IN spite of being limited to the small 3.2-kilometre L-shaped circuit on Zeltweg aerodrome, the Austrian Automobile Club courageously organised a straight-forward 500-kilometre (300 miles) race for Group 4 homologated sports cars (50 off). They invited an interesting entry of twenty-two starters, in three groups, over 2,000 c.c., up to 2,000 c.c. and up to 5,300 c.c., the large class comprising privately-owned Ford GT40 coupes, Ferrari 275LM coupes and a pair of 7-litre Cobras; the middle group was all Porsche Carrera Six coupes and a lone Lotus Elan, and the small group was an all Fiat-Abarth 1300 coupe affair.
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