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1966 World Sportscar Championship

Racing tournament

The 1966 World Sportscar Championship season was the 14th season of the FIA "World Sportscar Championship" motor racing. It featured the 1966 International Manufacturers' Championship and the 1966 International Sports Car Championship, 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). 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.

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	ISCC
S1	ISCC
S2	ISCC
S3	Race	Circuit or Location	Date	R 1	-	R 1	R 1	R 2	R 1	R 2	R 2	R 3	-	R 3	R 3	R 4	R 2	R 4	R 4	R 5	-	R 5	R 5	R 6	R 3	R 6	R 6	R 7	-	R 7	R 7	-	R 4	-	-	-	R 5	-	-	R 8	-	R 8	-	-	R 6	R 9	R 8	-	R 7	-	-	-	R 8	R 10	R 9
United States [24 Hours of Daytona](24-hours-of-daytona)	Daytona International Speedway	5 February
6 February
United States [12 Hours of Sebring](12-hours-of-sebring)	Sebring International Raceway	26 March
Italy [1000km Monza](1000km-monza)	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	25 April
Italy [1966 Targa Florio](1966-targa-florio)	Circuito delle Madonie	8 May
Belgium [1000km Spa](1000km-spa)	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	25 May
Germany [1000km Nürburgring](1000km-nurburgring)	Nürburgring	5 June
France [1966 24 Hours of Le Mans](1966-24-hours-of-le-mans)	Circuit de la Sarthe	18 June
19 June
Italy Mugello 500 km	Mugello Circuit	17 July
Italy Coppa Città di Enna	Autodromo di Pergusa	7 August
Germany Großer Preis von Hockenheim	Hockenheimring	14 August
Switzerland Grosser Bergpreis der Schweiz	Crans-Montana	28 August
Germany 500 km Nürburgring	Nürburgring	4 September
Austria [Austrian Sports Car Grand Prix](1000-km-zeltweg)	Zeltweg Airfield	September 11

Note: The Großer Preis von Hockenheim did not count towards the Over 2000cc division of the International Manufacturers Championship.

Results

International Manufacturers Championship

8	Lotus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3

International Sports Car Championship

Ford GT 40 - Whitmore-Neerpasch 1966-06-03.jpg|Ford GT40 Mk.I as Sportscar 1966-05-08 Targa Florio WINNER Porsche 906 Mairesse Müller.png|Porsche 906 as Sportscar, Winner of Targa Florio 1966 Trieste-Opicina Fiat-Abarth OT 1300 Avventurieri.jpg|Abarth OT 1300

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 2D

International 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 BMW

International Sports Car Championship - Division 1

Abarth 1300 OT
Alpine Renault M65 & Alpine Renault A110
Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ

International Sports Car Championship - Division 2

Porsche 904 GTS & Porsche 906
Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ2
Lotus Elan
Volvo P1800

International Sports Car Championship - Division 3

Ford GT40
Ferrari 250 GTO & Ferrari 250 LM
Shelby Cobra

References

[http://wspr-racing.com/wspr/results/wscc/tablemsmakes.html World Championship - final positions and tables at wspr-racing.com] Retrieved on 12 December 2010
which were contested between 5 February 1966 and September 11, 1966, over a total of thirteen races.[http://wspr-racing.com/wspr/results/wscc/ms1966.html World Championship 1966 at wspr-racing.com] Retrieved on 12 December 2010
[http://www.imca-slotracing.com/QUIZZ1.htm FIA's new rules starting the 1966 season] Retrieved on 12 December 2010
(2010-05-04). "5Oth TARGA FLORIO 1966".

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