Bridgehampton 500k race 1965, 1st race

Porsche 904 GTS

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
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

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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
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

class	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
SR 1.6	Dick Young	George Alderman	Lotus 23B	Rank 2
P 1.6	Paul Richards		Alpine M63	Rank 5
GT 2.0	Herb Wetanson		Porsche 904 GTS	Overall victory
GT 1.6	Harry Theodoracopulos	Bon Grossman	Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ	Rank 8
GT 1.3	Rauno Aaltonen		MG Midget	Rank 6
GT 1.0	John Girdler		Fiat-Abarth 1000	Rank 7

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

• Results

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