1000 km race on the Nürburgring 1966

Joakim Bonnier in the chaparral 2D, who won the race, during training in the carousel section ...

... and on the start-and-finish straight

Again training for the 1000 km race; this time the Ford GT40 from Jochen Neerpasch and John Whitmore exiting the carousel

Jo Siffert in the Porsche 906

The same Porsche 906, this time driven by Charles Vögele

Porsche 904 GTS with starting number 66; The ZDF camera car, driven by Paul Frère and Rainer Günzler

The twelfth 1000 km race on the Nürburgring , also ADAC 1000 km race, Nürburgring , took place on June 5, 1966 on the Nordschleife of the Nürburgring and was the sixth round of the sports car world championship of that year.

Before the race

The 1966 World Sports Car Championship began on February 6 with the 24-hour race at Daytona International Speedway . The race ended with the total victory of Ken Miles and Lloyd Ruby in Ford Mk.II . The second event of the season also took place in the United States . On the Sebring International Raceway was the 15th race 12-hour run. Ken Miles and Lloyd Ruby also won the overall standings in this endurance race . The emergency vehicle was a Ford X1 Roadster.

In April the world championship in Europe continued with the 1000 km race in Monza . John Surtees and Mike Parkes won the plant - Ferrari 330P3 coupe . At the Targa Florio , Willy Mairesse and Herbert Müller achieved the first win of the season for Porsche in the 906 . The last race before the ADAC 1000 kilometers took place in May on the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps . The 1000 km race there brought with Mike Parkes and Ludovico Scarfiotti the second overall success of the year for Ferrari .

The race

Since the first 1000 km race on the Nordschleife in 1953 , which ended after a driving time of 8: 20: 44,000 hours with a win for Alberto Ascari and Giuseppe Farina in a Ferrari 375MM Vignale , the event had become the most important and popular sports car race in West Germany developed. Large crowds quickly came to the Eifel. After 10,000 spectators in 1953, 70,000 came in 1956 . In 1957 the 100,000 mark was exceeded, the 200,000 mark was broken in 1959 . According to a report in the June edition of the German automobile magazine auto motor und sport , 250,000 people with 90,000 vehicles came to the track on race day in 1966. Jörg-Thomas Födisch and Matthias Behrndt quote the article in their book ADAC 1000 km race as follows: “ Once it has been designed and carried out, the 1000-kilometer race at the Nürburgring has every chance of becoming one of the most important races in the world. The police estimate that the 250,000 spectators who came to this major international motor sport event with 90,000 vehicles are proof enough that even in the age of television and congested highways, a major car race on the Nürburgring, which is unique in its landscape, has a magical attraction. "The author of the Auto-Motor-und-Sport article, however, also expressed criticism: “Of course, the 22.8 kilometer lap of the Nordschleife is simply too long by today's standards to keep the spectators awake under the given conditions. The ADAC has to think about what it can do to counter a slackening of interest, which will inevitably occur if new paths are not broken in the future. The distance of 1000 kilometers as well as the length of the lap, 44 of which must be driven, require a dense and reasonably homogeneous field of participants. "

ZDF provided a special service for those interested in motorsport who did not watch the race on the racetrack but on TV . In a Porsche 904 GTS made available by the Porsche racing department and driven by Paul Frère and Rainer Günzler , a camera and a transmitter were mounted on the passenger seat, both weighing around 70 kg. A stable antenna was attached to the roof of the car and a microphone above the driver's seat, which Günzler, who among other things was the presenter of the current ZDF sports studio , was supposed to use to report on the race live while driving. The sound quality was so bad, however, that the ZDF did without live commentary. Despite the additional weight due to the camera system and antenna, the duo achieved starting position 26 in qualification training with a time of 9: 36.2 minutes. During the race there were 18 laps of live images from the cockpit of a racing car.

