GP Brugger Schachen 2013 - Oval spectacle for the eyes, nose and ears

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Created on June 23, 2013

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The GP Brugger Schachen took place for the first time on June 22, 2013. There were already role models with "Indianapolis" Oerlikon and the Lenzerheide Motor Classics, but the fact that the event was blessed with good weather and an impressive turnout of spectators could probably not have been foreseen in advance, so the organizers and participants were all the more delighted.

Bild Alfa Romeo Giulia 1.6 TI (1969) - am GP Brugger Schachen 2013

The charm of four bends

The small town of Brugg is located between Aarau, Basel and Zurich and has just over 10,000 inhabitants. In Brugg's "Schachen", which is actually a district of Brugg, there is a picturesque little circuit between trees and the course of the Aare, which is normally used for bicycle races.

For once, however, around 150 sports and racing vehicles, including around 30 motorcycles, took to the oval. The circuit, consisting of four ninety-degree bends and two long, slightly curved straights as well as two crossovers, did not prove to be very demanding in terms of driving, but the short distance of just under one kilometer had positive aspects for the spectators, as the vehicles passed the grandstand frequently.

Bild Berkeley B 95 (1960) - am GP Brugger Schachen 2013

Due to the narrow track width, overtaking maneuvers were only possible with mutual consideration and the maximum speed was limited by a fast-moving "pace car".

Without interruption

After the obligatory drivers' briefing, the race started on time at 09:00 and then continued almost without interruption into the evening hours. Nine racing fields, cozy Corsi of classic cars and military vehicles alternated with each other. As soon as one field had left the course, the next one was led onto the track.

The course was tightly controlled by the race management and felt perfectly organized from a spectator's perspective.

Crowd of spectators

The grandstand along the first straight was already filling up in the early hours of the morning, and the spectators were packed along the edge of the track. The queues in front of the barbecue grew longer and longer towards midday. Thanks to pleasant temperatures and mostly sunny weather, the efforts of the organizers were rewarded with an impressive crowd.

However, the lines thinned out relatively early in the afternoon, perhaps as a result of the somewhat evenly paced program, which saw the individual fields take to the track three times. Perhaps additional and special attractions between the runs could have provided a little more excitement.

Diverse field of vehicles

Around 150 vehicles were entered, the oldest an American La France Type 10 Speedster from 1915, offering almost 100 years of automotive history to look at, listen to and smell.

Bild American La France Type 10 Speedster (1915) - am GP Brugger Schachen 2013

Three motorcycle groups, three sports and touring car fields and three racing car fields were at the start, supplemented by the "FABAM" group, which showed a cross-section of road and luxury vintage cars, as well as the military parade, which even included a Panzer 68 tank making its bloodcurdling rounds.

The unusual buckle dart

Christian Hartmann drove a vehicle that many spectators were probably seeing for the first time around the oval: the white convertible was a Buckle Dart from Australia. Bill Buckle had imported large numbers of Googomobil chassis at the end of the 1950s and fitted them with plastic bodies modeled on the original from Germany.

Bild Buckle Dart (1959) - am GP Brugger Schachen 2013

For the Buckle Dart, however, racing engineer Stan Brown designed a beautiful open two-seater body made of fiberglass without doors. The car weighed around 380 kg and the two-stroke engine produced 15 hp or more, depending on the precision work and displacement. Of the approximately 700 units produced, only a few are likely to have survived, and even fewer are likely to have found their way to continental Europe.

Saab Sonett with a two-stroke sound

Another rarity is the Saab Sonett II from 1966, which was launched in Brugg. Built in 1966, it is one of the early models with a two-stroke engine, which with 60 hp, approx. 660 kg and around 170 km/h was also successful in racing. The two-stroke engine driving the front wheels soon had to make way for a more modern four-stroke V4 engine, which benefited the exhaust plume but reduced competitiveness in racing.

Bild Saab Sonett II (1966) - am GP Brugger Schachen 2013

Four times three wheels

Three Morgan Three Wheelers took part in Field 3, which was also made up of motorcycle sidecars. Equipped with engines of between 1.1 and 1.3 liters displacement, the three vehicles with single rear wheels demonstrated how Henry Frederick Stanley Morgan produced them from 1911 as an inexpensive motorized vehicle. The three models equipped with V2 front engines, which were built between 1929 and 1933, delighted the spectators with their special appearance and the spirited drivers.

Bild Morgan Three Wheeler (1929) - am GP Brugger Schachen 2013

It was not planned that a fourth car would become a three-wheeler. Shortly after the chequered flag was lowered, a Fiat Abarth 850 TC Nürburgring lost its left rear wheel and had to leave the track on the recovery vehicle.

