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Hockenheim 12 hours

Hockenheim Motodrom, BRD

Date: 24/9/1961
Track length: 7.725 m
Attendance: 3.000
Entries accepted:
Starters: 8 (A); 16 (B); 10 (C); 17 (D); 5 (E);
Finishers: 8 (A); 15 (B); 8 (C); 12 (D); 4 (E);

Pole position: Lindner (H)
Fastest lap: Schneider (C); Lindner in 2.25,2 (H)

Distance: 45 minutes (...)
Average speed: 147,7 kmh (A); 144,4 kmh (B); 136,6 kmh (C); 127,0 kmh (D); 163,9 kmh (E); 164,7 kmh (F); 177,4 kmh (G); 182,8 mh (H)
Weather: Fine
Ruleset:
Car info:  

 

Not a World Championship race anymore, but now the final of the German Rundstreckenmeisterschaft took place at the Hockenheimring. The “12 hours” were misleading; all 8 races were only for 45 minutes each.
The first race, 9 o’clock in the morning, was for touring cars between 1300 and 2000 cc and was spiced with a fight between the Volvos of Mahle and Löbler, the latter winning in the end.
There were insufficient cars in the 850 class, so it was combined with the 1000 cc cars, and together with the 1300 cc cars the second race of the day took place. Braun won in his Alfa Romeo Giulietta after a hard fight with Rader who dropped back in the end, but third overall was Mantzel with his 850 cc car!
In the third race it was a fight between Schneider and Koch, but Schneider coming out on top. Race four had 16 NSUs at the start and a single Steyr-Fiat, but the latter surprised all when he got second place at the stad-kurve - and he kept it to the end, behind winner “Karl Valentin” but ahead of the Sport Prinz of Erich Bitter!
Lap after lap the lead changed in the race for touring cars over 2000 cc, but finally Lindner went ahead and won.
The GT race under 1300 cc was won by the 1000 cc Abarth of Zick after the Lotus and Alfas retired. The 1600 cc Porsche class was won by the Carrera of Hahnl, while the last race of the day was won by the Aston Martin of Lindner but Nöcker (Mercedes) was never far behind. When Lindner had to pit with throttle linkage problems, Nöcker took over but tried to regain lost ground in magnificent style - in the end, all that was missing was 1,5 metres...

A: Touring cars 1300-2000 cc
Pos Pos in class # Team / Entrant
Car- Engine		 Drivers, Nationality Engine
vol. (cc)		 Engine
Type		 Group Distance,
time		 Qualifying position Qualifying time Fastest lap Reason out,
remarks
1 1    
Volvo 122 S		 Albert Löbler, D
 1582 L4 TC 1600 15 laps, 47.00,6        
2 2    
Volvo 122 S		 Eberhard Mahle, D
 1582 L4 TC 1600 15 laps, 47.05,9        
3 3    
Volvo 122 S		 Josef Maasen, D
 1582 L4 TC 1600 15 laps, 48.36,7        
  1    
Alfa Romeo 1900 TI		 "Becker", D
 1884 L4 TC 2000 15 laps, 49.58,6        
  2    
Citroën DS 19		 Horst Bergschneider, D
 1911 L4 TC 2000 15 laps, 50.01,9        
  4    
Volvo		 Arno Ohlenmacher, D
 1582 L4 TC 1600 15        
  5    
Volvo		 Dieter Obermüller, D
 1582 L4 TC 1600 14        
  3    
Ford Taunus 17M		 Omid Orfali, D
 1699 V4 TC 2000 14        

