Spa 24 Hours 1972 - Grid - Racing Sports Cars

Event: 24 Heures de Francorchamps		Date: 23.7.1972
Track: Circuit National de Francorchamps (Belgium), 14.100 kms	Organiser: unknown
Spa 24 Hours
European Touring Car Championship (round 5)

(Grid Positions)

Grid	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Q Time
1^st	2	Jochen Mass / Hans-Joachim Stuck	Ford Capri RS 2600	Ford	4:04.2000
2^nd	11	John Fitzpatrick / Hans Heyer	BMW 2800 CS	Team Schnitzer Motul	4:07.8000
3^rd	1	Dieter Glemser / Alex Soler-Roig	Ford Capri RS 2600	Ford	4:09.3000
4^th	9	Gerold Pankl / Helmut Kelleners	BMW 2800 CS	BMW Alpina	4:09.7000
5^th	3	Gerry Birrell / Claude Bourgoignie	Ford Capri RS 2600	Ford B.P. Racing Team	4:11.8000
6^th	16	Hughes de Fierlant / Jean Xhenceval	BMW 2800 CS	Précision Liègeoise	4:13.7000
7^th	10	John Fitzpatrick / Alain Peltier / Christian Ethuin	BMW 2800 CS	Team Schnitzer Motul	4:15.1000
8^th	46	Harald Menzel / Dave Matthews	Ford Escort RS 1600	Ford	4:19.8000
9^th	4	Jean-Claude Franck / Klaus Fritzinger	Ford Capri RS 2600	Kent Frami Racing Team	4:23.5000
10^th	8	Chris Tuerlinckx / Teddy Pilette	Opel Commodore A GS	Opel Gulf Transeurop	4:27.4000
11^th	47	Yvette Fontaine / Gillian Fortescue-Thomas	Ford Escort RS 1600	Ford B.P. Racing Team	4:27.5000
12^th	56	Toine Hezemans / Helmut Kelleners / Ernst Furtmayr	BMW 2800 CS	BMW Alpina	4:27.9000
13^th	15	Vincent Gaye / Willy Braillard	BMW 2800 CS	Racing Team Marabout	4:30.7000
14^th	7	Gerry Marshall / Paul Joossens	Opel Commodore GS/E	Opel Gulf Transeurop	4:32.2000
15^th	45	Han Akersloot / David Brodie	Ford Escort RS 1600	Sony Racing Team	4:34.1000
16^th	14	Philippe Toussaint / Jean-Louis Haxhe	BMW 2800 CS	Yellow Racing Team	4:34.2000
17^th	67	"Mac Intosh" / Claude de Wael	BMW 2002 Ti		4:41.2000
18^th	83	Carlo Truci / Carlo Facetti	Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior	Autodelta	4:41.6000
19^th	44	Yves Deprez / Gustaaf Witvrouw	Ford Escort TC	Levis Team	4:45.1000
20^th	92	Jacopo Trivellato / Manfred Mineif	Fiat 128 Coupé	F. Neri	4:45.2000
21^st	42	Jean-Claude Andruet / Jean Ragnotti	Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV Gr.1	Autodelta	4:45.4000
22^nd	80	Spartaco Dini / "Pooky"	Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior	Autodelta	4:46.9000
23^rd	81	Teodoro Zeccoli / Massimo Larini	Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior	Autodelta	4:47.2000
24^th	65	Florian Vetsch / Peter Mattli	Mazda RX-3	Mazda Swiss Racing	4:47.5000
25^th	55	Robert Derom / Jean-Marie Détrin	BMW 2002 Ti	R. Derom	4:48.4000
26^th	51	Etienne Stalpaert / Roger Dubos	Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV Gr.1	Eur Oil Racing Team	4:48.8000
27^th	21	Terry Sanger / Mike Crabtree	Chevrolet Camaro	Research Consultants	4:49.4000
28^th	40	Pierre-Yves Bertinchamps / Jacques Berger	Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV Gr.1	Autodelta	4:50.0000
29^th	18	"Pedro" / Nicolas Koob	BMW 3.0 CS Gr.1	Racing Team Biral	4:50.3000
30^th	43	Claude Ballot-Léna / Jean-Claude Lagniez	Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV Gr.1	Autodelta	4:50.8000
31^st	64	Walter Brun / Joe Kretschi	Mazda RX-3	Mazda Swiss Racing	4:51.0000
32^nd	30	Dany Wauters / Rick Coemans	Opel Commodore A GS/E	Opel Gulf Transeurop	4:52.2000
33^rd	50	Christine Beckers / Jean-Claude Sola	Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV Gr.1	Eur Oil Racing Team	4:53.1000
34^th	57	Roland Imbert / Alain Serpaggi	Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV Gr.1	R. Imbert	4:53.5000
35^th	5	Les Blackburn / John Moss	Ford Capri	H. Blackburn	4:54.0000
36^th	73	André Boeckenaere / Michel de Deyne	BMW 2002 Ti		4:55.6000
37^th	29?	Huub Vermeulen / Fred Frankenhout	Opel Commodore A GS/E	Dutch National Racing Team	4:56.9000
38^th	52	Michel Noé / Pierre Poisse	Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV Gr.1	Eur Oil Racing Team	4:57.8000
39^th	41	Hans Hessel / Dieter Gleich	Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV Gr.1	Autodelta	4:58.3000
40^th	82	Luigi Colzani / Vittorio Venturi	Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior	Autodelta	4:59.4000
41^st	12	Bernard de St. Hubert / Jean-Claude Goris	BMW 2800 CS Gr.1	Précision Liègeoise	4:59.7000
42^nd	53	André Lierneux / Daniel Dezy	Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV Gr.1	Eur Oil Racing Team	5:00.9000
43^rd	63	Dino Pizzinato / Welchenbach	Alfa Romeo 2000 GTAm	D. Pizzinato	5:02.8000
44^th	66	Helmut Hinse / H. Mayer	Alfa Romeo 2000 GTAm		5:02.8000
45^th	90	Fernand Néri / Maurice Damseaux	Fiat 128 Coupé	F. Neri	5:03.8000
46^th	74	Jean-Pierre Rieu / Hermes Delbar	BMW 2002 Ti		5:05.6000
47^th	22	Joost Byttebier / Claude Crespin	Volvo 164 E	Scuderia Tornacum	5:06.7000
48^th	84	Robin Searle / Vernon Saunders	Ford Escort GT	R. Searle	5:09.9000
49^th	98	J. M. Heilman / John Vanderheyden	Simca 1000 Rallye		5:10.7000
50^th	59	Marc Sourd / Yves Evrard	Audi 100S Coupé Gr. 1	Audi N.S.U. France	5:10.8000
51^st	54	John Bloomfield / Tony Lanfranchi / Roger Bell	BMW 2002 Ti Gr.1	Cronk Garages	5:12.0000
52^nd	49	Ken Coffey / Ted Worswick	Ford Escort TC	Ken Coffey	5:12.3000
53^rd	85	Jean-Claude Boucher / Lucien Guitteny	NSU 1200 TT	Racing Team Shell Anjou	5:13.4000
54^th	19	Roger Vanderschrieck / Jacques Hendrickx	Citroën SM Maserati	J. Bigrat	5:14.0000
55^th	61	"Chavan" / Jean Degey	Datsun 2000 GT	C. van Stalle	5:16.0000
56^th	91	William Scheeren / Francis Polak	Fiat 128	F. Neri	5:18.6000
57^th	60	Henry Miroux / Rob Janssens	Datsun 2000 GT	C. van Stalle	5:15.2000
58^th	95	Peter Wisskirchen / Hermann Cordes	NSU 1200 TT		5:20.7000
59^th	99	Daniel Dupré / Gilles Doncieux	NSU 1200 TT		5:20.8000
60^th	62	Henri Sonveau / Serge Laurent	Datsun 2000 GT	C. van Stalle	5:26.1000
61^st	27	Peter Hanson / Jeremy Walton	BMW 3.0 CS Gr.1	Cronk Garages	5:03.7000

