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Zandvoort Trophy

Zandvoort, Netherlands

Date: 30/8/1970
Track length: 4.195 m
Attendance: 18.000
Entries accepted: unknown
Starters: unknown
Finishers: unknown

Pole position: Leeuwenburgh (div. 1), Hezemans (div. 2&3)
Fastest lap: Chiotakis in 1.42,7

Distance: 300 km
Average speed: 143,86 kmh (div. 2 and 3)
Weather:
Ruleset: Group 2/70
Car info: 1970 Cars

 

Tension for Hezemans in this home round for him. He was still in the lead of the championship, but Abt was closing. Hezemans had not scored in the last two rounds and was on 39 points; Abt was on 31 now and talks were that Abt would get his points from Silverstone and Spa after all.
So Hezemans decided to try a start in division 1 with an Abarth - nothing new for him. But his car was not available; the alternative was a start with van Staalduinen’s car. Unfortunately, this car did not survive practice with broken pistons and crankshaft.

To Hezemans’ chagrin, Abt had an easy victory. Last year’s winner Dijkstra retired shortly after the start (head gasket), and Leeuwenburgh retired a little later.

The standings were now 40 for Abt, 39 for Hezemans. He had to score this race, since Jarama would be another easy one for Abt.

After the start of division 2 and 3, Hezemans took the lead from pole, followed by Glemser (Capri), Picchi, Chiotakis and Facetti (Alfas). The group remained in this order lap by lap. But it could not last. Suddenly, Picchi and Glemser spun simultaneously at Hunzerug, after a little touch from Picchi. Glemser damaged a rim and had get the wheel replaced at the pits.
So Hezemans led, Chiotakis second, but we were not even halfway yet. Things looked great.
But then Hezemans’ car misfired up the Hunzerug, and reached the pits after a slow lap. Out of fuel, very unexpected. He resumed in 9th position. But only seconds later he crashed into the fencing, after a broken conrod. The title looked out of reach now.
For the Dutch fans there was still something to cheer: Chiotakis was still in the lead, 16 seconds in front of Picchi. But poor Chiotakis was blocked by Glemser, who opened a gap at the fast “bos uit” section but closed the door suddenly. Instead of lapping Glemser for the second time, he went into the straw bales. He could continue and promised Glemser revenge - Glemser probably thought he had blocked Picchi, teaching him a lesson for the earlier incident. Now Chiotakis made trouble with Glemser at the Hunzerug, a grin on his face when Glemser spun yet again.
So Picchi won, followed by Facetti.

In division 2, more bad luck for the Dutch drivers: Lubin, who had been in the lead of division 2, blew a head gasket, team-mate Engeman fell back with fuel pump problems. Tonny Zwaanenburg, fighting with van Oorschot’s NSU TT all the race, decided to take “bos uit” sideways but he ran out of luck and rolled his car. Victory in division 2 went to last-minute entry Marko in the Alpina BMW.

After the race, it was thought that a wave of protests would be issued - but when Ford decided not to protest against winner Picchi, Autodelta and the DNRT could tear up their counter-protests.

