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Hockenheim Motodrom, BRD

Date: 27/8/1972
Track length: 6.789 m
Attendance: 20.000
Entries accepted: unknown
Starters: 29
Finishers: 15

Pole position: Gardner in 2.22,0 = 172,09 kmh
Fastest lap: Gardner in 2.22,6 = 171,37 kmh

Distance: 20 laps
Average speed: 167,67 kmh
Weather: Dry
Ruleset: Group 2/70, group 4/71
Car info: 1972 Cars

 

Once again, division 1 and 2 were combined, to the chagrin of many drivers.
Frank Gardner had turned up to claim the monstrous trophy for the third and final time, and made his intentions clear by taking pole in a record time of 2.22,0. Stuck was second due to gear linkage problems, Christmann in the Gerstmann Capri third. In division 2, Menzel was fastest as usual, followed by Obermoser and Schüler. Basche was still in the process of rebuilding two crashed cars into one, and had therefore not made any progress compared to the start of the season.

Notwithstanding a bad start, Gardner lead after lap 1, Stuck following on 2 seconds, and Gardner improved hid lead on each lap. In lap 3, the first of numerous incidents happened; Schütz rammed Basche out of the race, Schütz had to retire too. Lap 7: Menzel’s engine exploded, lap 9: Fritzinger’s flywheel is no longer connected to the rest of his engine, he retires.
Then, Stuck passes Gardner, who retires with a blown head gasket. He does not longer have to worry how to get the 27-kg trophy to Sydney. Christmann had retired too with differential problems. By following the now defunct Camaro, Stuck had built up lead of over one minute, with Soler-Roig second, followed by the Escorts of Obermoser and Schüler and the Andersson-Porsche of Barth. A division lead was not enough for Obermoser; in the very last corner he dived on the inside of the surprised Spaniard, who hit the Escort on the rear in the process. But Obermoser was through and came second overall.

Division 1 and 2
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 38 Ford Köln
Ford Capri RS 2600		 Hans-Joachim Stuck, D
 2940 V6 Div. 1 20 laps, 48.34,8 2 2.23,1    
2 1 68 Texaco Team Wooding
Ford Escort RS 1600		 Jörg Obermoser, D
 ca. 1800 L4 Div. 2 20 laps, 50.00,1 6? 2.27,4    
3 2   Bulova Capri Team Paul Neerpasch
Ford Capri RS 2600		 Alex Soler-Roig, E
 2940 V6 Div. 1 20 laps, 50.01,4 b5     2.27,7
4 2 67 Texaco Team Wooding
Ford Escort RS 1600		 Gerhard Schüler, D
 ca. 1800 L4 Div. 2 20 laps, 50.09,1 7? 2.28,4    
5 3    
Porsche 911 S		 Jürgen Barth, D
 2492 B6 Div. 1 20 laps, 50.22,4 b6      
6? 4    
Porsche 911 S		 Eberhard Sindel, D
 2492 B6 Div. 1 19 b8      
7? 3    
Porsche 911 T		 Wilhelm Siegle, D
 1991 B6 Div. 2 19 a8      
8? 4   Team Zakspeed
Ford Escort RS 1600		 Albrecht Krebs, D
 ca. 1800 L4 Div. 2 19 a6      
9? 5    
Porsche 911 T		 Horst Godel, D
 1991 B6 Div. 2 19 a7      
10? 6    
BMW 2002		 Gerd Schöchlin, D
 1990 L4 Div. 2 19 a10      
11? 5    
Ford Capri RS 2600		 Heinz-Hans Heicker, D
   V6 Div. 1 18 b12     Street car?
12? 7    
Porsche 911 T		 Peter Rumpfkeil, D
 1991 B6 Div. 2 18 a13      
13? 8    
Ford Escort RS 1600		 Karl-Heinz Leibold, D
 ca. 1800 L4 Div. 2 18 a14      
14? 9    
BMW 2002		 Gerhard Lässig, D
 1990 L4 Div. 2 18 a15      
15 6    
Ford Capri RS 2600		 Frank Lampe, D
   V6 Div. 1 17 b11     Street car?
DNF     Team Zakspeed
Ford Escort RS 1600		 Alois Roppes, D
 ca. 1800 L4 Div. 2 15 a9      
DNF   36 Jägermeister Racing Team
Chevrolet Camaro		 Frank Gardner, AUS
 ca. 5000 V8 Div. 1 12 1 2.22,0   Blown engine
DNF     Ford Gerstmann Racing Team
Ford Capri RS 2600		 Werner Christmann, D
 2940? V6 Div. 1 12 3 2.23,7   Engine
DNF     Alfa Romeo Hähn
Alfa Romeo 2000 GTAm		 Thomas Betzler, D
 1999 L4 Div. 2 12 a11      
DNF      
Ford Capri RS 2600		 Klaus Fritzinger, D
 2940 V6 Div. 1 9 4     Flywheel
DNF     Team Zakspeed
Ford Escort RS 1600		 Harald Menzel, D
 ca. 1800 L4 Div. 2 7 5 2.26,1   Engine
DNF     Obermoser
Ford Escort RS 1600		 Peter Cramer, D
 ca. 1800 L4 Div. 2 7 a5      
DNF     Fritzinger Tuning
Ford Capri RS 2600		 Heinz Schütz, D
 2940? V6 Div. 1 4 b9     Accident
DNF      
Ford Capri RS 2600		 Jörg Fässler, CH
 2637 V6 Div. 1 4 b14     Street car
DNF      
Ford Capri RS 2600		 Herbert Kramer, D
 2637 V6 Div. 1 3 b13     Street car
DNF   56 GS Tuning
BMW 2002		 Dieter Basche, D
 1990 L4 Div. 2 3 a4     Accident
DNF      
BMW 2002		 Günther Hildenbrand, D
 1990 L4 Div. 2 3 a12      
DNF     Faltz-Alpina Essen
BMW 2800 CS		 Hans-Peter Joisten, D
 2800? L6 Div. 1 2 b10      
DNF      
Porsche 911 S		 Thomas Datzmann, D
 2494 B6 Div. 1   b7      

