1000 km race from Zeltweg 1974

The sixth 1000 km race in Zeltweg , also 1000 km Österreichring, Zeltweg, Österreichring , took place on June 30, 1974 and was the sixth race of the sports car world championship of that year.

The race

In contrast to the 1000 km race of the previous year , in which only 18 vehicles were at the start, the number of participants rose again in 1974 to a remarkable 36 starters who finally started the race. A total of 43 teams were registered. After Ferrari withdrew from the world championship at the end of 1973, their works drivers had to look around for new contracts if they wanted to stay in the sports car world championship. Despite the withdrawal of Ferrari, there was a variety of vehicles in the three classes - sports cars up to 3-liter displacement, sports cars up to 2-liter displacement and GT vehicles.

When duel for overall victory were plant - Matra MS670 the Alfa Romeo 33TT12 also superior in both performance than with the stability. Autodelta was able to win the opening race of the season, the 1000 km race in Monza , with drivers Arturo Merzario and Mario Andretti , but then Matra had four successes in a row. In Spa won Jean-Pierre Jarier and guest driver Jacky Ickx . Jarier shared the cockpit with Jean-Pierre Beltoise in the 1000 km race on the Nordschleife of the Nürburgring . In Imola and Le Mans won Henri Pescarolo and Gerard Larrousse . Besides Matra and Alfa Romeo who had Gulf GR7 just only an outside chance as the plant - Porsche Carrera RSR .

Four training sessions of 90 minutes each were driven, and Henri Pescarolo achieved pole position in the Matra with a time of 1.35.879 . This corresponded to an average speed of 221.732 km / h. In the race, the works Matra set the pace. Only the Alfa Romeo of Rolf Stommelen and Carlos Reutemann was able to stay on the same lap as the Pescarolo / Larrousse-Matra until the middle of the race, but was canceled after 104 laps. The best place for one of the two Ligier JS2s was sixth in the race, but both cars did not finish. In the end, Pescarolo and Larousse celebrated their third win of the season and at the end were three laps ahead of the Alfa Romeo of Carlo Facetti and Andrea de Adamich .