Teams, vehicles and drivers

The technically most striking vehicle was the Chaparral 2D . The race car, reported by Chaparral Cars , the team of American racing driver Jim Hall had a two-speed automatic transmission and a Chevrolet -Zweiventil- suction - V - 8 -Motor. A missing second exterior mirror was complained about during the technical acceptance. Because during the seat rehearsal, technical delegates found that you could hardly see anything behind. After a mirror was attached to the left side of the vehicle, the car passed the inspection without any problems. There were also problems with the works Porsche 906. According to the technical regulations, a distance of 88 centimeters was required between the driver's seat cushion and the roof covering. With the 906s this distance was only 85 centimeters. The car was threatened with disqualification. Those in charge at Porsche were helped by the fact that small deviations from the regulations were found in vehicles from competitors. After all contested teams agreed not to protests after the race, all vehicles were allowed.

The chaparral was driven by Joakim Bonnier and Phil Hill . Porsche brought five 906s with different technology to the track. Bob Bondurant / Paul Hawkins , Hans Herrmann / Dieter Glemser and Udo Schütz / Günter Klass controlled the 906E with a six-cylinder injection engine ; Jochen Rindt and Nino Vaccarella produced a 906 with a 2-liter eight-cylinder engine. Jean-Pierre Beltoise and Peter Nöcker drove the fifth 906 .

Ferrari also used different concepts for the three works cars. John Surtees and Mike Parkes drove a 330P Spyder with a V12 engine and an output of 420 hp. Ludovico Scarfiotti / Lorenzo Bandini and Pedro Rodríguez / Richie Ginther each started with a Dino 206S . The Dinos had 6-cylinder mid-engines , were less powerful than the 330P3, but lighter and more manoeuvrable.

In addition to the racing cars from Porsche and Ferrari, there were also works from Autodelta , Abarth , Alpine and Lancia in the large field .

The course of the race

The fastest qualifying time was set by John Surtees in the Ferrari 330P3 Spyder, which lapped the 22.810 kilometers long track in a time of 8: 31.900 minutes. This time corresponded to an average of 160.414 km / h. At the Le Mans start , Joakim Bonnier in the Chaparral, Jochen Rindt in the Porsche 906, Ludovico Scarfiotti in the Ferrari Dino, Hans Herrmann in the Porsche and Udo Schütz in another Porsche lined up behind Surtees. Scarfiotti had the best start, leading the field into the south bend. The first failures occurred in the first lap. At the airport, John Whitmore's journey ended after a suspension damage to the Ford GT40 . Kurt Ahrens stopped a defective fuel pump on the Abarth 1300 OT at the mine. Ahrens and team mate Ernst Furtmayr then switched to Johannes Ortner and Wolf-Dieter Mantzel's Abarth . The quartet finished the race in 14th place overall and won the sports car class up to 1.3 liters. During the first lap, Surtees had taken the lead in P3. He was followed by Scarfiotti and Bonnier. Jochen Rindt got off badly because of clutch problems at the start and after the first lap he was left behind at the end of the field. When Rindt handed the car over to his team-mate Vaccarella on the seventh lap, he had driven up to fourth place. At this point, the P3 had already fallen behind in the ranking, as Surtees came to the pits because of a defective shock absorber. Parkes was able to continue the race, but was far behind. After 35 laps the car had to be taken out of the race for good.

Karl-Heinz Becker caused a serious accident . Becker drove a Martini in the class for prototypes up to 1.3 liters, had already lost a few laps in the pits and stopped on the track on the eleventh lap due to a damaged piston on the approach to the start and finish. The space was extremely unfavorable for a permanent stop, as high speeds were driven after the long straight stretch of the Döttinger Höhe despite the narrow slope. After Becker had tried in vain to get the car going again with the starter, he got out and opened the bonnet to look for the fault. Becker was unlikely to have known that outside help was allowed for safety reasons and would not have led to disqualification. He sent away the marshals hurrying to help and fiddled with the car alone for minutes. Vehicles had to evade again and again, and one of them couldn't. Fritz Jüttner , the father of the later technical director of Joest Racing Ralf Jüttner , saw the yellow flags waved, but could no longer evade and crashed into the Martini. Jüttner was thrown out of the car and suffered severe head injuries. Due to the force of the impact, the Martini was pushed into an adjacent parking lot, where some parked cars were damaged. Becker was able to get to safety in time by jumping behind the guardrail.

