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Event: 500 Kilometre European Championship Saloon Car Race SnettertonDate: 15.8.1965
Track: Snetterton (United Kingdom), 4.358 kmsOrganiser: BRSCC

Snetterton 500 Kilometres
Weather:hot, dry, dark at the end
Start time:18:00
Grid:unknown
Distance:500 kilometres
Attendance:unknown
Entered:unknown
Practiced:unknown
Started:36
Finished:20
Classified:20
Classes:PractStartClass
Division 3111
Division 2
Division 1
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Pre-race sessions:
non-qualifying practice held
grid decided per engine size
Winners:
Overall:41Ford Lotus CortinaJohn Whitmore
Division 3:60Ford GalaxieJacquie Bond-Smith
Division 1:23Fiat-Abarth 1000 TCAnstead / Pike
Pole Positions:
Overall:60Ford GalaxieJacquie Bond-Smithno time
Division 2:50Lancia Flavia Sport ZagatoPeter Sutcliffeno time
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:Austin (5), Morris (5), Ford (4), BMW (4), Alfa Romeo (3), Saab (3), DKW (3)
Top engines by numbers:BMC (10), Ford (4), BMW (4), Alfa Romeo (3), Saab (3), DKW (3)
Top car types by numbers:Morris Mini Cooper (5), Austin Mini Cooper (4), Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GTA (3), BMW 1800 (3), Saab 96 (3), DKW F11 (3)
Driver nationalities:GB (23), D (6), F (5), I (5), S (4), NL (2), B (2)
Engine positions:front-engined (88%), rear-engined (12%)
Average engine size:1378 cc
Oldest known drivers:Roberto Bussinello (38), Hubert Hahne (30), Vic Elford (30)
Youngest known drivers:John Whitmore (28), Tony Lanfranchi (30), Vic Elford (30)
Female drivers:Jacquie Bond-Smith, Hannelore Werner

Official Race Programme:

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