GIANOTTI-WIESEL TROPHY: AN INTERSERIES ESC CUP PROPOSAL

At the ESC CUP the "big bangers" will be the first half of entered cars
  
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IMCA organises since 2003 each year a competition for hard bodied 1/24th model cars to commemorate the late Franco Gianotti and with him all our slot-racing friends who passed away. In 2010 it was decided to race with 1969 CANAM cars. That, however, was the wrong decision. Indeed, several of those 1969 CANAM models, are offered by all kinds of e-commerce shops, announcing that their models are "sofort lieferbar". The bare reality, however, is that several models are not in stock or are sold out. Popular cars as the Lola T70, McLaren Elva 1B and 1C, Chaparral 2H, McLaren M6B, etc. are no longer available.
After the withdrawal of JPVR, IMCA tries to install a five year period of stability. That implies that at the annual IMCA Worlds PROS will race until 2015 the BMW M1 cars, Semi-PROS the Ferrari F40 cars. Bit what to do with the cars for the annual Gianotti Trophy? The CANAM 1969 formula cannot be maintained, especially as CANAM cars are only popular in the States, not so much in Europe. On racing vintage models European racers are much more interested in the Ferraris 512, Porsches 917, Alfa Romeos 33/3, Lolas T70 Coupe, etc. Those cars were raced together with CANAM cars at the famous Interserie of the early 1970s. We thus propose that for the period 2011-2015 the Gianotti Trophy should be contested with 1971 Interserie cars. Most models of such cars are available at Toj-Drom of Jörg Obermoser, himself a German Interserie entrant in 1/1 racing. By announcing already now a stable five year formula, manufacturers of model cars have a full year time to launch models of such cars. If the formula is accepted one can race them under DSC rules at the ESC Cup. Wait and see. [I.Y.]

In 1988 Franco Gianotti (middle) won in Chicago the World Championship Endurance Racing. The Wing Car Worlds was won by Mike Swiss (left), the Scale Racing Worlds by Jan Limpach (right). Franco Gianotti was one of the best scale and model car racers of his generation. He was also an excellent chassis builder. In 2002 he passed away after a deadly fall through the roof of his own factory. Since, IMCA realises each year the Gianotti Trophy as commemoration of a great racer and a real great man.

CARS TO BE RACED AT THE  ESC CUP (GIANOTTI-WIESEL TROPHY)

§1. INTERSERIE BIG BANGERS FORlPROS (IOC pts > 120, Ewige DSC: 1-25)

lPorsche 917PA (Jürgen Neuhaus) 026

lMarch 717 Chevrolet  (Felder Racing Team) 707-1è717-1

Jürgen Neuhaus 7 entries - 3 x 4th, 1 x 5th  -1971 ranking: 5th

Helmut Kelleners - 6 entries - 1x 3rd, 2x 10th - 1971 ranking: 14th

lLola T222 Chevrolet (Écurie Bonnier) 222-HU04

lMcLaren M8E Chevrolet (Racing Team V.D.S.) 80-08

Joachim Bonnier 4 entries, 2x 3rd, 1x 7th - 1971 ranking: 7th

Teddy Pilette 5 entries, 1x 7th, 1x 10th - 1971 ranking: 21st

lMcLaren M8E Chevrolet (Ecurie Evergreen)  80-01

lPorsche 917PA (A.A.W. Racing Team) 015è01-021

Chris Craft 4 entries, 1x 1st, 1x 2nd -1971 ranking: 6th

Leo Kinunen 7 entries - 1x 1st, (heats: 3x 1st) 2x 2nd,2 x 3rd -1971 ranking: 1st

lPorsche 917PA (Gesipa Racing Team) 007

lMcLaren M8E Chevrolet (Gelo Racing Team) 80-02

Michel Weber 7 entries 1 x 2nd, 1 x 4th, (Norisring: 1st heat 2) -1971 ranking: 3rd