At the halfway point of the race, Bonnier was in the lead with a five-minute lead over the Scarfiotti / Bandini-Ferrari Dino. On the 36th lap, Vaccarella, who was in third place, had to give up the race after a transmission damage to the Porsche. Phil Hill was driving the chaparral when heavy rain set in towards the end of the race, which jeopardized the overall victory of the team. When Hill pits to change tires, the team was not prepared and it took minutes until rain tires were finally fitted. Because the small windshield wiper was working poorly, Hill slowed down extremely several times, opened the skylight and cleaned the windshield by hand. As a matter of routine, however, he brought the car safely to the finish line to an overall success.

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	P + 2.0	7th	Chaparral	Joakim Bonnier Phil Hill	Chaparral 2D	44
2	P 2.0	11	Ferrari Spa	Ludovico Scarfiotti Lorenzo Bandini	Ferrari Dino 206S	44
3	P 2.0	12	Ferrari Spa	Pedro Rodríguez Richie Ginther	Ferrari Dino 206S	44
4th	P 2.0	17th	Porsche	Bob Bondurant Paul Hawkins	Porsche 906E	43
5	S + 3.0	45	Ford France	Jo Schlesser Guy Ligier	Ford GT40	43
6th	S + 3.0	50	Red Rose Motors	Peter Sutcliffe John Taylor	Ford GT40	43
7th	S 2.0	60	Racing Team Holland	Gijs van Lennep David van Lennep	Porsche 906	42
8th	S 2.0	62	Sten Axelsson	Sten Axelsson Boo Johansson	Porsche 906	42
9	P + 2.0	8th	Scuderia Filipinetti	Willy Mairesse Herbert Müller	Ferrari 250LM	42
10	S 2.0	64	Gerhard Koch	Gerhard Koch Herbert Linge	Porsche 906	42
11	S 2.0	61	Porsche	Jean-Pierre Beltoise Peter Nöcker	Porsche 906	42
12	S + 3.0	49	Vixen Investments Ltd	Mike Spence Richard Bond	Ford GT40	42
13	S 1.6	77	Autodelta	Lucien Bianchi Herbert Schultze	Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ2	41
14th	S 1.3	83	Abarth & C.	Johannes Ortner Kurt Ahrens Ernst Furtmayr Wolf-Dieter Mantzel	Abarth 1300 OT	40
15th	S 1.3	80	Abarth & C.	Leo Cella Anton Fischhaber	Abarth 1300 OT	40
16	S 1.3	84	Scuderia Lufthansa	Hans-Dieter Dechent Robert Huhn	Abarth 1300 OT	39
17th	P 1.3	31	Abarth & C.	Manfred Abels Erich Bitter	Abarth 1300 OT	39
18th	S 1.3	87	Automobiles Alpine	Roger Delageneste Jacques Patte	Alpine A110	38
19th	GT 2.0	106	Carl-Gregor Auer	Joseph Greger Carl-Gregor Auer	Porsche 911	38
20th	P 1.3	34	Richard Groves	Clive Baker John Moore	Austin-Healey Sprite	37
21st	S 1.6	76	Autodelta	Andrea de Adamich Teodoro Zeccoli	Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ2	36
22nd	P 1.3	35	Richard Groves	Mike Garton Alec Poole	Austin-Healey Sprite	36
23	P 1.6	24	Scuderia Lufthansa	Reinhold Joest Hermann Dorner	Porsche 356B 1600	36
