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Spa 1000 km

Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium

Date: 5/5/1974
Track length: 14.100 m
Attendance:
Entries accepted: unknown
Starters: 28
Finishers: 14 classified

Pole position:
Fastest lap:

Distance: 1000 km, 71 laps
Average speed:
Weather:
Ruleset: Group 2, Group 4, Group 6
Car info: 1974 Cars

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Only three big sports cars were entered here; of our selection, the Martini turbo was the fastest, followed by the lonely Ligier; the other one could not start. The Carrera brigade was won by Fitzpatrick and Barth, in front of many other Porsches; the private BMW touring cars unable to do anything about that.


Sportscar Race
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
3   14 Martini Racing Team
Porsche Carrera RSR Turbo
Andrea Buffoli, I
Gijs van Lennep, NL
2142 tc B6 S -3000 66 laps 6 3.46,2    
4 1 53 Polifac Racing Team
Porsche Carrera RSR
John Fitzpatrick, GB
Jürgen Barth, D
(Georg Loos, D)
2994 B6 GT 62 14 4.01,4    
5 2 40 Samson Kremer Team
Porsche Carrera RSR
Clemens Schickentanz, D
Willi Kauhsen, D
2994 B6 GT 62 18 4.08,6    
6 3 41 Samson Kremer Team
Porsche Carrera RSR
Hans Heyer, D
Paul Keller, CH
2994 B6 GT 62 19 4.09,4    
7 4 44 Porsche Club Romand
Porsche Carrera RSR
Claude Haldi, CH
Claude Ballot-Léna, F
2994 B6 GT 61 16 4.05,4    
8 1 50 Jolly Club
BMW 3.0 CSL
Martino Finotto, I
Manfred Mohr, D
3498 L6 T 61 17 4.06,8    
9 5 45 Porsche Club Romand
Porsche Carrera RSR
Bernard Chenevière, CH
Peter Zbinden, CH
2994 B6 GT 60 21 4.12,1    
10 2 51 Luigi Racing with Molykote
BMW 3.0 CSL
Jean Xhenceval, B
Alain Peltier, B
3498 L6 T 59 28 4.23,5    
11 6 54 Polifac Racing Team
Porsche Carrera RSR
Jürgen Barth, D
(Franz Pesch, D)
Jürgen Neuhaus, D
2994 B6 GT 58 22 4.15,5    
12 3 52  
BMW 3.0 CSL
Jean Claude Aubriet, F
Jean-Claude Depince ("Depnic"), F
3498? L6 T 57 27 4.22,7    
14 7 49 Jean-Pierre Gaban
Porsche Carrera RSR
Willy Braillard, B
Bernard De St. Hubert, B
2994 B6 GT 54 30 4.36,2    
DNF   8 Automobiles Ligier
Ligier JS2 Maserati
Guy Chasseuil, F
François Migault, F
2938 V6 S -3000   5 3.46,0    
DNF   46  
Porsche Carrera RS
Jean-Louis Haxhe, B
Helmut Koinigg, A
2808? B6 GT   20 4.11,2    
DNS   7 Automobiles Ligier
Ligier JS2 Maserati
Bob Wollek, F
Jean-Pierre Jaussaud, F
Guy Ligier, F
2938 V6 S -3000   8 3.49,7   Accident