Datsun 1600 SSS		 Hans Ernst, NL
 1595 L4 11000 10 8 2.01,7    
8 1 38  
Fiat 128 Rallye		 Hans Daniëls, NL
 1290 L4 8500   11 2.05,1    
9 2 34  
Ford Escort Sport		 Ruud van Boom, NL
 1298 L4 8500   13/14 2.08,5    
10 1 14 Haags Racing Productions
Simca Rallye 1		 Harry Riko, NL
 1294 L4 7000   17 2.08,9    
11 2 8  
Simca Rallye 1		 Hans Velthuysen, NL
 1294 L4 7000   15/16 2.08,8    
12/DNF 1 106 Alimpo
BMW 2002 TII		 Frans Hettinga, NL
 1990 L4 18000   2 1.53,4   Puncture
13 3 4 Automobiel Import Hans Maasland
Mazda 1300		 Aad Barmentloo, NL
 1272 L4 7000   15/16 2.08,8    
14 4 17  
Mazda 1300		 Hans van Beem, NL
 1272 L4 7000   18 2.10,3    
15 4 56  
Ford Escort 1300 GT		 John van Beek, NL
 1298 L4 11000   13/14 2.08,5    
    87  
Alfa Romeo Giulia Super		 Hub Nijsten, NL
 1570 L4 14000   9 2.01,7    
    26 Speed Service
Ford Escort Sport		 Leen Hagman, NL
 1298 L4 8500   12 2.08,1    
    33 LGS - Scorpion
NSU 1200 TT		 Bert Weber, NL
 1177 L4 8500   19/20 2.11,1    
    2  
Simca Rallye		 Aad van der Graaf, NL
 1118 L4 7000   19/20 2.11,1    
    6  
Simca Rallye		 Leo Arendse, NL
 1118 L4 7000   21 2.11,6    
    10  
Simca Rallye		 Rob van Boom, NL
 1118 L4 7000   24 2.19,5    
    20  
Simca Rallye		 Freek Hayes, NL
 1118 L4 7000   22 2.16,3    
    22  
Simca Rallye		 Harrie van Wetten, NL
 1118 L4 7000   23 2.17,4    
DNS   105  
Opel Commodore GS/E		 Bert Dolk, NL
 2490 L6 18000   4 1.54,9    

Group 1 - final (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? 1 102 Dutch National Racing Team
Opel Commodore GS/E		 Huub Vermeulen, NL
 2490 L6 18000 15 laps, 29.03,2 2   1.54,5  
2? 1 78 Dutch National Racing Team
Opel Manta 1900		 Rien Frankenhout, NL
 1897 L4 14000 15 laps, 29.03,2 1   1.54,6  
3? 1 55 Dutch National Racing Team
Opel Ascona 19 S		 Fred Frankenhout, NL
 1897 L4 11000 15 laps, 29.03,2 3   1.54,4  
  2 107 Hans vd Heuvel Vrije Tankstations
BMW 2002 TI		 Hans van den Heuvel, NL
 1990 L4 18000 15 9   1.57,4  
  3 103  
BMW 2002 TI		 Bob Sinnema, NL
 1990 L4 18000 15 11   1.59,1  
  2 76  
Ford Capri 2300 GT		 Piet Schouten, NL
 2293 V6 14000 15 4   1.55,3  
DSQ   83 Team ELF SRT Holland
Alfa Romeo Giulia Super		 Jan van der Pol, NL
 1570 L4 14000 15 5   not given Disqualified: leaving parc fermé unattended
  3 77 Alfa Groensande
Alfa Romeo Giulia Super		 Tom Coronel, NL
 1570 L4 14000 15 6   1.56,8  
  4 85 Alfa Romeo Hoogeveen
Alfa Romeo Giulia Super		 Daan v.d. Wall Bake, NL
 1570 L4 14000 15 7   1.57,2  
  5 81 Alfa Loosdrecht
Alfa Romeo Giulia Super		 Jan Kanters ("Giovanni Kantore"), NL
 1570 L4 14000 15 8   1.56,5  
  2 53 Auto-Post
Opel Ascona 19 S		 Henk Post, NL
 1897 L4 11000 15 10   1.57,3  
  3 52 Holfriba N.V.