Georg Loos  3 entries, 1x 4th, 1x 5th, 1x 9th - 1971 ranking: 10th

l7.1 Ferrari 512M (SEFAC Ferrari SpA) 1010 (712P engine)

lMcLaren M8E Chevrolet  (Sid Taylor Racing Castrol) 80-04

Arturo Merzario 1 entry Imola 1st in 23 heats + TQ -1971 ranking: 9th

Peter Gethin  - 5 entries, 2x 1st, 2x 2nd, 1x 9th - 1971 ranking 2nd

lBRM 167 Chevrolet (British Racing Motors) P154-02èP167-01

lMcLaren M8C Chevrolet (Siegfried Rieger) ML12-60-03

Pedro Rodriguez, Brian Redman 3 entries  2x 1st (3 heat wins) - 1971: 4th

Siegfried Rieger 4 entries, 4 x DNF  - 1971 ranking: 59th

  lLola T222 Chevrolet (C. Graeminger Racing) 222-HU03

lLola T222 Chevrolet (Écurie Bonnier) M1B-1-66

Gérard Larrousse 1 entry, 1 x DNF -1971 ranking: 48th

Gianpiero Moretti 1  entries, 1 x DNS -Series 54th

§2. INTERSERIE CARS FORlSEMI-PROS (IOC pts 40-120, Ewige DSC: 26-100)

lFerrari 512M Berlinetta (Scuderia Filipinetti)  1050/1032

lFord GT40 Coupe (Scuderia Filipinetti) 1019

Corrado Manfredini  1 entry, 1 x DNF  - 1971 ranking: 45th

Georges Crenier 2 entries-1971 ranking: 47th

lPorsche 917K (Tem Auto Usdau)  022

lFerrari 512M Berlinetta (Gelo Racing) 1018

Willy Kauhsen  1 entry, 1 x DNS  - 1971 ranking: 53rd

Georges Loos, Franz Pesch 3 entries, 2 x 6th, 1x 7th -1971 ranking: 12th

lFerrari 512M Berlinetta (Scuderia Brescia Corse) 1024

lFerrari 512M Berlinetta (Herbert Müller Racing) 1008 

"Pam" 5 entries, 1x 5th, 3x 8th -1971 ranking: 11th

Pedro Rodriguez  1 entry, was killed at the Norisring in this car -1971 ranking: 44th

lPorsche 917K (Racing Team Zitro)  025

lLola T70 Mk3B Coupe Chevrolet (Stefan Sklenar) SL76/145

Dominique Martin 1 entry, 1 x 9th 1971 ranking: 26th

Stefan Sklenar 2 entries - 1x DNQ, 1x DNS  -1969 car ranking: 55th

lLola T70 Mk3B Coupe Chevrolet  (ex-Sid Taylor Racing) SL76/138

lLola T70 Mk3B Coupe Chevrolet  (David Piper Racing) SL76/150

Mike Coombe 1 entry, 1 x 12th  -1971 ranking: 38th

Bob Wollek  1 entry, 1 x 11th  -1971 ranking: 30th

lPorsche 917K (David Piper Racing)  010

lLola T70 Mk3B Coupe Chevrolet  (Bernd Seidler) SL73/102

Mario Casoni 2 entries, 1 x 5th -1971 ranking: 19th

Bernd Seidler 2 entries - 1x 12th, 1x 13th  -1971 ranking: 36th

lFerrari 512M Berlinetta (Herbert Müller Racing) 1044  

lFerrari 512M Barquetta (Escuderia Montjuich) 1002

Herbert Müller 2 entries, 1x DNF, 1x DNS  - 1969 car ranking: 43rd

José Juncadella  1 entry, 1 x 5th  - 1971 ranking: 17th
§3. <3000cc INTERSERIE CARS FOR lAMATEURS (< 40 IOC pts Ewige DSC: >100)

lLola T212 Ford (Écurie Bonnier) SL210/09

lLola  T210 Ford (Leandro Terra) SL210/06

Joachim Bonnier 1 entry, 1 x 8th -1971 ranking: 25th

Carlo Zuccoli 1 entry, 1 x 10th -1971 ranking: 28th

lAlfa Romeo T33/3 (Autodelta) SpA unknown

lLola T212 Ford (Scuderia Filipinetti) unknown

  Rolf Stommelen 1 entry Zolder 2nd heat 1 -1971 ranking: 20th

Alain Finkel 1 entry - 1 x 11th - 1971 ranking: 29th

lAbarth 2000 SP (Osella Corse) unknown

lAbarth 2000 SP (Osella Corse) unknown

Vittorio Venturi 1 entry - 1 x 7th - 1971 ranking: 23rd

Arturo Merzario 1 entry - 1 x 3rd - 1971 ranking: 15th

lAlfa Romeo T33/3 (Autodelta) SpA unknown

lPorsche 908/02 908-022 (Team Auto Usdau)

