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The 1966 International Manufacturers' Championship and International Sports Car Championship seasons were the 14th season of the FIA World Sportscar Championship. It was a series for Sportscars and Grand Touring, with Sportscars being divided into Sports (S) and Prototype (P) classes, while Grand Touring cars were referred to simply as GT. It ran from February 5, 1966 to September 11, 1966, and was consisted of 13 races.

As in the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans, Ford managed to beat Ferrari, in both the P and S categories over 2 litres. Up to 2 litres, Porsche won both categories, beating Ferrari (P) and Alfa Romeo (S). As usual, Abarth took the small P category up to 1300cc.

[edit] Schedule

Although the series consisted of 13 races, each class did not compete in all events. Some events were for one class, while others were combined events.

Rnd	Race	Circuit or Location	Competitors	Date
1	24 Hours of Daytona	Daytona International Speedway	Both	February 5 February 6
2	12 Hours of Sebring	Sebring International Raceway	Both	March 26
3	1000km Monza	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	Both	April 25
4	Targa Florio	Palermo	Both	May 8
5	1000km Spa	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	Both	May 25
6	1000km Nürburgring	Nürburgring	Both	June 5
7	24 Hours of Le Mans	Circuit de la Sarthe	Both	June 18 June 19
8	Mugello 500km	Mugello Circuit	Both	July 17
9	Coppa Citta di Enna	Autodromo di Pergusa	Sportscar	August 7
10	Hockenheim 500km	Hockenheimring	Sportscar	August 14
11	Grosser Bergpreis der Schweiz	Crans-Montana	Both	August 28
12	500km Nürburgring	Nürburgring	Both	September 4
13	Austrian Sports Car Grand Prix	Zeltweg Airfield	Sportscar	September 11

[edit] External links

• 1966 World Sportscar Championship events
• 1966 World Sportscar Championship tables

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