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Preis von Wien

Flugplatz Aspern, Vienna, Austria

Date: 13/4/1969
Track length: 2.600 m
Attendance: unknown
Entries accepted: unknown
Starters: unknown
Finishers: unknown

Pole position: Giunti (Div. 1 and 2)
Fastest lap: von Hohenzollern in 1.11,40 (Div. 1 and 2); Quester in 1.06,3 (Div. 3)

Distance: 55 laps
Average speed: unknown
Weather:
Ruleset: Group 5/68
Car info: 1969 Cars

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The bumpy Aspern airfield circuit near Vienna saw the second round of the European Touting Car Challenge. The first race for Divisions I and II cars proved an Alfa Romeo benefit, with Giunti leading his Autodelta team-mate Dini all the way, but Giunti stopped a mere 50 cm before the chequered flag to leave the win to Dini.
Their only challenger had been the German von Hohenzollern in his Alpina-tuned BMW 1600 TI, who harried Giunti until he lost several laps with throttle linkage trouble. Facetti won the 1300 cc class after Pinto's sister car had, first a puncture and then succumbed to back axle failure. The 1968 Division I championship-winning team British Vita Racing ran a Mini-Cooper S for Harry Ratcliffe, but this retired on the fourth lap with suspension failure after a two-person Autodelta attack. So Swart took another victory in division 1, after Abt had an early lead but rolled his Abarth. ”Pam” had been Swart’s closest follower, but he had to pit.

There were few entries In the boring Division III race. Dieter Quester In a turbocharged BMW 2002 TI rushed into the lead at the start (which had been delayed several minutes to allow him to repair a broken throttle linkage), but was soon out with engine failure. Now Austrian Helmut Marko took the lead in a Chevrolet Camaro, but as its brakes began to fade so the opposition caught up and overtook. Dieter Basche's works BMW 2002 TI took the lead, only to lose a lot of time with a puncture, and finally the Alpina BMW 2002 TIs of Günter Huber and Jürgen Neuhaus forged ahead for a 1-2 victory.
Text based on Race Report 3 by Eddie Guba

