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3. Internationales ADAC Rhein-Ruhr Pokal Rennen

Zolder, Belgium

Date: 24/5/1969 to: 25/5/1969
Track length: 4.184 m
Attendance: unknown
Entries accepted:
Starters:
Finishers:

Pole position:
Fastest lap: Schulze-Schwering in 1.56,3 (B); Neuhaus in 1.40,4 (G)

Distance:
Average speed:
Weather: Rain during race 2
Ruleset: Group 2/63, group 3/63
Car info: 1969 Cars

Pictures

A starting field of 250 cars showed that a race at Zolder was no problem for a German championship, obviously. On Saturday, Eichhammer won the first race after Nakaten’s Puch had given up the ghost. Subsequently, in the rain, Marschke won the 1300 GT class after Schulze-Schwering had to pit; Weiss won the 850 touring class. The 1150 touring and 1000 GT race saw the usual NSU victory (Panowitz) but the 1150 class was won by a girl: Ilja Heidel left all the men behind. The 1000 cc touring class was led by Abt for 20 laps, but in lap 21 Menzel had some luck while they had to pass some backmarkers - he slipped through and won the race. 1300 honours were for Mohr (Dieter), while Mass and Schmarje had a fight for second - which the Mini driver won. The works Escorts were too fast for the competition in the 1600 cc class, with Glemser taking another first ahead of the other Mohr. Neuhaus (Alpina BMW) won the 2-litre race in front of Porsche driver Nolte, while Wiens had another victory in the biggest class.


A: Group 2 under 700 cc and Group 5 under 850 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    
Steyr-Puch 650 TR
Franz Eichhammer, D
660 B2 TC 700          
  2    
Steyr-Puch 650 TR
Rudolf Ackermann, D
660 B2 TC 700          
  3    
Steyr-Puch 650 TR
Jochen Schramm, D
660 B2 TC 700          
  4    
BMW 700
Wilfried Schmitz, D
697 B2 TC 700          
  5    
Steyr-Puch 650 TR
Heinz Jürgen Siebert, D
660 B2 TC 700          
  6    
BMW 700
Hans-Dieter Bätzgen, D
697 B2 TC 700          
  7    
Honda N600
Patrick Engel, D
599 L2 TC 700          
  8    
Honda N600
Dieter Hartwig, D
599 L2 TC 700          
  9    
BMW 700
Ernst Eisele, D
697 B2 TC 700          
  1    
Fiat 850 coupé
Manfred-Jürgen Wendt, D
843 L4 Group 5 850          
  2    
NSU Sport Prinz
August Stawicki, D
598 L2 Group 5 850          
  3    
NSU Sport Prinz
Klaus Janik, D
598 L2 Group 5 850          
  4    
NSU Sport Prinz
Hans Offenbroich, D
598 L2 Group 5 850          
  5    
DKW F11 Junior
Wolfgang Fischer, D
796 L3 Group 5 850          
  6    
NSU Sport Prinz
Bernd Rack, D
598 L2 Group 5 850          
  7    
Steyr-Puch 650 TR
Karsten-Dietrich Hagemann, D
660 B2 Group 5 850          
DNF      
Steyr-Puch 650 TR
Klaus Henrich, D
660 B2 TC 700          
DNF      
Steyr-Puch 650 TR
Karl-Heinz Jonen, D
660 B2 TC 700          
DNF      
Steyr-Puch 650 TR
Hans-Peter Schröder, D
660 B2 TC 700          
DNF      
BMW 700
Rudolf Terhardt, D
697 B2 TC 700          
DNF     V-10 Kléber Team
Steyr-Puch 650 TR
Dieter Nakaten, D
660 B2 TC 700          
DNF      
Steyr-Puch 650 TR
Hans Kamps, D
660 B2 TC 700          
DNF      
Steyr-Puch 650 TR
Udo Plückelmann, D
660 B2 TC 700          

