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ADAC-12-Stunden-Rennen für Tourenwagen

Nürburgring Nordschleife, BRD

Date: 14/7/1963
Track length: 22.810 m
Attendance: unknown
Entries accepted: 108
Starters: 88 Group 2, 4 Prototypes
Finishers: unknown

Pole position: Pilette/Möll in 10.24,3
Fastest lap: Lindner in 10.33,0 = 129,990 kmh

Distance: 12 hours
Average speed: 122,1 kmh (TC winner 120,0 kmh)
Weather: Sunny
Ruleset: Group 2/63?
Car info: 1963 Cars

 

Fine weather made this 12-hour race a joy to watch. Apart from four “prototypes”, this really was a touring car race, just a few weeks after the 6-hour race.
Fastest of the touring cars in practice had been Lindner/Nöcker, and while the Abarth prototype took the lead in the race after lap 1, the German Jaguar seemed to drive to an easy victory. After three hours they had lapped the Fiats, who were joined by the Alfa Romeo of Braun. Behind them, three Volvo’s followed by a 2.6 Alfa Romeo.
But some of the main runners ran into problems. The fastest Fiat (Arena/de Langeneste) ran out of brakes, a 25-minute pit stop followed. In their effort to make up lost ground the Fiat engine broke a conrod.
Lindner came in with a broken Panhard rod, which took 40 minutes to repair - they continued in about 20th place.
Now Bianchi was leading and held it into the ninth hour. But then the Skogh Volvo inherited the lead when this Fiat ran into brake troubles too. When Frère left the pits, the Jaguar was only two laps behind, going faster all the time. Some laps they gained 50 seconds, and half an hour before the end the Jag was 1.45 minutes behind and closing. The last lap, and the Fiat still had 28 seconds in hand - but when the cars returned it was the Jaguar in front, winning the race 2,2 seconds in front of the Fiat.

Touring cars and Prototypes (max. 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
-   122  
Abarth-Simca 1300 GT		 Engelbert Möll, CH
Teddy Pilette, B
 1288 L4 Special/Prototype 65 laps 1 10.24,3    
1 1 1  
Jaguar Mk II 3.8		 Peter Lindner, D
Peter Nöcker, D
 3781 L6 class 9 62 laps, 12:00.18,2 2 10.58,0 10.33,0  
2 1 9 Abarth & Cie
Fiat 2300 S coupé		 Paul Frère, B
Lucien Bianchi, B
 2279 L6 class 8 62 laps, 12:00.20,4 5      
3 1 16  
Volvo 122 S		 Carl Magnus Skogh, S
Jochen Neerpasch, D
 1778 L4 class 7 62 laps, 12:02.50,4        
4 2    
Volvo		 Friedhelm Theissen, D
Josef Maasen, D
 1778 L4 class 7 60 laps        
5 3    
Volvo		 E. Weissgerber, D
Bernhard Grab, D
 1778 L4 class 7 60        
6 4    
Volvo		 Josef Eschey, D
Georg Bialas, D
 1778 L4 class 7 60        
7 1 26  
Ford Cortina GT		 Michael Donogan, GB
Michael Brunt, GB
 1498 L4 class 6 59 laps, 12:02.50,9 8 11.32,3    
8 1 43  
Alfa Romeo Giulietta TI		 Hans-Dieter Dechent, D
Ernst Furtmayr, D
 1290 L4 class 5 59 laps, 12:03.28,7        
9 2    
Fiat 2300 S coupé		 Rudi Golderer, D
Helmut Kögel, D
 2279 L6 class 8 58 laps        
10 1    
Saab 96 Sport		 Ingemar Johansson, S
Boo Johansson ("Boo Brasta"), S
 841 L3 class 3 57 laps, 12:01.12,6        
11 1    
Steyr-Puch		 Johannes Ortner, A
Heinz Liedl, A
 643? B2 class 2 57 laps, 12:03.37,2        
  2    
Saab 96 Sport		 Lars Thaung, S
Olle Johansson, S
 841 L3 class 3 57 laps, 12:12.26,2        
  3    
DKW Junior de Luxe		 Peter Marx, D
Eberhard Gerstle, D
 796 L3 class 3 57 laps, 12:13.40,6        
  2    
BMW 700		 Klaus Bongard, D
D. Eckelhoff, D
 697 B2 class 2 56        
  2    
Alfa Romeo 2600 Sprint		 ? Michael Rader, D
Hans Bohlmeier, D
 2584 L6 class 8/9 56 6?      
  2    
Glas 1204 TS		 Abbes Donven
D. Marquardt
 1189 L4 class 5 55        
  1    
DKW F12		 Waldemar Warmbold, D
Otto Linzenburg, D
 889 L3 class 4 54 laps, 12:07.20,4        
  3    
BMW 700		 H. Gerhards Jr, D
Seppman, D
 697 B2 class 2 54        
  2    
Alfa Romeo ?Giulia TI		 Frank Kalkuhl, D
Martin Frey
 1570 L4 class 6 53        
  3    
Glas 1204 TS		 G.H. Schäfer
Kurt Friess, D
 1189 L4 class 5 53        
  2    
Austin Mini Cooper		 Fritz Baumann, CH
Marcel Vionnet
 997 L4 class 4 53        
  3    
Fiat Abarth 1000 TC		 Angela Fontana, I
Attilio Zuppini, I
 982 L4 class 4 53        
  1    
NSU Sport Prinz		 Hans Menzel, D
Hans E. Böhm, D
 598 L2 class 1 53 laps, 12:05.25,5        
  2    
NSU Sport Prinz		 Roland Heck, D
Rolf Scheel, D
 598 L2 class 1 51        
  3    
NSU Sport Prinz		 Josef Weber, D
Achim Zerbe, D
 598 L2 class 1 51        
  3    
Mercedes 220 SE		 J.F. Bischoff
 2195 L6 class 8 49        
    38  
Glas 1204 TS		 Gerhard Bodmer, D
 1189 L4 class 5          
       
Martini-BMW		 Unknown
 697? B2? Special/Prototype          
       
Martini-BMW		 Unknown
 697? B2? Special/Prototype          
       
Martini-BMW		 Unknown
 697? B2? Special/Prototype          
       
Alfa Romeo Giulia TI		 Braun
Graf
 1570 L4 class 6   4 11.13,3   Engine?
DNF      
Alfa Romeo Giulietta TI		 Michael Rader, D
Hans Bergmann, D
 1290 L4 class 5       11.44,9 Fatal accident (Rader)
DNF      
Jaguar Mk II 3.8		 Klaus Vehling, D
Tilo Schadrack, D
 3781 L6 class 9          
DNF     Abarth & Cie
Fiat 2300 S coupé		 Giorgio Arena, D
de Langeneste
 2279 L6 class 8   3 11.06,2   Conrod