Pascal Ickx
{{Short description|Belgian racing driver}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Pascal Ickx
| nationality = {{flag|Belgium}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1937|3|30|df=y}}
| birth_place = Lubbeek, Belgium
| spouse = {{marriage|Ornella Spinzze|1964}}
| occupation = {{hlist|Pilot|racing driver|journalist}}
| relatives = Jacky Ickx (brother)
| module = {{Infobox racing driver
| child = yes
| last series = European Rally Championship
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| teams = Mercedes-Benz
| starts = 6
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| best finish = 5th
| year = 1962
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Pascal Ickx (born March 30, 1937, in Lubbeek) is a Belgian former racing driver that competed on circuits for Grand Touring sports cars in the 1960s.
He is the son of the gentleman-driver and journalist Jacques Ickx, and the older brother of Jacky Ickx.{{Cite web|last=Favre|first=Olivier|date=2017-06-30|title=Pascal Ickx|url=https://www.classiccourses.fr/magazine/pascal-ickx/|access-date=2021-09-20|website=Classic Courses|language=fr-FR}}
Racing career
File:Pascal_Ickx_competing_in_the_Liège-Rome-Liège.jpg
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 Saab. The following year in 1960, he would appear in the Liège-Rome-Liège again driving a BMW 700. That same year, he would drive in the 12 Hours of Huy finishing 32nd.{{Cite web |last=Shacki |title=Pascal Ickx - - 12 Heures de Huy 1960 |url=https://www.ewrc-results.com/entryinfo/23173-12-heures-de-huy-1960/789048/ |access-date=2022-06-22 |website=eWRC-results.com |language=en}} He also made several appearances in World Rally Cars, most notably the ADAC Rallye Tour d'Europe in 1963 driving a Fiat 2300.{{Cite web |last=Shacki |title=Pascal Ickx - Teddy Pilette - ADAC Rallye Tour d'Europe 1963 |url=https://www.ewrc-results.com/entryinfo/31445-adac-rallye-tour-deurope-1963/2231949/ |access-date=2022-06-22 |website=eWRC-results.com |language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Shacki|title=Pascal Ickx - rally profile eWRC-results.com|url=https://www.ewrc-results.com/profile/93968-pascal-ickx/|access-date=2021-09-20|website=eWRC-results.com|language=en}}{{Cite web |last=LucDiLuca |title=De Pascal Ickx (Mai 2017) |url=http://ecurievaldor.be/de-pascal-ickx--mai-2017-.html |access-date=2022-06-22 |website=EcurieVal Dor |language=fr-FR}}
Racing record
=Career summary=
- Liège-Rome-Liège, DNF, 1959
- Liège-Rome-Liège, DNF, 1960
- 12 Hours of Huy, 32nd, 1960
- Tour de France Automobile, 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{{Cite web |last=Shacki |title=Pascal Ickx - rally profile eWRC-results.com |url=https://www.ewrc-results.com/coprofile/98782-pascal-ickx/ |access-date=2022-06-22 |website=eWRC-results.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Shacki |title=Pascal Ickx - rally profile eWRC-results.com |url=https://www.ewrc-results.com/profile/93968-pascal-ickx/ |access-date=2022-06-22 |website=eWRC-results.com |language=en}}
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 Belgian Army.{{Cite web |title=Dassonville 2 - Généalogie de la famille Dassonville - Barbier |url=http://www.dassonville2.be/14-sidonie-barbier/sidonie.htm |access-date=2022-06-22 |website=www.dassonville2.be}}