Division 1 and 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,
remarks
1 1 55 Autodelta S.p.A.
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA		 Spartaco Dini ("Paco"), I
 1570 L4 Div. 2/G5 55 laps, 1:07.05,89 2      
2 2 56 Autodelta S.p.A.
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA		 Ignazio Giunti, I
 1570 L4 Div. 2/G5 55 laps, 1:07.07,66 1      
3 3 57  
BMW 1600 TI		 Bernd Henne, D
 1600 L4 Div. 2/G5 54 4      
4/3? 4 53 Frami Racing Holland
Ford Escort TC		 Han Akersloot, NL
 1594 L4 Div. 2/G5 54        
5 5/1 47 Autodelta S.p.A.
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior		 Carlo Facetti, I
 1290 L4 Div. 2/G5 54 7      
6 1 38 Team Radio Veronica
Fiat Abarth 1000 TC		 Ed Swart, NL
 982 L4 Div. 1/G5 52        
7 2 41  
Fiat Abarth 1000 TC		 Gianfranco Palazzoli ("Pal Joe"), I
 982 L4 Div. 1/G5 52        
8 3 40  
Fiat Abarth 1000 TC		 Marsilio Pasotti ("Pam"), I
 982 L4 Div. 1/G5 51        
9 6/2 51 Zetor Racing Team
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior		 Jirí Rosicky, CS
 1290 L4 Div. 2/G5          
10 7/3 17 Elan Racing Team
Austin Mini Cooper S		 Helmut Koinigg, A
 1293 L4 Div. 2/G2          
  /1 1 Elan Racing Team
Steyr-Puch 650 TR		 Hans Fink, A
 676 B2 Div. 1/G2          
  /2 4 ARBÖ Wien
Steyr-Puch 650 TR		 Josef Krejcirik, A
 680 B2 Div. 1/G2          
  /3 3  
Steyr-Puch 650 TR		 Walter Rudolph, A
 660 B2 Div. 1/G2          
    2 Rallye und Racing Team Linz
Steyr-Puch 650 TR		 Helmut Silberberger, A
 660 B2 Div. 1/G2          
    62 BMW-Alpina
BMW 1600 TI		 Ferfried von Hohenzollern, D
 1600 L4 Div. 2/G5 48? 3   1.11,40 Throttle linkage
    15  
Austin Mini Cooper S		 Erich Klepsch, A
 1293 L4 Div. 2/G2          
    16 Bosch Racing Team
Morris Mini Cooper S		 Johann Schnabl, A
 1293 L4 Div. 2/G2          
    19 Racing Team Albatros
Austin Mini Cooper S		 Hans Himmetsberger, A
 1293 L4 Div. 2/G2          
    20  
Morris Mini Cooper S		 Josef Chalupa, A
 1293 L4 Div. 2/G2          
    21 Austrian Speed Racing Club
Austin Mini Cooper S		 Ewald Boisitz, A
 1293 L4 Div. 2/G2          
    22 Bosch Racing Team
Austin Mini Cooper S		 Lammy Hofer, A
 1293 L4 Div. 2/G2          
    25 Alfa Romeo - Hubert Ascher Tirol
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA		 Klaus Reisch, A
 1570 L4 Div. 2/G2   8      
    26 Elan Racing Team
Ford Lotus Cortina		 Oskar Mras, A
 1594 L4 Div. 2/G2          
    48  
BMC Mini Cooper S		 Helmut Pechtl, D
 1293 L4 Div. 2/G5          
    60 Ford-Chevron Racing Team
Ford Escort TC		 Freddy Semoulin ("Alain Dex"), B
 1594 L4 Div. 2/G5          
DNF   39 Elan Racing Team
Fiat Abarth 1000 TC		 Johann Abt, D
 982 L4 Div. 1/G5         Accident
DNF   45 British Vita Racing
BMC Mini Cooper S		 Harry Ratcliffe, GB
 1293 L4 Div. 2/G5 3 5     Accident
DNF   46 Autodelta S.p.A.
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior		 Enrico Pinto, I
 1290 L4 Div. 2/G5         Rear axle
DNF   59 Ford-Chevron Racing Team
Ford Escort TC		 Yvette Fontaine, B
 1594 L4 Div. 2/G5         Rear axle
DNF   5 Elan Racing Team
Steyr-Puch 650 TR		 Herbert Schenzel, A
 660 B2 Div. 1/G2          

Division 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 75 BMW-Alpina
BMW 2002 TI		 Gunther Huber, A
 1990 L4 Div. 3/G5 55 laps, 1:04.35,32        
2 2 76 BMW-Alpina
BMW 2002 TI		 Jürgen Neuhaus, D
 1990 L4 Div. 3/G5 55 laps, 1:05.16,50        
3 3 80 McNamara Racing
Chevrolet Camaro		 Helmut Marko, A
 4949 V8 Div. 3/G5 55 laps, 1:05.31,31       Brakes
4 4 77? BMW-Alpina
BMW 2002 TI		 Walter Treser, D
 1990 L4 Div. 3/G5 55 laps, 1:05.32,11        
5 5 34?  
BMW 2002 TI		 Hans von Richthofen, D
 1990 L4 Div. 3/G2 54        
6 6 71 BMW AG
BMW 2002 TI		 Dieter Basche, D
 1990 L4 Div. 3/G5         Puncture
    33 RRC 13
Porsche 911		 Berndt Brodner, A
 1991 B6 Div. 3/G2          
    65 BMW-Alpina
BMW 2002 TI		 Rune Tobiasson, S
 1990 L4 Div. 3/G5          
    68 Escuderia Nacional “CS”
BMW 2002 TI		 Jorge de Bagration, E
 1990 L4 Div. 3          
    ?  
BMW 2002 TI		 Eduard Krakowizer, A
 1990 L4 Div. 3          
    78  
BMW 2002 TI		 Karl Hurler, D
 1990 L4 Div. 3          
DNF   72 BMW AG
BMW 2002 TIK		 Dieter Quester, A
 1990 tc L4 Div. 3/G5 9       Turbo