Pole position: Hemmes/Vermeulen in 4.26,6
Fastest lap: Hemmes/Vermeulen in 4.28,0
Distance: 600 km (Group 1B), 10 laps (Coupes)
Average speed: 176,819 kmh (Group 2-4)
Weather: Rain (Coupes)
Ruleset: Group 2-4/76, Group 1B
Car info: 1977 Cars
The “Coupes de Spa” was the warm-up for the 600 km race, which in itself was a warm-up of the 24 hours, of course! But the Group 2 and 4 field was thin as ever, Joosen giving his Production 530 some extra practice - he found himself on row one... and if the rain had continued after the start, he could even have won - now Tricot’s Pantera took over on the drying track and winning this “GP”, with Joosen second. The 600 km race had an interesting entry, not only a strong Belgian field but quite some cars from the UK and a quick Camaro from Holland. Ms. Hemmes and Jim Vermeulen arrived late, but after final practice the car was on pole. Spice/Clark (Capri) and Joosen/Andruet (BMW) followed within a second. Wauters had a mighty crash, demolishing his Commodore but he escaped with a broken nose only. Marshall (Vauxhall) jumped the start, everybody followed and race director Léon Sven just let it happen. Halfway the first lap Spice was in the lead, followed by Marshall, Vermeulen, Andruet and Berger (BMW), but soon Andruet took over with Vermeulen a close second. A rain shower at “Carriere” ended all the fun; three cars left the road, Blackburn (Capri), Lloyd (BMW) and Desoet (Vauxhall) were eliminated, Vermeulen and Martin (Capri) had to pit. Quick refuelling kept Andruet/Joosen in the lead, halfway they had a gap of 3 minutes over Berger/Paulus, Spice/Clark and Tricot/Peltier. The fight for second place was over after a puncture of Spice and Paulus had a very quick stop, fastest of the day. So a win for Joosen/Andruet, with a magnificent 7th overall for the Golf GTI of De St. Hubert/Herregods. |
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Coupes de Spa - Group 2 and 4
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| 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 | 73 | Team Willeme De Tomaso Pantera |
René Tricot, B |
5763 | V8 | +2000 | 10 laps | ||||
| 2 | 2 | 70 | Kinley BMW Castrol/ Juma BMW 530i US |
Eddy Joosen, B |
2985 | L6 | +2000 | 10 | ||||
| 3 | 3 | 72 | Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona |
Maurice Dantinne, B |
4390 | V12 | +2000 | 10 | ||||
| 4 | 1 | Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV |
Edgar Gillessen, B |
1962 | L4 | 2000 | 10 | |||||
| 5 | 1 | Toyota Celica |
Holvoet, B |
1588 | L4 | 1600 | 10 | |||||
| 6 | 1 | Datsun Cherry 120A X1 |
Oscar Kessler, B |
1171 | L4 | 1300 | 10 | |||||
| 7 | 2 | Toyota |
André Hardy, B |
L4 | 1600 | 10 | ||||||
| 8 | 4 | Porsche Carrera RS |
"Alex", B |
B6 | +2000 | 9 | ||||||
| 9 | 2 | Renault R 5 LS |
Adriano Lasagni, B |
1289 | L4 | 1300 | 9 | |||||
| 10 | 3 | Alfa Romeo 1600 GT Junior |
Alphonse Boschi, B |
1570 | L4 | 1600 | 9 | |||||
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Spa 600 km - Production
