1974 Kyalami 6 Hours

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This 6-hour race saw the Matra MS670C's last race in the sports car world championship

The 1974 Kyalami 6 Hours , also known as the Daily Rand Mail 17th Nine Hour Endurance Race - Curtailed to 6 hours for 1974, Kyalami , took place on November 9th at the Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit . The race was the tenth and final round of the sports car world championship this year.

The race

After the withdrawal of Simca-Chyrsler as sponsor, the racing activities of Matra Sports in sports car sports ended at the 6-hour race of Kyalami in 1974. The originally nine-hour race distance was shortened to six hours and two factory Matra-Simca MS670C were under others also have two Gulf Mirage GR7s at the start. Even a heavy rain that fell over the track halfway through the race could not prevent the Matra double victory. The Matra team management helped determine the finish line. At nightfall, Gérard Larrousse and Henri Pescarolo won by one car length over their team-mates Jean-Pierre Beltoise and Jean-Pierre Jarier . The Gulf duo Derek Bell and David Hobbs finished the race in third place, six laps behind .

Results

Final ranking

Item class No. team driver vehicle Round
1 S 3.0 2 FranceFrance Matra Simca FranceFrance Gérard Larrousse Henri Pescarolo
FranceFrance
Matra-Simca MS670C 235
2 S 3.0 1 FranceFrance Matra Simca FranceFrance Jean-Pierre Beltoise Jean-Pierre Jarier
FranceFrance
Matra-Simca MS670C 235
3 S 3.0 3 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Gulf Research Racing United KingdomUnited Kingdom Derek Bell David Hobbs
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Gulf Mirage GR7 229
4th S 2.0 10 South Africa 1961South Africa Team Lexington South Africa 1961South Africa Guy Tunmer John Lepp
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Chevron B26 217
5 T 22nd GermanyGermany Ford Germany GermanyGermany Jochen Mass Toine Hezemans
NetherlandsNetherlands
Ford Capri RS 3100 215
6th GT 20th GermanyGermany Gelo Racing United KingdomUnited Kingdom John Fitzpatrick Rolf Stommelen Tim Schenken
GermanyGermany
AustraliaAustralia
Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 214
7th ser. GT 21st GermanyGermany Gelo Racing GermanyGermanyRolf Stommelen Tim Schenken Georg Loos
AustraliaAustralia
GermanyGermany
Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 212
8th S 2.0 14th Spain 1945Spain Simoniz Racing Esçuderia Montjuich United KingdomUnited Kingdom Richard Lloyd Mervyn Tunmer
South Africa 1961South Africa
Lola T294 208
9 T 27 South Africa 1961South Africa Holiday Inns South Africa 1961South AfricaAngelo Giovannoni Nols Niemann
South Africa 1961South Africa
Mazda M12A 196
10 S 2.0 19th South Africa 1961South Africa Jack Holme South Africa 1961South AfricaKeith Berrington-Smith Tony Martin
South Africa 1961South Africa
Ecosse 190
11 S 2.0 18th South Africa 1961South Africa Team BP South Africa 1961South AfricaJohn Rowe Mick Botha
South Africa 1961South Africa
Chevron B21 185
Not classified
12 S 3.0 4th United KingdomUnited Kingdom Gulf Research Racing AustraliaAustralia Vern Schuppan Reine Wisell
SwedenSweden
Gulf Mirage GR7 138
Failed
13 S 3.0 6th GermanyGermany Joest Racing GermanyGermanyRoland Heiler Jürgen Barth Helmut Bross
GermanyGermany
GermanyGermany
Porsche 908/03 197
14th T 23 GermanyGermany BMW Motorsport GmbH SwedenSweden Ronnie Peterson Jody Scheckter
South Africa 1961South Africa
BMW 3.0 CSL 141
15th S 3.0 5 GermanyGermany Joest Racing GermanyGermany Reinhold Joest Herbert Müller
SwitzerlandSwitzerland
Porsche 908/03 140
16 S 2.0 11 United KingdomUnited Kingdom KVG Racing United KingdomUnited Kingdom Ian Grob John Hine
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Chevron B26 127
17th S 2.0 16 South Africa 1961South Africa Ray's Racing Team South Africa 1961South AfricaJohn Abraham Richard Scott
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Lola T292 / 4 107
18th S 2.0 12 GermanyGermany Jörg Obermoser Team Eurorace GermanyGermany Jörg Obermoser Dave Walker
AustraliaAustralia
TOJ SS02 81
19th ZA + 2.0 30th South Africa 1961South Africa Grosvenor BIC Racing South Africa 1961South AfricaAlan Lavoipierre Ronnie van Rooyen
South Africa 1961South Africa
Ford Cortina 80
20th S 3.0 34 South Africa 1961South Africa Team Jackson Fiberglass United KingdomUnited KingdomDavid Hart Ritchie Jute Roger Harradine
South Africa 1961South Africa
South Africa 1961South Africa
Marauder F74 ER 75
21st ZA + 2.0 29 South Africa 1961South Africa Porto Motors South Africa 1961South AfricaKen Critchfield Barry Flowers
South Africa 1961South Africa
Ford Capri Perana 63
22nd S 3.0 8th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Team Gulf Switzerland SwitzerlandSwitzerland Heinz Schulthess Roland Salomon
SwitzerlandSwitzerland
Lola T284 62
23 S 3.0 9 South Africa 1961South Africa Team Gunston Richter Motors South Africa 1961South Africa Ian Scheckter Peter Gethin
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Chevron B26 50
24 S 2.0 17th South Africa 1961South Africa Doug Drysdale South Africa 1961South AfricaDoug Drysdale Tim Cheales
South Africa 1961South Africa
Chevron B21 26th
25th S 3.0 7th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Jolly Club Switzerland ItalyItaly Corrado Manfredini Giampiero Moretti
ItalyItaly
Lola T294 24
26th S 2.0 15th United KingdomUnited Kingdom Dorset Foods United KingdomUnited KingdomKeith Holland Tony Birchenhough
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Lola T294 19th
Not started
27 ZA + 2.0 33 South Africa 1961South Africa Aqua Velva Racing South Africa 1961South AfricaBilly Maloney Barrie Palm
South Africa 1961South Africa
Ford Capri 3000 1
Not qualified
28 S 2.0 24 AngolaAngola Team ETA AngolaAngolaHélder de Sousa Mabílio de Albuquerque
AngolaAngola
Lola T292 2
29 GT 25th AngolaAngola José Rebocho AngolaAngolaJosé Rebocho T. Pereira
AngolaAngola
De Tomaso Pantera GTS 3
30th ZA 2.0 26th South Africa 1961South Africa Johnny Lauryssen South Africa 1961South AfricaRonnie van Noord Roelof Fekken
South Africa 1961South Africa
Alfa Romeo GTV 4th
31 T 28 South Africa 1961South Africa Harry Fekken South Africa 1961South AfricaHarry Fekken Lambert Fekken
South Africa 1961South Africa
Ford Escort RS 1600 5
32 ZA 2.0 31 South Africa 1961South Africa Alfa Romeo South Africa South Africa 1961South AfricaArnold Chatz Geoff Mortimer
South Africa 1961South Africa
Alfa Romeo Alfetta 6th
33 ZA 2.0 32 South Africa 1961South Africa Auto di Roma South Africa 1961South AfricaLen Booysen John Gibb
South Africa 1961South Africa
Alfa Romeo GTV 7th
34 ZA + 2.0 35 South Africa 1961South Africa Tim MacKintosh South Africa 1961South AfricaTim MacKintosh Gordon Vorster
South Africa 1961South Africa
Ford Capri 3000 8th
35 ZA 1.6 36 South Africa 1961South Africa EL Van Bergen South Africa 1961South Africa Hennie van der Linde Sarel van der Merwe
South Africa 1961South Africa
Datsun 1200 GX 9
36 ZA 1.6 37 South Africa 1961South Africa Brian Cook South Africa 1961South AfricaBrian Cook Paul Rowlings
South Africa 1961South Africa
Ford Escort GT 10
37 ZA + 2.0 38 South Africa 1961South Africa BIC Ballpoint Pens South Africa 1961South AfricaMike O'Sullivan Johan Loots
South Africa 1961South Africa
Ford Capri 11

