1967 World Sportscar Championship

Racing tournament 1967 World Sportscar Championship 1966 1968 thumb|Ferrari won the Manufacturers Championship with the 330 P3 (pictured) & 330 P4 The 1967 World Sportscar Championship season was the 15th season of FIA World Sportscar Championship racing. It featured the International Championship for Sports-Prototypes and the International Championship for Sports Cars.Denis Jenkinson, The Automobile Year Book of Sports Car Racing, 1982, page 222 The former was open to Group 6 Sports-Prototypes and the latter to Group 4 Sports Cars. The season ran from 4 February 1967 to 3 September 1967 and comprised 14 races in total. This was the last championship season to include a hill climb event, due to safety concerns. Also, growing speed at Le Mans caused a controversial CSI decision to limit the engine capacity of Group 6 Sports-Prototypes to 3 litres, beginning in 1968. Schedule Although the season was composed of 14 races, not all races counted as rounds for both championshipsJános L Wimpffen. Time and Two Seats, 1999, page 708Introduction: Starting the 1967 Season Retrieved from www.imca-slotracing.com on 21 February 2009 and each class did not compete in all events. Some events also included classes for GT cars and Touring Cars although these cars were not eligible to score championship points. ICSP Rd ICSCDiv 1 Rd ICSCDiv 2 Rd ICSCDiv 3 Rd Race Circuit or Location Competitors Date 1 - 1 1 USA 24 Hours of Daytona Daytona International Speedway All 4 February5 February 2 - 2 2 USA 12 Hours of Sebring Sebring International Raceway All 1 April 3 - 3 3 ITA 1000km Monza Autodromo Nazionale Monza All 25 April 4 - 4 4 BEL 1000km Spa Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps All 1 May 5 - 5 5 ITA Targa Florio Circuito Piccolo delle Madonie All 14 May 6 1 6 6 DEU 1000km Nürburgring Nürburgring All 28 May 7 - 7 7 FRA 24 Hours of Le Mans Circuit de la Sarthe All 10 June11 June - 2 - - DEU Sports Car Grand Prix Hockenheimring Sports/GT 9 July - 3 8 - ITA Mugello 500 km Mugello Circuit All 23 July 8 - 9 8 GBR BOAC 500 (6 Hours) Brands Hatch Proto/Sports 30 July - 4 - - ITA Coppa Citta di Enna Autodromo di Pergusa Proto/Sports 6 August - 5 10 9 AUT Sports Car Grand Prix Österrich Zeltweg Airfield Sports 20 August - 6 11 10 CHE Swiss Mountain Grand Prix Villars-sur-Ollon All 27 August - 7 - - DEU 500 km Nürburgring Nürburgring All 3 September Races thumb|right| A Chaparral 2F competing in the Group 6 category at the 1967 1000km Nürburgring. Race Circuit Prototype Winning Team Sportscar Winning Team GT Winning Team Results Prototype Winning Drivers Sportscar Winning Drivers GT Winning Drivers 1 Daytona ITA #23 SpA Ferrari SEFAC GBR #11 J.W. Automotive USA #54 Jack Ryan Results ITA Lorenzo BandiniNZL Chris Amon USA Dick ThompsonBEL Jacky Ickx USA Jack RyanUSA Bill Bencker 2 Sebring USA #1 Ford Motor Co. ITA #19 Scuderia Brescia Corse USA #46 Robert Kirby Results USA Mario AndrettiNZL Bruce McLaren ITA Nino VaccarellaITA Umberto Maglioli USA Robert KirbyUSA Alan Johnson 3 Monza ITA #3 SpA Ferrari SEFAC FRA #33 Ford France GBR Paul Vestey Results ITA Lorenzo BandiniNZL Chris Amon FRA Jo SchlesserFRA Guy Ligier GBR Paul VesteyPRT Carlos Gaspar 4 Spa GBR #6 J.W. Automotive GBR #41 Dawnay Racing GBR #71 British Motor Co. Results USA Dick ThompsonBEL Jacky Ickx GBR Jackie OliverGBR Mike Salmon GBR Roger EneverGBR Alec Poole 5 Piccolo delle Madonie DEU #184 Porsche System Eng. FRA #130 Ford France S.A. DEU #46 Porsche System Eng. Results DEU Rolf StommelenAUS Paul Hawkins FRA Jean-Michel GiorgiFRA Henri Greder FRA Bernard CahierFRA Jean-Claude Killy 6 Nürburgring DEU #17 Porsche System Eng. DEU #70 Scuderia Lufthansa DEU #75 IGFA Results DEU Udo SchützUSA Joe Buzzetta DEU Hans-Dieter DechentDEU Robert Huhn DEU Helmut KellenersDEU Jürgen Neuhaus 7 La Sarthe USA #1 Shelby-American Inc. DEU #37 Porsche System Eng. CHE #28 Scuderia Filipinetti Results USA Dan GurneyUSA A. J. Foyt GBR Vic ElfordNLD Ben Pon CHE Rico SteinemannCHE Dieter Spoerry 8 Hockenheimring Did Not Participate ITA #3 Abarth BEL #29 "Jean-Pierre" Results NLD Toine Hezemans BEL "Jean-Pierre" 9 Mugello DEU #1 Porsche System ITA #63 No Team Name ITA #133 No Team Name Results DEU Gerhard MitterDEU Udo Schütz ITA Leo CellaITA Giampiero Biscaldi ITA Luigi CabellaITA Giovanni Marini 10 Brands Hatch USA #1 Chaparral Cars Inc. GBR #72 A.G. Dean Racing Ltd. Did Not Participate Results USA Phil HillGBR Mike Spence GBR Tony DeanNLD Ben Pon 11 Pergusa CHE #62 No Team Name ITA #80 Scuderia Brescia Corse Did Not Participate Results CHE Dieter Spoerry ITA Nino Vaccarella 12 Zeltweg Did Not Participate