The 1966 World Sportscar Championship season was the 14th season of the FIA "World Sportscar Championship

World Sportscar Championship

The World Sportscar Championship was the world series run for sports car racing by the FIA from 1953 to 1992.The championship evolved from a small collection of the most important sportscar, endurance and road racing events in Europe and North America with dozens of gentleman drivers at the grid,...

" motor racing. It featured the 1966 International Manufacturers' Championship and the 1966 International Sports Car Championship, which were contested between February 5, 1966 and September 11, 1966, over a total of thirteen races. The International Manufacturers' Championship was open to Group 6 Sports-Protoypes 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 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.

IMC	ISCC S1	ISCC S2	ISCC S3	Race	Circuit or Location	Date
R 1	-	R 1	R 1	24 Hours of Daytona 24 Hours of Daytona The 24 Hours of Daytona, currently known as the Rolex 24 Daytona for sponsorship reasons, is a 24-hour sports car endurance race held annually at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. It is run on a combined road course, utilizing portions of the NASCAR tri-oval and an infield...	Daytona International Speedway Daytona International Speedway Daytona International Speedway is a race track in Daytona Beach, Florida, United States. Since opening in 1959, it has been the home of the Daytona 500, one of the most prestigious races in NASCAR. In addition to NASCAR, the track also hosts races of ARCA, AMA Superbike, Grand-Am and Motocross...	February 5 February 6
R 2	R 1	R 2	R 2	12 Hours of Sebring 12 Hours of Sebring The 12 Hours of Sebring is an annual motorsport endurance race for sports cars held at Sebring International Raceway, a former Army Air Force base in Sebring, Florida...	Sebring International Raceway	March 26
R 3	-	R 3	R 3	1000km Monza 1000km Monza The 1000 Kilometres of Monza is an endurance race mainly for sports cars held at Autodromo Nazionale Monza in Italy.The "Coppa Inter-Europa" was first held in 1949, on the circuit. The race expanded to 1000 kilometres in 1954, and moved to the 10-kilometre circuit in 1956. The event was...	Autodromo Nazionale Monza Autodromo Nazionale Monza The Autodromo Nazionale Monza is a race track located near the town of Monza, north of Milan, in Italy. The circuit's biggest event is the Formula One Italian Grand Prix, which has been hosted there since the sport's inception....	April 25
R 4	R 2	R 4	R 4	Targa Florio Targa Florio The Targa Florio was an open road endurance automobile race held in the mountains of Sicily near Palermo. Founded in 1906, it was the oldest sports car racing event, part of the World Sportscar Championship between 1955 and 1973...	Palermo Palermo Palermo is a city in Southern Italy, the capital of both the autonomous region of Sicily and the Province of Palermo. The city is noted for its history, culture, architecture and gastronomy, playing an important role throughout much of its existence; it is over 2,700 years old...	May 8
R 5	-	R 5	R 5	1000km Spa 1000km Spa The 1000 Kilometres of Spa-Francorchamps is an endurance race for sports cars held at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium.- History :The Spa 24 Hours had been introduced in 1924, and other races followed. As on the Nürburgring, both a 24-hour race for touring cars and GTs is held, and an...	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps The Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps is the venue of the Formula One Belgian Grand Prix and the Spa 24 Hours endurance race. It is also home to the all Volkswagen club event, 25 Hours of Spa, run by the Uniroyal Fun Cup. It is one of the most challenging race tracks in the world, mainly due to its...	May 25
R 6	R 3	R 6	R 6	1000km Nürburgring 1000km Nürburgring The ADAC 1000 km Nürburgring is an endurance race for sports cars held on the Nürburgring in Germany and organized by the ADAC since 1953.- History :...	Nürburgring Nürburgring The Nürburgring is a motorsport complex around the village of Nürburg, Germany. It features a modern Grand Prix race track built in 1984, and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and medieval castle of Nürburg in the Eifel mountains. It is located about...	June 5
R 7	-	R 7	R 7	24 Hours of Le Mans 24 Hours of Le Mans The 24 Hours of Le Mans is the world's oldest sports car race in endurance racing, held annually since near the town of Le Mans, France. Commonly known as the Grand Prix of Endurance and Efficiency, race teams have to balance speed against the cars' ability to run for 24 hours without sustaining...	Circuit de la Sarthe Circuit de la Sarthe The Circuit des 24 Heures, also known as Circuit de la Sarthe, located near Le Mans, France, is a semi-permanent race course most famous as the venue for the 24 Hours of Le Mans auto race. The track uses local roads that remain open to the public most of the year...	June 18 June 19
-	R 4	-	-	Mugello 500 km	Mugello Circuit Mugello Circuit Mugello Circuit is a race track in the Mugello region of Italy near Florence. Its length is . It has 15 turns and a long straight.Grand Prix motorcycle racing host an annual event here . Also, the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters hold an annual event. The track is property of Scuderia Ferrari which...	July 17
-	R 5	-	-	Coppa Citta di Enna	Autodromo di Pergusa Autodromo di Pergusa The Autodromo di Pergusa is an automobile and motorcycle circuit that encircles the only Sicilian natural lake, Pergusa Lake. The circuit is also known as Enna-Pergusa, as the lake is located near the city of Enna....	August 7
R 8	-	R 8	-	Hockenheim 500 km	Hockenheimring Hockenheimring The Hockenheimring Baden-Württemberg is an automobile racing track situated near the town of Hockenheim in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, located on Bertha Benz Memorial Route. Amongst other motor racing events, it biennially hosts the Formula One German Grand Prix...	August 14
-	R 6	R 9	R 8	Grosser Bergpreis der Schweiz	Crans-Montana Crans-Montana Crans-Montana is a ski resort in western Switzerland, in the heart of the Swiss Alps in the canton of Valais. It is located on a plateau above Sierre at an elevation of about 1500 m above sea level, allowing good view over the Valais Alps and Weisshorn in particular...	August 28
-	R 7	-	-	500 km Nürburgring	Nürburgring Nürburgring The Nürburgring is a motorsport complex around the village of Nürburg, Germany. It features a modern Grand Prix race track built in 1984, and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and medieval castle of Nürburg in the Eifel mountains. It is located about...	September 4
-	R 8	R 10	R 9	Austrian Sports Car Grand Prix 1000 km Zeltweg The 1000 km Zeltweg was an endurance sports car event held near Zeltweg, Austria. Originally based at the Zeltweg Airfield, the race moved to the Österreichring where it continued to be a regular event in the World Sportscar Championship.-History:In 1963, Formula One held its first exhibition...	Zeltweg Airfield Zeltweg Airfield Zeltweg Airfield, now known as Fliegerhorst Hinterstoisser, is a military airfield in Styria, Austria near Zeltweg. It is the main airfield of the Austrian Air Force.-Motorsports:...	September 11

