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Racefestival

Zandvoort, Netherlands

Date: 6/5/1979
Track length: 4.226 m
Attendance: 44.000, free admission
Entries accepted:
Starters:
Finishers:

Pole position: Slotemaker
Fastest lap: not given (computer problem!)

Distance: 2 hours
Average speed: 135,227 kmh
Weather:
Ruleset: Group 1B
Car info: 1979 Cars

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The long-distance Trophée Trans Europe race was hardly exciting; few competitors from abroad, and some locals who had qualified in the Dutch championship races on Saturday refused to take part - the big Camaros were allowed to the field but could not score points anyway since the TTE had a capacity limit of 3500 cc.

With what was left the race took off, with Slotemaker in spectacular oversteer-style taking the lead, but one could hardly take his demonstration seriously; after five laps, he entered the pitlane.
Moritz took over, followed by Koks/Blackburn - but this team had serious tyre problems and had to change six times. The Camaros stayed ahead, Hayje throwing away victory by crashing in the last lap (!); they were classified third, behind winners Vermeulen/Hemmes and Bauer who finished second and won his class with the Escort. The other classes were won by Coorengel (BMW 530) and Ruitenbeek (Simca).
After the race, as so often with Group 1 races, quite a few cars were disqualified: the third-placed Camaro of Moritz/Hayje, Fresco’s BMW and the luckless Capri of Koks/Blackburn.


Final
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 99 ADP Computer Service
Chevrolet Camaro Z28
Loek Vermeulen, NL
Henny Hemmes, NL
7443 V8 Div. 4 64 laps, 2.00.00,25 5      
2 1 73  
Ford Escort II RS 2000
Hartmut Bauer, D
1993 L4 Div. 2 64 laps, 2.00.10,19 6   x  
DSQ   98 SRP/Americain Stock
Chevrolet Camaro Z28
Bert Moritz, NL
(Boy Hayje, NL)
5736 V8 Div. 4 64 laps, 2.00.23,55 3   x (1.48,8?) Disq: car underweight
3 2 68 Lamaker Fijnhout
Ford Escort II RS 2000
Louis Hutzezon, NL
1993 L4 Div. 2 64 laps, 2.00.24,43 7      
4 3 69 KWS Autotechnik Team
Ford Escort II RS 2000
Rolf Rosenkranz, D
1993 L4 Div. 2 64 laps, 2.01.26,71 9      
5 1 92 T.R.C. Motors
BMW 530i
Robert Coorengel, NL
2985 L6 Div. 3 63 laps, 200.35,8 10      
6 2 82 Opel Dealer Team Holland
Opel Monza 3.0E
Fred Frankenhout, NL
Huub Vermeulen, NL
2998 L6 Div. 3 63 laps, 2:00.54,8 8      
7 3 81 Jan op ‘t Root BV
Ford Capri III 3.0S
Jacques Cleutjens, NL
2993 V6 Div. 3 63 laps, 2:01.32,8 4   1.48,72  
8 2 96 Epivan - Garage Hembrug - KS Racing
Chevrolet Camaro Z28
Cees Siewertsen, NL
5736 V8 Div. 4 62 32      
9 4 89  
Opel Monza 3.0E
Johann Weisheidinger, A
Dietmar Hackner, D
2998 L6 Div. 3 62 14      
10 4 62 Alfa Geleen
Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV
Hub Nijsten, NL
1962 L4 Div. 2 62 12      
11 5 86  
BMW 530i
Hans Maasland, NL
2985 L6 Div. 3 61 29      
12 1 18  
Simca Rallye 3
Arie Ruitenbeek, NL
1294 L4 Div. 1 61 laps, 2:00.38,9 19      
DSQ   88 Mobil Ford Team
Ford Capri III 3.0S
Theo Koks, NL
Holman “Les” Blackburn, GB
2993 V6 Div. 3 61 2     Disq:suspension mountings & more
13 2 33 De Rooy Trucks
VW Golf GTI
Nico Versteegh, NL
1588 L4 Div. 1 61 laps, 2:01.07,2 18      
14 5 63 Opel Dealer P.A. v.d. Kooij
Opel Kadett GT/E
Leo Bénard, NL
1979 L4 Div. 2 60 17      
15 3 5  
Simca Rallye 3
Hans Velthuysen, NL
1294 L4 Div. 1 60 21      
16 6 64  
Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV
Paul Aardse, NL
1962 L4 Div. 2 59 27      
17 4 9 Aannemersbedrijf J.G. Winter
Simca Rallye 3
Berend Oeberius Kapteyn, NL
1294 L4 Div. 1 59 26      
18 5 40 Rijke Heiloo Chrysler Sunbeam Dealer
Chrysler Avenger
Robert Harvey, NL
1594 L4 Div. 1 56 23      
19 6 83 Nihot voor Afzuiging
Opel Commodore GS/E
Anthon van Dijk, NL
2784 L6 Div. 3 52 16      
20 7 90 Microlife
Opel Commodore GS/E
Erik Post, NL
2784 L6 Div. 3 50 30      
21 6 35 Abex Pagid Caramba Racing Team
Audi 80 GTE
Peter Seikel, D
1588 L4 Div. 1 49 15      
DSQ   87  
BMW 530i
Eddy Fresco, NL
2985 L6 Div. 3 35 11     Disq: car underweight
22 7 16 Awera voor Automatendraaiwerk
Simca Rallye 3
Chris Werkhoven, NL
1294 L4 Div. 1 35 31      
23 8 91 J.K. van der Molen Groningen
Opel Commodore GS/E
Raymond Coronel, NL
2784 L6 Div. 3 25 20      
24 8 8  
Simca Rallye 3
Ton Hagen, NL
1294 L4 Div. 1 21 24      
25 9 3?  
Simca Rallye 3
Ronald Bon, NL
Bert de Laat, NL
1294 L4 Div. 1 21 22      
26 10 44 De Bokkenrijders
VW Golf GTI
Valentin Simons, B
1588 L4 Div. 1 13 25   1.53,3 (?)  
27 7 70  
Opel Kadett GT/E
Rien Frankenhout, NL
Heinz Kilp, D
1979 L4 Div. 2 8 13      
28 3 25  
Chevrolet Camaro LT
Rob Slotemaker, NL
7443 V8 Div. 4 7 1     Withdrawn?
DNS   65  
Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV
Carel Stapff, NL
1962 L4 Div. 2   28