| Toine Hezemans | |
|---|---|
%2c_nummer_14_Jochem_Ma%2c_Bestanddeelnr_926-6027.jpg) Hezemans at theCircuit Zandvoort in 1973 | |
| Born | (1943-04-15)April 15, 1943 (age 82) |
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 manufacturingkarting engines. 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 Nascar team 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,Brussels andAmsterdam.[2]
Hezemans won theEuropean Touring Car Championship in 1970 withAlfa Romeo GTAm and in 1973 withBMW 3.0 CSL and in 1975 the Euro GT class withPorsche 934.In the 1970s Hezemans drove alsoAlfa Romeo Tipo 33 prototype racers, winning the 1971Targa Florio withNino Vaccarella in an Alfa Romeo 33/3.[3]
In 2022, Team Hezeberg joined theNascar Cup Series, fielding aFord Mustang. Team Hezeberg was a partnership between Hezemans and Ernest Berg.Jacques Villeneuve did the first race for the team and after thatLoris Hezemans drove 5 races.Daniil Kvyat was added to the roster by fielding aToyota Camry. Due to training limitations Team Hezeberg stopped at the end of 2022 season.
Toine has three sons:Mike Hezemans,Loris Hezemans andLiam Hezemans.
| Year | Team | Co-Driver(s) | Car | Class | Laps | Pos | Class Pos |
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| 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 | 11th | 1st |
| 1975 | Gelo Racing Team |  Gijs van Lennep | Porsche 911 Carrera 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 |
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