Bild Fiat Abarth 850 TC Nürburgring (1962) - am GP Brugger Schachen 2013

Purebred racing cars

In addition to rare road vehicles, racing car rarities from past eras were also on display on the oval. The pre-war fraction was particularly well represented with Alvis, Riley, Ford, Nash, Amilcar, American La France, Alfa Romeo, MG and Healey, while Georg Kaufmann's Maserati 250 F represented the Grand Prix cars of the fifties.

Bild Maserati 250 F (1956) - am GP Brugger Schachen 2013

Many road cars optimized for racing such as the Talbot Sunbeam Lotus, two Opel Kadett GT/E or several MG and Triumph racing sports cars kept the racing fans entertained.

Small mishaps

Technical problems plagued the one or other participant and repeatedly led to the safety and recovery vehicle being called out. However, many of the stranded sports and racing cars were repaired and could be seen again as the event progressed.

Unfortunately, some of the expected cars never took to the circuit, especially the field of formula and racing sports cars was very thin and in other fields there were only a handful or fewer participants on the track at the end of the twenty-minute "stints" due to technical difficulties.

Bild Shelby 289 Daytona (1965) - am GP Brugger Schachen 2013

However, the spectators were satisfied and toasted each other in the marquee in the hope that this new event would be continued in the future.

In addition to the picture gallery in this event report, there are two additional galleries showing practically all the participating vehicles in over 400 pictures.

Participating vehicles

The following list shows all participating cars (including the three Morgan Three Wheelers). The list can be sorted by clicking on the column heading.

