Bridgehampton 500k race 1965, 1st race
The 500 km race of Bridgehampton , also The 1965 Bridgehampton Double 500 for The Edwin H. Krom Memorial Trophy, The Bridgehampton Race Circuit was run in two races on September 19, 1965. The racing event was the 19th round of the sports car world championship this year.
The race
Also in 1965 the 500 km race of Bridgehampton was rated in two races, both of which counted as individual races for the world championship . In contrast to the previous year, both races took place on the same day in 1965 and each had a distance of 500 kilometers.
Herb Wetanson in a Porsche 904 GTS won the ranking of the racing vehicles up to 2 liter displacement, ahead of Dick Young and George Alderman in a Lotus 23 B and Fred Ashplant , who drove a Lotus Elan 26 R. The race for sports cars over 2 liters was won by Hap Sharp in a Chaparral 2A ahead of Pedro Rodríguez in a Ferrari 365P2 and Skip Scott and Dick Thompson , who drove a Shelby Cobra 427 .
Results
Final ranking
Item | class | No. | team | driver | vehicle | Round | ||
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1 | GT 2.0 | 14th | Wetson's drive-ins | Herb Wetanson | Porsche 904 GTS | 110 | ||
2 | SR 1.6 | 25th | George Alderman |
Dick Young George Alderman |
Lotus 23B | |||
3 | SR 1.6 | 27 | FB Ashplant | Fred Ashplant | Lotus Elan 26R | |||
4th | GT 2.0 | 48 | The British Motor Corp. Hambro Inc. | Paddy Hopkirk | MGB | |||
5 | P 1.6 | 69 | William Baldwin | Paul Richards | Alpine M63 | |||
6th | GT 1.3 | 50 | The British Motor Corp. Hambro Inc. | Rauno Aaltonen | MG Midget | |||
7th | GT 1.0 | 32 | Jody Porter | John Girdler | Fiat-Abarth 1000 | |||
8th | GT 1.6 | 10 | Harry Theodoracopulos |
Harry Theodoracopulos Bob Grossman |
Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ | |||
9 | GT 2.0 | 47 | Art Riley Motor Inc. | Kind Riley | Volvo P1800 | |||
10 | GT 1.3 | 29 | George Owen |
George Owen Tom O'Brien
|
Alfa Romeo Giulietta | |||
11 | GT 1.3 | 49 | The British Motor Corp. Hambro Inc. |
Timo Mäkinen Leo Picard
|
MG Midget | |||
12 | SR 1.6 | 42 | Candido DaMota | Candido DaMota | Lotus 23 | |||
Failed | ||||||||
13 | GT 1.6 | 20th | Carmelo Giuffre | Carmelo Giuffre | Alfa Romeo Giulia | |||
14th | GT 1.6 | 21st | Tom O'Brien |
Jim O'Brien Bob Hutchins
|
Alfa Romeo Giulia | |||
15th | GT 1.0 | 22nd | Paul Layman | Paul Layman | Fiat-Abarth 1000 | |||
16 | GT 2.0 | 26th | Kind Swanson |
Art Swanson Robert Ennis
|
Abarth-Simca 2000 GT | |||
17th | SR 1.6 | 38 | Don Rosendale | Don Rosendale | genius | |||
18th | GT 1.0 | 62 | Adrienne Fashion Studio |
Henry Kraaz Jerry Kraaz
|
Fiat-Abarth 1000 | |||
19th | GT 1.6 | 77 | Bruce Jennings | Bruce Jennings | Porsche 356B Carrera | |||
Not started | ||||||||
20th | GT 2.0 | 31 | Jody Porter | Jody Porter | Abarth-Simca 2000 GT | 1 |
1 not started
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
21st | GT 1.0 | 68 | John Langerman | John Langerman | Austin Mini Cooper |
22nd | GT 1.3 | 69 | William Baldwin | Paul Richards | Alpine A110 |
Class winner
Racing data
- Registered: 22
- Started: 19
- Valued: 12
- Race classes: 6
- Spectator: unknown
- Race day weather: warm and dry
- Route length: 4.603 km
- Driving time of the winning team: 3: 38: 12,000 hours
- Total laps of the winning team: 110
- Total distance of the winning team: 506,300 km
- Winner's average: 139.221 km / h
- Pole position: unknown
- Fastest race lap: unknown
- Racing series: 19th round of the 1965 World Sports Car Championship
Web links
Previous race 500 km race on the Nürburgring in 1965 |
Sports car world championship |
Succession race 500-km race at Bridgehampton in 1965, the second race |