Ford Escort Mexico		 Ubbo Hempenius, NL
 1601 L4 11000 15 12   2.00,5  
  4 54 Racing Team Randstad Uitzendbureau
Datsun 1600 SSS		 Hans Ernst, NL
 1595 L4 11000 15 13   2.01,1  
  5 57  
Ford Escort 1300 GT		 Fer Beaufort, NL
 1298 L4 11000 14 21   2.07,6  
  6 56  
Ford Escort 1300 GT		 John van Beek, NL
 1298 L4 11000 14 28   2.09,2  
  1 29 Sony Racing Team
Ford Escort Sport		 Hans Hugenholtz Jr, NL
 1298 L4 8500 14 14   2.04,4  
  2 31 Team Radio Veronica
Fiat 128 Rallye		 Ric van Kempen, NL
 1290 L4 8500 14 15   2.04,7  
  3 38  
Fiat 128 Rallye		 Hans Daniëls, NL
 1290 L4 8500 14 17   2.04,6  
  4 34  
Ford Escort Sport		 Ruud van Boom, NL
 1298 L4 8500 14 20   2.06,0  
  5 37  
NSU 1200 TT		 Robert Wüthrich, NL
 1177 L4 8500 14 19   2.05,3  
  6 27  
NSU 1200 TT		 Ton Boddé, NL
 1177 L4 8500 14 16   2.05,7  
  1 16  
Simca Rallye 1		 Frans de Vos, NL
 1294 L4 7000 14 18   2.04,6  
  2 8  
Simca Rallye 1		 Hans Velthuysen, NL
 1294 L4 7000 14 24   2.07,0  
  3 14 Haags Racing Productions
Simca Rallye 1		 Harry Riko, NL
 1294 L4 7000 14 23   2.07,7  
  4 5  
Simca Rallye		 Rob Elmers, NL
 1118 L4 7000 14 22   2.06,9  
  5 4 Automobiel Import Hans Maasland
Mazda 1300		 Aad Barmentloo, NL
 1272 L4 7000 14 26   2.08,5  
  6 17  
Mazda 1300		 Hans van Beem, NL
 1272 L4 7000 14 27   2.09,3  
DNF   106 Alimpo
BMW 2002 TII		 Frans Hettinga, NL
 1990 L4 18000   25   no time Accident

Group 2 (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 77 Sony Racing Team
Ford Escort RS 1600		 Han Akersloot, NL
 1800 L4 +1300 20 laps, 33.34,3 1 1.37,7 1.38,7  
2 2 76 Team 4711 Sir Irish Moss
Ford Capri RS 2600		 Nico Chiotakis, NL
 2940 V6 +1300 20 2 1.37,9 1.38,3  
3 3 80 Alimpo
BMW 2800 CS		 Rob Slotemaker, NL
 2996 L6 +1300 20 3 1.38,5 1.39,8  
4 1 60  
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior		 Hans Deen, NL
 1290 L4 1300 19 laps, 1.47,6 7 1.48,5 1.47,6  
  4 79 Fabergé
Ford Escort RS 1600		 Ernst Berg, NL
 1800 L4 +1300 18 4 1.41,6 1.41,5  
  2 53  
Austin Mini Cooper S		 Gerrit de Vries, NL
 1293 L4 1300 18 8 1.50,7 1.51,7  
  3 55 Haags Racing Productions
Austin Mini Cooper S		 Freddy Corporaal ("F. Cornelisse"), NL
 1293 L4 1300 18 11 1.53,5 1.53,3  
  1 3 Team London Drinks
Fiat Abarth 1000 TCR		 Rob Dijkstra, NL
 982 L4 1000 18 laps, 33.38,9 9 1.51,3 1.49,0  
  4 51 Gouden Gids Racing Team
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior		 Hans Kiviet, NL
 1290 L4 1300 17 35 no time 1.53,2  
  5 59 Gouden Gids Racing Team
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior		 Rob Redeker, NL
 1290 L4 1300 17 16 1.56,5 1.56,8  
  1 33 Team Radio Veronica
Fiat 128 Berlina		 Ton Strous, NL
