Manufacturers’ Trophies for Sports Prototypes and Championship for Sports Cars
Points system:
Finishing order Shorter events Longer events Le Mans
1st 9 points 10 points 12
2nd 6 7 9
3rd 4 5 7
4th 3 4 5
5th 2 3 4
6th 1 2 3
Leading up to Le Mans:
The first race of 1966 was a 24 hour one in America. The Ferrari team decided not to take part and left NART to field a P2 against the Fords :
Daytona 24 Hour February 5-6th .... a walk over by Ford taking first 3 places with a Ferrari 4th another Ford and a final Porsche.
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The next race was again in America a 12 hour race and SEFAC turned up:
Sebring 12 Hour March 26th another Ford taking first 3 places with Porsche, Ford, Porsche to follow.
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The Championship then moved back to Europe with a shorter race in Italy:
Monza 1000Km April 25th was won by the Surtees/Parkes driving a works Ferrari 330P3 from 2 Fords Whitmore/Gregory and Muller/Mairesse.
Fords decided to miss the next race as it was a street circuit race set in Sicily:
Targa Florio May 8th after a series of crashes a Porsche win over Ferrari.
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Next race was on the very fast circuit of Spa in Belgium:
Spa 1000Km May 22 won by Mike Parkes 330P3 followed by 4 Fords and a Dino
The final endurance race before Le Mans was in the mountains of Germany:
ADAC 1000 Km June 5th was a win by Chaparral followed by 2 Ferraris a Porsche and 2 Fords
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Then to France:
Le Mans 24 Hour 18-19th June: Follow our race this weekend
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