B: Touring cars 700-1300 cc
Pos Pos in class # Team / Entrant
Car- Engine		 Drivers, Nationality Engine
vol. (cc)		 Engine
Type		 Group Distance,
time		 Qualifying position Qualifying time Fastest lap Reason out,
remarks
1 1    
Alfa Romeo Giulietta TI		 Hans Braun, D
 1290 L4 TC 1300 15 laps, 48.09,3        
2 2    
Alfa Romeo Giulietta TI		 Michael Rader, D
 1290 L4 TC 1300 15 laps, 48.13,3        
3 1/1    
DKW F11 Junior		 Wolf-Dieter Mantzel, D
 796 L3 TC 1000 (850) 15 laps, 50.06,2        
4 2    
Auto Union 1000S		 Alfred Kling, D
 981 L3 TC 1000 15 laps, 50.06,5        
5 3    
Auto Union 1000S		 Günter Schreiber, D
 981 L3 TC 1000 15 laps, 50.07,0        
6 4    
Auto Union 1000S		 Anton Linner, D
 981 L3 TC 1000 15        
  3    
Alfa Romeo Giulietta TI		 Theo Klink, D
 1290 L4 TC 1300 14        
  5 or 6    
Auto Union 1000S		 H.J. Peters, D
 981 L3 TC 1000 14        
  5 or 6/2    
DKW F11 Junior		 Rolf J. Bonomi, CH
 796 L3 TC 1000 (850) 14        
  4    
Hansa 1100		 K.P. Klais, D
 1093 B4 TC 1300 13        
  5    
VW 1200		 Rolf Scholl, D
 1192 B4 TC 1300 13        
  7    
Auto Union 1000S		 Lothar Rosemeyer, D
 981 L3 TC 1000 13        
  8    
Borgward Arabella		 Friedhelm Kleine, D
 897 B4 TC 1000 13        
  9    
Auto Union 1000S		 Robert Fellechner, D
 981 L3 TC 1000 13        
  6    
VW 1200		 Norbert Exner, D
 1192 B4 TC 1300 12        
DNF      
Auto Union 1000S		 Kurt Wolf, D
 981 L3 TC 1000          

C: Touring cars 600-700 cc
Pos Pos in class # Team / Entrant
Car- Engine		 Drivers, Nationality Engine
vol. (cc)		 Engine
Type		 Group Distance,
time		 Qualifying position Qualifying time Fastest lap Reason out,
remarks
1 1    
BMW 700 CS		 Walter Schneider, D
 697 B2 TC 700 14 laps, 47.29,5        
2 2    
BMW 700 CS		 Gottlieb Koch, D
 697 B2 TC 700 14 laps, 47.30,5        
3 3    
BMW 700 CS		 Friedrich Meinke, D
 697 B2 TC 700 14 laps, 47.44,6        
4 4    
BMW 700 CS		 Dieter Mohr, D
 697 B2 TC 700 14        
5 5    
BMW 700 CS		 Toni Fischhaber, D
 697 B2 TC 700 14        
6 6    
BMW 700 CS		 Heinz Schreiber, D
 697 B2 TC 700 14        
7 7    
BMW 700 CS		 Erwin Kohn, D
 697 B2 TC 700 14        
8 8    
BMW 700 CS		 Otto Steinfart, D
 697 B2 TC 700 13        
DNF      
BMW 700 CS		 Ludwig Michel, D
 697 B2 TC 700          
DNF      
BMW 700 CS		 Heinrich Sehring, D
 697 B2 TC 700          

D: Touring cars under 600 cc
Pos Pos in class # Team / Entrant
Car- Engine		 Drivers, Nationality Engine
vol. (cc)		 Engine
Type		 Group Distance,
time		 Qualifying position Qualifying time Fastest lap Reason out,
remarks
1 1    
NSU Prinz 30		 "Karl Valentin", D
 583 L2 TC 600 13 laps, 47.25,8        
2 2    
Steyr-Puch 500		 Karl Eisele, D
 493 B2 TC 600 13 laps, 47.29,2        
3 3    
NSU Sport Prinz		 Erich Bitter, D
 598 L2 TC 600 13 laps, 47.30,2        
4 4    
NSU Sport Prinz		 Günther Volle, D
 598 L2 TC 600 13        
5 5    
NSU Prinz 30		 Karl-Heinz Panowitz, D
 583 L2 TC 600 13        
6 6    
NSU Sport Prinz		 Gerhard Wiedemann, D
 598 L2 TC 600 13        
7 7    
NSU Prinz 30		 Rolf Scheel, D
 583 L2 TC 600 13        
8 8    
NSU Sport Prinz		 Josef Weber, D
 598 L2 TC 600 13        
9 9    
NSU Prinz 30		 Siegfried Spiess, D
 583 L2 TC 600 13        
10 10    
NSU Prinz 30		 Ulrich Therstappen, D
 583 L2 TC 600 13        
11 11    
NSU Prinz 30		 Rainer Lübbers, D
 583 L2 TC 600 13        
12 12    
NSU Prinz 30		 Dieter Bohnhorst, D
 583 L2 TC 600 12        
DNF      
NSU Prinz 30		 Günther Seifert, D
 583 L2 TC 600          
DNF      
NSU Prinz 30		 Werner Kucklies, D
 583 L2 TC 600          
DNF      
NSU Prinz 30		 Heinz Gilges, D
 583 L2 TC 600          
DNF      
NSU Sport Prinz		 Wilfried Burgmeier, D
 598 L2 TC 600          
DNF      
NSU Prinz 30		 Helmut "Helle" Bein, D
 583 L2 TC 600          

