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Trophy of the Dunes

Zandvoort, Netherlands

Date: 24/9/1972
Track length: 4.195 m
Attendance:
Entries accepted: 44 (A); 40 (B)
Starters: 38 (A); 35 (B)
Finishers: 14 (A); 9 (B)

Pole position: Vermeulen/Coronel in 1.50,3 (A); Akersloot in 1.37,7 (B)
Fastest lap: Vermeulen/Coronel in 1.50,4 (A); Chiotakis in 1.38,5 (B)

Distance: 300 km (A); 20 laps (B)
Average speed: 132,759 kmh (A); 149,157 kmh (B)
Weather: Sunny
Ruleset: Group 1, Group 2
Car info: 1972 Cars

 

A new idea was launched in this season with a nearly-defunct circuit, which had to miss its yearly international sportscar race: a long-distance race (300 km) for Group 1 cars.
Entries were only allowed for those who had driven their Group 1 car at least twice this season; the choice of a co-driver was free, which led to some great teams: Huub Vermeulen/Tom Coronel (DNRT Commodore), Schouten/Chiotakis (Capri 2300), Hettinga/Slotemaker (BMW 2002 TII), Rien Frankenhout/Hingst (Opel Manta), vd Heuvel/Luyendijk (BMW 2002) and Hugenholtz/Akersloot (Escort Sport).
Fastest in practice were Coronel/Vermeulen, but Tom made a bad start and Slotemaker, Schouten and Luyendijk dived into the Tarzan. Jim Vermeulen (partnering Fred Frankenhout in the unbeatable Ascona) was hit from behind by a fellow competitor and rolled the car into retirement - the car was a total loss.
Coronel fought back to second behind Slotemaker, with Luyendijk and Schouten fighting for third, then Hingst, Post (Ascona) and Koks in the Datsun. Further behind were Dijkstra (Escort) in close contact to Daniëls (Fiat) - the Simca brigade was led by de Vos an Riko, who had opened a gap to the rest.
Now Coronel closed in on Slotemaker, and finally passed him after a few failed attacks, just before “Bos uit”. But Slotemaker closed the gap, the cars made contact at something like 150-170 km/h. Slotemaker nearly lost control, but the anti-skid expert regained control masterly. From then on, Coronel had to check his mirrors, and 10 laps later he lost first place when Slotemaker passed him. Alas, a long pit stop spoilt the chance of victory of the BMW, since the tires had to be changed - while Coronel, despite losing 20 seconds behind a line of disorderly lined up cars for refuelling.
More mayhem at the pits: Dijkstra/Robeer lost the lead in the 8500 class to Daniëls/Deen. Hingst and Frankenhout had moved up the Manta to third overall, and class lead, Post/Dolk were victorious in the 11.000 class - and de Vos/Zwaanenburg won the 7000 class.
So the race was settled - or was it? Vermeulen, with a huge lead, stormed into the pits at the penultimate lap. Panic in the team; the speaker predicted a fuel stop.
Vermeulen opened his window, and spoke to the team manager: “I only wanted to say hello to you!” He stormed out again, leaving the team bewildered. Team-mate Coronel was disappointed: “I thought he would return my glasses, since I left them in the car!”.
More fun and games in Group 2. Dijkstra already was champion, but the other classes were undecided yet. Boshuis and Deen had a big fight, the somewhat tatty looking London Drinks Alfa having a better top speed than the ELF SRT car of Boshuis. A warning was issued against Deen for holding off Boshuis, and in the end he had a surprisingly big lead since Boshuis was caught in traffic.
A third place was sufficient for Akersloot (he had to stop to repair a fuel line!), Chiotakis won in front of Berg - Slotemaker was unlucky once again, retiring with rear suspension problems.
The 1150 class was won by Strous this time, narrowing the championship gap to 3 points to Tjan - the winner of the last race would be champion.