B: Group 2 700-850 cc, Group 5 850-1150 cc and GTs 1000-1300 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    
Alpine A 110 1300S
Manfred Marschke, D
1289 L4 GT 1300          
  2    
Alpine A 110 1300S
Hans Schulze-Schwering, CH
1289 L4 GT 1300       1.53,6  
  3    
Simca 1200 S coupé
Hans E. Böhm, D
1204 L4 GT 1300          
  4    
Glas 1300 GT
Holger Voith, D
1290 L4 GT 1300          
  5    
Simca 1200 S coupé
Gerhard Ruhnke, D
1204 L4 GT 1300          
  1    
Fiat Abarth 850 TC
Karl-Ludwig Weiss, D
847 L4 TC 850          
  2    
Fiat Abarth 850 TC
Dieter Schulz, D
847 L4 TC 850          
  3    
Fiat Abarth 850 TC
Manfred Beckers, D
847 L4 TC 850          
  4    
Fiat Abarth 850 TC
Helmut Amelung, D
847 L4 TC 850          
  5   MSC Münster
Fiat Abarth 850 TC
Hartmut Snoek, D
847 L4 TC 850          
  6    
Fiat Abarth 850 TC
Leonardo Cirincione, I
847 L4 TC 850          
  7    
DKW F11 Junior
Karl-Heinz Schmidt, D
796 L3 TC 850          
  1    
BMC Mini Cooper S
Manfred Schott, D
1071 L4 Group 5 1150          
  2    
NSU 1000 TT
Willi Bergmeister, D
1085 L4 Group 5 1150          
  3    
NSU 1000 TT
Jürgen Kellers, D
1085 L4 Group 5 1150          
  4    
Austin Mini Cooper S
Siegfried Müller Sr, D
1071 L4 Group 5 1150          
  5    
Simca 1000
Günter Keller, D
1118 L4 Group 5 1150          
  6    
BMC Mini Cooper S
Willi Palmdorf, D
1071 L4 Group 5 1150          
DNF      
Glas 1300 GT
Norbert Stecker, D
1290 L4 GT 1300          
DNF      
Glas 1300 GT
Gerd Kuhlbach, D
1290 L4 GT 1300          
DNF      
DKW F11 Junior
Rüdiger Schumacher, D
796 L3 TC 850          
DNF      
Fiat Abarth 850 TC
Peter Steinbrinck, D
847 L4 TC 850          

C: Group 2 1000-1150 cc and GTs under 1000 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 Wankel Spider
Karl-Heinz Panowitz, D
498 R1 GT 1000          
  2    
NSU Wankel Spider
Bernd Sieg, D
498 R1 GT 1000          
  3    
NSU Wankel Spider
Peter Berghausen, D
498 R1 GT 1000          
  4    
Fiat Abarth 1000 OT
Wolfgang Bitter, D
982 L4 GT 1000          
  1   MSC Langenfeld
Austin Mini Cooper S
Ilja Heidel, D
1071 L4 TC 1150          
  2    
Austin Mini Cooper S
Peter Koch, D
1071 L4 TC 1150          
  3    
NSU 1000 TT
Thomas Ammerschläger, D
1085 L4 TC 1150          
  4    
NSU 1000 TT
Theo Michels, D
1085 L4 TC 1150          
  5    
Ford Escort 1100
Curt E. Geibel, D
1098 L4 TC 1150          
  6    
Austin Mini Cooper S
Wilhelm Bisterfeld, D
1071 L4 TC 1150          
  7    
NSU 1000 TT
Rainer Lindeken, D
1085 L4 TC 1150          
  8    
NSU 1000 TT
Hans-Dieter Brüsseler, D
1085 L4 TC 1150          
  9    
Opel Kadett
Franz Heine, D
1078 L4 TC 1150          
  10    
Renault R 8 Gordini
Dirk Amthor, D
1108 L4 TC 1150          
  11    
Opel Kadett
Günter Haas, D
1078 L4 TC 1150          
  12    
Opel Kadett
Rolf Eckartsberg, D
1078 L4 TC 1150          
  13    
NSU 1000 TT
Siegfried Theiss, D
1085 L4 TC 1150          
  14    
Opel Kadett
Wolfgang Becker, D
1078 L4 TC 1150          
DNF      
Honda S 800
Karl Herd, D
791 L4 GT 1000         Oil line
DNF      
NSU Wankel Spider
Willibald Graul, D
498 R1 GT 1000          
DNF      
Honda S 800
Lutz Hillesheim, D
791 L4 GT 1000          
DNF      
Fiat Abarth 1000 OTS
Claus Purucker, D
982 L4 GT 1000          
DNF      
Opel Kadett
Hans-Joachim Böhl, D
1078 L4 TC 1150          
DNF      
NSU 1000 TT
Werner Horn, D
1085 L4 TC 1150          
DNF      
NSU 1000 TT
Rainer Rührschneck, D
1085 L4 TC 1150          
DNF      
NSU 1000 TT
Michael Neumann, D
1085 L4 TC 1150          

