Targa Florio 1974 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: Targa Florio		Date: 9.6.1974
Track: Piccolo Circuito delle Madonie (Italy), 72.000 kms	Organiser: unknown
Targa Florio
Challenge Mondial de Vitesse et d'Endurance (round 3) Campionato Italiano Vetture Sport (round 5) Campionato Italiano Gran Turismo (round 3)

Weather:	hot, dry
Start time:	unknown
Grid:	unknown
Distance:	8 laps
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	116
Practiced:	89
Qualified:	62
Started:	59
Finished:	34
Classified:	41

Classes:	Pract	Start	Class
Sports 3000	10	5	2
Sports 2000	4	4	2
Sports 1600	4	2	2
Sports 1300	4	3	3
Sports 1000	3	2	2
Grand Touring +2000	13	11	8
Grand Touring 2000	11	9	6
Grand Touring 1600	20	11	6
Grand Touring 1300	11	7	6
Touring 2000	9	5	4

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

Pre-race sessions:
2 qualifying sessions held for a total of 390 minutes on 10/5

Winners:
Overall:	1	Lancia Stratos HF	Larrousse / Balestrieri
Sports 2000:	12	Abarth-Osella PA2	Boeris / Soria
Sports 1600:	43	GRD S74 Ford	Mussa / Galimberti
Sports 1300:	63	AMS 274 Ford	"Bramen" / Nesti
Grand Touring +2000:	22	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 2.8	Restivo / Merendino
Grand Touring 2000:	47	Fiat 124 Rally Abarth	Monaco / Guadagnini
Grand Touring 1600:	74	Alfa Romeo Giulia GTA	de Luca / La Mantia
Grand Touring 1300:	122	Alpine A110 Renault	Cucinotta / Consolo
Touring 2000:	108	Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV	Donato / Donato
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	2	Lola T282 Ford	Giorgio Pianta (I)	37:36.2000	114.8830 km/h
Pole Positions:
Overall:	2	Lola T282 Ford	Pianta / Pica	34:35.2000	124.9040 km/h
Sports 2000:	15	Chevron B23 Ford	"Amphicar" / Savona	40:22.5000
Sports 1600:	43	GRD S74 Ford	Mussa / Galimberti	39:34.8999
Sports 1300:	64	Chevron B26 Ford	Tondelli / di Matteo	39:59.0000
Sports 1000:	96	AMS 273 Ford	"Popsy Pop" / Ceraolo	42:16.5000
Grand Touring +2000:	22	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 2.8	Restivo / Merendino	39:26.8000
Grand Touring 2000:	59	Opel GT	Panto / Bonaccorsi	43:07.5000
Grand Touring 1600:	84	Alfa Romeo Giulia GTA	Coco / Dini	40:47.0000
Grand Touring 1300:	123	Lancia Fulvia Sport	Bologna / Mantia	43:09.2002
Touring 2000:	108	Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV	Donato / Donato	43:49.5000
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (12), Alfa Romeo (10), Lancia (9), Alpine (7), Chevron (5)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (12), Ford (11), Alfa Romeo (10), Renault (7), Lancia (6)
Top car types by numbers:	Alpine A110 (7), Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GTA (6), Lancia Fulvia (6)
Driver nationalities:	I (114), F (4)
Most used colours:	red (31%), white (21%), blue (15%), orange (5%), yellow (5%), black (4%)
Engine positions:	front-engined (37%), mid-engined (34%), rear-engined (29%)
Oldest known drivers:	Girolamo Capra (53), Mauro Nesti (39), Gérard Larrousse (34)
Youngest known drivers:	"Victor" (28), "Amphicar" (29), Alex Pesenti-Rossi (32)

Official Race Programme:

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