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	chassis	Round
1	S 3.0	5	Equipe Gitanes	Henri Pescarolo Gérard Larrousse	Matra-Simca MS670C	170
2	S 3.0	3	Autodelta SpA	Carlo Facetti Andrea de Adamich	Alfa Romeo 33TT12	167
3	S 3.0	6th	Equipe Gitanes	Jean-Pierre Beltoise Jean-Pierre Jarier	Matra-Simca MS670C	166
4th	S 3.0	4th	Gulf Racing	Mike Hailwood Derek Bell	Gulf GR7	166
5	S 3.0	1	Autodelta SpA	Jacky Ickx Arturo Merzario Vittorio Brambilla	Alfa Romeo 33TT12	152
6th	S 3.0	7th	Martini Racing	Gijs van Lennep Herbert Müller	Porsche 911 Carrera	151
7th	S 2.0	23	Forge Hill Racing	Richard Scott Rafael Barrios	Chevron B26	148
8th	S 2.0	25th	James Bell	Ian Harrower Richard Jones	Chevron B26	147
9	GT + 2.0	33	Porsche Kremer Racing	Paul Keller Erwin Kremer Hans Heyer	Porsche Carrera RSR	146
10	GT + 2.0	32	Porsche Kremer Racing	Hans Heyer Reine Wisell Paul Keller	Porsche Carrera RSR	146
11	GT + 2.0	35	Gelo Racing	Georg Loos Tim Schenken	Porsche Carrera RSR	145
12	GT + 2.0	34	Gelo Racing	Jürgen Barth Franz Pesch Clemens Schickentanz	Porsche Carrera RSR	145
13	GT + 2.0	41	Hartwig Bertrams	Hartwig Bertrams Bengt Ekberg	Porsche Carrera RSR	145
14th	GT + 2.0	35	Rebaque-Rojas Racing	Héctor Rebaque Guillermo Rojas Fred van Beuren	Porsche Carrera RSR	144
15th	S 2.0	26th	Dorset Racing Associates	Tony Birchenhough Manrico Zanuso	Lola T294	143
16	GT + 2.0	36	Porsche Club Romand	Claude Haldi Juan Fernández	Porsche Carrera RSR	143
17th	GT + 2.0	37	Porsche Club Romand	Bernard Chenevière Peter Zbinden Edy Brandenberger	Porsche Carrera RSR	140
18th	GT + 2.0	31	Jolly Club	Giorgio Schön Giovanni Borri	Porsche Carrera RSR	140
19th	S 2.0	18th	Paulenco Racing	John Sheldon John Sabourin	March 75S	140
Disqualified
20th	S 3.0	8th	Martini Racing	Helmut Koinigg Manfred Schurti	Porsche 911 Carrera	33
Failed
21st	S 3.0	2	Autodelta SpA	Rolf Stommelen Carlos Reutemann	Alfa Romeo 33TT12	104
22nd	S 3.0	10	Joest Racing	Reinhold Joest Willi Kauhsen	Porsche 908/03	71
23	S 3.0	14th	Automobiles Ligier	Alain Serpaggi Jean-Pierre Jaussaud	Ligier JS2	58
24	S 2.0	29	Escuderia Montjuich	Hervé LeGuellec Roger Heavens	Lola T294	44
25th	S 2.0	24	KVG Racing	Ian Grob John Hine	Chevron B26	42
26th	S 2.0	19th	Paulenco Racing	Roy Johnson Alan Stubbs	March 74S	28
27	GT + 2.0	38	Claude Buchet	Claude Ballot-Léna Bob Wollek	Porsche 911 Carrera	26th
28	S 2.0	52	John Blanckney	Martin Raymond Alois Müller	Scorpio JB5	3
29	S 3.0	12	Automobiles Ligier	François Migault Guy Chasseuil	Ligier JS2	2
30th	S 3.0	15th	Kurt Hild	Hans Müller-Perschl Eberhard Braun	KMW SP30	2
31	S 3.0	14th	Rosenheim Motor Sport Club	Kurt Hild Manfred Anspann	KMW SP30	2
32	S 3.0	9	Joest Racing	Laurent Ferrier Paul Blancpain	Porsche 908/03
33	S 2.0	20th	Scato	Michel Dupont Christine Beckers	Chevron B26
34	S 3.0	22nd	Ecurie Ecosse	Robin Smith Richard Robarts	Chevron B23
35	GT + 2.0	39	Hanno Maurer-Stroh	Hanno Maurer-Stroh Werner Ausserhofer	Porsche Carrera RSR
36	S 5.0	50	Peter Long	Peter Long Richard Lloyd	Chevron B23
Not qualified
37	S 2.0	28	Dinamo Zagreb	Goran Strok Veco Holjevac Robert Lang	Chevron B23	1
38	GT + 2.0	42	Palladio	Girolama Capra Silvano Frisori	Porsche Carrera RSR	2
39	S 2.0	51	Kurt Rieder	Kurt Rieder Otto Stuppacher	Chevron B23	3

¹ not qualified ² not qualified ³ did not take part in the training

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
40	S 3.0	11	Joest Racing	Philipp Gantner	Lola T292
41	S 2.0	21st	Arian Automotive	John Markey Ian Bracey	Lola T210
42	S 2.0	27	Peter Smith	David Welpton Peter Smith	Chevron B23
43	GT + 2.0	30th	Basilea	Peter Zbinden Edy Brandenberger	Porsche 911 Carrera

Class winner

class	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
S 3.0	Henri Pescarolo	Gérard Larrousse	Matra-Simca MS670C	Overall victory
S 2.0	Richard Scott	Rafael Barrios	Chevron B26	Rank 8
GT + 2.0	Gijs van Lennep	Herbert Mueller	Porsche 911 Carrera	Rank 7

Racing data

• Registered: 43
• Started: 39
• Valued: 19
• Race classes: 3
• Spectator: unknown
• Race day weather: warm and dry
• Route length: 5.911 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 4: 51: 20.270 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 170
• Total distance of the winning team: 1004.870 km
• Winner's average: 206.950 km / h
• Pole position: Henri Pescarolo - Matra-Simca MS670C (# 5) - 1: 35.870 = 221.732 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Jacky Ickx - Alfa Romeo 33TT12 (# 1) - 1: 35.810 = 222.102 km / h
• Racing series: Round 6 of the 1974 World Sports Car Championship

literature

• 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

• Results ( Memento from June 24, 2003 in the web archive archive.today )
• 1000 kilometer race at the Österreichring 1974 , photos by Artur Fenzlau ( Technical Museum Vienna )

Previous race of the 24 Hours of Le Mans 1974

Sports car world championship

Successor to the 6-hour race at Watkins Glen 1974