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 16 Escuderia La Coruna Spain
Abarth 1000 TCR		 Johann Abt, D
 982 L4 Div. 1 72 laps, 2:19.25,7 6      
2 2 15 Wisski Tuning
NSU 1000 TTS		 Peter Wisskirchen, D
 996 L4 Div. 1 69 7      
3 3 4 Garage Groenesande
NSU 1000 TTS		 Tom Coronel, NL
 996 L4 Div. 1 68        
4 4 17  
Abarth 1000 TCR		 Alfredo Faraoni, I
 982 L4 Div. 1 67        
5 5 3 Auto Skoda
Skoda 100 L		 Václav Bobek, CS
 988 L4 Div. 1 67        
6 6 5 ZAV
NSU 1000 TTS		 Hub Nijsten, NL
 996 L4 Div. 1          
10 10 2 Auto Skoda
Skoda 100 L		 Jaroslav Bobek, CS
 988 L4 Div. 1          
    19  
Abarth 1000 TCR		 Hans Hessel, D
 982 L4 Div. 1   4      
    18 Scuderia Sanmarco
Abarth 1000 TCR		 Umberto Grano, I
 982 L4 Div. 1          
    6  
Austin Mini Seven		 Horst Garthe, D
 848 L4 Div. 1          
DNF   14  
Abarth 1000 TCR		 Son Borch-Christensen, DK
 982 L4 Div. 1   3     Blackflagged (oil)
DNF   7 Team Radio Veronica
Abarth 1000 TCR		 Piet Leeuwenburgh, NL
 982 L4 Div. 1 6 1     Engine
DNF   12 Sony Racing Team
Abarth 1000 TCR		 Rob Dijkstra, NL
 982 L4 Div. 1         Head gasket
DNS   10 SRT Holland
Abarth 1000 TCR		 Dick van Staalduinen, NL
 982 L4 Div. 1   2      
DNA   11 SRT Holland
Abarth 1000 TCR		 Toine Hezemans, NL
 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 25 Autodelta S.p.A.
Alfa Romeo 2000 GTAm		 Gianluigi Picchi, I
 1985 L4 Div. 3 72 laps, 2:05.55,6 5 1.44,0    
2 2 24 Autodelta S.p.A.
Alfa Romeo 2000 GTAm		 Carlo Facetti, I
 1985 L4 Div. 3 72 4 1.43,8    
3 3 40 Schnitzer
BMW 2002 TI		 Ernst Furtmayr, D
 1990 L4 Div. 3 72 9 1.44,3    
4 4 32 Alpina
BMW 2002 TI		 Walter Treser, D
 1990 L4 Div. 3 72 10 1.44,5    
5 5 28 Racing Team Transavia Holland
Alfa Romeo 2000 GTAm		 Rob Slotemaker, NL
 1985 L4 Div. 3 71 13 1.44,8    
6 1 7 Alpina
BMW 1600		 Helmut Marko, A
 1600 L4 Div. 2 71 17 1.45,9    
7?   36 Ford Köln
Ford Capri 2300 GT		 Dieter Glemser, D
 2394 V6 Div. 3   3 1.43,1   Puncture
  6 37 Dutch National Racing Team
Alfa Romeo 2000 GTAm		 Nico Chiotakis, NL
 1985 L4 Div. 3 71 2 1.42,9    
  2 12 Ford-Chevron Racing Team
Ford Escort TC		 Freddy Semoulin ("Alain Dex"), B
 1594 L4 Div. 2 71 11 1.44,8    
  3 17 Radio Televisie Racing
NSU 1200 TT		 Henri van Oorschot, NL
 1296 L4 Div. 2 70        
  4 14 Frami Racing Holland
Ford Escort TC		 Liane Engeman, NL
 1594 L4 Div. 2 70 12 1.44,8    
  5 19 SRT Holland
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior		 Wim Boshuis, NL
 1290 L4 Div. 2 70 15 1.45,4    
  6 1 Autodelta S.p.A.
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior		 Giovanni "Nanni" Galli, I
 1290 L4 Div. 2 70        
  7? 2 Autodelta S.p.A.
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior		 Carlo Truci, I
 1290 L4 Div. 2 70        
    29 McNamara Racing
Ford Capri 2300 GT		 Peter Reinhardt, D
 2293 V6 Div. 3   21 or 22     Rear wheel
    8 Alpina
BMW 1600		 René Herzog, CH
 1600 L4 Div. 2   20 1.47,1    
    11 Ford-Chevron Racing Team
Ford Escort TC		 Yvette Fontaine, B
 1594 L4 Div. 2   16 1.45,6    
    23 Dutch National Racing Team
Ford Escort TC		 Ernst Berg, NL
 1594 L4 Div. 2   14 1.45,0    
    18 Dutch National Racing Team
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior		 Han Akersloot, NL
 1290 L4 Div. 2   18 1.46,3    
       
Alfa Romeo 2000 GTAm		 Jean-Marie Jacquemin, B
 1985 L4 Div. 3   19 1.46,8    
DNF   22 Racing Team Transavia Holland
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior		 Tonny Zwaanenburg, NL
 1290 L4 Div. 2         Accident
DNF   31 Alpina
BMW 2800 CS		 Gunther Huber, A
 2996 L6 Div. 3   8 1.44,1    
DNF   26 Autodelta S.p.A.
Alfa Romeo 2000 GTAm		 Toine Hezemans, NL
 1985 L4 Div. 3 52 1 1.42,8   Accident
DNF   30 Alpina
BMW 2800 CS		 Reinhard Stenzel, D
 2996 L6 Div. 3   7 1.44,1    
DNF   15 Frami Racing Holland
Ford Escort TC		 Frans Lubin, NL
 1594 L4 Div. 2   6 1.44,1   Head gasket
DNS   35 Ford Köln
Ford Capri 2300 GT		 Jochen Mass, D
 2394 V6 Div. 3