Toine Hezemans

Toine Hezemans (born 15 April 1943 in Eindhoven[1]) is a former Dutch touring and prototype racing car driver in 1960s and 1970s. After retiring from racing, Hezemans spent some time as a manager of Phoenix Carsport team. One of the drivers was his son Mike Hezemans.[2]

Toine Hezemans at the Circuit Zandvoort in 1973

Hezemans won the European Touring Car Championship in 1970 with Alfa Romeo GTAm and in 1973 with BMW 3.0 CSL and 1975 Euro GT class with Porsche 934. In the 1970s Hezemans drove also Alfa Romeo Tipo 33 prototype racers, winning the 1971 Targa Florio with Nino Vaccarella in an Alfa Romeo 33/3.[3]

Toine has 2 sons, Mike Hezemans and Loris Hezemans.

Wins

• Winner of the European Touring Car Championship 1970 and 1973
• Winner of the Targa Florio 1971
• Winner of the Spa 24 Hours 1973
• Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans in the TS category 1973 and GTS category in 1975
• Winner of the European GT Championship 1976
• Winner of the 24 Hours of Daytona 1978
• Winner of the 6 Hours of Watkins Glen 1978

Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Driver(s)	Car	Class	Laps	Pos	Class Pos
1970	Autodelta SpA	Masten Gregory	Alfa Romeo T33/3	P 3.0	5	DNF	DNF
1973	BMW Motorsport	Dieter Quester	BMW 3.0 CSL	TS 5.0	307	11	1
1975	Gelo Racing Team	Gijs van Lennep	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	GTS	316	5	1
		John Fitzpatrick
		Manfred Schurti
1976	Gelo Racing Team	Tim Schenken	Porsche 934	Gp.4 GT	277	16	2
1977	Gelo Racing Team	Tim Schenken	Porsche 935	Gr. 5	269	DNF	DNF
		Hans Heyer
1978	Weisberg Gelo Team	John Fitzpatrick	Porsche 935/77	Gr.5 +2.0	19	DNF	DNF

References

1. "Hezemans, Toine (NL)". teamdan.com/people. Retrieved 2008-09-21.
2. Toine Hezemans profile on SnapLap: Toine Hezemans profile on SnapLap, accessdate: 11. heinäkuuta July
3. "Toine". historicracing.com. Retrieved 2010-10-12.