Toine Hezemans - Carlo Facetti 2 entries 1 x 2nd, 1 x 3rd - 1971 ranking: 8th

Hans-Dieter Weigel  2 entries, 1 x 8th, 1 x 9th  - 1971 ranking: 22nd

lPorsche 908/02 unknown (Ernst Kraus)

lAlfa Romeo T33/3 (Autodelta) SpA unknown

Ernst Kraus  4 entries, 1 x 6th, 1 x 9th  - 1971 ranking: 18th

Teodoro Zeccoli 2 entries  1 x 4th - ranking 1971: 16th

lLola T210 Ford (Scuderia Filipinetti) SL210-HU10

lLola T212 BMW turbo (GS Tuning A. Schneider) unknown

Hans Schulze-Schwering 1 entry - DNF -1971 ranking: 51st

  Dieter Basche 3 entries, 1 x 11th -1971 ranking: 31st

lLola T212 Ford unknown (Scuderia Brescia Corse)

lChevron B19 Ford unknown (Michel Dupont)

  Antonio Zadra  1 entry, 1 x 20th  - 1971 ranking: 42nd

Michel Dupont  2 entries, 1 x 11th,  - 1971 ranking: 34th

lPorsche 908/01 unknown (Alexander Nolte)

lAlfa Romeo T33/3 (Autodelta) SpA unknown

Alexander Nolte  4 entries, 1x 6th, 1x 7th, 1x 8th, 1x 9th  - 1971 ranking: 13th

Hubert Ascher 1 x 7th, killed at Imola - ranking 1971: 24th

lFerrari 312PB (SEFAC Ferrari SpA) 0878

lFerrari Dino 206S (Leandro Terra) 206S-018

Clay Regazzoni 1 entry Imola 2nd heat 1 -1971 ranking: 33rd

Leandro Terra 1 entry - DNF -1969 ranking: 39th

lChevron B19 Ford unknown (Schickentanz Racing) 

lPorsche 910 Spyder 910-026 (Kurt Hild) 

