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Snetterton 500 km

Snetterton, Great Britain

Date: 30/7/1966
Track length: 4.358 m
Attendance: unknown
Entries accepted: unknown
Starters: 38
Finishers: 24

Pole position: Whitmore in 1.56,0
Fastest lap: unknown

Distance: 500 km
Average speed: 119,011 kmh
Weather: Dry at the start, heavy rain in second half of the race
Ruleset: Group 2/63
Car info: 1966 Cars

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Alfa fought back after the defeat to BMW at Spa with a convincing victory for de Adamich. BMW came second and third.

British entries had little to do with the outcome of the race: many cars were ineligible since they were prepared as group 5 cars, but the remaining cars looked strong enough: Whitmore and Stewart with Lotus-Cortinas and a number of Mini Coopers.
The Cortinas started well, Whitmore taking the lead but he had to pit in the first lap - Stewart took over, followed by Hahne (BMW), and the Alfas of Rindt, de Adamich and Zeccoli. Pierpoint (Mustang) was sixth, but climbed to second but then his engine failed.
After an hour, Stewart was still in the lead, 45 seconds ahead of de Adamich, and a lap on Hahne, Bussinello, Damseaux, Glemser and Trosch. The rain flooded the track and many cars spun - like Bussinello, who hit a wall - his car caught fire but he left his car in time.
Soon after, Stewart had to pit with carburation troubles twice, and this handed the lead to de Adamich, who kept it to the finish.

