Coppa Cittá di Enna 1966

Ferrari Dino 206S

The Coppa Cittá di Enna 1966 , also VI. Coppa Cittá di Enna, Pergusa , took place on August 7th at the Autodromo di Pergusa in Enna , Sicily , and was the 9th round of this year's sports car world championship .

The race

For the fifth time since 1962 , the racing event in Enna was part of the sports car world championship. 1962 won Marsilio Pasotti and Giancarlo Scotti on a Fiat-Abarth 1000 . The following year , Romano Perdomi , who also drove a Fiat-Abarth 1000, won. The 1964 race ended with a success for Hans Herrmann in an Abarth-Simca 2000 GT . In 1965 there was the first Ferrari victory thanks to Mario Casoni , who drove a 250LM .

Also in 1966 a Ferrari driver was the favorite for the overall victory. Local hero Nino Vaccarella contested the race on a plant - Ferrari Dino 206S . In the race he dropped out after a car fire, so Marsilio Pasotti, who also drove a Dino 206S, celebrated his second Coppa success. At the finish he was 14 seconds ahead of the Swiss Charles Vögele , who achieved his best place in a world championship run in a Porsche 906 .

The race was overshadowed by the fatal accident of the Sicilian racing driver Franco Lo Dico . Lo Dico drove an Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ and went off the track on lap seven in an overtaking maneuver. With serious injuries he was taken to a hospital in Enna, where he died shortly after arriving.

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	P 2.0	64	Scuderia Brescia	Marsilio Pasotti	Ferrari Dino 206S	70
2	S + 1.6	50	Charles Vögele	Charles Vögele	Porsche 906	70
3	S 1.3	22nd		Alfio Gambero	Abarth 1300 OT	64
4th	S 1.6	38		Romano Martini	Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ2	64
5	S 1.3	26th		Giuseppe Rebaudi	Abarth 1300 OT	61
6th	S 1.0	8th		Francesco Patane	Fiat-Abarth 1000S	58
7th	S 1.0	12		Maurizio Pinchetti	Fiat-Abarth 1000S	57
8th	S 1.6	46		Pietro Lo Piccolo	Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ	57
9	S 1.3	28		Salvatore Maggiore	Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero	54
10	P 2.0	66		Pietro Termini	Maserati 200S	53
11	S 1.3	24		Luigi Taramazzo	Abarth 1300 OT	51
Not classified
12	S + 1.6	54	Scuderia Brescia Corse	Mario Casoni	Ford GT40	47
13	S 1.0	2		Mariano Moselli	Fiat-Abarth 1000S	42
Failed
14th	S 1.0	6th		de Luca	Fiat-Abarth 1000S
15th	S 1.0	10		Gian-Battista Mainetti	Fiat-Abarth 1000S
16	S 1.0	14th		"Lubeck"	Fiat-Abarth 1000S
17th	S 1.3	18th		Giulio Bona	Abarth 1300 OT
18th	S 1.6	40	Scuderia Pegaso	Franco Lo Dico	Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ
19th	S + 1.6	56		Sebastiano Andolina	Abarth-Simca 2000SP
20th	S + 1.6	58		Bartolomeo Donato	Ferrari 250LM
21st	P 2.0	60		Giorgio Cavaliere	Porsche 718 RSK
22nd	P 2.0	62	Ferrari	Nino Vaccarella	Ferrari Dino 206S
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23	P 2.0	42		"Paf"	Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ	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
24	S 1.3			Vito Tipa	Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero
25th	S + 1.6				Ford GT40
26th	S + 1.6			Adriano Reale	Ferrari 250 GTO
27	S 1.6			Girolamo Capra	Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ
28	S 1.3			Stefano Alongi	Fiat-Abarth 1300
29	S 1.3			Giuseppe Virgilio	Abarth 1300 OT
30th	S 1.0			Mariano Spadafora	Fiat-Abarth 1000S
31	S 1.3			Clemente Avventurieri	Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero

Class winner

class	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
P 2.0	Marsilio Pasotti	Ferrari Dino 206S	Overall victory
S + 1.6	Charles Vögele	Porsche 906	Rank 2
S 1.6	Romano Martini	Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ2	Rank 4
S 1.3	Alfio Gambero	Abarth 1300 OT	Rank 3
S 1.0	Francesco Patane	Fiat-Abarth 1000S	Rank 6

Racing data

• Registered: 31
• Started: 22
• Valued: 11
• Race classes: 5
• Spectator: unknown
• Race day weather: hot and dry
• Route length: 4.798 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 1: 41: 17.100 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 70
• Total distance of the winning team: 335.790 km
• Winner's average: 198.921 km / h
• Pole position: Mario Casoni - Ford GT40 (# 54) - 1: 20.500 = 214.524 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Mario Casoni - Ford GT40 (# 54) - 1: 17.400 = 223.116 km / h
• Racing series: Round 9 of the 1966 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

• Race results at WSPR Racing

Individual evidence

1. ^ Franco Lo Dico at Motorsport Memorial

Previous race Mugello 500 km race in 1966

Sports car world championship

Successor race at the Hockenheim Grand Prix in 1966