Note: The Hockenheim 500 km race did not count towards the Over 2000cc division of the International Manufacturers Championship.

International Manufacturers Championship

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Position	Manufacturer	Day	Seb	Mon	Tar	Spa	Nur	LM	Hoc	Total
	Over 2000cc
1	Ford	10	10	-	-	6	-	12	-	38
2	Ferrari Ferrari Ferrari S.p.A. is an Italian sports car manufacturer based in Maranello, Italy. Founded by Enzo Ferrari in 1929, as Scuderia Ferrari, the company sponsored drivers and manufactured race cars before moving into production of street-legal vehicles as Ferrari S.p.A. in 1947...	(4)	-	10	10	9	7	-	-	36
3	Chaparral Chaparral Chaparral is a shrubland or heathland plant community found primarily in the U.S. state of California and in the northern portion of the Baja California peninsula, Mexico...	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	10
	Up to 2000cc
1	Porsche Porsche Porsche Automobil Holding SE, usually shortened to Porsche SE a Societas Europaea or European Public Company, is a German based holding company with investments in the automotive industry....	10	10	10	-	-	(5)	12	(9)	42
2	Ferrari Ferrari Ferrari S.p.A. is an Italian sports car manufacturer based in Maranello, Italy. Founded by Enzo Ferrari in 1929, as Scuderia Ferrari, the company sponsored drivers and manufactured race cars before moving into production of street-legal vehicles as Ferrari S.p.A. in 1947...	-	7	(4)	10	9	10	-	-	36
3	Alpine	-	-	-	-	7	-	5	-	22
4	Austin-Healey Austin-Healey Austin-Healey was a British sports car maker. The marque was established through a joint-venture arrangement, set up in 1952 between Leonard Lord of the Austin division of the British Motor Corporation and the Donald Healey Motor Company, a renowned automotive engineering and design...	-	3	-	5	2	3	-	(2)	13
5	Triumph Triumph Motor Company The Triumph Motor Company was a British car and motor manufacturing company. The Triumph marque is owned currently by BMW. The marque had its origins in 1885 when Siegfried Bettmann of Nuremberg initiated S. Bettmann & Co and started importing bicycles from Europe and selling them with his own...	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7
6	Abarth Abarth Abarth is an Italian racing car maker founded by Austrian-Italian Carlo Abarth and Italian Armando Scagliarini in Turin in 1949. Its logo depicts a stylized scorpion on a red and yellow background.- History :...	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	4
	ASA ASA (automobile) The ASA was an Italian automobile created by Giotto Bizzarrini and manufactured by the Bizzarrini company in Milan from 1964 to 1969...	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	4
8	Lotus Lotus Cars Lotus Cars is a British manufacturer of sports and racing cars based at the former site of RAF Hethel, a World War II airfield in Norfolk. The company designs and builds race and production automobiles of light weight and fine handling characteristics...	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3