D: Group 2 850-1000 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    
Fiat Abarth 1000 TC
Harald Menzel, D
982 L4 TC 1000          
2 2    
Fiat Abarth 1000 TC
Johann Abt, D
982 L4 TC 1000          
3 3    
NSU 1000 TTS
Peter Otto, D
996 L4 TC 1000          
4 4    
Fiat Abarth 1000 TC
Eckhard Casteel, D
982 L4 TC 1000          
5 5    
NSU 1000 TTS
Josef Hansen, D
996 L4 TC 1000          
6 6    
NSU 1000 TTS
Hans-Wilhelm Ridder, D
996 L4 TC 1000          
7 7    
NSU 1000 TTS
Manfred Trint, D
996 L4 TC 1000          
8 8    
NSU 1000 TTS
Gernot Kretschmer, D
996 L4 TC 1000          
9 9    
NSU 1000 TTS
Manfred Kuhl, D
996 L4 TC 1000          
10 10    
NSU 1000 TTS
Axel Unteregger, D
996 L4 TC 1000          
11 11    
NSU 1000 TTS
Hans-Joachim Goerke, D
996 L4 TC 1000          
12 12    
NSU 1000 TTS
Hubert Frenschkowski, D
996 L4 TC 1000          
13 13    
NSU 1000 TTS
Peter Voges, D
996 L4 TC 1000          
DNF      
Fiat Abarth 1000 TC
Jürgen Friedrich, D
982 L4 TC 1000          
DNF      
NSU 1000 TTS
Walter Hotz, D
996 L4 TC 1000          
DNF      
NSU 1000 TTS
Bertram Schäfer, D
996 L4 TC 1000          
DNF      
NSU 1000 TTS
Winfried Langohr, D
996 L4 TC 1000          
DNF      
Fiat Abarth 1000 TC
Horst Ranke, D
982 L4 TC 1000          
DNF      
Fiat Abarth 1000 TC
Günther Obid, D
982 L4 TC 1000          
DNF      
NSU 1000 TTS
Gerd Quist, D
996 L4 TC 1000          

E: Group 2 1150-1300 cc and GT 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   Alfa Romeo Deutschland
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior
Dieter Mohr, D
1290 L4 TC 1300          
  2   D.L. Wooding & Co.
Morris Mini Cooper S
Christian Schmarje, D
1293 L4 TC 1300          
  3   Hähn Racing Team
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior
Jochen Mass, D
1290 L4 TC 1300          
  4    
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior
Graziano Cancian, D
1290 L4 TC 1300          
  5    
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior
Richard Thiel, D
1290 L4 TC 1300          
  6    
Austin Mini Cooper S
Rainer Blumberg, D
1293 L4 TC 1300          
  7    
Ford Escort 1300 GT
Rolf Michels, D
1298 L4 TC 1300          
  8    
BMC Mini Cooper S
Jürgen Klatte, D
1293 L4 TC 1300          
  9    
Alfa Romeo
Horst Rauber, D
1290 L4 TC 1300          
  10    
Alfa Romeo
Manfred von der Stück, D
1290 L4 TC 1300          
  11    
Austin Mini Cooper S
Dirk Gebhardt, D
1293 L4 TC 1300          
  1    
Lotus Elan
Dieter Buchholz, D
1594 L4 GT 1600          
  2    
Lotus Elan
Wolfgang Schmidt, D
1594 L4 GT 1600          
  3    
Alfa Romeo
Georg Rüter, D
1570 L4 GT 1600          
DNF      
Morris Mini Cooper S
George Beasley, USA
1293 L4 TC 1300          
DNF      
Glas 1304 TS
Leonhard Loska, D
1290 L4 TC 1300          
DNF      
Ford Escort 1300 GT
Franz Pesch, D
1298 L4 TC 1300          
DNF      
Austin Mini Cooper S
Detlef Lonnemann, D
1293 L4 TC 1300          

