500 km race on the Nürburgring 1966

Abarth 1300 OT

The seventh 500 km race on the Nürburgring , also the International ADAC 500 km race, Nürburgring , was held on September 4, 1966 on the Nordschleife of the Nürburgring and was the 12th round of the sports car world championship of that year.

The race

In 1965 , for the first time since the race was launched, no Abarth driver had won the overall standings. The two Bianchi brothers Lucien and Mauro won the race on a works - Alpine M65 . Alpine also registered racing cars for the 500 km race in 1966. This time, Mauro Bianchi drove an Alpine A210 , with which he achieved the fastest lap time of 9: 25.100 minutes in qualifying.

The race that started on Sunday at 11 a.m. was the second world championship run on the Nordschleife this year. While the 1,000 km race , which ended with the victory of Joakim Bonnier and Phil Hill in the Chaparral 2D , attracted 250,000 spectators, the 500 km race attracted 15,000. After the Le Mans start , Mauro Bianchi took the lead in the first round. After the first lap he was leading in front of Ernst Furtmayr ( Abarth 1300 OT ), Udo Schütz ( Abarth 1300SP ) and the Austrian Johannes Ortner , who also drove an Abarth 1300SP. In the third lap, when entering the south bend , there was a pile-up . The Briton Ian Alexander had overturned in his Diva GT and blocked the route for the following cars. Several vehicles drove into each other and were eliminated. At halftime of the race, Mauro Bianchi pitted for the second refueling stop, Udo Schütz took over the top of the race in the Abarth. Schütz had to give up the race on lap 16 after a gearbox failure (he was classified as 34th), which allowed Bianchi to take the lead again. A damage to the suspension put an end to the Belgian’s ambitions for a second overall victory with three laps to go. This went to Ernst Furtmayr, who at the finish had a lead of over a minute over Bianchi's team-mate Roger Delageneste .

