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This was the PROGRAMof the 2001 ABARTH MEETING BELGIUM

June 2nd 2001

 It didn't happen since long that an Abarth went home withthe Winners Cup. Guy Moerenhout, former professional rally driver and Abarthspecialist for about six years now, has won with his co Filip De Muynckin their Abarth Monomille Scorpione GT 1960 the real tough rally Antwerpen-Middelkerke-Antwerpen.

Antwerpen-Middelkerke-Antwerpen is a 450 km rallye all through halfof the northern part of Belgium, with
thiny slippery roads, sometimes gravel and mud. The last because ofthe heavy rains in that weekend. From Antwerpen alongside the border withthe Netherlands all the way to the Belgian Coast and back all through theprovince of East of Flanders. 100 cars took the start, all built before1975. There were Porsches and BMW's, MG's and Triumphs, Lagondas and Bentleys.Only three Abarths: Guy's Monomille and two 696 (at the wheel Koos Visserand in the other car his daughter Elke!).

In the first of the three sections, Guy and Filip made an error andtook a lot of penalty points for arriving late at the Control. After the2nd section they were second (!) and at the finish they had already takenthe 1st place.

Guy: "It's amazing, the car with the smallestengine (1000cc) won the rally. I’m especially happy because most of theriders who participated already last year, tell that it was the toughestrally they’ve been in for years.”
 

Results
Experts
1. Moerenhout/De Muynck(1960 Abarth Monomille 1000 Scorpione GT) 955 ptn; 2. Munda/Melin (1965VW Kever) 1.619; 3. Thijs/Moors (1965 Renault R8 Gordini) 2.228,25; 4.Vanderspinnen/Tuts (Alfa Romeo, Giulietta) 2.724,98; 5. Claeys/Planckaert(1973 Ford Escort Mk I) 2.897,07; 6. Debruyne/De Pla (1974 Ford EscortMk I) 3.234,43; 7. De Vos/Van Dolder (1968 MG B GT) 4.707,80; 8. De Clerck/DeClerck (1970 Morris Cooper S) 5.102,17; 9. Janssens/Pessers (1965 TriumphTR4) 8.649; 10. De Jaeghere/Van Uffel (1959 Triumph TR3) 11.754; 11. Kleyn/Veltman(1972 Lancia Fulvia) 12.943,60; 12. Van Gorp/Roes (1969 Austin Healey Sprite)13.060,70; 13. Dielen/Vermeulen (1955 Triumph TR2) 15.473; 14. Winters/Vanden Rul (16.024; 15. Geebelen/Martens (1965 Porsche 911 S)17.512,92; 16.Brouwers/Van Heuvelen (1974 Jensen Healey) 20.000; 17. de Zoete/van deLustgraaf (MG C GT) 23.904; enz.
Touring
1. Wuyts/De Bie (1958 MGA Coupé) 1.366; 2. Crijns/Verschoren (1934 Lagonda LG 45) 1.382;3. Baert/Ampe (1975 BMW 2002 TI) 1.653,75; 4. Van Noolen/Van den Brouck((1974 Ford Escort) 1.741,57; 5. Van Sprundel/Hofkens (1966 Ford CortinaGT) 2.058; 6. Czech/Czech (1965 Austin Healey) 2.069,92; 7. Van Hassel/Vissers(1971 MG B GT) 2.138,10; 8. Heirwegh/Bastini (1964 Austin Mini 850) 2.317,20;9. Wagemans/Van Doren (1966 MG B GT) 2.411,80; 10. Bakhuys/Roozeboom/Spoelstra(1951 MG TD); 11. Van Doren/De Laere (1972 BMW 1800) 2.863,60; 12. Henry/DeVrieze (1972 Volvo 144) 3.198; 13. Van de Zalm/Van de Zalm (1970 Daf 55Sedan) 3.527,67; 14. Laroye/Van Schependom (1968 MG B) 3.608; 15. Van Suypeene/DeCloedt (1964 Ford Cortina GT) 3.774,10; enz.
Novices
1. De Boey/De Boey (1973BMW 2002) 1.871; 2. Van Heste/Hoppenbrouwers (1936 Riley Sprite) 2.426;3. Maerten/Van den Wijngaert (1973 Triumph Spitfire) 5.471; 4. Vandamme/Vandenberghe(1966 Ford Mustang) 6.266; 5. Claes/Speeckaert (1973 Morgan 4/4) 6.274;enz.