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4 Ore di Jolly Club

Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Italy

Date: 23/3/1969
Track length: 10.000 m
Attendance: unknown
Entries accepted: unknown
Starters: Div. 1: 18
Finishers: Div. 1: 8, rest unknown

Pole position: unknown
Fastest lap: Toine Hezemans in 3.28,5

Distance: 4 hours
Average speed: 137,169 kmh (div. 1), 158,262 kmh (div. 2), 163,426 kmh (div. 3)
Weather: Division 1 wet, rest unknown
Ruleset: Group 5/68
Car info: 1969 Cars

 

The 1969 European Touring Car Challenge commenced on a cold March day at Monza.

First race was confined to 1-litre cars and, as expected, proved to be an Abarth benefit. With Arturo Merzario and Johann Abt retiring their works cars early on, and Johannes Ortner being delayed as his car was running too cold, the Dutch private entrant Ed Swart won easily by two laps, despite two pit stops to change plugs. There were a mere seven finishers.

More excitement was promised in the over 1000 cc race for Divisions II and III cars. There were works cars from Alfa Romeo and BMW plus strong representation from BMW and Porsche private owners. Favourite Gijs van Lennep crashed his Porsche 911 on the first lap, allowing fellow Dutchman Toine Hezemans into the lead. Hezemans dominated the race until the three-hour mark when he blew up (broken con rod), letting an Alpina-entered BMW 2002 TI (Huber/ Neuhaus) into the lead from Quester's troublesome works 2002 TI which eventually dropped to sixth place overall with ignition troubles. Italian Guzzi’s Porsche took second place behind the Alpina BMW while third was the Division II winner, the Autodelta Alfa Romeo of Dini/"Riccardone".
Text based on Race Report 3 by Eddie Guba

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 9 Team Radio Veronica
Abarth 1000 TC Gr. 5		 Ed Swart, NL
 982 L4 Div. 1 549 km        
2 2 8  
Abarth 1000 TC Gr. 5		 Johannes Ortner, A
 982 L4 Div. 1 538 km        
3 3    
Abarth 1000 TC Gr. 5		 Gianfranco Palazzoli ("Pal Joe"), I
Piero Bottalla, I
 982 L4 Div. 1 538 km        
4 4    
Abarth 1000 TC Gr. 2		 Vincenzo Cazzago ("Pooky"), I
"Amled", I
 982 L4 Div. 1          
5 5    
Abarth 1000 TC Gr. 2		 Sandro Tucci, B
Giovanni "Nanni" Galli, I
 982 L4 Div. 1          
6 6    
Abarth 850 TC Gr. 2		 Mario Favaretto, I
Luciano Pasotto ("White"), I
 847 L4 Div. 1          
7 7    
Abarth 850 TC Gr. 2		 Fulvio Tandoi, I
 847 L4 Div. 1          
    4 Romeo Ferraris
Abarth 850 TC Gr. 5		 Gianbattista Guarneri ("Gibi"), I
 847 L4 Div. 1          
DNF   8 Abarth & Cie
Abarth 1000 TC		 Johann Abt, D
 982 L4 Div. 1          
DNF   6 Abarth & Cie
Abarth 1000 TC		 Arturo Merzario, I
 982 L4 Div. 1          

Division 2 and 3
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   Alpina
BMW 2002 TI		 Gunther Huber, A
Jürgen Neuhaus, D
 1990 L4 Div. 3 656 km        
2 2    
Porsche 911		 Cesare Guzzi, I
Maurizio Zanetti, I
 1991 B6 Div. 3 652 km        
3 1 36 Autodelta S.p.A.
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA		 Spartaco Dini ("Paco"), I
Carlo Benelli ("Riccardone"), I
 1570 L4 Div. 2 633 km        
4 2   Conrero
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA		 de Leonibus, I
Giminez, I
 1570 L4 Div. 2 629 km        
5 3    
BMW 2002 TI		 Jorge de Bagration, E
Ugo Locatelli, I
 1990 L4 Div. 3 626 km        
6 4    
BMW 2002 TI		 Dieter Quester, A
 1990 L4 Div. 3          
7 3 19  
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior		 Enrico Pinto, I
Massimo Larini, I
 1290 L4 Div. 2 618 km        
8 5    
Porsche 911		 Michele Licheri, I
"Montiscone"
 1991 B6 Div. 3          
9 4    
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior		 Jacques Demoulin, B
Christine Beckers ("Christine"), B
 1290 L4 Div. 2          
10 5    
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior		 R. Carlo Cremascoli, I
 1290 L4 Div. 2          
11 6    
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA		 "Moncini", I
"Giacomini", I
 1570 L4 Div. 2          
12 7    
unknown		 Unknown
     Div. 2          
13 8    
unknown		 Unknown
     Div. 2          
14 9    
unknown		 Unknown
     Div. 2          
15 10    
unknown		 Unknown
     Div. 2          
16 11    
unknown		 Unknown
     Div. 2          
17 6    
unknown		 Luigi Colzani, I
     Div. 3          
      Conrero
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA		 Magnoni, I
Luigi Cabella, I
 1570 L4 Div. 2 629 km        
    35 Autodelta S.p.A.
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA		 Teodoro Zeccoli, I
Carlo Facetti, I
 1570 L4 Div. 2          
DNF     Lach 69/SRT Holland
Porsche 911		 Toine Hezemans, NL
Bob van der Sluis, NL
 1991 B6 Div. 3 ca. 500 km       Blown engine
DNF     Dutch National Racing Team
Porsche 911		 Gijs van Lennep, NL
 1991 B6 Div. 3 10 km       Accident
DNS     Frami Racing Holland
Ford Lotus Cortina		 Han Akersloot, NL
 1594 L4 Div. 2         Engine
DNS     Frami Racing Holland
Ford Escort TC		 Frans Lubin, NL
 1594 L4 Div. 2         Engine