Antoine Emile"Toine"Hezemans(born 15 April 1943, inEindhoven[1]) is a Dutch former touring and prototype racing car driver in the 1960s and 1970s. After retiring from racing, Hezemans started manufacturingkartingengines. He developed the Rotax 100 cc engines into a World championship winner in his new factory at Eindhoven Airport in Holland. His Rotax engines won 10 times the world championships in various classes and wiped out the Italian karting competition. He sold his company Bombardier Rotax Holland b.v. back to Bombardier in Canada in 1996. In 2000 he started his own team with Dodge Vipers and won numerous races in the Gt 1 Championship. He made a deal with GM in the USA and got hold of 2 Corvettes C6 and was successful privateer Team, winning 2 times the 24 hours of Spa. One of the drivers was his son, Mike Hezemans. Even today he has aEuropean Nascarteam where his sons Loris Hezemans and Liam Hezemans won the European Nascar championships 3 times. Since 1978, he is very active in real estate projects inMiami,BrusselsandAmsterdam.[2]
| Antoine Emile "Toine" Hezemans | |
|---|---|
 Toine Hezemans at theCircuit Zandvoortin 1973 | |
| Born | April 15, 1943 Eindhoven,Netherlands |
Hezemans won theEuropean Touring Car Championshipin 1970 withAlfa Romeo GTAmand in 1973 withBMW 3.0 CSLand in 1975 the Euro GT class withPorsche 934. In the 1970s Hezemans drove alsoAlfa Romeo Tipo 33prototype racers, winning the 1971Targa FloriowithNino Vaccarellain an Alfa Romeo 33/3.[3]
In 2022, Team Hezeberg joinedNascar Cup,fielding a Ford Nascar. Team Hezeberg was a partnership between Hezemans and Ernest Berg.Jacques Villeneuvedid the first race for the team and after thatLoris Hezemansdrove 5 races.Daniil Kvyatwas added to the roster by fielding a Toyota. Due to training limitations Team Hezeberg stopped at the end of 2022 season.
Toine has three sons: Mike Hezemans,Loris HezemansandLiam Hezemans.
Wins
edit- Winner of theEuropean Touring Car Championship1970 and 1973
- Winner of theTarga Florio1971
- Winner of theSpa 24 Hours1973
- Winner of the24 Hours of Le Mansin the TS category1973and GTS category in1975
- Winner of theEuropean GT Championship1976
- Winner of the24 Hours of Daytona1978
- Winner of the6 Hours of Watkins Glen1978
Le Mans results
edit| Year | Team | Co-Driver(s) | Car | Class | Laps | Pos | Class
Pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 |  AutodeltaSpA
|
 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 | 11th | 1st |
| 1975 | Gelo Racing Team
|
 Gijs van Lennep
|
Porsche 911Carrera RSR | GTS | 316 | 5th | 1st |
 John Fitzpatrick
| |||||||
 Manfred Schurti
| |||||||
| 1976 | Gelo Racing Team
|
 Tim Schenken
|
Porsche 934 | Gp.4 GT | 277 | 16th | 2nd |
| 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
edit- ^"Hezemans, Toine (NL)".teamdan /people.Retrieved2008-09-21.
- ^Toine Hezemans profile on SnapLap:Toine Hezemans profile on SnapLap,accessdate: 11. heinäkuuta July
- ^"Toine".historicracing.Retrieved2010-10-12.
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