Editing Jan Lammers (section)

==Early career==

=== Touring cars ===
[[File:Autoraces op Zandvoort Jantje Lammers (31) won toerwag tot f 10000,--, Bestanddeelnr 927-2011.jpg|alt=Lammers racing the Simca Rallye 2 at Zandvoort.|left|thumb|Lammers racing the Simca Rallye 2 at Zandvoort.]]
Born in Zandvoort, Lammers grew up washing cars at the nearby school for advanced and anti-skid driving skills training, run by Dutch touring-car legend [[Rob Slotemaker]]. Encouraged by Slotemaker, and while still under-age for a regular Dutch driving licence, the teenager nicknamed ‘Jantje’ (‘Little John’) was also hired to teach drivers on a private, closed track, how to safely recover a car from a skid situation. Having recognised Lammers' talent, Slotemaker set him up in a [[Simca Rallye 2]] for the 7,500-9,000 guilder Group 1 production car class in the 1973 Dutch Touring Car Championship.<ref>{{Cite web |last=De Jong |first=Frank |title=Nederlands Toerwagen Kampioenschap - 1973 |url=http://touringcarracing.net/Pages/1973%20NTK.html |access-date=2022-11-22 |website=touringcarracing.net}}</ref> At 16 years of age, Lammers won his first-ever car race and continued to take the season title in his rookie year, becoming the youngest Dutch national auto racing champion in history.

Two more years in the Simca followed in a revised 8,000-10,000 guilder class, Lammers taking four more wins in 1974 but narrowly missing out on a title repeat.<ref>{{Cite web |last=De Jong |first=Frank |title=Nederlands Toerwagen Kampioenschap - 1974 |url=http://touringcarracing.net/Pages/1974%20NTK.html |access-date=2022-11-22 |website=touringcarracing.net}}</ref> Wins elude him in 1975 but his name has already been made.<ref>{{Cite web |last=De Jong |first=Frank |title=Nederlands Toerwagen Kampioenschap - 1975 |url=http://touringcarracing.net/Pages/1975%20NTK.html |access-date=2022-11-22 |website=touringcarracing.net}}</ref> In 1976, he switched to an Opel Dealer Team Holland-run Opel Kadett GT/E to take his second Dutch title.<ref>{{Cite web |last=De Jong |first=Frank |title=Nederlands Toerwagen Kampioenschap - 1976 |url=http://touringcarracing.net/Pages/1976%20NTK.html |access-date=2022-11-22 |website=touringcarracing.net}}</ref>