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| 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 | 1 | Kinley BMW Castrol/ Juma BMW 530i US |
Jean-Claude Andruet, F Eddy Joosen, B |
2985 | L6 | +2500 | 43 laps, 3:21.38 | 3 | 4.27,5 | ||
| 2 | 2 | 3 | Luigi Racing UFO BMW 3.0 CSi |
Michel Paulus, B Jacques Berger, B |
2985 | L6 | +2500 | 43 laps, 3:25,06 | 4 | 4.30,9 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 11 | Gordon Spice Group Ford Capri II 3.0S |
Gordon Spice, GB Peter Clark, GB |
2993 | V6 | +2500 | 42 | 2 | 4.26,6 | ||
| 4 | 4 | 16 | Gordon Spice Group Ford Capri II 3.0S |
Chris Craft, GB Guy Edwards, GB |
2993 | V6 | +2500 | 42 | 11 | 4.35,5 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Dealer Team Vauxhall Vauxhall Firenza Magnum 2300 |
René Tricot, B Alain Peltier, B |
2279 | L4 | 2500 | 41 | 20 | 4.43,0 | |||
| 6 | 5 | 10 | Philippe Salvet Ford Capri II 3.0S |
Jean-Michel Martin, B Jean-Pierre Jaussaud, F |
2993 | V6 | +2500 | 41 | 16 | 4.40,3 | ||
| 7 | 1 | 36 | Belgian VW Club VW Golf GTI |
Bernard De St. Hubert, B Daniël Herregods, B |
1588 | L4 | 1600 | 41 | ||||
| 8 | 2 | Toyota Celica 2000 LB |
Marc Duez, B Pierre Laffeach, F (Jean Degey, B) |
ca. 2000 | L4 | 2500 | 40 | 21 | 4.49,6 | |||
| 9 | 6 | 12 | Equipe Esso Ford Capri II 3.0S |
Vince Woodman, GB Jonathan Buncombe, GB |
2993 | V6 | +2500 | 40 | 9 | 4.35,0 | ||
| 10 | 7 | 2? | BMW 3.0 CSi |
Michel Delcourt, B Jean-Marie Baert, B Rudy Host ("MacIntosh"), B |
2985 | L6 | +2500 | 40 | 17 | 4.42,6 | ||
| 11 | 8 | BMW 530i US |
Jean-Claude Depince ("Depnic"), F Bernard Carlier, B Philippe Gurdjian, F |
2985 | L6 | +2500 | 40 | 24 | 4.55,8 | |||
| 12 | 9 | 17 | Opel Commodore GS/E |
Philippe Martin, B Jean-Louis Dumont, B |
2784 | L6 | +2500 | 40 | 15 | 4.40,7 | ||
| 13 | 2 | Toyota Celica GT |
Georges Cremer, B Heinz Gerckens, B José Close, B |
1588 | L4 | 1600 | 40 | 21 | 4.49,6 | |||
| 14 | 3 | Vauxhall Firenza Magnum 2300 |
Michel De Deyne, B Jean-Charles Goris, B Charles Van Stalle ("Chavan"), B |
2279 | L4 | 2500 | 39 | 19 | 4.45,8 | |||
| 15 | 3 | Toyota Celica GT |
Jean Wansart, B Holvoet, B Debilde, B |
1588 | L4 | 1600 | 39 | 21 | 4.49,6 | |||
| 16 | 10 | 63 | Eumig Film Racing Team Chevrolet Camaro Z28 |
Henny Hemmes, NL Jim Vermeulen, NL |
5736 | V8 | +2500 | 39 | 1 | 4.26,6 | 4.28,0 | |
| 17 | 4 | Toyota Celica GT |
Holvoet, B L. Garcin, B |
1588 | L4 | 1600 | 39 | 21 | 4.49,6 | |||
| 18 | 4 | Ford Escort RS 2000 |
Carlo Keller, L Alain Beauchef, L |
1993 | L4 | 2500 | 39 | |||||
| 19 | 5 | VW Scirocco GTI |
Ugo Meloni, B Philippe De Leener, B |
1588 | L4 | 1600 | 39 | |||||
| 20 | 11 | 20 | Opel Commodore GS/E |
Didier Havaux, B Philippe Sougné, B Alain Corbisier, B |
2784 | L6 | +2500 | 39 | 18 | 4.41,6 | ||
| 21 | 5 | Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV |
Nello Brunetti, B X. Ide, B |
1962 | L4 | 2500 | 38 | |||||
| 22 | 6 | Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV |
Marc Venstermans, B Pierre Fermine, B Didier Noirhomme, B |
1962 | L4 | 2500 | 38 | |||||
