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Voppa Autodromo di Casale

Autodromo Di Casale, Casale Monferrato, Italy

Date: 20/5/1973
Track length: 2.460 m
Attendance:
Entries accepted:
Starters:
Finishers: Classified: 14 (A); 15 (B); 15 (C); 12 (D); 12 (E)

Pole position: Tamburini (D)
Fastest lap: Finotto in 1.16,0 (A); Valerio in 1.20,7 (B); Galimberti in 1.17,0 (C); Ciardi in 1.31,7 (D); Belardi in 1.25,3 (E)

Distance: 31 laps
Average speed:
Weather: Wet during practice, dry on Sunday
Ruleset: Group 2/70 and 3/71
Car info: 1973 Cars

 

Race day began with classes 1600, 2000 and 3000; Finotto with his well-prepared Escort dominated proceedings, Ruoso dropping back later in the race, while “Esap” lost a cylinder in his Capri but still managed a class win and second overall on all fives. 1600 was won by Ciardi with Ricci off form this time.

For the 600, 700 and 850 class fireworks was expected. Mazzeschi qualified on the last row but at the first corner he had already passed six cars, with the field led by Valerio, Biselli and Savoia. There were many battles, "York" leading Magri in the 700 class and they were followed by “Piero” (600) and Mazzeschi, working his way up. Gatta retired with failing brakes, a mishap which occurs with most two-cylinders with the exception of “York”. “Piero” and “Yankee” (600) have a fight of their own, resulting in a fantastic 1.24,1 for eventual class winner “Yankee” which happen to be faster than 700 cc winner “York”! A pity that “Piero” dropped back in the last lap, while 10 laps earlier Mazzeschi lost his right front wheel but he brought the car to a standstill without too much harm.

The lead for the 1000-1300 classes was disputed by the three Alfas of Galimberti, Invernizzi and Ghislotti - they finished in that order. In 1150, Galmozzi beat Vailati while Santucci was only third with a blocked third gear, while the 1000 cc class was won with ease by Amighini.

The 500s were the last of the group 2 cars, Tamburini on pole, and in the race he led a quartet consisting of him, Lavazza , Bianchi and Ciardi. Lavazza broke third gear and Ciardi took over and won, while Lenardon destroyed his car, overturning several times. After the race there were protests but all cars investigated were in order.

Finally, Group 3 was won by Regis in his Alpine.


A: Group 2 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   Jolly Club
Ford Escort RS 1600
Martino Finotto, I
1996 L4 Group 2 2000 31 laps, 40.09,6     1.16,0  
2 1    
Ford Capri RS 2600
"Esap", I
  V6 Group 2 3000 31 laps, 40.12,7     1.19,0  
3 1    
Ford Escort TC
Vittorio Ciardi, I
1594 L4 Group 2 1600 31 laps, 40.43,3     1.19,2  
4 2    
Ford Escort RS 1600
Mario Ruoso, I
  L4 Group 2 2000 31 laps, 40.43,5        
5 2   Firenze Corse Biondetti
BMW 1602
Ricciardo Ricci, I
1573 L4 Group 2 1600 31 laps, 40.53,0        
6 3    
BMW 2002
Federico Cipriani, I
1990 L4 Group 2 2000 31 laps, 41.11,6        
7 3    
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTV
Angelo Chiapparini, I
1570 L4 Group 2 1600 31 laps, 41.23,2        
8 2    
Opel Commodore GS 2800
Angelo Bonaccorsi, I
2998 L6 Group 2 3000 31 laps, 41.24,1        
9 4    
BMW 1602
Ciro Nappi, I
1573 L4 Group 2 1600 30        
10 4    
Alfa Romeo 2000 GTAm
Ademaro Massa, I
1999 L4 Group 2 2000 29        
11 5    
Alfa Romeo 2000 GTAm
Guido Daverio, I
1999 L4 Group 2 2000 28        
12 6    
Alfa Romeo 2000 GTAm
Luigi Innocente, I
1999 L4 Group 2 2000 26        
13 7    
Ford Escort RS 1600
Aldo Valtellina ("Alval"), I
  L4 Group 2 2000 20        
14 8    
BMW 2002
Giacinto Caio, I
1990 L4 Group 2 2000 20        
DSQ      
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTV
Giulio Rossi, I
1570 L4 Group 2 1600         Disqualified: car underweight
DSQ      
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTV
Cantarelli, I
1570 L4 Group 2 1600         Disqualified: car underweight
DSQ      
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTV
Silvano Codini, I
1570 L4 Group 2 1600         Disqualified: car underweight

