Brands Hatch Guards 6-hour race 1969 - Alfa Romeo GTA (J) #1
Added 2024-03-29 23:23:16 +0000 UTCOne of the prettier Alfa GTA liveries I've seen so far. This chassis, 775358, was restored and sold just over a decade ago, so the history is well documented:
Chassis number '775358' was first registered to Autodelta in Milan on 6th March 1969 and originally carried the registration 'MI-G70445'. Enrico Pinto first raced '775358' on 13th April 1969 at the Preis von Wien and drove the GTA to its first victory exactly seven days later at the Belgrade Grand Prix, winning the 1300cc class. On 11th May 1969 Pinto drove '775358' to an overall win at the Budapest Grand Prix, a 1st Division event in the European Touring Car Challenge. Pinto and the GTA also competed in that season's Brno Grand Prix, the Spa Francorchamps 24 Hours (with Teodoro Zeccoli) and at Brands Hatch on 21/22 June (with Rhoddy Harvey Bailey and Carlo Facetti). At the Nürburgring on 6th July 1969 Pinto/Facetti set the fastest lap and Pinto rounded off the GTA's debut season with a class win at Zandvoort on 31st August. Autodelta continued to pay road tax on the car until August 1971.
On 23rd February 1972, '775358' was sold to Granata Santino (Team Balduzzi) of Lodi, Italy who entered the Alfa in the Austria Trophae event at the Salzburgring where it was driven by the Yugoslav racer Drago Regvart, finishing in 10th place. Team Balduzzi continued to race the car throughout the 1972, '73 and '74 seasons.
This livery represents the car during it's career racing the 1969 ETCC. Round 6 was a 6 hour long endurance race for Group 2 and 5. It finished in 9th place overall.