| 23 | 6 | Toyota |
Van der Elst, B O. Karland, B |
1588? | L4 | 1600 | 37 | |||||
| 24 | 7 | VW Golf GTI |
P. De Wilde, B Thierry De Wilde, B |
1588 | L4 | 1600 | 37 | |||||
| 25 | 7 | 27 | Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV |
Maurice Devrin, B Jean Delvenne, B |
1962 | L4 | 2500 | 37 | ||||
| 26 | 8 | VW Golf GTI |
Henri Sonveau, B Charles Naveau, B André Gavage, B |
1588 | L4 | 1600 | 36 | |||||
| 27 | 8 | Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV |
Richard Mattozza, B Edgar Gillessen, B Emmanuel Remion, B |
1962 | L4 | 2500 | 36 | |||||
| 28 | 1 | Simca Rallye 2 |
? Arnaud Guiot, B Bury, B Jacky Delhaes, B |
1294 | L4 | 1300 | 36 | |||||
| 29 | 2 | 61 | Simca Rallye 2 |
Dorothy Jacquemin, B Thierry Van der Heyden, B Marc Donner, B |
1294 | L4 | 1300 | 36 | ||||
| 30 | 9 | Vauxhall Firenza Magnum 2300 |
Ken Battle, USA Dennis Thorne, GB |
2279 | L4 | 2500 | 36 | |||||
| 31 | 3 | Simca Rallye 2 |
Philippe Lambert, B Jacques Lignon, B Remy Marquet, B |
1294 | L4 | 1300 | 35 | |||||
| 32 | Sunbeam Avenger |
Philippe Van De Velde, B Robert Hanon, B |
L4 | 35 | ||||||||
| 33 | 60 | Simca Rallye 2 |
Guy Goffinet, B Manu Goossens, B Remy Marquet, B |
1294 | L4 | 1300 | 34 | |||||
| 34 | Alfa Romeo |
Michel Chapel, B Dany Swyssen, B |
1570 | L4 | 1600 | 34 | ||||||
| 35 | 12 | 20? | Opel Commodore GS/E |
Albin Navaux ("Clayes"), B Simon, B |
2784 | L6 | +2500 | 34 | ||||
| 36 | Simca Rallye 2 |
Rico G. Zanol, F |
1294 | L4 | 1300 | 33 | ||||||
| 37 | Alfa Romeo |
Stephan Kupka, B Bare |
L4 | 31 | ||||||||
| 38 | Audi 80 GTE |
Daniël Rombaut, B ? Franz Dubois, B |
1588 | L4 | 1600 | 31 | ||||||
| 39 | VW Golf GTI |
Michel Dinant, B Thierry Boutsen, B |
1588 | L4 | 1600 | 31 | ||||||
| DNF | Vauxhall Firenza Magnum 2300 |
Dirk Desoet, B Jeff Allam, GB |
2279 | L4 | 2500 | 23 | 4.50,6 | Accident | ||||
| DNF | Ford Capri II 3.0S |
Holman “Les” Blackburn, GB ? Brian Robinson, GB |
2993 | V6 | +2500 | 12 | 4.36,3 | Accident | ||||
| DNF | BMW 530i US |
Richard Lloyd, GB Gilbert Greenall, GB Stuart Graham, GB |
2985 | L6 | +2500 | 10 | 4.35,1 | Accident | ||||
| DNF | Dealer Team Vauxhall Vauxhall Firenza Magnum 2300 |
Gerry Marshall, GB Colin Vandervell, GB |
2279 | L4 | 2500 | 8 | 4.34,9 | Engine | ||||
| DNF | 14 | Rotel Hi-Fi Ford Capri II 3.0S |
Han Akersloot, NL Stuart Patterson, GB |
2993 | V6 | +2500 | 14 | 4.38,7 | Engine | |||
| DNF | Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV |
Michel Lauria, B Hub Nijsten, NL |
1962 | L4 | 2500 | 22 | 4.48,3 | |||||
| DNF | Triumph Dolomite Sprint |
Julien Vernaeve, B Tony Pond, GB |
1998 | L4 | 2500 | 13 | 4.38,4 | |||||
| DNF | Triumph Dolomite Sprint |
Guy Pirenne, B Claude Crespin, B |
1998 | L4 | 2500 | 5 | 4.31,1 | |||||
| DNF | Luigi Racing UFO? BMW 3.0 CSi |
André Lierneux, B Claude Bourgoignie, B |
2985 | L6 | +2500 | 6 | 4.33,6 | |||||
| DNS | Opel Gosset Racing Team Opel Commodore GS/E |
Dany Wauters, B Francis Polak, B |
2784 | L6 | +2500 | 7 | 4.33,6 | Accident in practice | ||||