E: Touring cars over 2000 cc
Pos Pos in class # Team / Entrant
Car- Engine		 Drivers, Nationality Engine
vol. (cc)		 Engine
Type		 Group Distance,
time		 Qualifying position Qualifying time Fastest lap Reason out,
remarks
  1 101  
Jaguar Mk II 3.4		 Peter Lindner, D
 3442 L6 Touring +2000 16 laps, 45.14,8        
  2    
Jaguar Mk II 3.4		 Klaus Vehling, D
 3442 L6 Touring +2000 16 laps, 45.16,3        
  3    
Jaguar Mk II 3.8		 Peter Nöcker, D
 3781 L6 Touring +2000 16 laps, 45.16,3        
  4    
Jaguar		 Ronald Brock, D
   L6 Touring +2000 16        
DNF      
Jaguar Mk II 3.8		 Werner Fleck, D
 3781 L6 Touring +2000          

F: GTs under 1300 cc
Pos Pos in class # Team / Entrant
Car- Engine		 Drivers, Nationality Engine
vol. (cc)		 Engine
Type		 Group Distance,
time		 Qualifying position Qualifying time Fastest lap Reason out,
remarks
  1 121  
Fiat Abarth 1000 GT Bialbero		 Helmut Zick, D
 982 L4 GT 1000 16 laps, 45.00,9        
  2    
Austin Healey Sprite Mk I		 Martin Mühlbauer, D
 948 L4 GT 1000 14        
  3    
Austin Healey Sprite Mk I		 Christian Meckbach, D
 948 L4 GT 1000 13        
DNF      
Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint Veloce		 Michael Rader, D
 1290 L4 GT 1300          
DNF      
Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint Veloce		 Dieter Wipperfürth, D
 1290 L4 GT 1300          
DNF      
Lotus Elite		 George Kreisel, D
 1216 L4 GT 1300 10       Rear axle

G; GTs 1300-1600 cc
Pos Pos in class # Team / Entrant
Car- Engine		 Drivers, Nationality Engine
vol. (cc)		 Engine
Type		 Group Distance,
time		 Qualifying position Qualifying time Fastest lap Reason out,
remarks
1 1    
Porsche 356B Carrera Abarth GTL		 Fritz Hahnl Jr, D
 1582 B4 GT 1600 18 laps, 47.01,3        
2 2    
Porsche 356B Carrera Abarth GTL		 Paul E. Strähle, D
 1582 B4 GT 1600 18 laps, 47.09,5        
3 3    
Porsche 356B Carrera Abarth GTL		 Michel Weber, D
 1582 B4 GT 1600 18 laps, 47.40,7        
4 4    
Porsche 356B Carrera Abarth GTL		 Ludwig Walter, D
 1582 B4 GT 1600 18 laps, 47.40,7        
5 5    
Porsche 356B Super 90		 Fred Larbig, D
 1582 B4 GT 1600 16        
6 6    
Porsche 356B Super 90		 Armin von Freyberg, D
 1582 B4 GT 1600 16        
7 7    
Porsche 356B Super 90		 Klaus Seuffert, D
 1582 B4 GT 1600 16        
8 8    
MG A TC		 Kl.-J. Lukas, D
 1589 L4 GT 1600 15        
9 9    
Porsche 356B 1600S		 H. von Clausbruch, BR
 1582 B4 GT 1600 15        
10 10    
Porsche 356B 1600		 Richard Weiland, D
 1582 B4 GT 1600 15        
11 11    
Porsche 356B 1600S		 H.M. Lazarus, D
 1582 B4 GT 1600 14        

H: GTs over 1600 cc
Pos Pos in class # Team / Entrant
Car- Engine		 Drivers, Nationality Engine
vol. (cc)		 Engine
Type		 Group Distance,
time		 Qualifying position Qualifying time Fastest lap Reason out,
remarks
1 1    
Mercedes 300 SL		 Peter Nöcker, D
 2996 L6 GT +1600 18 laps, 45.38,8        
2 2    
Aston Martin DB 4 GT		 Peter Lindner, D
 3670 L6 GT +1600 18 laps, 45.38,8 (?)        
3 3    
Jaguar XK 150S		 Klaus Vehling, D
 3442 L6 GT +1600 16        
4 4    
Triumph TR3		 Scott Beridge, USA
 1991 L4 GT +1600 14        
DNF      
Aston Martin		 Harry Elkema, USA
 3670 L6 GT +1600