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This is Heyer's Lancia - the skirts are visible here, but the Lancia was no Capri.
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| Brun heading Ludwig. |
Ludwig with his Capri which would turn out to be unbeatable this season. |
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Niedzwiedz leading Ludwig.
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Niedzwiedz again, in a much less sophisticated car than his team leader...
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... just like teammate Hamelmann.
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This is Stuck, practising the old 320 in case the M1 wouldn't make the start. |
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Brun, amidst his usual cloud of smoke.
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Heyer's GS team entered his 1980 car for Müller Jr.
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Selzer's 2 liter Escort RS was a non-starter; his head gasket failed on the warm-up lap. Is that happening here?
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Wolf retired his Audi with a broken gearbox.
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Brun |
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Another Audi coupé: Wolf, a non-starter.
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Vogt retired the Celica. |
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Rummel in his Group 2 BMW 320.
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Günter Schneider with a Zakspeed car, its livery dating from 1979.
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Bremmekamp retired his BMW 320...
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... and got company in the form of Super Vee driver Herregods.
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Esser in a nice-looking Kadett GT/E.
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Finally, there it is: the Turbo M1, the dream car of 1976... |
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Wollek
was back at the Kremer team, after he resigned just before the Kremer
brothers built their sensational K3. But the K3 wasn't dominant anymore
- and the K4 wouldn't be, too.
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Schornstein with his Porsche 935 with 1977 bodywork.
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| Lässig in the K3 Porsche. |
Winkelhock had kept his sponsor and took over the "big" Capri. |
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| Joest had built a new car for Mass, looking like a copy of Moby Dick. Alas, the car would have to be sold soon. |
Merl raced the '77 style second Joest car, which would be promoted to #1 car after Moby Dick was sold.
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König in his virgin-white M1 finished second in class.
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"John Winter" raced this 924 GTR.
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Nussbaumer retired the Sauber-M1.
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Jürgensen finished fifth in class.
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Henzler in the GS-M1 won the Trophy class.
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Kannacher himself finished sixth in class.
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Göring with yet another M1: fourth in class.
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You may guess the daily occupation of hobby driver Walter Maurer: painting cars... |
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Start of division 2.
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And here are the Trophy cars.
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Start of division 1: Winkelhock ahead.
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