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	S 1.3	35	Abarth	Ernst Furtmayr	Abarth 1300 OT	22nd
2	P 1.3	1	Automobiles Alpine	Roger Delageneste	Alpine A210	22nd
3	P 1.0	25th	Abarth	Herbert Müller Klaus Steinmetz	Abarth 1000SP	21st
4th	P 1.3	10	Richard Groves	John Moore	Austin-Healey Sebring Sprite	21st
5	S 1.3	32	Abarth	Siegfried Dau	Abarth 1300 OT	21st
6th	S 1.3	41	Gianni Varesa	Sergio Morando	Abarth 1300 OT	21st
7th	S 1.3	31	Scuderia Lufthansa	Hans-Dieter Dechent	Abarth 1300 OT	20th
8th	T 1.0	82	Abarth Germany	Willi Kauhsen	Fiat-Abarth 1000 Berlinetta	20th
9	T 1.3	73	Karl-Heinz Becker	Karl-Heinz Becker	Glass 1304 TS	20th
10	GT 1.3	50	Gerhard Bodmer	Gerhard Bodmer	Glass 1300 GT	20th
11	T 1.3	71	Altenhofen	Toni Brenn	Austin Mini Cooper	20th
12	GT 1.3	48	Fram Filter Germany	Karl Herd	Glass 1300 GT	20th
13	P 1.3	2	Automobiles Alpine	Mauro Bianchi	Alpine A210	19th
14th	T 1.3	69	Ragnar Eklund	Dadobert Swenson	Austin Mini Cooper	19th
15th	GT 1.3	46	Franz Schwan	Franz Schwan	Glass 1300 GT	19th
16	T 1.3	44	Piero Conte	Piero Conte	Lancia Fulvia	19th
17th	T 1.0	86	Willi Feuersänger	Willi Feuersänger	DKW F12	19th
18th	P 1.0	21st	Jem	Jeremy Delmar-Morgan	Mini-Jem	18th
19th	T 1.3	77	Sieglar racing community	Detlev Reiff	Glass 1204	18th
20th	T 700	93	Jürgen Lenk	Jürgen Lenk	BMW 700	18th
21st	T 700	92	Franz Michael	Franz Michael	BMW 700	18th
22nd	T 700	103	Peter Hahn	Peter Hahn	BMW 700	18th
23	T 700	91	Caltex Racing	Dieter Bohnhorst	BMW 700	18th
24	T 1.3	67	Franz Schwan	Klaus-Friedrich Rund	Alfa Romeo 1300 GT Junior	18th
25th	T 1.0	70	John Aley	John Aley	Austin Mini Cooper	18th
26th	GT 1.0	58	Heinz Schondelmaier	Heinz Schondelmaier	NSU Wankel Spyder	18th
27	T 1.0	85	Gerhard Wiedemann	Gerhard Wiedemann	NSU Prinz 1000	18th
28	T 700	99	Rhein-Ruhr Racing	Werner Heiden	NSU Prince	17th
29	T 700	96	Wilfried Menden	Wilfried Menden	Steyr-Puch 600 TR	17th
30th	T 700	94	Colonia	Heinz-Josef Derichs	BMW 700	17th
31	GT 1.0	57	Josef Weber	Josef Weber	NSU Wankel Spyder	17th
32	T 700	98	Wolfgang Frye	Wolfgang Frye	Steyr-Puch 600 TR	17th
33	T 700	97	Bardahl Switzerland	James Bernard Fortmann	Honda 600	17th
34	P 1.3	5	Abarth	Udo Schütz	Abarth 1300 SP	16
35	P 1.3	11	Richard Groves	Alec Poole	Austin-Healey Sebring Sprite	16
36	T 700	102	Achim Zerbe	Achim Zerbe	NSU Prince	16
37	GT 1.0	60	Abarth	Karl Murdoch	Fiat-Abarth 1000	16
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38	P 1.3	9	Lufthansa	Robert Chicken	Abarth 1300 SP	14th
39	P 1.3	14th	Marcos	William Dulles	Marcos Mini GT	14th
40	T 1.3	68	Ragnar Eklund	Ragnar Eklund	Austin Mini-Cooper S.	10
41	T 1.3	72	Richard Miles	David sea	Austin Mini Cooper	10
42	T 700	100	Peter Otto	Peter Otto	BMW 700	10
43	T 700	104	Jörg Klasen	Jörg Klasen	BMW 700	10
44	P 1.0	23	Jem	Ron Parkes	Mini-Jem	6th
45	S 1.0	36	Abarth	Erich Bitter	Abarth 1300 OT	6th
46	S 1.0	37	Abarth	Rolf Stommelen	Abarth 1300 OT	6th
47	GT 1.3	51	Bernd Terbeck	Bernd Terbeck	Glass 1300 GT	6th
48	P 1.0	19th	diva	John Bloomfield	Diva GT	5
49	GT 1.3	47	Christian Schmarje	Christian Schmarje	Glass 1300 GT	5
50	P 1.3	4th	Automobiles Alpine	Jean Vinatier	Alpine A210	4th
51	P 1.3	15th	Gil Baird	John Handley	Fletcher Ogle	4th
52	P 1.3	3	Automobiles Alpine	Henri Grandsire	Alpine A210	3
53	P 1.3	7th	Abarth	Johannes Ortner	Abarth 1300 SP	3
54	P 1.0	24	John Markey	John Markey	Emery GT	3
55	S 1.3	30th	Team Diva	Ian Alexander	Diva GT	3
56	T 1.3	76	Kral stove	FW Eckhardt	Glass 1204	3
57	T 1.3	78	Heinrich Stork	Heinrich Stork	Glass 1204	3
58	T 700	90	Caltex Racing	Manfred Berthold	BMW 700	3
59	P 1.0	22nd	Jem	Mike Walton	Mini-Jem	1
60	P 1.0	26th	Roy Johnson	Roy Johnson	Marcos Mini GT	1
61	T 1.3	66	Franz Schwan	Manfred Herbertz	Glass 1204	1
62	T 1.3	74	Hans-Peter Huppert	Hans-Peter Huppert	Opel Kadett	1
63	T 1.3	79	Broadspeed	John Terry	Austin Mini Cooper	1
64	T 1.0	84	William Shepherd	John Williamson	Austin Mini Cooper	1
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65	P 1.3	8th	Scuderia Filipinetti	Klaus Steinmetz Herbert Müller	Abarth 1300 SP	1
66	P 1.3	16	ASA		ASA 411	2
67	P 1.3	17th	ASA		ASA 411	3
68	S 1.3	40	Joseph Thomas	Joseph Thomas	Alpine A110	4th
69	GT 1.3	45	Colonia	Franz-Josef Oebel	Lancia Fulvia HF	5
70	GT 1.3	49	Tartaruga	Kurt Ahrens	Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero	6th
71	GT 1.3	52	Dieter Alzen	Dieter Alzen	Glass 1300 GT	7th
72	GT 1.0	56	Willibald Graul	Willibald Graul	NSU Wankel Spyder	8th
73	GT 1.0	59	Abarth Germany	Jochen Neerpasch	Fiat-Abarth 1000	9
74	GT 1.0	62	Manfred Spiess	Manfred Spiess	NSU Wankel Spyder	10
75	T 1.3	65	Aylesbury Tuning	Phil De Banks	Austin Mini Cooper	11
76	T 1.3	75	CB Mynott	MRB Clarke	Morris Mini Cooper	12
77	T 1.0	81	Abarth Germany	Josef Menneken	Fiat-Abarth 1000 Berlinetta	13
78	T 700	89	Hans-Jürgen Drexl	Hans-Jürgen Drexl	BMW 700	14th
79	T 700	95	Gustav-Dieter Edelhoff	Gustav-Dieter Edelhoff	BMW 700	15th
80	T 700	101	Langenfeld Motor Sport Club	Helmut Becker	NSU Prince	16