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
Tom Coronel, NL
 2490 L6 18000 72 laps, 2:16.29,9 1 1.50,3 1.50,4  
2 2 106 Alimpo
BMW 2002 TII		 Frans Hettinga, NL
Rob Slotemaker, NL
 1990 L4 18000 72 3 1.51,9    
3 1 78 Dutch National Racing Team
Opel Manta 1900		 Rien Frankenhout, NL
Jelle Hingst, NL
 1897 L4 14000 71 laps, 2:17.49,5 5 1.54,8 1.54,4  
4 3 107 Hans vd Heuvel Vrije Tankstations
BMW 2002 TI		 Hans van den Heuvel, NL
Jaap Luyendijk, NL
 1990 L4 18000 70 4 1.54,4    
5 2 76  
Ford Capri 2300 GT		 Piet Schouten, NL
Nico Chiotakis, NL
 2293 V6 14000 69 2 1.51,1    
6 1 53 Auto-Post
Opel Ascona 19 SR		 Henk Post, NL
Bert Dolk, NL
 1897 L4 11000 68 laps, 2:16.49,9 8 1.57,1 1.57,3  
7 3 86 Alfa Workshop
Alfa Romeo Giulia Super		 Huib Onderstal, NL
Henk Bosman, NL
 1570 L4 14000 68 10 1.58,4    
8 2 51 Datsun Nederland
Datsun 1600 SSS		 Theo Koks, NL
Hans Veldhuis, NL
 1595 L4 11000 67 9 1.57,3    
9 4 81 Alfa Loosdrecht
Alfa Romeo Giulia Super		 Jan Kanters ("Giovanni Kantore"), NL
Gerrit de Vries, NL
 1570 L4 14000 67 38 no time    
  5 84  
Alfa Romeo Giulia Super		 Leo Molendijk, NL
Anton Keizer, NL
 1570 L4 14000 66 12 2.02,9    
  3 54 Datsun Nederland?
Datsun 1600 SSS		 Hans Ernst, NL
Hans Kok, NL
 1595 L4 11000 66 11 1.59,1    
  1 38  
Fiat 128 Rallye		 Hans Daniëls, NL
Hans Deen, NL
 1290 L4 8500 66 laps, 2:17.06,7 15 2.03,5 2.03,1  
  2 29 Sony Racing Team
Ford Escort Sport		 Hans Hugenholtz Jr, NL
Han Akersloot, NL
 1298 L4 8500 65 14 2.03,5    
  3 31 Team Radio Veronica
Fiat 128 Rallye		 Ric van Kempen, NL
Theo Kinsbergen, NL
 1290 L4 8500 65 22 2.04,7    
  1 16  
Simca Rallye 1		 Frans de Vos, NL
Tonny Zwaanenburg, NL
 1294 L4 7000 65 20 2.04,3    
  2 23  
Simca Rallye 1		 Arthur van Dedem, NL
Evert-Jan Everwijn Lange, NL
 1294 L4 7000 65 19 2.04,3    
  3 6  
Simca Rallye 1		 Leo Arendse, NL
Aloys Mattijssen, NL
 1294 L4 7000 65 16 2.03,5    
  4 34  
Ford Escort Sport		 Ruud van Boom, NL
Hans Kitsz, NL
 1298 L4 8500 64 25 2.05,6    
  5 26 Speed Service
Ford Escort Sport		 Leen Hagman, NL
