Nürburgring 500 Kilometres 1961

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Event: II. Internationales ADAC 500 km Rennen Nürburgring		Date: 3.9.1961
Track: Nürburgring Nordschleife (Germany), 22.810 kms	Organiser: ADAC
Nürburgring 500 Kilometres
FIA GT Cup (round 10)

Weather:	warm, dry
Start time:	11:00
Grid:	Le Mans
Distance:	500 kilometres
Attendance:	10000

Entered:	95
Practiced:	92
Qualified:	73
Started:	73
Finished:	45
Classified:	45

Classes:	Pract	Start	Class
Grand Touring 1000	18	11	9
Grand Touring 700	5	4	3
Grand Touring 500	3	2	0
Touring 1000	15	12	8
Touring 850	15	14	10
Touring 700	12	8	6
Touring 600	13	11	5
Touring 500	11	11	4

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Pre-race sessions:
2 practice sessions held for a total of 1260 minutes on 1-2/9

Winners:
Overall:	113	Fiat-Abarth 1000	Carlo Mario Abate
Grand Touring 700:	98	Fiat-Abarth 700	Sepp Liebl
Touring 1000:	81	Auto Union 1000	Kling / Geiss
Touring 850:	52	Fiat-Abarth 850 TC	Ernst Furtmayr
Touring 700:	32	BMW 700 S	Stausberg / Hülbüsch
Touring 600:	12	NSU Prinz	Erich Bitter
Touring 500:	5	Steyr-Puch 500D	Theiler / Pichler
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	111	Fiat-Abarth 1000	Eberhard Mahle (D)	10:52.300	125.887 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Fiat-Abarth (13), Steyr-Puch (11), BMW (10), Auto Union (10), NSU (10)
Top engines by numbers:	Fiat (14), BMW (10), NSU (10), BMC (8), Saab (3)
Top car types by numbers:	BMW 700 (10), Auto Union 1000 (10), NSU Prinz (10)
Driver nationalities:	D (54), A (15), GB (10), I (6), B (5), CH (5), S (4), F (2)
Oldest known drivers:	Edgar Barth (44), Teodoro Zeccoli (32), Carlo Mario Abate (29)
Youngest known drivers:	John Whitmore (24), Paul Hawkins (24), Hubert Hahne (26)
Female drivers:	Christabel Carlisle

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