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Grote Prijs van Limburg

Zolder, Belgium

Date: 5/5/1968
Track length: 4.182 m
Attendance: unknown
Entries accepted: unknown
Starters: unknown
Finishers: unknown

Pole position: Goedemans in 1.53,4 (div. 1), Gardner in 1.49,2 (div. 2)
Fastest lap: Goedemans in 1.52,8 (div. 1), Frank Gardner in 1.48,4 (div. 2)

Distance: 1 hour
Average speed: 131,815 kmh (div. 1), 136,525 kmh (div. 2)
Weather:
Ruleset: Group 5/68
Car info: 1968 Cars

Pictures

Only two divisions here since division 3 would be present in the Spa 24 hours.

Division 1 was a three-way battle between the Abarths of Goedemans and Hezemans and the Broadspeed Anglia of Fitzpatrick. The Abarths were in the lead at first, then after 4 laps Fitzpatrick passed Hezemans which was not part of the SRT script at all. But Hezemans fought back, and when Fitz missed his breaking point at the chicane, the Dutch double victory was secured. The 850 class was won by yet another Dutchman: Swart with his brand new group 5 Abarth.

The debut of the Alan Mann Escort Twin Cam, freshly homologated on May 1, was a success; Gardner took pole and won the race, in front of his team-mate Attwood in the old Cortina. The Escort was on carburettors (160 HP); the fuel-injected engine (180 HP) was not yet reliable - and not needed anyway...
The works Coopers (with fuel injection...) of Rhodes and Neal were split at the finish by Oskamp in his somewhat simpler but brand new car, taking advantage of a pit stop by Neal.

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 1/1 16 SRT Holland
Abarth 1000 TC		 Ab Goedemans, NL
 982 L4 Div. 1/1000 32 laps, 1:00.56,6 1 1.53,4 1.52,8  
2 2/2 17 SRT Holland
Abarth 1000 TC		 Toine Hezemans, NL
 982 L4 Div. 1/1000 32 laps, 1:00.57,0 2 1.53,6    
3 3/3 23 Team Broadspeed
Ford Anglia		 John Fitzpatrick, GB
 997 L4 Div. 1/1000 32 laps, 1:01.39,8 3 1.54,2    
4 4/4 18  
Abarth 1000 TC		 Marsilio Pasotti ("Pam"), I
 982 L4 Div. 1/1000 31        
5 5/5 20 British Vita Racing
BMC Mini Cooper S		 John Handley, GB
 999 L4 Div. 1/1000 30 4 1.59,3    
6 6/1 4 SAS
Abarth 850 TC		 Ed Swart, NL
 847 L4 Div. 1/850 30 laps, 1:01.44,3        
7 7/6   British Vita Racing
BMC Mini Cooper S		 Alec Poole, IRL
 999 L4 Div. 1/1000 30 5 2.01,5    
  2   Frami Racing Holland
Morris Mini 850		 Han Akersloot, NL
 848 L4 Div. 1/850 28        
  3    
DKW		 Emile Holvoet, B
   L3 Div. 1/850 27        
  4   Ross
DKW F11		 Theo Smeets, NL
 796 L3 Div. 1/850 26        
  5   John Aley
Austin Mini Seven		 Dick van Yperen, NL
 848 L4 Div. 1/850 22        

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 56 Alan Mann Racing
Ford Escort TC		 Frank Gardner, AUS
 1594 L4 Div. 2/1600 33 laps, 1:00.45,8 1 1.49,2 1.48,4  
2 2 55  
Ford Lotus Cortina		 Richard Attwood, GB
 1594 L4 Div. 2/1600 33 laps, 1:00.56,7 2 1.50,8    
3 3 52  
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA		 Jacques Demoulin, B
 1570 L4 Div. 2/1600 33 laps, 1:00.59,9        
4 4 58 Willy Kay
Ford Lotus Cortina		 Willie Green, GB
 1594 L4 Div. 2/1600 32        
5 1 39 Cooper Car Co.
Morris Mini Cooper S		 John Rhodes, GB
 1293 L4 Div. 2/1300 32 laps, 1:01.33,8 3 1.52,7    
6 2 42 SRT Holland
Austin Mini Cooper S		 Hans Oskamp, NL
 1293 L4 Div. 2/1300 31        
  3   Cooper Car Co.
Morris Mini Cooper S		 Steve Neal, GB
 1293 L4 Div. 2/1300 31 5 1.53,3    
  4    
Alfa Romeo 1300 GT Junior		 Jean-Marie Jacquemin, B
 1290 L4 Div. 2/1300          
12      
BMC Mini Cooper S?		 Graham Janzen, GB
 1293? L4 Div. 2/1300?          
DNF     Team Broadspeed
Ford Escort 1300 GT		 Yvette Fontaine, B
 1298 L4 Div. 2/1300 7 6 1.54,0   Water leak
DNF      
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA		 Daniel Dezy, B
 1570 L4 Div. 2/1600 29 4 1.53,0