B: Group 2 500-850 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    
Fiat Abarth 850 TC
Samuele Valerio, I
847 L4 Group 2 850 31 laps, 42.47,2     1.20,7  
2 1   Brescia Corse
Fiat Giannini 650 NP Modena
"York", I
652 L2 Group 2 700 31 laps, 43.17,2     1.24,2  
3 1    
Fiat Giannini 590 GT Vallelunga
"Yankee", I
586 L2 Group 2 600 31 laps, 43.23,1     1.24,1  
4 2    
Fiat Abarth 850 TC
Arnoldo Savoia, I
847 L4 Group 2 850 31 laps, 43.41,3        
5 3    
Fiat Abarth 850 TC
Pietro Biselli, I
847 L4 Group 2 850 31 laps, 43.47,1        
6 4    
Fiat Abarth 850 TC
Vittorio Bernero, I
847 L4 Group 2 850 31 laps, 43.53,8        
7 5    
Fiat Abarth 850 TC
Gino Ravinale, I
847 L4 Group 2 850 31 laps, 44.01,1?        
8 2    
Fiat Giannini 650 NP Modena
Marco Magri, I
652 L2 Group 2 700 31 laps, 44.10,3        
9 2    
Fiat Giannini 590 GT Vallelunga
"Piero", I
586 L2 Group 2 600 31 laps, 44.11,8        
  3    
Fiat Abarth 695 SS
Giovanni Carena, I
695 L2 Group 2 700 28        
  3    
Fiat Abarth 595 SS
Bolognesi, I
594 L2 Group 2 600 28        
12 4    
Fiat Abarth 595 SS
Ansaldi, I
594 L2 Group 2 600 27        
13 4    
Fiat Giannini 650 NP Modena
Calza, I
652 L2 Group 2 700 26        
14 5    
Fiat Abarth 695 SS
Righi, I
695 L2 Group 2 700 23        
15 6    
Fiat Giannini 650 NP Modena
Renato Mazzeschi, I
652 L2 Group 2 700 20       Lost wheel
DNF      
Fiat Abarth 695 SS
Gabriele Gatta, I
695 L2 Group 2 700         Lost brakes

C: Group 2 850-1300 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   Monzeglio Squadra Corse
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior
Giancarlo Galimberti, I
1290 L4 Group 2 1300 31 laps, 40.25,7     1.17,0  
2 2   Autolodi
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior
Antonio Invernizzi, I
1290 L4 Group 2 1300 31 laps, 40.26,2        
3 3    
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior
Duilio Ghislotti, I
1290 L4 Group 2 1300 31 laps, 40.36,9        
  1   Brescia Corse
Fiat Abarth 1000 TCR
Rino Amighini, I
982 L4 Group 2 1000 31? laps, 41.07,9     1.18,4  
  1    
Fiat 128
Romeo Galmozzi, I
1148 L4 Group 2 1150 31? laps, 41.09,7     1.19,4  
  4    
Fiat 128 coupé 1300
Dante Gargan, I
1290 L4 Group 2 1300 31 laps, 41.26,7        
  5    
Fiat 128 coupé 1300
Roberto Chiaramonte Bordonaro, I
1290 L4 Group 2 1300 30        
  2    
Daf 55
Franco Vailati, I
1148 L4 Group 2 1150 30        
  6    
Fiat 128 coupé 1300
Mario Grilli, I
1290 L4 Group 2 1300 29        
  7    
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior
Rossi, I
1290 L4 Group 2 1300 29        
  3    
Fiat 128 coupé 1100
Enzo Santucci, I
1148 L4 Group 2 1150 29       Gearbox
  2    
Fiat Abarth 1000 TCR
Bertolo, I
982 L4 Group 2 1000 29        
  3    
Fiat Abarth 1000 TCR
Ezio Niclot, I
982 L4 Group 2 1000 28        
  4    
Fiat 128
? Rinaldo Galli, I
1148 L4 Group 2 1150 27        
  5    
Fiat 128
Cibin, I
1148 L4 Group 2 1150 22        

