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Event: II. Internationales ADAC 500 km Rennen NürburgringDate: 3.9.1961
Track: Nürburgring Nordschleife (Germany), 22.810 kmsOrganiser: ADAC

Nürburgring 500 Kilometres
FIA GT Cup (round 10)
Weather:warm, dry
Start time:11:00
Grid:Le Mans start
Distance:500 kilometres
Attendance:10000
Entered:95
Practiced:92
Qualified:73
Started:73
Finished:45
Classified:45
Classes:PractStartClass
Grand Touring 100018119
Grand Touring 700543
Grand Touring 500320
Touring 100015128
Touring 850151410
Touring 7001286
Touring 60013115
Touring 50011114
Photo GalleryEntered CarsTechnical DataAppearanceRace Results
Pre-race sessions:
2 practice sessions held for a total of 1260 minutes on 1-2/9
Winners:
Overall:113Fiat-Abarth 1000Carlo Mario Abate
Grand Touring 700:98Fiat-Abarth 700Sepp Liebl
Touring 1000:81Auto Union 1000Kling / Geiss
Touring 850:52Fiat-Abarth 850 TCErnst Furtmayr
Touring 700:32BMW 700 SStausberg / Hülbüsch
Touring 600:12NSU PrinzErich Bitter
Touring 500:5Steyr-Puch 500DTheiler / Pichler
Fastest Laps:
Overall:111Fiat-Abarth 1000Eberhard Mahle (D)10:52.3000125.8870 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), Herbert Linge (33), Teodoro Zeccoli (32)
Youngest known drivers:John Whitmore (24), Paul Hawkins (24), Hubert Hahne (26)
Female drivers:Christabel Carlisle

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