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15e Bekers van België

Zolder, Belgium

Date: 2/4/1978
Track length: 4.261 m
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Distance: 12 laps
Average speed:
Weather:
Ruleset: Group 2-5/76, Group 1B
Car info: 1978 Cars

 

Production under 1600 cc
This race counted as heat 1 for the Trans Europe final but for the Belgian championship as well.
20 cars could not qualify, and de St. Hubert was way faster than anybody else; Hoffknecht should have been the fiercest competitor, but he had enough trouble getting rid of De Deyne (Golf).

Production over 1600 cc
Gordon Spice came over with one of his brand new Capri III cars, and despite a little fight with Alain Semoulin - for fun, I suppose. Spice won, with Semoulin second and Braillard with the heavy BMW 530i in third. Schinkel (Escort) had surprised everybody with second fastest in practice, came away slowly but soon passed Peltier, Joosen and Frankenhout, and after he split the Martin-brothers combo, he got a puncture and fell back - until he was hit in the back just after the finish by Carpentier.

Group 2-5 under 1600 cc
Vanierschot and Redeker should have had a nice fight here, but Vanierschot had to start from the back and Redeker’s engine (Vanierschot’s spare) did not run well, so Vanierschot rolled up the field from behind and won the race in front of Boxberger (Scirocco).

Group 2-5 over 1600 cc
The first race between the two 935’s had been for van Oorschot, but on home ground Bourgoignie was unbeatable, finishing 13 seconds ahead of his Dutch opponent. 1-1.

Production under 1600 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   Belgian VW Club
VW Scirocco GTI		 Bernard De St. Hubert, B
 1588 L4 1600 12 laps        
2 2   VW Schultz / TM Essen
VW Scirocco GTI		 Heinz-Jürgen Hoffknecht, D
 1588 L4 1600 12        
3 3   Valvoline Racing
VW Golf GTI		 Michel De Deyne, B
 1588 L4 1600 12        
4 4    
Audi 80 GTE		 Alfons Hohenester, D
 1588 L4 1600 12        
5 5    
VW Golf GTI		 Thierry Tassin, B
 1588 L4 1600 12        
6 6   IMC Toyota
Toyota Corolla		 Claude Holvoet, B
 1588 L4 1600 12        
    68 Luigi Racing Lotto
Toyota Trueno		 Willy Braillard, B
 1588 L4 1600 12        
      Racing Car Mosan
Sunbeam Avenger		 Maurice Gaspard, B
 1594 L4 1600 12        
      Renstal Excelsior
Sunbeam Avenger		 Manu Goossens, B
 1594 L4 1600 12        
      Ecurie Le Perron
Sunbeam Avenger		 Francy Lacroix, B
 1594 L4 1600 12        
  1    
Simca Rallye 3		 Marc Donner, B
 1294 L4 1600          
  2   Renstal Excelsior
Simca Rallye 3		 Freddy Fruhauf, B
 1294 L4 1600          
    89 Nationale Renstal Excelsior
Sunbeam Avenger		 Raoul Frederix, B
 1594 L4 1600 12        
    50 Racing Team Sigma
VW Scirocco GTI		 Pierre Laoureux, B
 1588 L4 1600 12        
    47 East Belgian Racing Team
VW Golf GTI		 Leo Langer, B
 1588 L4 1600 12        
DNF     SRT Junior Team
Sunbeam Avenger		 Valentin Simons, B
 1594 L4 1600 3       Water pump
DNS     SRT Competition
Sunbeam Avenger		 Remy Marquet, B
 1594 L4 1600          

Production over 1600 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 13 Gordon Spice Racing
Ford Capri III 3.0S		 Gordon Spice, GB
 2993 V6 +2500 12 laps 1      
2 2 3 Ford Castrol Team
Ford Capri II 3.0S		 Alain Semoulin, B
 2993 V6 +2500 12        
3 3 10 Luigi Racing Lotto
BMW 530i		 Willy Braillard, B
 2985 L6 +2500 12        
4 4   Belga Team
Ford Capri II 3.0S		 Martin, B
 2993 V6 +2500 12        
5 5   Belga Team
Ford Capri II 3.0S		 Martin, B
 2993 V6 +2500 12        
  6?   Dealer Opel Team Holland
Opel Commodore GS/E		 Fred Frankenhout, NL
 2784 L6 +2500 12        
  7? 8 Joosen Racing
BMW 530i		 Eddy Joosen, B
 2985 L6 +2500 12        
  8?   Power Castrol
BMW 530i		 Alain Peltier, B
 2985 L6 +2500 12        
  1? 38 Supervise Racing with IMI Promotions
Ford Escort II RS 2000		 Edward Schinkel, NL
 1993 L4 +2500   2     Puncture, crash after the finish
    5  
Ford Capri II 3.0S		 Thierry Carpentier, B
 2993 V6 +2500          
    19  
Mercedes 280 E		 Jean Wansart, B
 2778 L6 +2500          
    7 Power Castrol
BMW 530i		 Patrick Nève, B
 2985 L6 +2500 12        
    29  
Vauxhall Firenza Magnum 2300		 Maurice Ros, B
 2279 L4 +2500          
    33  
Triumph Dolomite Sprint		 Guy Pirenne, B
 1998 L4 +2500          

Group 2-5 under 1600 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 34 Serge Power
Alpine A 110 1600S		 Albert Vanierschot, B
 1565 L4 1600 12 laps, 22.52,4        
2 2 39 MAC Heusden
Alpine A 110 1600S		 Marcel Boxberger, B
 1565 L4 1600 12 laps, 22.57,9        
3 1 14  
Datsun Cherry 120A coupé		 Freddy Corporaal ("Kamikaas"), NL
 1295 L4 1300 12 laps, 23.37,4        
4 3 36  
Toyota Celica GT		 Claude Holvoet, B
 1588 L4 1600 12 laps, 22.57,9        
5 4 38 Ford Castrol Team
Lotus Europa TC		 Alain Semoulin, B
 1594 L4 1600          
6 2 20  
NSU 1200 TT		 Robert Vanhoornweder, B
 1296 L4 1300          
7 5 35 Business for Racing
Toyota Corolla		 Marc Duez, B
 1588 L4 1600          
8 3 3  
Fiat 128 coupé 1300		 Freek Plasmeijer, NL
 1290 L4 1300          
  4    
Unknown		 "Arsène", B
     1300          
  6 41  
Audi 80 GT		 Adriano Lasagni, B
 1588 L4 1600          
  7    
Unknown		 Jo De Gheldere, B
     1600          
  8 37 Ecurie Baudouin Visétoise
Toyota Celica GT		 Ignazio Salvo
 1588 L4 1600          

Group 2-5 over 1600 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 73 Team Willeme
Porsche 935 K2		 Claude Bourgoignie, B
 2857 tc B6 +1600 12 laps, 19.43,1        
2 2 74 Scorpio Racing
Porsche 935		 Henri van Oorschot, NL
 2857 tc B6 +1600 12 laps, 19.56,0        
3 3 75 Scorpio Racing
Porsche 934/5		 Toon Suykerbuyk, NL
 2993 tc B6 +1600 11        
4 4 76 Screen Center
Porsche 935 ?Kremer		 John Lagodny, L
 2857 tc B6 +1600 11        
5 5 81 Dantinne Racing Team
Ferrari 308 GTB		 Maurice Dantinne, B
 2926 V8 +1600 11        
6 6 83 Team Dubois
De Tomaso Pantera		 Guy Trigaux, B
 5763 V8 +1600 11        
9   77 Screen Center
Porsche Carrera		 Pit Weirig, L
   B6 +1600