24	GT 2.0	108	Henri Perrier	Henri Perrier Keith Greene	Porsche 911	36
25th	GT + 2.0	98	Frank Kalkuhl	Helmut Felder Frank Kalkuhl	Ferrari 275 GTB	36
26th	P 1.6	30th		Karl vom Kothen Günther Lohsträter	Alfa Romeo GTA	36
27	P 1.6	23	Manfred Hartung	Manfred Hartung Heinz Gilges	Alfa Romeo GTA	36
28	GT 1.6	113	Christmann-Hein	Erhard Sailer Konrad Lammers	Porsche 356C 1600 SC	36
29	GT + 2.0	97	Michael Merrick	John Harper Michael Merrick	Jaguar E-Type	35
30th	GT 1.6	112	International Racing Club	Joachim Komusin Siegfried Müller senior	Alfa Romeo Giulia	34
31	GT 1.3	119	Scuderia Nuvolari	Luigi Foschi Luigi Malanca	Lancia Fulvia HF	33
32	GT 1.3	123	Grahame White	Grahame White Keith Grant	Austin-Healey Speedwell Sprite	32
Not classified
33	P 1.3	33	Roy Johnson	Roy Johnson RW Waters	Marcos Mini GT	33
34	P 1.3	42	Richard Höhfeld	Richard Höhfeld Heinrich Oestreich	Glass 1304 TS	33
35	S + 3.0	53	Ecurie Cinquante Cinq	Tony Settember Ed Freutel	Shelby Cobra	32
36	GT 2.0	103	Squadra Tartaruga	Alex Bieber Peter Scherrer	MGB	32
37	GT 1.6	111	Team Elan Sweden	Arno Gyltman Ragnar Eklund	Lotus Elite	31
38	S 1.6	70	Mefco Racing	Peter Mold Martin Hone	Lotus Elan	23
Disqualified
34	GT + 2.0	100	Jochen Neerspasch	Günther Selbach Karl von Wendt	Shelby GT350	37
Failed
35	P + 2.0	4th	Antonio Peixinho	Pierre de Siebenthal Antonio Heredia de Bandeira	Ferrari 250LM	38
36	P + 2.0	5	Porsche	Jochen Rindt Nino Vaccarella	Porsche 906-8	36
37	P 2.0	15th	Porsche	Hans Herrmann Dieter Glemser	Porsche 906E	36
38	P + 2.0	1	Ferrari Spa	John Surtees Mike Parkes	Ferrari 330P3 Spyder	35
39	P + 2.0	3	Peter Clarke	Peter Clarke Mark Konig	Ferrari 250LM	35
40	S 1.6	69	Peter Taggart	Peter Taggart Keith Burnand	Lotus Elan	34
41	P 2.0	14th	Maranello Concessionaires	Richard Attwood David Piper	Ferrari Dino 206S	27
42	P 2.0	16	Porsche	Udo Schütz Günter Klass	Porsche 906E	27
43	GT 2.0	107	Julian Vernaeve	Andrew Hedges Julian Vernaeve	MGB	27
44	S 2.0	59	Porsche Cars Great Britain Ltd.	Peter de Klerk Mike De Udy	Porsche 906	24
45	GT 1.3	120	Robert Leysieffer	Franz Schwan Robert Leysieffer	Glass 1300 GT	24
46	P 1.3	39	William Bradley	William Bradley Steve Neal	Triumph Spitfire	22nd
47	S 1.6	74	Scuderia Sant Ambroeus	Girolamo Capra Giorgio Pianta	Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ2	20th
48	S 1.6	78	Nürburgring racing community	Manfred Mohr Günter Wallrabenstein	Lotus Elan	19th
49	S 2.0	66	Second German television (ZDF)	Paul Brother Rainer Günzler	Porsche 904 GTS	18th
50	S 1.6	75	Autodelta	Roberto Bussinello Giacomo Russo	Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ2	14th
