1966 Nürburgring 500 Km

4 September 1966 - Nürburgring (D): Round 7, International Sports Car Championship (Division I)
22 laps of a 14.174 mile/22.810 km circuit - 311.817 miles/501.820 kms were completed
Weather: warm, dry
Pos Car # Drivers Car Entrant Laps Group Group Pos
1 35 Ernst Furtmayr Abarth 1300 OT Abarth 22 Sports 1300 1
2 1 Roger Delageneste Alpine A210 Renault [1719] Alpine 22 Prototype 1300 1
3 25 Herbert Müller/Klaus Steinmetz Fiat-Abarth 1000SP Abarth 21 Prototype 1000 1
4 10 John Moore Austin-Healey Sebring Sprite Richard Groves 21 Prototype 1300 2
5 32 Siegfried Dau Abarth 1300 OT Abarth 21 Sports 1300 2
6 41 Sergio Morando Abarth 1300 OT Gianni Varesa 21 Sports 1300 3
7 31 Hans-Dieter Dechent Abarth 1300 OT Scuderia Lufthansa 20 Sports 1300 4
8 82 Willy Kauhsen/Fritz Jüttner^ Fiat-Abarth 1000 Berlinetta Abarth Deutschland 20 Touring 1000 1
9 73 Karl-Heinz Becker Glas 1204 Karl-Heinz Becker 20 Touring 1300 1
10 50 Gerhard Bodmer Glas 1204 TS Gerhard Bodmer 20 Grand Touring 1300 1
11 71 Toni Brenn Austin Mini-Cooper Altenhofen 20 Touring 1300 2
12 48 Karl Herd Glas 1204 TS Fram Filter Germany 20 Grand Touring 1300 2
13 2 Mauro Bianchi Alpine A210 Renault [1722] Alpine 19 Prototype 1300 3
14 69 Dadobert Swenson Austin Mini-Cooper Raganr Eklund 19 Touring 1300 3
15 46 Franz Schwan Glas 1204 TS Franz Schwan 19 Grand Touring 1300 3
16 44 Piero Conte Lancia Fulvia Piero Conte 19 Touring 1300 4
17 86 Willi Feuersaenger Auto Union 1000 Willi Feuersaenger 19 Touring 1000 2
18 21 Jeremy Delmar-Morgan Minijem - BMC Jem 18 Prototype 1000 2
19 77 Detlev Reiff Glas 1204 Sieglar Renngemeinschaft 18 Touring 1300 5
20 93 Jürgen Lenk BMW 700 Jürgen Lenk 18 Touring 700 1
21 92 Franz Michael BMW 700 Franz Michael 18 Touring 700 2
22 103 Peter Hahn BMW 700 Peter Hahn 18 Touring 700 3
23 91 Dieter Bohnhorst BMW 700 Caltex Racing 18 Touring 700 4
24 67 Klaus-Friedrich Rund Alfa Romeo GTA Junior Franz Schwan 18 Touring 1300 6
25 70 John Aley Austin Mini-Cooper John Aley 18 Touring 1300 7
26 58 Heinz Schondelmaier NSU Wankel Spyder Heinz Schondelmaier 18 Grand Touring 1000 1
27 85 Gerhard Wiedemann NSU Prinz 1000 Gerhard Wiedemann 18 Touring 1000 3
28 99 Werner Heiden NSU Prinz Rhein-Ruhr Racing 17 Touring 700 5
29 96 Wilfried Menden Steyr-Puch 600TR Wilfried Menden 17 Touring 700 6
30 94 Heinz-Josef Derichs BMW 700 Colonia 17 Touring 700 7
31 57 Josef Weber NSU Wankel Spyder Josef Weber 17 Grand Touring 1000 2
32 98 Wolfgang Frye Steyr-Puch 600TR Wolfgang Frye 17 Touring 700 8
33 97 James Bernard Fortmann Honda 600 Bardahl Switzerland 17 Touring 700 9
NRF 5 Udo Schütz Abarth 1300SP Abarth 16 Prototype 1300  
NRF 11 Alec Poole Austin-Healey Sebring Sprite Richard Groves 16 Prototype 1300  
36 102 Achim Zerbe NSU Prinz Achim Zerbe 16 Touring 700 10
37 60 Karl Murdoch Fiat-Abarth 1000 Abarth 16 Grand Touring 1000 3
DNF 9 Robert F. Huhn Abarth 1300SP Lufthansa 14 Prototype 1300  
DNF 14 William Dulles Marcos Mini GT Marcos 14 Prototype 1300  
DNF 68 Ragnar Eklund Austin Mini-Cooper S Ragnar Eklund 10 Touring 1300  
DNF 72 David Meer Austin Mini-Cooper Richard Miles 10 Touring 1300  
DNF 100 Peter Otto BMW 700 Peter Otto 10 Touring 700  
DNF 104 Jörg Klasen BMW 700 Jörg Klasen 10 Touring 700  
DNF 23 Ron Parkes Minijem - BMC Jem 6 Prototype 1000  
DNF 36 Erich Bitter Abarth 1300 OT Abarth 6 Sports 1300  
DNF 37 Rolf Stommelen Abarth 1300 OT Abarth 6 Sports 1300  
DNF 51 Bernd Terbeck Glas 1204 TS Bernd Terbeck 6 Grand Touring 1300  