Division 1, 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,
remarks
1 1/1 30 Autodelta S.p.A.
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA		 Andrea de Adamich, I
(Teodoro Zeccoli, I)
 1570 L4 Div. 2/1600 115 laps, 4:12.39,6 3 1.57,0    
2 1/1 52  
BMW 2000 TI		 Hubert Hahne, D
 1990 L4 Div. 3/2000 115 laps, 4.15.03,0 5 1.58,2    
3 2/2 53  
BMW 2000 TI		 Dieter Glemser, D
 1990 L4 Div. 3/2000 114        
4 2/2 36 Alan Mann Racing
Ford Lotus Cortina		 Jackie Stewart, GB
(Frank Gardner, AUS)
 1594 L4 Div. 2/1600 112        
5 3/3 33 VDS Racing team
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA		 Serge Trosch, B
 1570 L4 Div. 2/1600 111 7 1.59,6    
6 1/1 15 Abarth & Cie
Abarth 1000 TC		 John Fitzpatrick, GB
(Giancarlo Baghetti, I)
 982 L4 Div. 1/1000 111        
7 2/2   Abarth & Cie
Abarth 1000 TC		 Giancarlo Baghetti, I
 982 L4 Div. 1/1000 111        
8 3/3   Abarth & Cie
Abarth 1000 TC		 Johannes Ortner, A
(Giancarlo Baghetti, I)
 982 L4 Div. 1/1000 110   2.04,4    
9 4/1 21 HF Squadra Corse
Lancia Fulvia 1.2 HF		 Leo Cella, I
 1216 V4 Div. 2/1300 110        
10 4/4 17 Don Moore
BMC Mini Cooper S 970		 Paddy Hopkirk, IRL
Andrew Hedges, GB
 999 L4 Div. 1/1000 110        
11 5/2 28 Colin Mynott
Morris Mini Cooper S		 Mike Clarke, GB
(Colin Mynott, GB)
 1275 L4 Div. 2/1300 108        
12 3/3 50 Racing Team Holland
BMW 1800 TISA		 Hans Koster, NL
Helmut Kelleners, D
 1773 L4 Div. 3/2000 107        
13 6/3 22 HF Squadra Corse
Lancia Fulvia 1.2 HF		 Sandro Munari, I
(Carlo Facetti, I)
 1216 V4 Div. 2/1300 105        
14 5/1 5 Radbourne Racing
Abarth 850 TC		 John Anstead, GB
Geoff Anstead, GB
 847 L4 Div. 1/850 105        
15 7/4 24 John Aley
Austin Mini Cooper S		 George Cayley, GB
Han Akersloot, NL
 1293 L4 Div. 2/1300 104        
16 8/4 34 VDS Racing team
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA		 Maurice Damseaux, B
 1570 L4 Div. 2/1600 102        
17 9/5 20  
Ford Anglia Super		 M. Goodwin, GB
Laurie Goodwin, GB
 1210 L4 Div. 2/1300 102       Oil loss
18 4/4 51  
BMW 2000 TI		 Nikolaus Killenberg, D
(Georg Bialas, D)
 1990 L4 Div. 3/2000 101        
19 6/2 6 Scuderia Auto-Swart
Abarth 850 TC		 Freek Dudok van Heel, NL
Jan van Osch, NL
 847 L4 Div. 1/850 101        
20 10/6 26  
Austin Mini Cooper S		 Roger Heavens, GB
Mike Garton, GB
 1293 L4 Div. 2/1300 101        
21 5/1 60 Fixo-Flex Sports
Mercedes 300 SE		 Alfred Katz ("Fred Cats"), D
Alfred Kling, D
 2975 L6 Div. 3/+2000 100        
22 7/3 1 VAN Racing Team
Steyr-Puch 650 TR		 Gerard van Lennep, NL
 692 B2 Div. 1/850 97        
23 8/4 8  
Panhard 24 CT		 Jacques Bigrat ("Bagrit"), F
 848 B2 Div. 1/850 97        
24 9/5 2 Sigvard Johansson
Saab 96 Sport		 Sigvard Johansson, S
G. Ekström, S
 841 L3 Div. 1/850 96        
DNF   54 HF Squadra Corse
Lancia Flavia Sport Zagato		 Claudio Maglioli, I
 1800 B4 Div. 3/2000         Engine
DNF   3 Sigvard Johansson
Saab 96 Sport		 Gösta Karlsson, S
 841 L3 Div. 1/850         Engine
DNF   16 Scuderia Auto-Swart
Abarth 1000 TC		 Ed Swart, NL
 982 L4 Div. 1/1000         Valve spring (after 4 minutes)
DNF     Scuderia Auto-Swart
Abarth 1000 TC		 Toine Hezemans, NL
 982 L4 Div. 1/1000         Flywheel
DNF     Abarth & Cie
Abarth 1000 TC		 Wolf-Dieter Mantzel, D
 982 L4 Div. 1/1000         Gearbox
DNF   62 Babea Racing Team
Ford Mustang		 R. Hakanson, S
 4728 V8 Div. 3/+2000         Rear wheel
DNF   37 Frami Racing Maastricht
Ford Lotus Cortina		 Frans Lubin, NL
Paul Hughes, GB
 1594 L4 Div. 2/1600         Accident
DNF   23 Babea Racing Team
Morris Mini Cooper S		 Jan-Erik Andreason, S
Björn Rothstein, S
 1293 L4 Div. 2/1300         Overheating
DNF   25 Don Moore
Austin Mini Cooper S		 Julien Vernaeve, B
 1293 L4 Div. 2/1300         Accident
DNF   61 Rackham Motors
Ford Mustang		 Roy Pierpoint, GB
Ted Savory, GB
 4728 V8 Div. 3/+2000 80   2.05,8   Piston
DNF   38? Autodelta S.p.A.
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA		 Giovanni "Nanni" Galli, I
 1570 L4 Div. 2/1600   2 1.56,4   Accident
DNF   35 Alan Mann Racing
Ford Lotus Cortina		 John Whitmore, GB
 1594 L4 Div. 2/1600   1 1.56,0   Accident, front suspension
DNF   31 Autodelta S.p.A.
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA		 Roberto Bussinello, I
(Giacomo Russo ("Geki"), I)
 1570 L4 Div. 2/1600   6 1.58,6   Accident
DNF   32 Autodelta S.p.A.
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA		 Jochen Rindt, A
(Giancarlo Baghetti, I)
 1570 L4 Div. 2/1600   4 1.57,4   Accident
DNS      
Abarth 1000 TC		 ? Ab Goedemans, NL
 982 L4 Div. 1/1000         Accident in practice
DNS     Abarth & Cie
Abarth 1000 TC		 Alan Rees, GB
 982 L4 Div. 1/1000         Accident in practice
DNS?   7  
Austin Mini Seven		 Han Akersloot, NL
Dick van Iperen, NL
 848 L4 Div. 1/850