51	S + 3.0	44	Colonel RJ Hoare F. English Ltd.	Innes Ireland Mike Salmon	Ford GT40	13
52	P 2.0	18th	Team Charles Vögele	Joseph Siffert Charles Vögele	Porsche 906	12
53	S 1.6	72	Chris Barber	John Hine Peter Gethin	Lotus Elan	11
54	S 1.3	81	Abarth & C.	Fritz Jüttner Klaus Steinmetz	Abarth 1300 OT	11
55	S 2.0	63	Ecurie basilisk	Hans Kühnis Heini Walter	Porsche 906	10
56	S 1.6	67	Behnke car dealership	Klaus Miersch Manfred Behnke	Lotus Elan	10
57	GT + 2.0	96	Dick Protheroe	Edward Nelson Rhoddy Harvey-Bailey	Jaguar E-Type	10
58	P 2.0	21st	Team Diva	Jeremy Delmar-Morgan Mike Walton	Diva Valkyrie	9
59	P 1.3	32	Autocadia Racing	Albert Powell Anthony Harvey	Marcos GT	9
60	P 1.3	40	Willi Martini	Karl-Heinz Becker Arthur Schneider	Martini	7th
61	GT 1.6	114	Friedhelm Thiessen	Friedhelm Thiessen Rolf Stommelen	Lotus Elite	7th
62	GT 1.3	118	HF Lancia Automobili	Achille Marzi Carlo Facetti	Lancia Fulvia HF	7th
63	P 1.3	41	Willi Martini	Wolfram Schmitz Friedrich Noenen	Martini	6th
64	S + 3.0	46	Essex Wire Corp.	Peter Revson Skip Scott	Ford GT40	4th
65	S 1.3	88	Automobiles Alpine	Henri Grandsire Jean Vinatier	Alpine A110	4th
66	P 1.6	25th	John Blades	John Blades John Calvert	Ginetta G4R	1
67	GT 1.3	121	Gerhard Bodmer	Dieter Schmid Gerhard Bodmer	Glass 1300 GT	1
68	P 1.6	28	Squadra Foitek	Rico Steinemann Andreas Eichhorn	Lotus Elan	1
69	P 1.6	29	Willi Martini	Kurt Louis	Martini	1
70	P 1.3	43	Team Diva	Jon Samuel Mike Franey	Diva GT	1
71	S 3.0	47	Essex Wire Corp.	John Whitmore Jochen Neerpasch	Ford GT40	1
72	S 1.3	82	Abarth & C.	Kurt Ahrens Ernst Furtmayr	Abarth 1300 OT	1
Not started
73	P 1.6	26th	Squadra Tartaruga	Xavier Perrot Peter Ettmüller	Lotus 23	1
74	S + 3.0	52	Nickolas Granville-Smith	Nickolas Granville-Smith Patrick McNally	Shelby Cobra	2
75	S 1.3	85	Abarth Corse Germany	Manfred Abels Günther Selbach	Abarth 1300 OT	3
76	S 1.3	86	Abarth Corse Germany	Erich Bitter Siegfried Dau	Abarth 1300 OT	4th
77	S 1.3	91	Abarth Corse Switzerland	Joe Kretschi Peter Marron	Abarth 1300 OT	5
78	S 2.0	T	Porsche	Paul Hawkins Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Porsche 906	6th
79	P 2.0	2	Ferrari Spa	John Surtees Mike Parkes Lorenzo Bandini	Ferrari 330P3 Coupe	7th
80	S + 3.0	53T	Ecurie Cinquante Cinq	Tony Settember Ed Freutel	Shelby Cobra	8th
Not qualified
81	S 1.3	79	Richard Höhfeld	Richard Höhfeld Heinrich Oestreich	Glass 1304 GT	9
82	GT 2.0	104	Scuderia Lufthansa	Eberhard Schmitthelm Günther Schwarz	Porsche 911	10
83	GT 2.0	105	Günter Wallrabenstein	Günter Wallrabenstein	Porsche 911	11
84	GT 1.3	24	John Jeffcoat	WA Cooper DH Dunnell	Austin-Healey Sprite	12

