ALL IMCA LE MANS 24H MODEL CAR RACES
1988 Antwerp(B) LM1986 Csaba Szekelyhidi (US) John Strachan (US) Martin Gramann (A) Bernd Möbus (D) Joel Montague (US)      Jon Laster (US) Paul Pfeiffer (US)           P-A Watson (US) Franco Gianotti (I) Corinna Gianotti (I) Sergio Maresca (I)       Paolo Niccolai (I) Georges Baikry (B) Willy Heerwegh (B)   Bill Klimpton (US) Lee Gilbert (US)          Dave Liebenthal (US)   Jeff  W. Long (US)
1985 Uden (NL) LM1966 Willy Heerwegh (B) Chantal Aerts (B) John Strachan (US)  Csaba Szekelyhidi(US) Jean P van Rossem(B) Jon Laster (US) Axel Pomeranz (D)     Erich Lorenz (D) Franco Gianotti (I) Corina Gianotti (I) Henk Scheffer (NL) Jeroen van Es (NL) Antonio Merlini (I)   Marco Venturi (I)  Dominiq Bellenger (F) André Dame (NL)       René Dame (NL)
1988 Chicago(USA) LM1987 Gugu Bernardino(BR) C.v.Buggenhout (BR) Dieter Jens (D) Jae Young (BR)     Celso Duarte (BR) Burkhard Werner (D) Sergio Maresca (I) Franco Gianotti (I) Corinna Gianotti (I) Jan Limpach (US) Wayne Bramble (AU) Paul Lyon (GB) Jean P van Rossem(B) Dan Debella (US)     Mark Harrison (GB) Alberto Capra (I) Giovanni Montiglio (I) Silvio Giacobbi (I) Georges Baikry (B) Willy Heerwegh (B)   Bill Klimpton (US) Lee Gilbert (US)          Dave Liebenthal (US)   Jeff  W. Long (US)
1994 Rouen (F) LM1964 Josef Hensl (CZ)         Vladimir Horky (CZ) Leo Vogel (NL)        Rolf Schäfer (D) Jozef Miskolci (SK)     Bibi Kubikova (SK) Jean P van Rossem(B) Hugo Dekker (NL) Thomas Hahnel (D)   Axel Bernhard (D) Sylvain Pigny (F)     Olivier Demoget (F) François Callat (F)  Philippe Grenet (F) Denis Bauer (D)
2001 Grimbergen (B) LM1998 Jan Limpach (US)   Jean P van Rossem(B) Geert Mertens (B) Vladimir Horky (CZ) Josef Korec (CZ)     Frank Poledna (CZ) Gugu Bernardino(BR) Ph. de Lespinay (BR) Ron Hershman (US) Ralph Klose (D)     Markus Hahnel (D)  Thomas Hahnel (D) Vlado Okali (SVK)    Jozef Miskolci (SVK) 'Piki' van Rossem (B) Maya Willockx (B) Hugo Dekker (NL)     Ben de Hartog (NL)  John Minheere (NL) Lasse Äberg (S)       Anders Gustafson (S) Kristof Klinkers (B)
2004 Aalst (B) LM1970 Josef Korec (CZ)     Antónin Vojtik (CZ) Nick de Wachter (NL) Tamar Nelwan (NL) Einari Fyhr (SF)       Kai Kivekäs (SF) Dieter Jens (D)       Geert Mertens (B) "Piki" van Rossem(B) Salvatore Noviello (I) Vladimir Horky (CZ) Matthias Parke (D) Youri van Rossem (B) Dennis Vogel (NL) Daniele Malangone (I)  Gilles Dohogne (B)
2005 Aalst (B) LM1970 "Piki" van Rossem(B) Salvatore Noviello (I) Youri van Rossem (B)  Nick de Wachter (NL) Josef Korec (CZ)  Matthias Parke (D) Michael Niemas (D)  Kevin Krollmann (D) Kai Kivekäs (SF)   Daniele  Malangone(I) Tamar Nelwan (NL)  Gabriel Inäbnit (CH) J. P. van Rossem (B)  Dan Debella (USA) C. Schnizler (D)          A. Laufenberg (D)

