Targa Florio 1973 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: 57° Targa Florio		Date: 13.5.1973
Track: Piccolo Circuito delle Madonie (Italy), 72.000 kms	Organiser: unknown
Targa Florio
World Championship for Makes (round 6) Challenge Mondiale (round 2) Campionato Italiano Sport (round 3)

Weather:	warm, dry
Start time:	unknown
Grid:	unknown
Distance:	11 laps
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	127
Practiced:	115
Qualified:	80
Started:	76
Finished:	41
Classified:	42

Classes:	Pract	Start	Class
Sports 3000	12	7	4
Sports 2000	13	12	7
Sports 1600	10	7	5
Sports 1300	9	6	3
Sports 1000	12	6	2
Grand Touring +2000	11	8	4
Grand Touring 2000	11	9	5
Grand Touring 1600	21	10	6
Grand Touring 1300	11	9	4
Touring +2000	1	1	1
Touring 2000	4	1	1

Photo Gallery Entered Cars Technical Data Appearance Race Results Grid Qualifying Lap Times

Pre-race sessions:
2 qualifying sessions held on 11/5

Winners:
Overall:	8	Porsche Carrera RSR	Müller / van Lennep
Sports 2000:	14	Chevron B21 Ford	Moreschi / "McBoden"
Sports 1600:	44	Chevron B21 Ford	Nesti / Morelli
Sports 1300:	65	AMS 273 Ford	Anastasio / Lo Voi
Sports 1000:	85	Abarth 1000 SP	Falorni / Maggiorelli
Grand Touring +2000:	106	Porsche Carrera RSR	Borri / Barone
Grand Touring 2000:	124	Porsche 911 S	Capra / Lepri
Grand Touring 1600:	149	Alfa Romeo Giulia GTAm	Zanetti / Galimberti
Grand Touring 1300:	177	Alpine A110 1300 Renault	Rombolotti / Ricci
Touring +2000:	191	BMW 3.0 CSL	"Shangri-La" / Federico
Touring 2000:	198	BMW 2002 Tii	Bettoja / de Gregorio
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	6	Alfa Romeo T33/TT/12	Rolf Stommelen (D)	34:13.100	126.248 km/h
Pole Positions:
Overall:	3	Ferrari 312 PB	Arturo Merzario (I)	33:38.500	128.412 km/h
Sports 2000:	18	Chevron B23 Ford	"Amphicar" / Mirto Randazzo	38:18.000
Sports 1600:	44	Chevron B21 Ford	Nesti / Morelli	38:47.000
Sports 1300:	62	CR-CDS 134B	Calascibetta / Merendino	43:07.300
Sports 1000:	82	AMS 273 Ford	Verrocchio / de Antoni	43:20.300
Grand Touring +2000:	112	Porsche Carrera RSR	Quist / Zink	39:39.100
Grand Touring 2000:	125	Alpine A110 Renault	Paleari / Schön	40:41.800
Grand Touring 1600:	158	Alfa Romeo Giulia GTA	de Luca / La Mantia	42:12.900
Grand Touring 1300:	183	Alpine A110 1300 Renault	Chiaramonte / Carducci	42:59.300
Touring +2000:	191	BMW 3.0 CSL	"Shangri-La" / Federico	44:52.100
Touring 2000:	198	BMW 2002 Tii	Bettoja / de Gregorio	45:17.600
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (15), AMS (9), Alfa Romeo (8), Alpine (8), Chevron (7)
Top engines by numbers:	Ford (18), Porsche (15), Alfa Romeo (10), Renault (8), Lancia (6)
Top car types by numbers:	AMS 273 (8), Alpine A110 (8), Porsche 911 Carrera RSR (6), Chevron B21 (6)
Driver nationalities:	I (133), GB (5), CH (4), D (4), USA (2)
Most used colours:	red (34%), blue (16%), white (14%), yellow (11%), green (6%), orange (5%)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (50%), rear-engined (27%), front-engined (23%)
Oldest known drivers:	Girolamo Capra (52), Nino Vaccarella (40), Mauro Nesti (38)
Youngest known drivers:	"Amphicar" (28), Jacky Ickx (28), Leo Kinnunen (30)
Woman drivers:	Giuseppina Gagliano

Official Race Programme:

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