F: Group 2 1300-1600 cc and Group 5 1150-1300 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   Ford Köln
Ford Escort TC
Dieter Glemser, D
1594 L4 TC 1600          
  2   Ford Köln
Ford Escort TC
Manfred Mohr, D
1594 L4 TC 1600          
  3    
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA
Clemens Schickentanz, D
1570 L4 TC 1600          
  4    
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA
Hans Hessel, D
1570 L4 TC 1600          
  5    
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA
Curt Wetzel, D
1570 L4 TC 1600          
  6    
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA
Dieter Machatius, D
1570 L4 TC 1600          
  7    
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA
"Kiepenkerl", D
1570 L4 TC 1600          
  1    
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior
Dieter Weizinger, D
1290 L4 Group 5 1300          
  2    
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior
Peter Marx, D
1290 L4 Group 5 1300          
  3    
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior
Horst Eiteneuer, D
1290 L4 Group 5 1300          
  4    
Austin Mini Cooper S
Carol Beynon, D
1293 L4 Group 5 1300          
  5    
Glas 1304 TS
Karl-Heinz Becker, D
1290 L4 Group 5 1300          
  6    
Alfa Romeo
Eberhard Gerstle, D
1290 L4 Group 5 1300          
  7    
Alfa Romeo
Manfred Reinhardt, D
1290 L4 Group 5 1300          
  8    
BMC Mini Cooper S
Karl Johann, D
1293 L4 Group 5 1300          
  9    
Glas 1304 TS
Wolfgang Schirmer, D
1290 L4 Group 5 1300          
  10    
Alfa Romeo 1300 GT Junior
Friedhelm Vogt, D
1290 L4 Group 5 1300          
  11    
Glas 1304 TS
Eberhardt Beck, D
1290 L4 Group 5 1300          
  12    
Glas 1304 TS
Dieter Alzen, D
1290 L4 Group 5 1300          
DNF      
BMW 1600 TI
Karsten Stübner, D
1573 L4 TC 1600          

G: Group 2 1600-2000 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   BMW-Alpina
BMW 2002 TI
Jürgen Neuhaus, D
1990 L4 TC 2000       1.40,4  
2 2    
Porsche 911
Alexander Nolte, D
1991 B6 TC 2000          
3 3    
Porsche 911
Helmut Gall, D
1991 B6 TC 2000          
4 4    
Porsche 911
Peter Koch, D
1991 B6 TC 2000          
5 5    
BMW 2002 TI
Wilhelm Thoridt, D
1990 L4 TC 2000          
6 6    
BMW 2002 TI
Hans-Peter Niederelz, D
1990 L4 TC 2000          
7 7    
Porsche 911
Jürgen Krzikalla, D
1991 B6 TC 2000          
8 8    
BMW 2002 TI
Dieter Hegels, D
1990 L4 TC 2000          
9 9    
BMW 2002 TI
Jürgen Puls, D
1990 L4 TC 2000          
10 10    
BMW 2002 TI
Wolfgang Nierhaus, D
1990 L4 TC 2000          
11 11    
BMW 2002 TI
Sigmund Ogrodowcyk, D
1990 L4 TC 2000          
12 12    
BMW 2002 TI
Karl-Heinz Leibold, D
1990 L4 TC 2000          
DNF      
Porsche 911
Uwe Clees, D
1991 B6 TC 2000          
DNF     Koepchen BMW Tuning
BMW 2002
Helmut Kelleners, D
1990 L4 TC 2000          
DNF      
BMW 2002 TI
Erwin Matuschka, D
1990 L4 TC 2000          
DNF     Team Schnitzer
BMW 2002
Holger Zarges, D
1990 L4 TC 2000         Engine
DNF      
Porsche 911
Rolf Janson, D
1991 B6 TC 2000          