International Sports Car Championship

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Position	Manufacturer	Day	Seb	Mon	Tar	Spa	Nur	LM	Mug	Enn	Hoc	Sch	Nur	Aus	Total
	Division I (Up to 1300cc)
1	Abarth Abarth Abarth is an Italian racing car maker founded by Austrian-Italian Carlo Abarth and Italian Armando Scagliarini in Turin in 1949. Its logo depicts a stylized scorpion on a red and yellow background.- History :...	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	9	9	-	(4.5)	9	(9)	37
2	Alpine	-	10	-	10	-	4	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	28
3	Alfa Romeo Alfa Romeo Alfa Romeo Automobiles S.p.A. is an Italian manufacturer of cars. Founded as A.L.F.A. on June 24, 1910, in Milan, the company has been involved in car racing since 1911, and has a reputation for building expensive sports cars...	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
	Division II (1301 to 2000cc)
1	Porsche Porsche Porsche Automobil Holding SE, usually shortened to Porsche SE a Societas Europaea or European Public Company, is a German based holding company with investments in the automotive industry....	10	10	-	10	(6)	10	12	-	-	9	(4.5)	-	(9)	61
2	Alfa Romeo Alfa Romeo Alfa Romeo Automobiles S.p.A. is an Italian manufacturer of cars. Founded as A.L.F.A. on June 24, 1910, in Milan, the company has been involved in car racing since 1911, and has a reputation for building expensive sports cars...	-	7	10	5	-	3	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	27
3	Lotus Lotus Cars Lotus Cars is a British manufacturer of sports and racing cars based at the former site of RAF Hethel, a World War II airfield in Norfolk. The company designs and builds race and production automobiles of light weight and fine handling characteristics...	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9
4	Volvo Volvo AB Volvo is a Swedish builder of commercial vehicles, including trucks, buses and construction equipment. Volvo also supplies marine and industrial drive systems, aerospace components and financial services...	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
	Division III (Over 2000cc)
1	Ford	10	10	10	10	9	(10)	-	-	-	-	-	-	(9)	49
2	Ferrari Ferrari Ferrari S.p.A. is an Italian sports car manufacturer based in Maranello, Italy. Founded by Enzo Ferrari in 1929, as Scuderia Ferrari, the company sponsored drivers and manufactured race cars before moving into production of street-legal vehicles as Ferrari S.p.A. in 1947...	5	-	4	7	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	23
3	Shelby Shelby - Place names :In the United States of America:* Shelby, Indiana* Shelby, Iowa* Shelby Charter Township, Michigan, in Macomb County* Shelby Township, Michigan, in Oceana County** Shelby, Oceana County, Michigan, a village* Shelby, Mississippi* Shelby, Montana...	-	7	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11

The Cars

The following models contributed to the nett points awarded to their respective manufacturers in the two championships.

International Manuafacturers Championship - Over 2000cc

• Ford Mk II and Ford X-1
• Ferrari 365P2/3, Ferrari 330P3 & Ferrari 250 LM
• Chaparral 2D

International Manuafacturers Championship - Over 2000cc

• Porsche 906
  Porsche 906
  The Porsche 906 or Carrera 6 was the last street-legal racing car from Porsche. It was announced in January 1966 and 50 examples were subsequently produced, thus meeting the homologation requirements of the FIA's new Group 4 Sports Car category to the letter...
  
  
• Ferrari Dino 206P
• Alpine-Renault A210
• Austin-Healey Sprite
  Austin-Healey Sprite
  The Austin-Healey Sprite is a small open sports car which was announced to the press in Monte Carlo by the British Motor Corporation on 20 May 1958, just before that year's Monaco Grand Prix. It was intended to be a low-cost model that "a chap could keep in his bike shed", yet be the successor to...
  
  
• Triumph LM
• Abarth 1300 OT
• ASA 411
• Lotus 23B BMW
  BMW
  Bayerische Motoren Werke AG is a German automobile, motorcycle and engine manufacturing company founded in 1916. It also owns and produces the Mini marque, and is the parent company of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars. BMW produces motorcycles under BMW Motorrad and Husqvarna brands...
  
  

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
  Porsche 906
  The Porsche 906 or Carrera 6 was the last street-legal racing car from Porsche. It was announced in January 1966 and 50 examples were subsequently produced, thus meeting the homologation requirements of the FIA's new Group 4 Sports Car category to the letter...
  
  
• Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ2
• Lotus Elan
  Lotus Elan
  Lotus Elan is the name of two convertible cars and one fixed head coupé produced by Lotus Cars. The original Type 26, 26R Racing version , 36R Racing version , 36 Fixed Head Coupe, 45 Drop Head Coupe, and the "Type 50" +2 Coupe, circa 1962 to 1975, are commonly known as the '60s Elans...
  
  
• Volvo P1800
  Volvo P1800
  -History:The project was started in 1957 because Volvo wanted a sports car, despite the fact that their previous attempt, the P1900, had been a disaster, with only 68 cars sold. The man behind the project was an engineering consultant to Volvo, Helmer Petterson, who in the 1940s was responsible for...
  
  

International Sports Car Championship - Division 3

• Ford GT40
  Ford GT40
  The Ford GT40 was a high performance sports car and winner of the 24 hours of Le Mans four times in a row, from 1966 to 1969...
  
  
• Ferrari 250 GTO
  Ferrari 250 GTO
  The Ferrari 250 GTO is a GT car which was produced by Ferrari from 1962 to 1964 for homologation into the FIA's Group 3 Grand Touring Car category....
  
   & Ferrari 250 LM
• Shelby Cobra

External links

• 1966 Sports Car racing images at www.racingsportscars.com