Ubbo Hempenius, NL
 1298 L4 8500 64 27 2.05,9    
  4 9 De Pier Scheveningen
Simca Rallye 1		 Ernst Antonides, NL
Chris Koper, NL
 1294 L4 7000 64 24 2.05,4    
  5 5  
Simca Rallye 1		 Rob Elmers, NL
Frank van der Mast, NL
 1294 L4 7000 64 21 2.04,5    
  6 8  
Simca Rallye 1		 Hans Velthuysen, NL
? Johan Meijer, NL
 1294 L4 7000 64 18 2.03,8    
  6 28  
Ford Escort Sport		 Roland Robeer, NL
Rob Dijkstra, NL
 1298 L4 8500 63 13 2.02,9 2.03,1  
  7 1 Dutch National Racing Team
Mazda 1300		 Loek Vermeulen, NL
"Dirk Jansen", NL
 1272 L4 7000 63 36 2.11,1    
  8 21  
Simca Rallye 1		 Nico Versteegh, NL
Freddy Corporaal ("F. Cornelisse"), NL
 1294 L4 7000 63 33 2.08,5    
  7 35  
NSU 1200 TT		 Stephen ter Horst, NL
Freek Meijer, NL
 1177 L4 8500 62 29 2.07,7    
  9 12  
Simca Rallye 1		 Jeroen van der Ploeg, NL
Tanny Boissevain, NL
 1294 L4 7000 62 30 2.07,8    
  10 17  
Mazda 1300		 Hans van Beem, NL
? Martin Post, NL
 1272 L4 7000 62 31 2.08,1    
  11 4 Automobiel Import Hans Maasland
Mazda 1300		 Aad Barmentloo, NL
Hans Maasland, NL
 1272 L4 7000 62 35 2.10,4    
30 12 11  
Simca Rallye 1		 Bart la Grouw, NL
Cees van Oosterom, NL
 1294 L4 7000 61 32 2.08,5    
DNF   14 Haags Racing Productions
Simca Rallye 1		 Harry Riko, NL
Freek Hayes, NL
 1294 L4 7000 37 17 2.03,6 2.03,3  
DNF   27  
NSU 1200 TT		 Ton Boddé, NL
Robert van der Palm, NL
 1177 L4 8500 32 34 2.09,3    
DNF   37  
NSU 1200 TT		 Robert Wüthrich, NL
Ad den Teuling, NL
 1177 L4 8500 30 23 2.04,9    
DNF   30 Team Wimedo
NSU 1200 TT		 Peter van Neck, NL
Freek Plasmeijer, NL
 1177 L4 8500 18 37 2.14,5    
DNF   19 Haags Racing Productions
Simca Rallye 1		 Rien Reynders, NL
Henk Wagenaar Hummelinck, NL
 1294 L4 7000 2 28 2.06,5    
DNF   55 Dutch National Racing Team
Opel Ascona 19 S		 Fred Frankenhout, NL
Jim Vermeulen, NL
 1897 L4 11000 1 6 1.55,2   Accident
DNF   103  
BMW 2002 TI		 Bob Sinnema, NL
Ko Kwinkelenberg, NL
 1990 L4 18000 1 7 1.56,5   Accident
DNS?   80  
Alfa Romeo Giulia Super		 "P. Porceleyn", NL
Hennie van der Vliet, NL
 1570 L4 14000   26 2.05,8    