Swiss Touring Car class 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    
Ford Escort RS 1600		 Ruedi Helbling, CH
   L4 Group 2 3000          
  2    
BMW 2002		 Ruedi Eggenberger, CH
 1990 L4 Group 2 3000          
  3    
BMW 2800 CS		 Moritz Gerny, CH
 2996 L6 Group 2 3000          
  4    
BMW 2002 TI		 Hugo Lutz, D
 1990 L4 Group 2 3000          
  5    
Ford Escort RS 1600		 Alois Viertl, CH
   L4 Group 2 3000          
  6    
BMW 2002		 Angelo Pallavicini, CH
 1990 L4 Group 2 3000          
  7    
Ford Capri RS 2600		 Herbert Kramer, CH
   V6 Group 2 3000          
  1    
Ford Escort TC		 Peter Arm, CH
 1594 L4 Group 2 1600          
  2    
BMW 1602		 Hermann Beilharz Jr, D
 1573 L4 Group 2 1600          
  3    
BMW 1602		 Manfred Reeb, D
 1573 L4 Group 2 1600          
  4    
Ford		 Jörg Fässler, CH
 L4   Group 2 1600          
  5    
Opel Manta 16 S		 Franz Heine, D
 1584 L4 Group 2 1600          
  6    
BMW 1602		 Otto Model, CH
 1573 L4 Group 2 1600          
  1    
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior		 Peter Wiederkehr, CH
 1290 L4 Group 2 1300          
  2    
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior		 Karl Wendlinger Jr, A
 1290 L4 Group 2 1300          
  3    
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior		 Wolfgang Kirch, D
 1290 L4 Group 2 1300          
  4    
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior		 Peter Montgelas, D
 1290 L4 Group 2 1300          
  5    
Alfa Romeo		 Primo Saligari, CH
 1290 L4 Group 2 1300          
  6    
Austin Mini Cooper S		 Anton Stocker, CH
 1293 L4 Group 2 1300          
  7    
Alfa Romeo		 Rolf Hadorn, CH
 1290 L4 Group 2 1300          
  8    
NSU 1200 TT		 Jörg Bruggmann, CH
   L4 Group 2 1300          
  9    
NSU 1200 TT		 Michel Christen, CH
   L4 Group 2 1300          
  10    
NSU 1200 TT		 Rolf Weber, D
   L4 Group 2 1300          
  11    
Fiat 128		 Helmut Thiel, D
 1148 L4 Group 2 1300          
  12    
Austin Mini Cooper		 Kurt Baumann, CH
   L4 Group 2 1300          
  13    
Alfa Romeo		 Rudolf Welter, D
 1290 L4 Group 2 1300          
  1    
Fiat Abarth 1000 TCR		 Hans Affentranger, CH
 982 L4 Group 2 1000          
  2    
NSU 1000 TTS		 Werner Furrèr, CH
 996 L4 Group 2 1000          
DNF      
BMW 2002		 Alois Matter, CH
 1990 L4 Group 2 3000          
DNF      
Ford Escort RS 1600		 Moritz Wöger, CH
   L4 Group 2 3000          
DNF      
BMW 1602		 Horst Döring, D
 1573 L4 Group 2 1600          
DNF      
NSU 1200 TT		 Hanspeter Uelliger, CH
   L4 Group 2 1300          
DNF      
NSU 1200 TT		 Alfons Hofstätter, CH
   L4 Group 2 1300          
DNF      
NSU 1200 TT		 Wilfried Vogt, D
   L4 Group 2 1300          
DNF      
NSU 1200 TT		 Oskar Weiss, CH
   L4 Group 2 1300          
DNF      
Alfa Romeo		 Ruedi Franz, CH
 1290 L4 Group 2 1300          
DNF      
NSU 1000 TTS		 Ernst Sutter, CH
 996 L4 Group 2 1000          
DNF      
Sunbeam Imp		 Fredy Toldo, CH
 998 L4 Group 2 1000          
DNF      
Fiat Abarth 1000 TCR		 Charly Kiser, CH
 982 L4 Group 2 1000          

