Le Mans 24 Hours 1966 - Grid - Racing Sports Cars

Event: 24 Heures du Mans		Date: 19.6.1966
Track: Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans (France), 13.461 kms	Organiser: Automobile Club de l'Ouest
Le Mans 24 Hours
World Sportscar Championship (round 7) Challenge Mondiale (round 4)

(Grid Positions)

Grid	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Q Time
1^st	3	Dan Gurney / Jerry Grant	Ford Mk II	Shelby American Inc.	3:30.6000
2^nd	1	Ken Miles / Denny Hulme	Ford Mk II	Shelby American Inc.	3:31.7000
3^rd	8	John Whitmore / Frank Gardner	Ford Mk II	Alan Mann Racing Ltd.	3:32.2000
4^th	2	Bruce McLaren / Chris Amon	Ford Mk II	Shelby American Inc.	3:32.6000
5^th	27	Pedro Rodriguez / Richie Ginther	Ferrari 330 P3 Barchetta	North American Racing Team	3:33.0000
6^th	7	Graham Hill / Brian Muir	Ford Mk II	Alan Mann Racing Ltd.	3:33.2000
7^th	20	Mike Parkes / Ludovico Scarfiotti	Ferrari 330 P3 Berlinetta	SpA Ferrari SEFAC	3:34.3000
8^th	21	Jean Guichet / Lorenzo Bandini	Ferrari 330 P3 Berlinetta	SpA Ferrari SEFAC	3:34.4000
9^th	5	Ronnie Bucknum / Dick Hutcherson	Ford Mk II	Holman & Moody	3:34.6000
10^th	9	Jo Bonnier / Phil Hill	Chaparral 2D Chevrolet	Chaparral Cars Inc.	3:35.1000
11^th	4	Paul Hawkins / Mark Donohue	Ford Mk II	Holman & Moody	3:35.2000
12^th	6	Lucien Bianchi / Mario Andretti	Ford Mk II	Holman & Moody	3:36.3000
13^th	59	Skip Scott / Peter Revson	Ford GT40	Essex Wire Corporation	3:40.2000
14^th	60	Jochen Neerpasch / Jacky Ickx	Ford GT40	Essex Wire Corporation	3:44.1000
15^th	19	Willy Mairesse / Herbert Müller	Ferrari 365 P2	Scuderia Filipinetti	3:44.6000
16^th	18	Bob Bondurant / Masten Gregory	Ferrari 365 P2	North American Racing Team	3:45.0000
17^th	12	Jochen Rindt / Innes Ireland	Ford GT40	Comstock Racing Team/F. R. English Ltd.	3:45.6000
18^th	17	Pierre Dumay / "Jean Beurlys"	Ferrari 365 P2	Ecurie Francorchamps	3:46.3000
19^th	14	Peter Sutcliffe / Dieter Spoerry	Ford GT40	Scuderia Filipinetti	3:47.6000
20^th	15	Guy Ligier / Bob Grossman	Ford GT40	Ford France	3:47.8000
21^st	16	Richard Attwood / David Piper	Ferrari 365 P2 Spyder	Maranello Concessionaires	3:49.0000
22^nd	30	Jo Siffert / Colin Davis	Porsche 906 LE	Porsche System Engineering	3:51.0000
23^rd	31	Hans Herrmann / Herbert Linge	Porsche 906 LE	Porsche System Engineering	3:52.2000
24^th	25	Nino Vaccarella / Mario Casoni	Ferrari Dino 206 S	Scuderia San Marco - North American Racing Team	3:53.5000
25^th	42	Jo Schlesser / Alan Rees	Matra M620 BRM	Matra Sports SARL	3:53.5000
26^th	41	Jean-Pierre Beltoise / Johnny Servoz-Gavin	Matra M620 BRM	Matra Sports SARL	3:54.9000