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 76 Team 4711 Sir Irish Moss
Ford Capri RS 2600		 Nico Chiotakis, NL
 2940 V6 +1300 20 laps, 33.43,4 2 1.38,3 1.38,5  
  2 79 Fabergé
Ford Escort RS 1600		 Ernst Berg, NL
 1800 L4 +1300 20 4 1.39,8    
  3 77 Sony Racing Team
Ford Escort RS 1600		 Han Akersloot, NL
 1800 L4 +1300 20 1 1.37,7    
  1 60 Team London Drinks
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior		 Hans Deen, NL
 1290 L4 1300 20 laps, 35.02,2 7 1.45,4 1.43,3  
  2 56 Team ELF SRT Holland
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior		 Wim Boshuis, NL
 1290 L4 1300 20 5 1.42,7    
6 3 53  
Austin Mini Cooper S		 Gerrit de Vries, NL
 1293 L4 1300 19 8 1.50,1    
7 4 52 Gouden Gids Racing Team
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior		 Hennie van der Vliet, NL
 1290 L4 1300 19 9 1.50,4    
  5 54  
BMC Mini Cooper S		 Tanny Boissevain, NL
 1293 L4 1300 18 12 1.52,5    
  1 33 Team Radio Veronica
Fiat 128 Berlina		 Ton Strous, NL
 1148 L4 1150 18 laps, 33.51,1 13 1.52,6    
  2 34 STAR
Daf 55 Marathon		 Han Tjan, NL
 1148 L4 1150 18 14 1.53,1 1.51,4  
  3 32 ORWO Film Racing Team
Daf 55 Marathon		 Harrie Geeris, NL
 1148 L4 1150 18 15 1.55,6    
  4 29 ORWO Film Racing Team
Daf 55 Coupé		 Dirk van de Pol, NL
 1148 L4 1150 18 20 1.58,4    
  1 3 Team London Drinks
Fiat Abarth 1000 TCR		 Rob Dijkstra, NL
 982 L4 1000 18 laps, 34.30,6 10 1.51,3 1.52,3  
  6 62  
NSU 1200 TT		 Henri van Oorschot, NL
 1290 L4 1300 17 6 1.44,0    
  5 26 Hans Hettelder Tuning
Fiat 128 Berlina		 Hans Hettelder, NL
 1140 L4 1150 17 22 2.00,0    
  6 37 Team Wimedo
Daf 55 Marathon		 Freek Plasmeijer, NL
 1148 L4 1150 17 19 1.57,9    
  2 1  
NSU 1000 TTS		 Henk Wagenaar Hummelinck, NL
 996 L4 1000 17 18 1.57,5    
  3 14  
Fiat Abarth 850 TC		 Ron Verzijlbergen, NL
 847 L4 1000 17 26 2.02,6    
  4 8 Team Cirkel Drive-Yourself
NSU 1000 TTS		 Siep de Jong, NL
 996 L4 1000 17 25 2.02,5    
  7 59 Gouden Gids Racing Team
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior		 Rob Redeker, NL
 1290 L4 1300 14 27 2.03,5    
  8 55 Haags Racing Productions
Austin Mini Cooper S		 Freddy Corporaal ("F. Cornelisse"), NL
 1293 L4 1300 13 11 1.52,5    
DNF   80 Alimpo
BMW 2800 CS		 Rob Slotemaker, NL
 2996 L6 +1300 11 3 1.39,3   Rear suspension
DNF   10  
NSU 1000 TTS		 Freek Meijer, NL
 996 L4 1000 7 23 2.01,7    
DNF   16  
Fiat Abarth 850 TC		 Hans de Jonge, NL
 903 L4 1000 7 28 2.05,1    
DNF   4  
Fiat Abarth 850 TC		 Paul Huis in't Veld, NL
 847 L4 1000 7 33 2.11,5    
DNF   9 Racing Team Randstad Uitzendbureau
Fiat Abarth 1000 TCR		 Hans Kok, NL
 982 L4 1000 6 21 1.59,8    
DNF   11  
NSU 1000 TTS		 Max Ungricht, NL
 996 L4 1000 5 35 no time   5 sec penalty at the start (no practice time)
DNF   6  
Steyr-Puch 650 TR		 Adri Speets, NL
 660 B2 1000 4 31 2.07,1    
DNF   27 ORWO Film Racing Team
Daf 55 Marathon		 Peter van Zwam, NL
 1148 L4 1150 3 24 2.02,3    
DNF   51 Gouden Gids Racing Team
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior		 Hans Kiviet, NL
 1290 L4 1300 2 17 1.56,8    
DNF   38 Dutch National Racing Team
Simca Rallye		 Huub Vermeulen, NL
 1148 L4 1150 2 16 1.56,7    
DNF   2 Team London Drinks
Fiat Abarth 850 TC		 Pieter Visser, NL
 847 L4 1000 1 29 2.06,1    
DNS?   5 De Pier Scheveningen
Fiat Abarth 850 TC		 Chris Koper, NL
 847 L4 1000   30 2.06,5    
DNS?   58  
NSU 1200 TT		 Robert Wüthrich, NL
 1275 L4 1300   32 2.09,6    
DNS?   7  
Austin Mini Cooper		 Joop van Schie, NL
 998 L4 1000   34 2.12,1