Pascal Ickx (born March 30, 1937, in

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) is a Belgian former racing driver that competed on circuits for

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sports cars in the 1960s. He is the son of the gentleman-driver and journalist Jacques Ickx, and the older brother of

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Racing career

Pascal Ickx's first appearance in racing came in the late 1950s where he made an appearance in the 1959 Liège-Rome-Liège driving a

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. The following year in 1960, he would appear in the Liège-Rome-Liège again driving a

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. That same year, he would drive in the 12 Hours of Huy finishing 32nd. He also made several appearances in

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s, most notably the ADAC Rallye Tour d'Europe in 1963 driving a Fiat 2300.

Racing record

Career summary

* Liège-Rome-Liège, DNF, 1959 *Liège-Rome-Liège, DNF, 1960 *12 Hours of Huy, 32nd, 1960 *

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, 11th, 1962 * Liège-Sofia-Liège, DNF, 1962 * Coupe des Alpes, DNF, 1962 * Rally Acropolis, 5th, 1962 *ADAC Rallye Tour d'Europe, 1963 *Tour de France Automobile, DNF, 1963 *Int. AvD-Rallye Wiesbaden Deutschlandrallye, DNF, 1963 *Rallye International des Routes du Nord, 1st (GT Class), 1963 *Internationale Tulpenrallyem, 11th, 1965

Other ventures

He became a full-time journalist in the mid-1960s after retiring from racing. He used to serve as a reserve officer in the

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Personal life

Ickx married to Ornella Spinzze in Turin, Italy in 1964.

References

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