¹ not started ² engine failure during training ³ not started ⁴ not started ⁵ not started ⁶ training car ⁷ replacement car ⁸ training car ⁹ not qualified ¹⁰ not qualified ¹¹ not qualified ¹² not qualified

Only in the entry list

Here you will find teams, drivers and vehicles that were originally registered for the race but did not take part for a variety of reasons.

Item	class	No.	team	driver	chassis
85	P 2.0		Matra Sports	Johnny Servoz-Gavin Alan Rees	Matra MS620
86	P + 2.0	6th	Prototipi Bizzarrini	Edgar Berney	Bizzarrini GT Strada 5300
87	P 2.0	20th	Drummond Racing	George Drummond Rollo Fielding	Ferrari Dino 206S
88	P 1.6	27	Gustav Schlup	Gustav Schlup Jacques Calderari	Elva Mk.7
89	P 2.0	30th	Abarth & C.		Abarth 1600 OT
90	S + 3.0	48	Scuderia Filipinetti	Willy Mairesse Herbert Müller	Ferrari 250LM
91	S + 3.0	51	Epstein Enterprises	Paul Hawkins Jackie Epstein	Ferrari 250LM
92	S + 3.0	54	David Piper	Mike Salmon David Hobbs	Ferrari 250LM
93	S + 3.0	55	Kind Swanson	Art Swanson Robert Ennis	Ferrari 250LM
94	S 2.0	65	AK McHardy	John Wingfield AK McHardy	TVR 1800S
95	S 1.6	71	Team Elan Sweden	Per Brandström Steffan Wahlström	Lotus Elan
96	S 1.6	73	Austrian Automobile sports club	Peter Peter Richard Gerlin	Lotus Elan
97	S + 3.0	95	John Sparrow	Neil Dangerfield John Sparrow	Shelby Cobra
98	GT + 2.0	99	C. Lucas Engineering Ltd.	Roy Pike Piers Courage	Ferrari 275 GTB
99	GT 1.6	110	Team Elan Sweden	Björn Svensson Kjell Lindgren	Lotus Elan
100	GT 1.6	116	Nürburgring racing community	Peter Otto Jörg Klasen	Porsche 356
101	GT 1.3	122	Otto Lux	Otto Lux Karl stove	Glass 1300 GT

Class winner

class	driver	driver	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
P + 2.0	Joakim Bonnier	Phil Hill			Chaparral 2D	Overall victory
P 2.0	Ludovico Scarfiotti	Lorenzo Bandini			Ferrari Dino 206S	Rank 2
P 1.6	Reinhold Joest	Hermann Dorner			Porsche 356B 1600	Rank 23
P 1.3	Manfred Abels	Erich Bitter			Abarth 1300 OT	Rank 17
S + 3.0	Jo Schlesser	Guy Ligier			Ford GT40	Rank 5
S 2.0	Gijs van Lennep	David van Lennep			Porsche 906	Rank 7
S 1.6	Lucien Bianchi	Herbert Schultze			Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ2	Rank 13
S 1.3	Johannes Ortner	Kurt Ahrens	Ernst Frutmayr	Wolf-Dieter Mantzel	Abarth 1300 OT	Rank 14
GT + 2.0	Helmut Felder	Frank Kalkuhl			Ferrari 275 GTB	Rank 25
GT 2.0	Joseph Greger	Carl-Gregor Auer			Porsche 911	Rank 19
GT 1.6	Erhard Sailer	Konrad Lammers			Porsche 356C 1600 SC	Rank 28
GT 1.3	Luigi Foschi	Luigi Malanca			Lancia Fulvia HF	Rank 31st

Racing data

• Reported: 101
• Started: 72
• Rated: 32
• Race classes: 12
• Spectators: 250,000
• Race day weather: warm and dry, rain at the end of the race
• Route length: 22.810 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 6:58: 47,600 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 44
• Total distance of the winning team: 1003.640 km
• Winner's average: 143.790 km / h
• Pole position: John Surtees - Ferrari 330P3 Spyder (# 1) - 8: 31.900 = 160.414 km / h
• Fastest race lap: John Surtees - Ferrari 330P3 Spyder (# 1) - 8: 37,000 = 158.832 km / h
• Racing series: Round 6 of the 1966 World Sports Car Championship

literature

• Michael Behrndt, Jörg-Thomas Födisch, Matthias Behrndt: ADAC 1000 km race. HEEL Verlag, Königswinter 2008, ISBN 978-3-89880-903-0 .
• Peter Higham: The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing. A complete Reference from Formula 1 to Touring Car. Guinness Publishing Ltd., London 1995, ISBN 0-85112-642-1 .

Web links

Commons : 1000 km race on the Nürburgring 1966  - collection of images

• Race results at WSPR Racing
• Race report

Individual evidence

1. ^ Paul Parker: Sports Car Racing in Camera, 1960-1969. Haynes, Sparkford 2008, ISBN 978-1-8442-5400-2 .
2. ↑ The Chaparral 2D and the exterior mirror
3. ↑ Pictures of the accident. Above left is the impact, right is Jüttner's accident vehicle. The large picture in the middle shows the Jüttner lying on the left side of the track, who is first supplied. Including pictures of the destroyed racing cars

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