1985 - The Le Mans Classic Race, contested at the Antwerp Crest Hotel on May 14-15, 1985 and at the MRTU Blue King at Uden (NL) on November 8-9, 1985, were the real start of model car racing with hard plastic bodies. All the best racers of the world were present, among them G7 world champion Paul Pfeiffer (USA), G7 world record holder Csaba Szelelyhidi (USA), the slot-racing legends Jon Laster (USA), Dan Debella (USA), John Strachan (USA), Henry Pena (USA-, Bernd Möbus (D), Martin Gramann (A), the late Franco Gianotti (I) and all the best Belgian and Dutch racers. There were res. 46 and 16 Le Mans 1966 cars at the start, most of them fit on a Mura chassis and equipped with Mura G15 motors. In Antwerp there were 92 starters and only 32 of them could make the eventual race. In Uden there were 45 starters at the qualifications, and 35 of them could start the eventual race. It was a 12 hour race (2 heats of  6 hours).
1988 - The third Le Mans Classic Team Race was contested in Chicago (USA), again with all the best racers of the world at the start. It was the fifth round of the Endurance World Championship. There were 60 racers who could qualify for only 24 starting places. It was a full 12 hour race. Cars were copies of
1987 Le Mans racing machines.
1994 - The fourth Le Mans Classic Team Race was contested at Rouen (F), but was restricted to the best European racers of the moment. It was a 24 hour race (2 heats of 12 hours), contested with
1964 Le Mans cars. There were 16 cars at the start, good for 40 racers. Germany's Dennis Bauer had no team mates and had to drive 12 hours non-stop. JPVR drove on 2 cars during more than 12 hours. Jozef Miskolci drove more than 9 hours. It was the last race of "Rosse Snor" who drove the whole time with a controller in his right hand and a bottle of beer in his left hand.
2001 - The fifth Le Mans Classic Team Race was contested at Grimbergen (B) over 3 heats of 12 hours each. It was called "the race of the century", since at the end of the race it should be decided who of Jan Limpach (USA) or Vladimir Horky (CZ) should be the best racer of the 20th century. Both they were leading the famous IOC-Ranking, only 5 points from each other. It was one of the most thrilling races in history, contested with
1998 Le Mans cars, fit on PlaFit chassis. After 10 hours of racing the teams of Limpach and Horky were in the very same lap. There were 48 starters from all over the world. There were 18 cars at the start.
2004 - The sixth Le Mans Classic Team Race was contested in Aalst (B) over 3 heats of 24 x 3' each. There were 24 cars at the start, all perfect copies of
1970 Le Mans cars. It was the fourth and last round of the Franco Gianotti Trophy, and again it was a very thrilling race, dominated until the one but last segment by triple world champion Nick de Wachter, who was passed during the very last segment by Josef Korec. "Piki" van Rossem lost this race on an extremely painful wise, since at the 15th sergment he missed the start and came 6 laps late. At the finish the difference among the 5 first cars was less than 6 laps.
2005 - The sseventh Le Mans Classic Team Race was again contested in Aalst (B) over 5 heats of 18 x 5'. There were 30 cars at the start, again all perfect copies of Le Mans
1970. "Piki" van Rossem/Salvatore Noviello made a perfect race, winning four laps ahead over Youri van Rossem/Nick de Wachter. Niemas/Krollmann caused a stir by winning 4th overall with Dieter Jens's Chevron B-16, eight laps faster than the 2-litre Alfa Romeo T33/3 of Andreas Laufenberg and Christian Schnizler, finishing eighth.