H: Group 2 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 1    
Opel Commodore GS
Günter Wiens, D
2490 L6 TC 3000          
  2    
Opel Commodore GS
Günter Heymanns, D
2490 L6 TC 3000          
  3    
Opel Commodore GS
Heinz Helling, D
2490 L6 TC 3000          
  4    
Opel Commodore GS
Dieter Niederholte, D
2490 L6 TC 3000          
  5    
Opel Commodore GS
Gerd Peters, D
2490 L6 TC 3000          
  1    
Ford Mustang
Friedhelm Meier, D
4728 V8 TC +3000          
  2    
Pontiac Firebird
Gerhard Binzen, D
  V8 TC +3000          
DNF      
Ford Mustang
Bernd Lange, D
4728 V8 TC +3000          
DNF      
Chevrolet Camaro
Fritz Schulz, D
  V8 TC +3000          
DNF      
Ford Mustang
Dieter Eymann, D
4728 V8 TC +3000          

Other GT results
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    
Shelby GT350
Henry C. Weber Jr
4728 V8 GT +2000          
  2    
Shelby GT350
Willi Forkel, D
4728 V8 GT +2000          
  1    
Porsche 911 T
Dieter Fröhlich, D
1991 B6 GT 2000          
  2    
Porsche 911 T
Erwin Kremer, D
1991 B6 GT 2000          
  3    
Porsche 911 T
Helmut Gillen, D
1991 B6 GT 2000          
DNF      
Shelby GT350
Peter Peters, D
4728 V8 GT +2000          
DNF      
Porsche 911
Theo Alef, D
1991 B6 GT 2000          
DNF      
Porsche 911 T
Jürgen Louis, D
1991 B6 GT 2000          

Other Group 5 results
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    
BMW 2002 TI
Peter Hoffmann, D
1990 L4 Group 5 +1600          
  2    
Porsche 911
Georg Loos, D
1991 B6 Group 5 +1600          
  3    
BMW 2002 TI
Paul Bergner, D
1990 L4 Group 5 +1600          
  4    
BMW 2002 TI
Ulrich Schürmann, D
1990 L4 Group 5 +1600          
  1    
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA
Heide Utz, D
1570 L4 Group 5 1600          
  2    
BMW 1600/2
Rolf Durst, D
1573 L4 Group 5 1600          
  3   Autohaus Wiegmann
BMW 1600 TI
Manfred Mineif, D
1573 L4 Group 5 1600          
  4   BMW-Alpina
BMW 1600/2
Peter Meyer, D
1573 L4 Group 5 1600          
  5    
BMW 1600/2
Klaus Cramer, D
1573 L4 Group 5 1600          
  6    
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA
Michael Westerfrölke, D
1570 L4 Group 5 1600          
  7    
BMW 1600/2
Michael Minninger, D
1573 L4 Group 5 1600          
  8    
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA
Udo Braunheim, D
1570 L4 Group 5 1600          
  9    
BMW 1600/2
Rolf Kayser, D
1573 L4 Group 5 1600          
  10 44  
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA
Siegfried Köpcke, D
1570 L4 Group 5 1600          
  11    
Alfa Romeo
Günther Kutz, D
1570 L4 Group 5 1600          

Remarks: Exact race/class schedule unknown; best guess displayed.