27^th	58	Günther Klass / Rolf Stommelen	Porsche 906	Porsche System Engineering	3:55.8000
28^th	28	Gustave Gosselin / Eric de Keyn	Ferrari 250 LM	Equipe Nationale Belge	3:56.1000
29^th	36	David Hobbs / Mike Salmon	Ferrari Dino 206 S	Maranello Concessionaires	4:00.5000
30^th	33	Peter Gregg / Sten Axelsson	Porsche 906	Porsche System Engineering	4:02.4000
31^st	32	Udo Schütz / Peter de Klerk	Porsche 906 LE	Porsche System Engineering	4:02.5000
32^nd	38	Charlie Kolb / George Follmer	Ferrari Dino 206 S	North American Racing Team	4:02.7000
33^rd	34	Robert Buchet / Gerhard Koch	Porsche 906	Auguste Veuillet	4:03.7000
34^th	43	Henri Pescarolo / Jean-Pierre Jaussaud	Matra M620 BRM	Matra Sports SARL	4:07.2000
35^th	26	Giampiero Biscaldi / Michel de Bourbon-Parme	Ferrari 275 GTB/C	Ed Hugus	4:11.3000
36^th	11	Sam Posey / Massimo Natili	Bizzarrini GT Strada 5300	Prototipi Bizzarrini	4:14.3000
37^th	29	Piers Courage / Roy Pike	Ferrari 275 GTB/C	Maranello Concessionaires	4:15.5000
38^th	57	Pierre Noblet / Claude Dubois	Ferrari 275 GTB/C	Ecurie Francorchamps	4:15.9000
39^th	47	Bengt Jansson / Pauli Toivonen	Alpine A210 Renault	Société Automobiles Alpine	4:20.2000
40^th	10	Edgar Berney / André Wicky	Bizzarrini P538 Chevrolet	Prototipi Bizzarrini	4:21.1000
41^st	46	Jean Vinatier / Mauro Bianchi	Alpine A210 Renault	Société Automobiles Alpine	4:21.9000
42^nd	24	Jean-Claude Sauer / Jean de Mortemart	Serenissima Spider ATS	Scuderia San Marco	4:24.9000
43^rd	45	Guy Verrier / Robert Bouharde	Alpine A210 Renault	Société Automobiles Alpine	4:25.2000
44^th	62	Henri Grandsire / Leo Cella	Alpine A210 Renault	Société Automobiles Alpine	4:25.4000
45^th	44	Jacques Cheinisse / Roger Delageneste	Alpine A210 Renault	Ecurie Savin-Calberson	4:27.2000
46^th	51	Claude Laurent / Jean-Claude Ogier	CD SP66 Peugeot	Société Automobiles CD	4:27.5000
47^th	52	Pierre Lelong / Alain Bertaut	CD SP66 Peugeot	Société Automobiles CD	4:30.1000
48^th	55	André de Cortanze / Jean-Pierre Hanrioud	Alpine A210 Renault	Société Automobiles Alpine	4:37.0000
49^th	53	Georges Heligouin / Johnny Rives	CD SP66 Peugeot	Société Automobiles CD	4:38.4000
50^th	35	Jean Kerguen / "Franc"	Porsche 911 S	"J. Franc"	4:41.9000
51^st	48	Clive Baker / John Rhodes	Austin-Healey Sprite	Donald Healey Motor Co. Ltd.	4:45.1000
52^nd	49	Paddy Hopkirk / Andrew Hedges	Austin-Healey Sprite	Donald Healey Motor Co. Ltd.	4:49.2000
53^rd	61	Ignazio Giunti / Spartaco Dini	ASA RB613	ASA	4:49.8000
54^th	54	Francois Pasquier / Robert Mieusset	ASA RB613	North American Racing Team	5:02.3000
55^th	50	Jean-Louis Marnat / Claude Ballot-Léna	Mini-Marcos GT 2+2 BMC	Jean-Louis Marnat & Cie	5:09.9000