ALL RACERS HAVING ENTERED A LE MANS 24H RACE IN IMCA's HISTORY

Racer

Antwerp
(B) 1985

Uden
(NL) 1985

Chicago
(USA) 1988

Rouen (F)
1994

Grimbergen
(B) 2001

Aalst (B)
2004

Aalst (B)
2005

Pts

- LM 1966 LM 1966 LM 1987 LM 1964 LM 1998 LM 1970 LM 1970 -
Jean Pierre van Rossem (B) NC 3 5 4 1 9 7 56
Jozef Korec (CZ) - - - - 2 1 3 47
Vladimir Horky (CZ) - - - 1 2 6 - 41
"Piki" van Rossem (B) 10 - NQ - 6 5 1 35
Csaba Szekelyhidi (USA) 1 2 - - - - - 35
John Strachan (USA) 1 2 - - - - - 35
"Gugu" Bernardino (BR) - - 1 - 3 - - 32
Clythio van Buggenhout (BR) - - 1 - 3 - - 32
Jan Limpach (USA) - - 4 - 1 - - 30
Nick de Wachter (NL) - - - - - 2 2 30
Dieter Jens (D) - - 1 - - 4 11 30
Geert Mertens (B) - - - - 1 4 11 30
Franco Gianotti (I) 5 5 3 - - - - 28
Corinna Gianotti (I) 5 5 3 - - - - 28
Salvatore Noviello (I) - - - - - 5 1 28
Jozef Miskolci (SVK) - - - 3 5 - - 28
Youri van Rossem (B) - - - - 9 7 2 (7, 9) 27
Jon Laster (USA) 3 3 - - - - - 24
Willy Heerwegh (B) NC 1 7 - - - - 24
Antónin Vojtik (CZ) - - - - - 1 10 21
Tamar Nelwan (NL) - - - - - 2 6 21
Kai Kivekäs (SF) - - - - - 3 5 20
Chantal Aerts (B) 12 1 - - - - - 20
Sergio Maresca (I) 6 - 3 - - - - 18
Josef Hensl (CZ) - - - 1 - - - 20
Thomas Hahnel (D) - - - 5 4 - - 18
Martin Gramann (A) 2 DNS NQ - - - - 15
Bernd Möbus (D) 2 DNS - - - - - 15
Matthias Parke (D) - - - - - 6 3 18
Rolf Schäfer (D) - - - 2 - - - 15
Leo Vogel (NL) - - - 2 - - - 15
Celso Duarte (BR) - - 2 - - - - 15
Jae Young (BR) - - 2 - - - - 15
Burkhart Werner (D) - - 2 - - - - 15
Frantisek Poledna (CZ) - - - - 2 - - 15
Hugo Dekker (NL) NC - - 4 7 - - 14
Ralph Klose (D) 9 - NQ - 4 - - 12
Joel Montague (USA) 3 - - - - - - 12
Dan Debella (USA) - DNF 5 - - - 7 12
Ron Hershman (USA) - - NQ - 3 - - 12
Bibi Kubikova (SVK) - - - 3 - - - 12
Philippe de Lespinay (USA) - - - - 3 - - 12
Einari Fyhr (SF) - - - - - 3 - 12
Daniele Malangone (I) - - - - - 8 5 11
Paul Pfeiffer (USA) 4 DNF - - - - - 10
P-A Watson (USA) 4 - - - - - - 10
Michael Niemas (D) - - - - - - 4 10
Jan Korec (CZ) - - - 9 5 - - 10
Axel Pomeranz (D) NC 4 - - - - - 10
Erich Lorenz (D) 13 4 - - - - - 10
Wayne Brambe (AU) - - 4 - - - - 10
Paul Lyons (GB) - - 4 - - - - 10
Markus Hahnel (D) - - - - 4 - - 10
Kevin Krollmann (D) - - - - - - 4 10
Sylvain Pigny (F) NC - 9 6 - - - 8
Vlado Okali (SVK) - - NQ - 5 - - 8
Axel Bernhard (D) - - - 5 - - - 8
Mark Harrison (GB) - - 5 - - - - 8