Other present cars:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant
25	Jean-Pierre Morise / D. Pecqueur	Ford Capri RS 2600
94	Pierre Rubens / Bernard Carlier	Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior
68	Roger Bell / Tony Dron	BMW 2002 Ti Gr.1	MLG Motors
72	Dennis Thorne / Jenny Dell	Ford Escort TC
93	Edgar Gillessen / Emmanuel Remion	Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior
28	Jules Gillotay / Roland de Jamblinne	Mazda RX-2
31	Robert Eberhardt / Kurt Auer	Chevrolet Camaro

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant
6	Jean-Claude Guérie / Jean-Pierre Rouget	Ford Capri	Shark Team
17	Helmut Gall / Eckard Babendererde	BMW 2800	Gall Autofunk Racing Team
20	Martin Birrane / Serge Trosch	Ford Mustang Boss	M. Birrane
23	Bernd Blank / Klaus Fritzinger	Ford Capri
24	Pierre Pagani / Gaffier	Ford Capri RS 2600
26	"Depnic" / Jean-Claude Aubriet	BMW 3.0 CS Gr.1
39		Alfa Romeo 2000 GTAm	Autodelta
58	Horst Bonefeld / Bernhard Niehaus	Opel Kadett 2000	Opel Team von Eupen
69	Emile Holvoet / Lelong	Toyota
70	Horst Bonefeld	Opel
71	Freddy Vandecaveye / André Hardy	Renault Gordini
86	Claude Haldi / Bernard Chenevière	Fiat 128 Coupé	Filipinetti
87	Walter Dona / Umberto Grano	Fiat 128 Coupé	Filipinetti
88	Jean-Louis Lafosse / Gérard Pillon	Fiat 128 Berlina	Filipinetti
96	Pieter Verdeyen / Y. Vanderschrick	BLMC Cooper
97	Hendrickx / Jean-Pierre Magalhaes	BLMC 1300