Field	Start no.	Make	Type	Year	cm3	HORSEPOWER
R3	301	Morgan	Three Wheeler	1929	1100	60
R3	302	Morgan	Three Wheeler	1930	1300	90
R3	303	Morgan	Three Wheeler SS	1933	1325	48
R4	401	Buckle	Dart	1959	400	25
R4	402	Swallow Doretti	Shapecraft-Car.	1954	2000	120
R4	403	Porsche	356 PRE-A	1954	1500	75
R4	404	Austin Healey	100 Six	1958	2693	102
R4	405	Berkeley	B95	1960	692	45
R4	406	Fiat Abarth	850 TC Nürburgring	1962	850	55
R4	407	Porsche	356 B Cabriolet	1961	1600	90
R4	408	Porsche	356 Speedster	1956	1600	60
R4	409	Aston Martin	DB 2/4 MKIII	1958	3000	178
R4	410	Sunbeam	Harringston le Mans	1962	1600	106
R4	411	Ford (GB)	Cortina GT	1963	1498	76
R4	412	Ford Galaxie	500 XL 427 R-Code	1964	7000	450
R4	413	Saab	Sonnet II	1966	841	60
R4	414	Lotus	Europe S2	1968	1470	90
R4	415	Morris	Cooper S	1968	1298	90
R4	416	Morris	Cooper S	1969	1275	85
R4	417	Porsche	911 S Coupé	1969	2200	180
R5	501	Lotus	Elan S2	1966	1598	170
R5	502	Fisher	Fury	1970	2000	160
R5	503	Fiat	Dino Spyder	1968	1987	160
R5	504	Fiat	Dino Coupé 2400	1971	2418	180
R5	505	Fiat	124 Spider	1974	1600	100
R5	506	Ford	Capri 2600 RS	1972	2600	170
R5	507	BMW	2002	1973	1990	100
R5	508	BMW	2002 Turbo	1974	2000	160
R5	509	Alfa Romeo	Giulia Nuova Super 1600	1978	1567	103
R5	510	Alfa Romeo	Spider 2.0	1990	1998	130
R5	511	Alfa Romeo	Montreal	1974	2600	200
R5	512	Lotus	Esprit S2	1979	1970	163
R5	513	Toyota	Celica GT TA 22	1973	1589	160
R5	514	Datsun	280 ZXR	1979	2800	200
R5	515	Ferrari	328 GTS	1988	3184	280
R5	516	Ferrari	365 GTC	1969	4390	320
R6	601	American La France	Type 10 Speedster	1915	9400	85
R6	602	Ford	T Racer	1918	2900	60
R6	603	Amilcar	C6	1927	1100	100
R6	604	Buick8	Indy Racer	1930	3800	140
R6	605	Nash	480 Aeropower	1930	4300	120
R6	606	Alvis	Grenfell	1932	2500	150
R6	607	Riley	Special	1934	1808	160
R6	608	MG	PB supercharged	1936	999	80
R6	609	MG	PB Magna	1936	1272	50
R6	610	Alvis	Silver Eagle	1937
R6	611	Alfa Romeo	6C 2500 SS Corsa	1939	2500	140
R6	612	Healey	Silverstone Type E	1950	2446	110
R7	701	Fiat Abarth	695 SS Assetto Corsa	1967	689	40
R7	702	Fiat Abarth	595	1970	594	30
R7	703	Alfa Romeo	Giulia 1.6 Tl	1969	2000	130
R7	704	Alfa Romeo	Giulia GT Autodelta	1965	1567	160
R7	705	Alfa Romeo	Giulia Sprint GT Autodelta	1965	1600	169
R7	706	Ford	Anglia	1965	1600	126
R7	707	Ford	Escort TC	1968	1593	160
R7	708	Triumph	Spitfire MK III	1967	1300	142
R7	709	Jensen Healey	1120Mkl	1974	1972	144
R7	710	Ginetta	G4	1968	1600	180
R7	711	Porsche	911 (901)	1965	200	180
R7	712	NSU	1200 TT	1972	1200	75
R7	713	NSU	1200 TT	1969	1200	85
R7	714	NSU	1200 TT	1971	1177	90
R7	715	Lancia	Fulvia 1.3 S	1972	1298	90
R7	716	Citroën	Aschigs 12	1972	1220	65
R7	717	VW	Beetle 11	1970	2000	180
R7	718	VW	Beetle	1969	3000	250
R8	801	BMW	2002 Tii	1971	1990	130
R8	802	BMW	2002 Tii Gr. 2	1968	2000	200
R8	803	BMW	2002 Tii	1972	1999	200
R8	804	Opel	Kadett GT/E	1978	2000	149
R8	805	Opel	Kadett GT/E Coupé	1978	2000	150
R8	806	Porsche	914-6	1972	2400	200
R8	807	Renault Alpine	A110	1973	1606	160
R8	808	Talbot Sunbeam	Lotus	1980	2140	200
R8	809	VW GOLF	Golf	1981	1600	200
R8	810	Triumph	GT6	1967	2000	200
R8	811	MG	GTS	1965	1848	170
R8	812	MG	CGTV8	1970	3900	300
R8	813	Datsun	Fairlady Z	1975	2800	295
R8	814	Shelby 289	Daytona	1965	4900	430
R8	815	De Tomaso	Pantera 874	1972	5763	400
R9	901	Maserati	250F	1956	2493	270
R9	902	Beach	MK5	1964	1192	55
R9	903	Brabham	BT 16 Formula 2	1965	1600	184
R9	904	Tecno	Formule 4	1963		250
R9	905	Royale	Super-Vau	1973	1600	130
R9	906	Ralt	RT1 BMW	1976	2000	200
R9	907	Porsche	917 (R)	1970
R9	908	Fox	Formula Super V	1972	1600	130
R9	909	Ford	Formula 1600	1984	1600	105
R9	910	Tiga SF 84	Formula Ford	1984	2000	135
R9	911	Lola	T4/0		1600	170
R9	912	Gebhardt	C2 Le Mans	1984	3500	600
FABAM	F1	Citroën	5 CV	1922	856	11
FABAM	F10	MG	A	1962	1622	85
FABAM	F11	MG	B	1965	1800	90
FABAM	F12	MG	B	1964	1800	75
FABAM	F13	Lotus	Elan S1	1964	1600	170
FABAM	F14	Mercedes Benz	220 SE	1964	2195	120
FABAM	F15	Volvo	121 /Amazon	1965	1780	75
FABAM	F16	Volvo	P1800	1966	1779	108
FABAM	F17	VW	Beetle 1303	1974	1584	50
FABAM	F18	Jaguar	E Series 1	1967	4200	265
FABAM	F19	Mercedes Benz	280	1968	2778	170
FABAM	F2	Rolls-Royce	Phantom II	1929	7688
FABAM	F20	Morgan	4/4	1973	1600	110
FABAM	F21	Ford	Capri 2.3 S GT	1982	2294	114
FABAM	F3	Mercedes Benz	230 A	1937	2228	55
FABAM	F4	Citroën	11 BL Tract.Avant	1938	1911	58
FABAM	F5	MG	Y Tourer	1949	1250	56
FABAM	F6	Peugeot	203 C	1954	1290	45
FABAM	F7	Chevrolet	With Air Convertible	1957	4340	163
FABAM	F8	Austin Healey	Frogeye	1960	948	44
FABAM	F9	Chevrolet	Impala	1962	4637	23