Clemens Schickentanz  1 entry, 1 x 10th  - 1971 ranking: 27th

Kurt Hild  2 entries, 2 x DNF  - 1971 ranking: 52nd
 
INTERSERIE 1971: RACE RESULTS
rank # car chassis entrant racer #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 points
1 11 Porsche 917PA 015è01-021 A.A.W. Racing Team Leo Kinnunen (SF) 3 2 2 DNF 1 4 3 84
2 33 McLaren M8E Chevrolet   Sid Taylor Racing Castrol Peter Gethin (GB)/D Bell   1 1 2 2 9   72
3 13 Porsche 917PA P007 Gesipa Racing Team Michel Weber (D) 6 5 4 7 5 6 2 51
4 38 BRM P167 Chevrolet P154-02èP167-01 BRM/Sid Taylor Castrol Rodriguez (MEX)/Redman   DNS       1 1 40
5 1 Porsche 917PA P026 Jürgen Neuhaus Jürgen Neuheus (D) 21 4 5 14 4 DNF 4 38
6 10 McLaren M8E Chevrolet 80-01 Ecurie Evergreen Chris Craft (GB) 2 12 DNF 1       35
7 4 Lola T222 Chevrolet HU222/04 Ecurie Bonnier Vic Elford (GB)/Bonnier     3 3   DNF 7 28
8 17 Alfa Romeo T33/3   Autodelta SpA Hezemans (NL)/Facetti   3       2   27
9 22 Ferrari 512M 1010 SEFAC Ferrari Arturo Merzario (I) 1             20
10 20 McLaren M8E Chevrolet 80-02 Gelo Racing Team Georg Loos (D)     9 4     5 20
11 25 Ferrari 512M 1024 Scuderia Brescia Corse "Pam" (I) 16 8   5   8 8 17
12 21 Ferrari 512M 1018 Gelo Racing Team Loos (D)/Franz Pesch (D) 7     6     6 16
13 44 Porsche 908/01   Alexander Nolte Alexander Nolte (D)   9 7 8 6     15
14 3 March 717 Chevrolet 707-1è717-1 Felder Racing Team Helmut Kelleners (D) 19 13 DNF   3 10 10 14
15 16 Abarth 2000SP   Osella Corse Arturo Merzario (I)           3   12
16 28 Alfa Romeo T33/3   Autodelta SpA Teodoro Zeccoli (I) 4         DNS   10
17 82 Ferrari 512M 1002 Escuderia Montjuich José Juncadella ( E) 5             8
18 27 Porsche 908/02   Ernst Kraus Ernst Kraus (D) 13 10 6 DNF     9 8
19 43 Porsche 917K P010 David Piper Racing Mario Casoni (I) 18         5   8
20 12 Alfa Romeo T33/3   Autodelta SpA Rolf Stommelen(D)   6           6
21 6 McLaren M8C Chevrolet   Racing Team VDS Teddy Pilette (B) DNS DNF 10   7   DNF 5
22 18 Porsche 908/02 908-022 Team Auto Usdau Hans-Dieter Weigel (D)     8 9       5
23 15 Abarth 2000SP   Osella Corse Vittorio Venturi (I)           7   4
24 46 Alfa Romeo T33/3-71   Hubert Ascher Klaus Reisch (A)   7       †   4
25 4 Lola T212 Ford SL210/09 Ecurie Bonnier Joachim Bonnier (S) 8         DNF   3
26 30 Porsche 917K P025 Racing Team Zitro Dominique Martin (CH) 9             2
27 62 Chevron B19 Ford   Clemens Schickentanz Clemens Schickentanz(D)       10       1
28 5 Lola T210 Ford SL210/06 Ecurie Bonnier Carlo Zuccoli (I) 10             1
29 14 Lola T212 Ford   Scuderia Filipinetti Alain Finkel (F) 11             0
30 41 Lola T70 Mk3B GT Chevrolet SL76/150 David Piper Racing Bob Wollek (F)   11           0
31 32 Lola T212 BMW Turbo   GS Tuning A. Schneider Dieter Basche (D)   DNS 11   DNF     0
32   Lola T212 Ford   Alex Janda Alex Janda (D)       11       0
33 60 Ferrari 312PB 878 SEFAC Ferrari Clay Regazzoni (CH)           11   0
34 36 Chevron B19 Ford   Michel Dupont Michel Dupont (CH) 17           11 0
35   Lola T210 Ford   Francesco Ghezzi Francesco Ghezzi (I) 12         DNF   0
36 48 Lola T70 Mk3 GT Chevrolet SL73/102 Bernd Seidler Bernd Seidler (CH)     12 13       0
37 66 Porsche 906     Barney Barnes (GB)       12       0
38 38 Lola T70 Mk3B GT Chevrolet SL76/138 Opposite Lock Club Mike Coombe (GB)             12 0
39 61 Porsche 906 2.2   Harald Link Harald Link (D)       15     13 0
40 14 Alfa Romeo T33/3-71 75080-011 Riccardo Benelli "Riccardone" (I) 14         DNF   0
41 32 Porsche 906   Scuderia Brescia Corse Franco Berruto (I) 15         DNF DNQ 0