Jan Korec (CZ) - - - - 5 - - 8
Paolo Niccolai (I) 6 - - - - - - 6
Henk Scheffer (NL) NC 6 - - - - - 6
Jeroen van Es (NL) NC 6 - - - - - 6
Alberto Capra (I) - - 6 - - - - 6
Silvio Giacobbi (I) - - 6 - - - - 6
Giovanni Montiglio (I) NC - 6 - - - - 6
Olivier Demoget (F) NC - - 6 - - - 6
Maya Willockx (B) - - - - 6 - - 6
Gabriel Inäbnit (CH) - - - - - - 6 6
Bjarne Liliendahl (S) 7 - - - - - - 4
Antonio Merlini (I) NC 7 - - - - - 4
Marco Venturi (I) NC 7 - - - - - 4
Dominique Bellenger (F) NC 7 - - 16 - - 4
Georges Baikry (B) - - 7 - - - - 4
Bill Klimpton (USA) - - 7 - - - - 4
François Callat (F) NC - - 7 - - - 4
Philippe Grenet (F) - - - 7 - - - 4
Ben de Hartog (NL) - - - 12 7 - - 4
John Minheere (NL) - - - - 7 - - 4
Dennis Vogel (NL) - - - - - 7 - 4
Lasse Åberg (S) 16 - NQ - 8 - - 3
Philippe Laudet (B) 8 - - - - - - 3
Henri Roufosse (B) 8 - - - - - - 3
André Dame (NL) - 8 - - - - - 3
René Dame (NL) - 8 - - - - - 3
Dave Liebenthal (USA) - - 8 - - - - 3
Lee Gilbert (USA) - - 8 - - - - 3
Jeff W. Long (USA) - - 8 - - - - 3
Dennis Bauer (D) - - - 8 - - - 3
Anders Gustafson (S) - - NQ - 8 - - 3
Kristof Klinkers (B) - - - - 8 - - 3
Gilles Dohogne (B) - - - - - 8 - 3
Andreas Laufenberg (D) - - - - - - 8 3
Christian Schnizler (D) - - - - - - 8 3
Klaus Wickert (D) 9 - - - - - - 2
Marc Joyeux (F) NC DNF NQ 9 16 - - 2
Bart Klaassen (NL) - 9 - - - - - 2
Rob de Hek (NL) - 9 - - - - - 2
Andrew Smith (USA) - - 9 - - - - 2
Timothy Smith (USA) - - 9 - - - - 2
Yannick Putzeys (B) - - 9 - - - - 2
Yves Welter jr (B) - - - - - 9 - 2
Didier Ritter (F) 10 - - - - - - 1
Christophe Peix (F) 10 - - - - - - 1
André Den Dekker (NL) 10 - - - - - - 1
Miroslav Vadlejch (CZ) - - - - - 23 10 1
Boyt Johnson jr (USA) - - 10 - - - - 1
Chuck Ingram (CDN) - - 10 - - - - 1
Mike Garrett (USA) - - 10 - - - - 1
Wim Ambachtsheer (NL) - 10 - - - - - 1
Huub Ambachtsheer (NL) - 10 - - - - - 1
Henrique Dehais (F) - - - 10 - - - 1
Stéphane Bourdeau (F) - - - 10 - - - 1
Peter Ackermans (B) - - - - 10 - - 1
Mike Timmermans (B) - - - - 10 - - 1
Mack de Wachter (NL) - - - - - 10 30 1
Peter Reijerkerk (NL) - - - - - 10 - 1
Lamberto Bosch (B) - - - - 10 18 15 1
Takekazu Hirose (J) 11 - - - - - - 0
Yoshima Hirose (J) 11 - - - - - - 0
Françis Cathénis (B) 12 - - - - - - 0
Perry Dekker (NL) - 11 - - - - - 0
X. van Driebergen (NL) - 11 - - - - - 0
Dominique Devaux (F) - - - 11 - - - 0
Didier Depuis (F) NC - - 11<