1966 World Sportscar Championship

Racing tournament 1966 World Sportscar Championship 1965 1967 The 1966 World Sportscar Championship season was the 14th season of the FIA "World Sportscar Championship" motor racing.World Championship - final positions and tables at wspr-racing.com Retrieved on 12 December 2010 It featured the 1966 International Manufacturers' Championship and the 1966 International Sports Car Championship, which were contested between 5 February 1966 and September 11, 1966, over a total of thirteen races.World Championship 1966 at wspr-racing.com Retrieved on 12 December 2010 The International Manufacturers' Championship was open to Group 6 Sports-Prototypes (letter P on the cars) and was contested in two engine capacity divisions, P1 (Up to 2000cc) and P2 (Over 2000cc).FIA's new rules starting the 1966 season Retrieved on 12 December 2010 The International Sports Car Championship was open to Group 4 Sports Cars (letter S on the cars) and was contested in three engine capacity divisions, S1 (Up to 1300cc), S2 (1301 to 2000cc) and S3 (Over 2000cc). Schedule The 13 championship races each counted towards one or more of the five divisions. Both championships scored points to the top six competitors in each class, under four different tables or Barème'. Barème I corresponded with the old order of 9-6-4-3-2-1. Barème II was in the order 10-7-5-4-3-2. Barème III, valid only for Le Mans, was in the order 12-9-7-5-4-3. Barème 0, valid only for the Grosser Bergpreis der Schweiz, was half of Barème I'': 4.5-3-2-1.5-1-0.5. Constructors were only awarded points for their highest finishing car. Other finishers from the same manufacturer were merely skipped in the points count.http://www.imca-slotracing.com/QUIZZ1.htm 5Oth TARGA FLORIO 1966 2010-05-04 2016-09-01 bot: unknown https://web.archive.org/web/20100504155416/http://www.imca-slotracing.com/QUIZZ1.htm 2010-05-04 Only the best 4 results counted towards the championship (5 in S3, 6 in S2). Points earned but not counted towards the championship total are listed in (brackets). IMC ISCCS1 ISCCS2 ISCCS3 Race Circuit or Location Date R 1 - R 1 R 1 United States 24 Hours of Daytona Daytona International Speedway 5 February6 February R 2 R 1 R 2 R 2 United States 12 Hours of Sebring Sebring International Raceway 26 March R 3 - R 3 R 3 Italy 1000km Monza Autodromo Nazionale Monza 25 April R 4 R 2 R 4 R 4 Italy 1966 Targa Florio Circuito delle Madonie 8 May R 5 - R 5 R 5 Belgium 1000km Spa Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 25 May R 6 R 3 R 6 R 6 Germany 1000km Nürburgring Nürburgring 5 June R 7 - R 7 R 7 France 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans Circuit de la Sarthe 18 June19 June - R 4 - - Italy Mugello 500 km Mugello Circuit 17 July - R 5 - - Italy Coppa Città di Enna Autodromo di Pergusa 7 August R 8 - R 8 - Germany Großer Preis von Hockenheim Hockenheimring 14 August - R 6 R 9 R 8 Switzerland Grosser Bergpreis der Schweiz Crans-Montana 28 August - R 7 - - Germany 500 km Nürburgring Nürburgring 4 September - R 8 R 10 R 9 Austria Austrian Sports Car Grand Prix Zeltweg Airfield 11 September Note: The Großer Preis von Hockenheim did not count towards the Over 2000cc division of the International Manufacturers Championship. Results International Manufacturers Championship thumb|Ford won the Over 2000cc Division of the 1966 International Manufacturers Championship with the 7-litre Ford Mk II (pictured) & X-1 models. thumb|Porsche won the Up to 2000cc Division with the Porsche 906 as prototype Position Manufacturer USA DAY USA SEB ITA MZA ITA TGA BEL SPA West Germany NÜR1 FRA LMS West Germany HOC Total Time and Two Seats, Janos L Wimpffen, 1999, pages 659-660   Over 2000cc                   1 Ford 10 10 - - 6 - 12 - 38 2 Ferrari (4) - 10 10 9 7 - - 36 3 Chaparral Cars - - - - - 10 - - 10   Up to 2000cc                   1 Porsche 10 10 10 - - (5) 12 (9) 42 2 Ferrari - 7 (4) 10 9 10 - - 36 3 Alpine - - - - 7 - 5 - 22 4 Austin-Healey - 3 - 5 2 3 - (2) 13 5 Triumph 7 - - - - - - - 7 6 Abarth - - - - - 4 - - 4   ASA - - - 4 - - - - 4 8 Lotus - - - - - - - 3 3 International Sports Car Championship Position Manufacturer USA DAY USA SEB ITA MZA ITA TGA BEL SPA West Germany NÜR1 FRA LMS ITA MUG ITA PER West Germany HOC Switzerland SCH West Germany NÜR2 AUT ZEL Total   Division I (Up to 1300cc)                             1 Abarth - - - - - 10 - 9 9 - (4.5) 9 (9) 37 2 Alpine - 10 - 10 - 4 - 4 - - - - - 28 3 Alfa Romeo - - - 3 - - - - - - - - - 3   Division II (1301 to 2000cc)                             1 Porsche 10 10 - 10 (6) 10 12 - - 9 (4.5) - (9) 61 2 Alfa Romeo - 7 10 5 - 3 - - - - 1 - - 27 3 Lotus - - - - 9 - - - - - - - - 9 4 Volvo 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - 3   Division III (Over 2000cc)                             1 Ford 10 10 10 10 9 (10) - - - - - - (9) 49 2 Ferrari 5 - 4 7 3 - - - - - - - 4 23 3 Shelby - 7 - - - 4 - - - - - - - 11 The cars The following models contributed to the nett points awarded to their respective manufacturers in the two championships.International Manufacturers Championship - Over 2000cc Ford Mk II and Ford X-1 Ferrari 365P2/3, Ferrari 330P3 & Ferrari 250 LM Chaparral 2DInternational Manufacturers Championship - Up to 2000cc Porsche 906 Dino 206 S Alpine-Renault A210 Austin-Healey Sprite Triumph LM Abarth 1300 OT ASA 411 Lotus 23B BMWInternational Sports Car Championship - Division 1 Abarth 1300 OT Alpine Renault M65 & Alpine Renault A110 Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZInternational Sports Car Championship - Division 2 Porsche 904 GTS & Porsche 906 Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ2 Lotus Elan Volvo P1800International Sports Car Championship - Division 3''' Ford GT40 Ferrari 250 GTO & Ferrari 250 LM Shelby Cobra References External links 1966 Sports Car racing images at www.racingsportscars.com Category:World Sportscar Championship seasons World Sportscar Championship season