DNF 19 John Bloomfield Diva GT Diva 5 Prototype 1000  
DNF 47 Christian Schmarje Glas 1204 TS Christian Schmarje 5 Grand Touring 1300  
DNF 4 Jean Vinatier Alpine A210 Renault [1720] Alpine 4 Prototype 1300  
DNF 15 John Handley Fletcher Ogle BMC Gil Baird 4 Prototype 1300  
DNF 3 Henri Grandsire Alpine A210 Renault [1723] Alpine 3 Prototype 1300  
DNF 7 Johannes Ortner Abarth 1300SP Abarth 3 Prototype 1300  
DNF 24 John Markey Emery GT Ford John Markey 3 Prototype 1000  
DNF 30 Ian Alexander Diva GT Diva 3 Sports 1300  
DNF 76 F. W. Eckhardt Glas 1204 Kral Herd 3 Touring 1300  
DNF 78 Heinrich Stork Glas 1204 Heinrich Stork 3 Touring 1300  
DNF 90 Manfred Berthold BMW 700 Caltex Racing 3 Touring 700  
DNF 22 Mike Walton Minijem - BMC Jem 0 Prototype 1000  
DNF 26 Roy Johnson/Guy Edwards^ Marcos Mini GT Roy Johnson 0 Prototype 1000  
DNF 66 Manfred Herbertz Glas 1204 Franz Schwan 0 Touring 1300  
DNF 74 Hans-Peter Huppert Opel Kadett Hans-Peter Huppert 0 Touring 1300  
DNF 84 John R. Williamson Austin Mini-Cooper William Shepherd 0 Touring 1000  
DNF 79 John Terry Austin Mini-Cooper Broadspeed 0 Touring 1300  
DNS 8 Klaus Steinmetz/Herbert Müller Abarth 1300SP Scuderia Filipinetti   Prototype 1300  
DNS 40 Joseph Thomas Alpine A110 Renault Joseph Thomas   Sports 1300  
DNS 45 Franz-Josef Oebel Lancia Fulvia HF Colonia   Grand Touring 1300  
DNS 49 Kurt Ahrens, Jr. Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero Tartaruga   Grand Touring 1300  
DNS 52 Dieter Alzen Glas 1204 TS Dieter Alzen   Grand Touring 1300  
DNS 56 Willibald Graul NSU Wankel Spyder Willibald Graul   Grand Touring 1000  
DNS 59 Jochen Neerspasch Fiat-Abarth 1000 Abarth Deutschland   Grand Touring 1000  
DNS 62 Manfred Spiess NSU Wankel Spyder Manfred Spiess   Grand Touring 1000  
DNS 65 Phil De Banks Austin Mini-Cooper Aylesbury Tuning   Touring 1300  
DNS 75 M. R. B. Clarke Morris Mini-Cooper C. B. Mynott   Touring 1300  
DNS 81 Josef Menneken Fiat-Abarth 1000 Berlinetta Abarth Deutschland   Touring 1000  
DNS 89 Hans-Jürgen Drexl BMW 700 Hans-Jürgen Drexl   Touring 700  
DNS 95 Gustav-Dieter Edelhoff BMW 700 Gustav-Dieter Edelhoff   Touring 700  
DNS 101 Helmut Becker NSU Prinz Langenfeld Motor Sport Club   Touring 700  
DNS 16   ASA 411 ASA   Prototype 1300  
DNS 17   ASA 411 ASA   Prototype 1300  
DNA 12 James FitzGerald Austin-Healey Sebring Sprite James FitzGerald   Prototype 1300  
DNA 20 Jon Samuel Diva GT Jon Samuel   Prototype 1000  
DNA 29 John Corfield Diva GT Diva   Sports 1300  
DNA 6   Abarth 1300SP Abarth   Prototype 1300  
DNA 33   Abarth 1300 OT     Sports 1300  
DNA 34   Abarth 1300 OT Scuderia Filipinetti   Sports 1300  
DNA 38   Abarth 1300 OT Abarth   Sports 1300  
DNA 39   Abarth 1300 OT Tartaruga   Sports 1300  
DNA 61   Fiat-Abarth 1000 Abarth Deutschland   Grand Touring 1000  

 
Winning Time: 3h39m17.3, 85.317 mph/137.304 kph
Fastest Lap: Mauro Bianchi #2 (Alpine-Renault A210), 9m32.7, 89.095 mph/143.384 kph

 
* Driver entered for car, but never drove it at meeting
^ Driver practiced car, but did not race it
RES - Reserve (Practiced, on standy-by for start)
REE - Reserve Entry
DNA - Did Not Arrive
DNS - Did Not Start
DNF - Did Not Finish
DNP - Did Not Practice
NC - Not Classified
DSQ - Disqualified
NRF - Not Running At Finish
NAC - Not Accepted
REJ - Rejected (Did not pass scrutineering)

Last Updated on 10/02/02
By Darren Galpin
Email: darren.galpin@virgin.net