1 not started 2 not qualified 3 not qualified 4 not qualified 5 not qualified 6 not qualified 7 not qualified 8 not qualified 9 not qualified 10 not qualified 11 not qualified

Only in the entry list

No further reports are known for this race.

Class winner

class driver driver driver vehicle Placement in the overall ranking
S 3.0 FranceFrance Gérard Larrousse FranceFrance Henri Pescarolo Matra-Simca MS670C Overall victory
S 2.0 South Africa 1961South Africa Guy Tunmer United KingdomUnited Kingdom John Lepp Chevron B26 Rank 4
GT United KingdomUnited Kingdom John Fitzpatrick GermanyGermany Rolf Stommelen AustraliaAustralia Tim donation Porsche 911 Carrera RSR Rank 6
ser. GT GermanyGermany Rolf Stommelen AustraliaAustralia Tim donation GermanyGermany Georg Loos Porsche 911 Carrera RSR Rank 7
T GermanyGermany Jochen Mass NetherlandsNetherlands Toine Hezemans Ford Capri RS 3100 Rank 5
ZA + 2.0 no participant in the finish
ZA 2.0 no participant in the finish
ZA 1.6 no participant in the finish

Racing data

  • Registered: 37
  • Started: 26
  • Valued: 11
  • Race classes: 8
  • Spectators: 40,000
  • Race day weather: dry at first, light rain at the end of the race
  • Route length: 4.104 km
  • Driving time of the winning team: 6: 00: 00,000 hours
  • Total laps of the winning team: 235
  • Total distance of the winning team: 964.440 km
  • Winner's average: 160.740 km / h
  • Pole position: Jean-Pierre Beltoise - Matra-Simca MS670C (# 01) - 1: 18.030 = 189.343 km / h
  • Fastest race lap: Gérard Larrousse - Matra-Simca MS670C (# 2) - 1: 19.300 = 186.310 km / h
  • Racing series: 10th round 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 .

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