 1148 L4 1150 17 laps, 33.45,5 13 1.54,5 1.53,1  
  2 36 STAR
Daf 55 Marathon		 Wim Luijbrechts, NL
 1148 L4 1150 17 17 1.57,1 1.57,7  
  3 37 Team Wimedo
Daf 55 Marathon		 Freek Plasmeijer, NL
 1148 L4 1150 17 21 2.01,1 2.01,8  
  4 29 ORWO Film Racing Team
Daf 55 Marathon		 Astrid de Lijster, NL
 1148 L4 1150 17 24 2.02,0 2.02,5  
  5 34 STAR
Daf 55 Marathon		 Han Tjan, NL
 1148 L4 1150 17 14 1.56,0 1.55,2  
  2 14 Garage Koene
Fiat Abarth 850 TC		 Ron Verzijlbergen, NL
 847 L4 1000 17 15 1.56,2 1.57,9  
  3 17  
Sunbeam Imp Sport		 Ernst Laqueuille, NL
 998 L4 1000 17 20 2.00,5 1.58,6  
  4 12  
Austin Mini Cooper		 Charles van Hoften, NL
 998 L4 1000 17 30 2.07,2 2.02,8  
  5 10  
NSU 1000 TTS		 Freek Meijer, NL
 996 L4 1000 17 25 2.02,2 2.02,7  
  6 16 Garage Koene
Fiat Abarth 850 TC		 Hans de Jonge, NL
 847 L4 1000 16 29 2.06,0 2.03,7  
NRF 6 56 Team ELF SRT Holland
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior		 Wim Boshuis, NL
 1290 L4 1300 15 5 1.43,6 1.46,1 Throttle linkage
  7 4  
Fiat Abarth 850 TC		 Paul Huis in't Veld, NL
 847 L4 1000 15 31 2.10,4 2.12,5  
NRF? 8 7  
Austin Mini Cooper		 Joop van Schie, NL
 998 L4 1000 15 23 2.01,9 2.11,3 Accident
  9 2 Team London Drinks
Fiat Abarth 850 TC		 Pieter Visser, NL
 847 L4 1000 14 22 2.01,4 2.00,9  
  6 28 ORWO Film Racing Team
Daf 55 Marathon		 Harrie Geeris, NL
 1148 L4 1150 13 18 1.58,6 1.59,8  
  10 5 De Pier Scheveningen
Fiat Abarth 850 TC		 Chris Koper, NL
 847 L4 1000 13 28 2.05,9 2.06,9 Lost wheel
  11 9 Racing Team Randstad Uitzendbureau
Fiat Abarth 1000 TCR		 Hans Kok, NL
 982 L4 1000 13 10 1.51,4 1.49,5  
DNF   52 Gouden Gids Racing Team
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior		 Hennie van der Vliet, NL
 1290 L4 1300 8 6 1.46,4 1.47,3  
DNF   1  
NSU 1000 TTS		 Henk Wagenaar Hummelinck, NL
 996 L4 1000 8 19 1.59,6 2.00,1  
DNF   54  
BMC Mini Cooper S		 Tanny Boissevain, NL
 1293 L4 1300 5 12 1.53,7 1.54,0  
DNF   11  
NSU 1000 TTS		 Max Ungricht, NL
 996 L4 1000 4 32 2.10,8 2.06,9  
DNF   26 Hans Hettelder Tuning
Fiat 128 Berlina		 Hans Hettelder, NL
 1116 L4 1150 2 26 2.02,5 no time  
DNF   27 ORWO Film Racing Team
Daf 55 Marathon		 Eddy Sandvliet, NL
 1148 L4 1150 2 36 no time no time  
DNF   78 Team Radio Veronica
Alfa Romeo 2000 GTAm		 Toine Hezemans, NL
 1999 L4 +1300 1 34 no time no time Gearbox
DNF   30  
Simca Rallye		 Bob la Grouw, NL
 1148 L4 1150 1 37 no time no time  
DNS   8 Team Cirkel Drive-Yourself
NSU 1000 TTS		 Siep de Jong, NL
 996 L4 1000   27 2.05,8    
DNS   31  
Daf 55 Marathon		 Jan van Straaten, NL
 1148 L4 1150   33 2.16,0    
DNS   6 Hans Hettelder
Steyr-Puch 650 TR		 Adri Speets, NL
 660 B2 1000   38 no time