Other present cars:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant
63	Richard Holquist	Ford GT40	Scuderia Bear
56	Henri Grandsire / André de Cortanze / Jean-François Piot	Alpine A210 Renault	Société Automobiles Alpine
6T	Ronnie Bucknum / Frank Gardner	Ford Mk II	Shelby American Inc.

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant
1	Tony Settember / Ed Freutel	Shelby Cobra	Ecurie Cinquante Cinq
5	Bruce McLaren / Chris Amon / Jerry Grant / Walt Hansgen	Ford GT J	Shelby American Inc
10	Fred Lorenzen / Denny Hulme	Ford GT J	Holman & Moody
11	Umberto Maglioli / Mike Spence	Ford Mk II	Holman & Moody
11		Bizzarrini P538 Lamborghini	Prototipi Bizzarrini
12	Peter Harper / Dieter Spoerry	Shelby Cobra	Scuderia Filipinetti
12B	Willy Mairesse / Jochen Neerpasch / Arthur Blank	Ford GT40	Scuderia Filipinetti
13	Gustave Gosselin / Claude Dubois / Georges Hacquin	Ford Mk II	Scuderia Filipinetti
14		Chevrolet Corvette	Denis Veyrat
18	Jim Hurtubise / Willy Mairesse	Arciero Mk 2 Chevrolet	Peter Weismann
22	Giancarlo Baghetti / Umberto Maglioli	Ferrari 330 P3	SpA Ferrari SEFAC
22	Nick Cussons / Richard Bond	Ford GT40	Nick L .Cussons
23	Nino Vaccarella / Bob Bondurant	Ferrari 330 P3	SpA Ferrari SEFAC
25	Louis Corberto / Jean-Claude Sauer	Serenissima 308 Jet ATS	Scuderia Serenissima
25	Jochen Rindt / Innes Ireland	Ford GT40	F. R. English Ltd.
28	Peter Sutcliffe / Innes Ireland	Ford GT40	Peter Sutcliffe
31	Robert Buchet	Porsche 906	Robert Buchet
31	David Piper / Peter Procter	Ford Mk II	Alan Mann Racing Ltd.
32	Bob Johnson / Tom Payne / John Whitmore / Frank Gardner	Ford GT40	Alan Mann Racing Ltd.
33	Graham Hill / Jackie Stewart / Paul Hawkins	Ford GT40	Alan Mann Racing Ltd.
34	Roger McCluskey / Bud Tinglestad	Arciero Mk 2 Chevrolet	Peter Weismann
37	Pierre Dumay / Gustave Gosselin	Ferrari Dino 206 S	Pierre Dumay
39	Giampiero Biscaldi / Mario Casoni	Ferrari Dino 206 S	SpA Ferrari SEFAC
40		Ferrari Dino 206 S	SpA Ferrari SEFAC
43	Art Swanson / Robert Ennis	Ferrari 250 LM	Arthur W. Swanson
47	Paul Hawkins / Jackie Epstein	Ferrari 250 LM	Epstein Enterprises Ltd.
48		Ferrari 250 LM	North American Racing Team
50	Ted Worswick / Alan Minshaw	Austin-Healey 3000	Ted Worswick
51	Chris Lawrence / Chris Spender	Morgan Plus 4	Morgan
56	Colin Davis	Porsche 906	Porsche System Engineering
60	Mike De Udy	Porsche 906	W. H. Aldington
64	André de Cortanze / Gérard Larrousse	Ferrari 250 GTO	Fernand Tavano
66	Albert Cognet / Roger Riviere	Porsche 904 GTS	Albert Cognet
67		Porsche 904 GTS	Christian Poirot
71	Sherman Decker / Robert Buchet	Volvo P1800	Young Barf Racing
73	"Geki" / Teodoro Zeccoli	Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ2	Autodelta
74	Jean Rolland	Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ2	Autodelta
75	Roberto Bussinello / Andrea de Adamich	Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ2	Autodelta
76	Carlo Zuccoli / "Shangri-La"	Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ2	Autodelta
77	Jacques Patte / Teddy Pilette / Eric de Keyn	Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ	Ecurie Francorchamps?
78	Camille Demoulin / Gérald Langlois van Ophem / Georges Harris	Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ	Ecurie Francorchamps?
79	Michel Dagorne / Alain LeGuellec	Mismaque Squal Alfa Romeo	Guy Mismaque
80	Nicolas Koob / Pierre Marx	Lotus Elan	Nicolas Koob
91	Roger Delageneste / Jean Rolland	CD SP66 Peugeot	Société Automobiles CD
95	Marcel Martin / Jean Mésange	Fiat-Abarth 1000 SP	Maine
96	Pierre Noblet / Franco Bernabei	De Tomaso Sport 5000	Alejandro de Tomaso