D: Group 2 under 500 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    
Fiat 500
Rolando Ciardi, I
499 L2 Group 2 500 31 laps, 48.23,3 6   1.31,7  
2 2    
Fiat Giannini 500 TV Montecarlo
Miro Tamburini, I
499 L2 Group 2 500 31 laps, 48.29,2 1      
3 3    
Fiat Giannini 500 TV Montecarlo
Piero Lavazza, I
499 L2 Group 2 500 31 laps, 48.52,8 2      
4 4    
Fiat Giannini 500 TV Montecarlo
Pericle Bianchi, I
499 L2 Group 2 500 31 laps, 48.59,3 3      
5 5    
Fiat 500
Franco Squarise, I
499 L2 Group 2 500 31 laps, 49.26,3 5      
6 6    
Fiat Giannini 500 TV Montecarlo
Gianfranco Esti, I
499 L2 Group 2 500 31 laps, 49.48,1 4      
7 7    
Fiat Giannini 500 TV Montecarlo
Giancarlo Nucci, I
499 L2 Group 2 500 30        
8 8    
Fiat Giannini 500 TV Montecarlo
Rinaldo Drovandi, I
499 L2 Group 2 500 30        
9 9    
Fiat Giannini 500 TV Montecarlo
Benito Battilani, I
499 L2 Group 2 500 30        
10 10    
Fiat 500
Rossi, I
499 L2 Group 2 500 30        
11 11    
Fiat Giannini 500 TV Montecarlo
"Don Cono", I
499 L2 Group 2 500 30        
12 12    
Fiat 500
"Singapore", I
499 L2 Group 2 500 26        
DNF      
Fiat 500
Bruno Lenardon, I
499 L2 Group 2 500         Accident

E: Group 3
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    
Alpine A 110 1600S
Mario Regis, I
1565 L4 Group 3 1600 31 laps, 45.01,5        
  2    
Alpine A 110 1600S
Perotto, I
1565 L4 Group 3 1600 31 laps, 45.02,1        
  3    
Alpine A 110 1600S
Carlo Giani, I
1565 L4 Group 3 1600 31 laps, 45.22,9        
  1    
Lancia Fulvia 1.3 HF
Gian Carlo Chianucci, I
1296 V4 Group 3 1300 31 laps, 45.48,9        
  2    
Lancia Fulvia Zagato
Aldo Frisiani, I
1296 V4 Group 3 1300 31 laps, 46.21,5        
  3    
Lancia Fulvia 1.3 HF
Giacinto Caio, I
1296 V4 Group 3 1300 31 laps, 46.23,1        
  4    
Lancia Fulvia 1.6 HF
? Denis Rua, F
1584 V4 Group 3 1600 30        
  4    
Lancia Fulvia 1.3 HF
Ferrari, I
1296 V4 Group 3 1300 30        
  5    
Lancia Fulvia 1.3 Montecarlo
Peli, I
1296 V4 Group 3 1300 30        
  6    
Lancia Fulvia 1.3 HF
Bana, I
1296 V4 Group 3 1300 30        
  7    
Lancia Fulvia 1.3 HF
Bonomi, I
1296 V4 Group 3 1300 30        
  5    
Alpine A 110 1600S
Belardi, I
1565 L4 Group 3 1600 25     1.25,3