Swiss GT class 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    
Porsche 911 S		 Peter Zbinden, CH
 2494 B6 GT +2000          
  2    
Porsche 911 S		 Freddy Lienhard, CH
 2494 B6 GT +2000          
  3    
Porsche 911 S		 Max Müller, CH
 2494 B6 GT +2000          
  4    
Porsche 911 S		 Eric Chapuis, F
 2494 B6 GT +2000          
  5    
Porsche 911 S		 Charly Guenin, CH
 2494 B6 GT +2000          
  1    
Porsche 911		 William Vollery, CH
 1991 B6 GT 2000          
  2    
Porsche 911 S		 Peter Bernhard, CH
 1991 B6 GT 2000          
  3    
Lotus Elan		 Marcel Lüthy, CH
 1594 L4 GT 2000          
  4    
Lotus Europa		 Oscar Bubeck, CH
   L4 GT 2000          
  1    
Alpine A 110 1300S		 Bernard Mauris, CH
 1289 L4 GT 1300          
  2    
Alpine A 110 1300S		 Marcel Willemin, CH
 1289 L4 GT 1300          
  3    
Honda S 800		 André Savary, CH
 791 L4 GT 1300          
DNF      
Porsche 911 S		 Claude Haldi, CH
 2494 B6 GT +2000          
DNF      
Porsche 911 T		 Kurt Peter, CH
 1991 B6 GT 2000          
DNF      
VW-Porsche 914/6		 Rolf Singenberger, CH
 1991 B6 GT 2000          
DNF      
Porsche 911 S		 Walter aus der Au, CH
 1991 B6 GT 2000          
DNF      
Alpine A 110 1300S		 Wolfgang Krasser, D
 1289 L4 GT 1300          
DNF      
Alpine A 110 1300S		 Oskar Müller, CH
 1289 L4 GT 1300          

Remarks: a div 2 practice position b div 1 practice position