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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
81	P 1.3	6th	Abarth		Abarth 1300 SP
82	P 1.3	12	James FitzGerald	James FitzGerald	Austin-Healey Sebring Sprite
83	P 1.0	20th	Jon Samuel	Jon Samuel	Diva GT
84	P 1.0	29	diva	John Corfield	Diva GT
85	S 1.3	33			Abarth 1300 OT
86	S 1.3	34	Scuderia Filipinetti		Abarth 1300 OT
87	S 1.3	38	Abarth		Abarth 1300 OT
88	S 1.3	39	Tartaruga		Abarth 1300 OT
89	GT 1.0	61	Abarth Germany		Fiat-Abarth 1000

Class winner

class	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
P 1.3	Roger Delageneste		Alpine A210	Rank 2
P 1.0	Herbert Mueller	Klaus Steinmetz	Abarth 1000 SP	Rank 3
S 1.3	Ernst Furtmayr		Abarth 1300 OT	Overall victory
GT 1.3	Gerhard Bodmer		Glass 1300 GT	Rank 10
GT 1.0	Heinz Schondelmaier		NSU Wankel Spyder	Rank 26
T 1.3	Karl-Heinz Becker		Glass 1304 TS	Rank 9
T 1.0	Willy Kauhsen		Fiat-Abarth 1000 Berlinetta	Rank 8
T 700	Jürgen Lenk		BMW 700	Rank 20

Racing data

• Registered: 89
• Started: 64
• Rated: 37
• Race classes: 8
• Spectators: 15,000
• Race day weather: warm and dry
• Route length: 22.810 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 3: 39: 17.300 hours
• Overall laps of the winning team: 22
• Total distance of the winning team: 501.820 km
• Winner's average: 137.100 km / h
• Pole position: unknown
• Fastest race lap: Mauro Bianchi - Alpine A210 (# 2) - 9: 32.700 = 143.400 km / h
• Racing series: Round 12 of the 1966 World Sports Car Championship
• Racing series: 11th round of the German Circuit Championship in 1966

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

• Race results

Predecessor race, mountain race Sierra-Montagna 1966

Sports car world championship

Follow -up race 500 km race from Zeltweg 1966