AUS #5 Paul Hawkins Did Not Participate Results AUS Paul Hawkins 13 Villars-sur-Ollon DEU #196 Porsche System AUS #160 OASC Did Not Participate Results DEU Gerhard Mitter AUS Rudi Lins 14 Nürburgring FRA #2 Alpine ITA #42 Abarth GBR #58 Motor Racing Stables Results FRA Roger Delageneste DEU Ernst Furtmayer JPN Tetsu Ikuzawa Results Manufacturers' Championship thumb|Porsche placed second in the Manufacturers Championship with the 910. thumb|Ford placed third in the Manufacturers Championship with the Mk II and Mk IV (pictured). All championships scored points to the top six competitors in each class, in the order of 9-6-4-3-2-1. Only the best five finishes counted towards the championship, with skipped points marked in parentheses. Manufacturers were only awarded points for their highest finishing car, but other finishers from the same manufacturer could prevent competitors from scoring points. For example, at Daytona, Ferrari scored a 1-2-3 result with 9 points awarded in the P+2.0 category, followed by two 2000cc Porsche prototypes which received 3 points (plus 9 in the P2.0 Division), and the 6th-best prototype, a Ford Mk.II in 7th overall, collected a single point. Prototypes over 2000 cc This championship was for all Prototype class cars over 2000 cc. Controversy arose about the Mirage of John Wyer, which had won at Spa. As it was a modified Ford GT40 with Ford engines, Ford argued that it should count towards Ford's tally.French mandarins and CSI bombshell http://www.imca-slotracing.com/1967-PART3.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20120213235741/http://www.imca-slotracing.com/1967-PART3.htm 2012-02-13 usurped As the CSI declined and Ford had no realistic chances to defend the championship without those points, Ford concentrated the solely on Le Mans and did not send its prototypes to the Nurburgring or Brands Hatch events. Pos1967 World Sportscar Championship tables Retrieved from wspr-racing.com on 21 February 2009 Manufacturer USA DAY USA SEB ITA MZA BEL SPA ITA TGA West Germany NÜR1 FRA LMS UK BRH Total 1 ITA Ferrari 9 9 4 (3) 6 6 34 2 DEU Porsche (3) 4 4 6 9 9 (2) (4) 32 3 USA Ford 1 9 1 (1) 2 9 22 4= GBR Mirage-Ford 9 9 4= USA Chaparral 9 9 6 GBR Lola-Chevrolet 3 3 7 ITA Alfa Romeo 2 2Source:FIA Motor Sport Bulletin N° 4 – October 1967 https://historicdb.fia.com/sites/default/files/regulations/1647341652/4-oct-1967.pdf historicdb.fia.com Prototypes under 2000 cc This championship was for all Prototype class cars under 2000 cc. Pos Manufacturer USA DAY USA SEB ITA MZA BEL SPA ITA TGA West Germany NÜR1 FRA LMS UK BRH Total 1 DEU Porsche 9 9 9 9 9 (9) (9) (6) 45 2 GBR Lotus 9 9 3 ITA Alfa Romeo 4 3 7 4= FRA Alpine 2 4 6 4= GBR Chevron 2 4 6 6 ITA Ferrari 4 4 International Championship for Sports Cars thumb|Ford won the Over 2000cc Division of the International Championship for Sports Cars with the GT40. Championship points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 for the first six positions in each relevant division at each race except for the Swiss Mountain Grand Prix at which half points were awarded. Only the highest placed car from each manufacturer in each division was eligible to score points for its manufacturer. Not all race results could be counted towards the championship totals and discarded points are shown within brackets in the table below. Pos. Manufacturer USA DAY USA SEB ITA MZA BEL SPA ITA TGA West Germany NÜR1 FRA LMS West Germany HOC ITA MUG UK BRH ITA PER AUT ZEL SWI VSO West Germany NÜR2 Total   Division I (1300cc)                               1 Abarth - - - - - - - 9 9 - 9 9 (4.5) 9 45 2 Diva - - - - - 9 - - - - - - - 3 12 3 Austin-Healey - - - - - - - - 4 - - - - - 4 4 Saab - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - 1 5 Triumph - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.5 - 0.5   Division II (2000cc)                               1 Porsche - 9 9 - - 9 9 - 9 9 - 9 (4.5) - 63 2 Alfa Romeo - - - - - 6 - - 3 - - - - - 9 3 Lotus - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.5 - 0.5   Division III (+2000cc)                               1 Ford 9 9 9 9 9 9 - - - (6) - (9) - - 54 2 Ferrari 4 - 4 - - 3 - - - 9 - 4 4.5 - 28.5 3 Shelby - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 - 6The points table at wspr-racing.com shows Shelby scoring only 3 points but gives its championship total as 6 points.   Austin-Healey - - - - 6 - - - - - - - - - 6 Notes and references External links 1967 Championship race results at wspr-racing.com 1967 Championship images and race programs at www.racingsportscars.com Category:World Sportscar Championship seasons World Sportscar Championship season