Nurburgring 1000k 1966 8mm footage

8mm film converted to DV. Nurburgring 1966. Action starts at 2:04

A good friend of mine provided this footage shot by his father. His father is now deceased. During cleanup of said father's house, this footage was found.

Thanks to user Automobiliac for identifying the year and locale of this race!

Chaparral, Ford GT-40s, Porsche 906's, and quite a few Abarth's in this footage as well!

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• GT40
• GT-40
• Porsche
• 906

[automobiliac]

Fascinating footage!

I am not trying at all to be a troll at all, but I do believe that this footage is from the Nurburgring, not Le Mans. Despite the LeMans style start, I recognize the starting tower from the Nurburgring, and most of the ads are for German companies. Also the layout of the front straight is consistent with the Nurbgring. I have a strong feeling that this is the Nuburgring 1000km sports car race, but I need to do more research to figure out the exact year.

[shagnsti]

@automobiliac - No trolling suspected LOL! You are correct! This is "The Ring" and turns out it was 1966.

A friend of a friend who worked with USF1 and a big Auto Racing historian buff tagged it by researching the Chaparral history that was in the film...

This is indeed 1966, which would fit the timeframe(s) of when the owner of the footage would've been in Europe (Although he was just a little tyke at the time).

Thank you for helping identify this vid's locale and timeframe!

[marcosfastback]

phantastic document of the unic victory of the chaparral prototype in 1966.

look at the huge starting grid and lots of little gt cars, most names are forgotten today.

it was the golden period of sports car racing, such times will never come again.

[WanganWarrior]

This is awesome!

[automobiliac]

@automobiliac

Also the famous Nurburg castle is visible at 3:24, so that is a positive ID!

I am guessing that this is 1966 based on the Chaparral which was actually the race winner, driven by Phil Hill and Jo Bonnier!