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Grote Prijs van Limburg

Zolder, Belgium

Date: 8/5/1966
Track length: 4.182 m
Attendance: unknown
Entries accepted: unknown
Starters: unknown
Finishers: unknown

Pole position: Ortner (div. 1); Whitmore in 1.51,6 (div. 2)
Fastest lap: Ortner, 1.59,3 (div. 1), Whitmore, 1.51,5 (div. 2)

Distance: 32 laps
Average speed: 124,904 kmh (div. 1); 133,715 kmh (div. 2)
Weather:
Ruleset: Group 2/63
Car info: 1966 Cars

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Division 1 saw the usual bunch of Fiat Abarths with the occasional Mini Cooper. In practice, Ortner was quickest, followed by Hopkirk, Swart and Hezemans, the last one in only his second car race ever - and his first in an Abarth 1000...

Swart was fastest away but had to let Ortner go, Hezemans was fourth behind Hopkirk. Steinmetz was mangled in the first corner and had to stop to check his front suspension. Swart had engine troubles (finally sending him into retirement), so while Ortner led, he was now followed by Hezemans who had passed Hopkirk. Hezemans tried to pass Ortner, but did not succeed. Jonker, handicapped by pretty useless gear ratios for this circuit, still won the 850 class.

Division 2
After one victory each, the Cortina-Alfa war went on at Zolder. Gardner was away first, but Rindt took over in the first corner. Whitmore had a bad start and was fourth initially, behind Ickx but in front of Trosch and Slotemaker. Ickx benefited of an error by Rindt, taking the lead in the fifth lap, closely followed by Whitmore and Gardner.
A few laps later, Whitmore took the lead, while Rindt passed Gardner for fourth. Later, Rindt passed Ickx, and he now tried to attack Whitmore, but to no avail. Two laps before the end, Rindt pitted for fuel, and lost second to Ickx. Therefore the finishing order became Whitmore-Ickx-Rindt, while Vernaeve won the 1300 cc class despite a pit stop for fuel.


Division 1
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
1 1    
Abarth 1000 TC		 Johannes Ortner, A
 982 L4 Div. 1/1000 32 laps, 1:04.18,9 1      
2 2   Scuderia Auto-Swart
Abarth 1000 TC		 Toine Hezemans, NL
 982 L4 Div. 1/1000 32 laps, 1:05.20,4 4      
3 3 10? Don Moore
Austin Mini Cooper S		 Paddy Hopkirk, IRL
 999 L4 Div. 1/1000 32 laps, 1:05.24,5 2      
4 4    
Abarth 1000 TC		 Wolf-Dieter Mantzel, D
 982 L4 Div. 1/1000 32 laps, 1:05.43,0        
5 5 17  
Abarth 1000 TC		 Klaus Steinmetz, D
 982 L4 Div. 1/1000 31        
6 1   Scuderia Auto-Swart
Abarth 850 TC		 Maarten Jonker, NL
 847 L4 Div. 1/850 30 laps, 1:04.42,7        
DNF?   15 Scuderia Auto-Swart
Abarth 1000 TC		 Ed Swart, NL
 982 L4 Div. 1/1000   3     Valve spring
DNF      
BMC Mini Cooper		 "Jim", GB
 998 L4 Div. 1/1000          
DNF   14 John Aley
BMC Mini Cooper S 970		 Rinke van der Feer, NL
 999 L4 Div. 1/1000         Holed piston
DNF      
BMC Mini Cooper		 George Cayley, GB
 998 L4 Div. 1/1000          
DNS      
BMW 700		 Emiel Linders, NL
 697 B2 Div. 1/850         Rdejected - ground clearance

Division 2
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
1 1 47 Alan Mann Racing
Ford Lotus Cortina		 John Whitmore, GB
 1594 L4 Div. 2/1600 32 laps, 1:00.04,9 1 1.51,6    
2 2 44 Team Lotus
Ford Lotus Cortina		 Jacky Ickx, B
 1594 L4 Div. 2/1600 32 laps, 1:00.39,6 6 1.53,2    
3 3 36 Autodelta S.p.A.
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA		 Jochen Rindt, A
 1570 L4 Div. 2/1600 32 laps, 1:00.49,8 2 1.51,9   Technical infringement
4 4   Jolly Club
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA		 Rob Slotemaker, NL
 1570 L4 Div. 2/1600 32 laps, 1:00.52,5 5      
5 5   Autodelta S.p.A.
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA		 Taf Gosselin, B
 1570 L4 Div. 2/1600 32 laps, 1:00.54,4        
6 6    
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA		 Serge Trosch, B
 1570 L4 Div. 2/1600 32 laps, 1:01.13,5        
7 1    
BMC Mini Cooper S		 Julien Vernaeve, B
 1293 L4 Div. 2/1300 30 laps, 1:00.37,4        
10      
Ford Lotus Cortina		 Frans Lubin, NL
 1594 L4 Div. 2/1600 30       Broken wheel
       
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA		 Maurice Damseaux, B
 1570 L4 Div. 2/1600   4      
DNF     Alan Mann Racing
Ford Lotus Cortina		 Frank Gardner, AUS
 1594 L4 Div. 2/1600   3 1.52,4   Broken oil pipe
DNF      
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA		 Georges Harris, B
 1570 L4 Div. 2/1600