42 34 Lola T212 Ford   Antonio Zadra Antonio Zadra (I) 20             0
43 70 Ferrari 512M 1044 Herbert Müller Herbert Müller (CH)       DNF     DNS 0
44 26 Ferrari 512M 1008 Herbert Müller Pedro Rodriguez (MEX)       †       0
45 7 Ferrari 512M 1050/1032 Scuderia Filipinetti Corrado Manfredini (I)           DNF   0
46 61 Ferrari Dino 206S 206S-018 Leandro Terra Leandro Terra (I)           DNF   0
47 8 Ford GT40 1019 Georges Crenier Georges Crenier (CH)   DNF DNF         0
48 50 Lola T222 Chevrolet HU222/03 C.Graeminger Racing Gérard Larousse (F)     DNF         0
49 43 McLaren M8C Chevrolet ML12-60-03 Siegfried Rieger Siegfried Rieger (D)   DNF DNF DNF     DNF 0
50 55 Porsche 908/02   Bosch Racing Team Otto Stuppacher (A)   DNF           0
51 31 Lola T210 Ford SL210/08 Lehmann Racing H Schulze-Schwering(CH)       DNF       0
52 63 Porsche 910 Spyder P026 Kurt Hild Kurt Hild (D)       DNF     DNF 0
53 19 Porsche 917K P022 Team Auto Usdau Willy Kaushen (D)   DNS           0
54 51 Lola T222 Chevrolet HU222/02 Ecurie Bonnier Gianpiero Moretti (I)   DNS           0
55 37 Lola T70 Mk3B GT Chevrolet SL76/145 Stefan Sklenar Stefan Sklenar (A)       DNS     DNQ 0
INTERSERIE 1971: FASTEST QUALIFIERS
rank # car chassis entrant racer #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 points
1 33 McLaren M8E Chevrolet   Sid Taylor Racing Castrol Peter Gethin (GB)/D Bell (GB)   1 1   8 1 4 73
2 11 Porsche 917PA 015è01-021 A.A.W. Racing Team Leo Kinnunen (SF) 10 6 6 5 1 4 6 57
3 10 McLaren M8E Chevrolet 80-01 Ecurie Evergreen Chris Craft (GB) 2 2 3 1       52
4 3 March 717 Chevrolet 707-1è717-1 Felder Racing Team Helmut Kelleners (D) 5 10 5   2 6 5 46
5 13 Porsche 917PA P007 Gesipa Racing Team Michel Weber (D) 8 9 8 6 5 8 2 42
6 1 Porsche 917PA P026 Jürgen Neuhaus Jürgen Neuheus (D) 6 8 7 4 4 9 7 37
7 38 BRM P167 Chevrolet P154-02èP167-01 BRM/Sid Taylor Castrol Rodriguez (MEX)/Redman(GB)   7       3 1 36
8 4 Lola T222 Chevrolet HU222/04 Ecurie Bonnier Vic Elford (GB)/Bonnier (S)     2 3   5 10 36
9 6 McLaren M8C Chevrolet   Racing Team VDS Teddy Pilette (B)   3     3   3 36
10 22 Ferrari 512M 1010 SEFAC Ferrari Arturo Merzario (I) 1             20
11 60 Ferrari 312PB 878 SEFAC Ferrari Clay Regazzoni (CH)           2   15
12 26 Ferrari 512M 1008 Herbert Müller Pedro Rodriguez (MEX)       2       15
13 17 Alfa Romeo T33/3   Autodelta SpA Hezemans (NL)/Facetti (I)   4       7   14
14 28 Alfa Romeo T33/3   Autodelta SpA Teodoro Zeccoli (I) 3             12
15 50 Lola T222 Chevrolet HU222/03 C.Graeminger Racing Gérard Larousse (F)     4         10
16 82 Ferrari 512M 1002 Escuderia Montjuich José Juncadella ( E) 4             10
17 32 Lola T212 BMW Turbo   GS Tuning A. Schneider Dieter Basche (D)     9   6     8
18 12 Alfa Romeo T33/3   Autodelta SpA Rolf Stommelen(D)   5           8
19 70 Ferrari 512M 1044 Herbert Müller Herbert Müller (CH)       7     8 7
20 25 Ferrari 512M 1024 Scuderia Brescia Corse "Pam" (I) 7     8       7
21 20 McLaren M8E Chevrolet 80-02 Gelo Racing Team Georg Loos (D)       9     9 4
22 44 Porsche 908/01   Alexander Nolte Alexander Nolte (D)         7     4
23 4 Lola T212 Ford SL210/09 Ecurie Bonnier Joachim Bonnier (S) 9             2
24 43 McLaren M8C Chevrolet ML12-60-03 Siegfried Rieger Siegfried Rieger (D)     10         1
25 21 Ferrari 512M 1018 Gelo Racing Team Loos (D)/Franz Pesch (D)       10       1
26 16 Abarth 2000SP   Osella Corse Arturo Merzario (I)           10   1

HERE YOU CAN FIND ALL STUFF TO BUILD A GOOD 1971 1/24TH INTERSERIE MODEL CAR