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Event: ADAC 500 km Rennen NürburgringDate: 4.9.1966
Track: Nürburgring Nordschleife (Germany), 22.810 kmsOrganiser: ADAC e.V. München

Nürburgring 500 Kilometres
Weather:warm, dry
Start time:11:00
Grid:unknown
Distance:500 kilometres
Attendance:15000
Entered:89
Practiced:80
Qualified:64
Started:64
Finished:34
Classified:37
Classes:PractStartClass
Group 6 - Prototype 130014115
Group 6 - Prototype 1000772
Group 4 - Sports 1300874
Group 3 - Grand Touring 1300853
Group 3 - Grand Touring 1000633
Group 2 - Touring 130016147
Group 2 - Touring 1000543
Group 2 - Touring 700161310
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Winners:
Overall:35Abarth 1300 OTErnst Furtmayr
Group 6 - Prototype 1300:1Alpine A210 RenaultRoger Delageneste
Group 6 - Prototype 1000:25Abarth 1000 SPMüller / Steinmetz
Group 3 - Grand Touring 1300:50Glas 1300 GTGerhard Bodmer
Group 3 - Grand Touring 1000:58NSU Wankel SpyderHeinz Schondelmaier
Group 2 - Touring 1300:73Glas 1304 TSKarl-Heinz Becker
Group 2 - Touring 1000:82Fiat-Abarth 1000 BerlinettaKauhsen
Group 2 - Touring 700:93BMW 700Jürgen Lenk
Fastest Laps:
Overall:2Alpine A210 RenaultMauro Bianchi (B)9:32.7000143.4000 km/h
Group 4 - Sports 1300:37Abarth 1300 OTRolf Stommelen (D)9:43.6000140.8000 km/h
Group 3 - Grand Touring 1300:50Glas 1300 GTGerhard Bodmer (D)10:54.4000125.3000 km/h
Group 2 - Touring 1300:68Austin Mini-Cooper SRagnar Eklund (S)10:44.0000127.5000 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:Abarth (10), Glas (10), BMW (8), Austin (7), NSU (5)
Top engines by numbers:BMC (15), Abarth (10), Glas (10), BMW (8), NSU (5)
Top car types by numbers:BMW 700 (8), Austin Mini Cooper (7), Abarth 1300 OT (6)
Driver nationalities:D (39), GB (13), F (4), I (2), CH (2), S (2)
Engine positions:front-engined (52%), rear-engined (39%), mid-engined (9%)
Oldest known drivers:Robert Huhn (34), Mauro Bianchi (29), Hans-Dieter Dechent (26)
Youngest known drivers:Karl-Heinz Becker (22), Rolf Stommelen (23), Hans-Dieter Dechent (26)

Official Race Programme:

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