Spa 24 hours 1983


The #1 BMW Italia car. Strolling trhough the pitlane: the Schnitzer team...
... with the Stuck/Grohs/Brun car. SJA Racing with Boutsen, Ballot-Léna and Sabine - the Dakar man.
The shape of things to come - one of the TWR Rovers. CC Racing in trouble with the Mustang...
... but it was able to take the start. Waterloo Motors' BMW with Snobeck/Cudini and Peltier.
Autolodi's Alfetta... ... Luigi's #42 car...
... together with #43... #44 is yellow too, but is in fact a Jolly Club car, just like its neighbour #45. In the background maybe #40, another Jolly club car.
#48 is the Dutch DNRT Mazda. Some cars of the IMC Toyota team, at the front Close/Ide/Janssens.
The usual picture of the start of Spa - a little messy this time, it seems.
An early retirement was this BMW of Bos/Duby/Krucker: this lost wheel meant the end. Another non-finisher: the CC racing Mustang.
Pitstop for the #1 car of Kelleners/Grano/Cecotto - they would retire too. Brun/Stuck/Grohs in one Schnitzer BMW...
Quester/Winkelhock/Rossi in the other Schnitzer BMW.
Jaguar was unlucky at Spa: #6 retired with back axle problems, #7 with gearbox failure. But they would be back...
For years, a 450 SLC Mercedes raced at Spa - with little result. This time, it raced until 3 hours before the end. Two Capris of team "Michel Vaillant".
The #19 Rover retired with differential failure. But #20 reached the podium in the end.
The Dutch camaro had seen better days - it retired in the 1rst hour. The Luxemburg Capri of Feider/Wolff/Beauchef.
One year old and already outdated: the 528i of Raes/Verhaegen/van Rompuy. Fermine/de Liedekerke/Katsers retired.
The Van Hove car retired.
Seikel/Schörg/Nowal retired as well. Carlier/Nève/Martin retired as well.
The Danish Toyota retired too.
All Spa pictures are used with kind permission of Glyn Parham, Rupert Lowes, Norbert Vogel and Georges Renaux.
The 5-cylinder Audi 80 (called "4000") finished 16th.
The Capris were still alive, though outsiders now. #32 finished 12th overall. This car was third in class, 11th overall with Micangeli, Gallo and "Spiffero".
Another Capri finished 9th with Hanon/Van De Velde. 6th overall and class winners: Rinaldo Drovandi, Gianfranco Brancatelli and Emilio Zapico with the Autolodi car.
Fourth as the swansong: a nice result for the good old Capri, with veterans Semoulin/de Dryver/Pirenne. Third: Rover Vitesse, Allam/Lovett.
Schnitzer finished second with Quester/Winkelhock/Rossi. Another victory for Juma: Tassin/Heyer/Hahne.

Race result

1983 Pictures

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