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3. Internationales ADAC 24 Stunden Rennen Nürburgring

Nürburgring Nordschleife, BRD

Date: 24/6/1972 to: 25/6/1972
Track length: 22.835 m
Attendance: unknown
Entries accepted: unknown
Starters: 98/99
Finishers: 38

Pole position: Kelleners/Pankl in 9.07,0
Fastest lap: Kelleners in 9.12,4 = 148,5 kmh

Distance: 24 hours
Average speed: 137,8 kmh
Weather: unknown
Ruleset: Group 2/70
Car info: 1972 Cars

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Practice saw Kelleners/Pankl (Alpina BMW 2800CS) as fastest (9.07,0), followed by Capri privateer Fritzinger, who was helped by works driver Stuck, a works engine, some works mechanics and Kranefuss who just happened to be there. Next were Furtmayr/Ertl in a 2002 Alpina BMW and Heyer/Betzler in the AMG Mercedes, still looking for the form of Spa 1971.

99 cars took the start, Menzel/Blank missing because of an engine failure in practice. The Mercedes was in de lead after lap 1, followed by the Alpina coupé, Odenthal and Ertl. First in the box was Christmann in the Steinmetz Commodore, repairing a broken ignition wire. The Mercedes came in with high water temperature, but after a refill Heyer could continue.

After three laps the order was settled, Odenthal/Schüler leading followed by Kelleners/Pankl, Stuck/Fritzinger, Lips/Kautz and Furtmayr/Ertl. Joisten/Neuhaus were the first of the favourites to retire, with a blown engine. Next the Steinmetz Commodore retired with a broken gearbox.

While most competitors take it relatively easy, Ertl first moves a Steyr-Puch out of the way, resulting in a damaged front on the 2002, and had an off after six hours, presumably blinded by a Capri he just had passed. He comes in with a damaged wheel and a lot of damage, after repairs he retires in the same lap with a broken gearbox. The order at that moment: Kelleners/Pankl, Odenthal/Schüler, Lips/Kautz (#2 Faltz car), Fritzinger/Stuck (after some pit work) and Heyer/Betzler. The last one is the next retirement; after a routine stop, Heyer can’t continue - the differential locks. Out.

In 6th place is now the Van Eupen Kadett, leading the 2000 cc class. But early in the morning, its crossflow head gives up.

Just after midnight, the Odenthal Capri retires, after being in contention of most of the race. A leaf spring of the rear axle had broken, which could not be repaired in time. After 12 hours, the order was Fritzinger/Stuck, Kelleners/Pankl, Lips/Kautz, Zweibäumer/Ferves (2002) and Lenze/Döring (1600/2). Retirements during the night included all Alfa Romeo 1300 GTAJ’s and the second Koepchen 2002.

The fight for the lead was still exciting. At nearly every pit stop the lead would change, the leading duo still in the same lap, the third placed team Zweibäumer/Ferves six laps behind, until they had to retire too, which handed the lead in the 2000 cc class to a Group 1 Opel Ascona, well prepared, driven by Vermeulen and Frankenhout. They would finish 9th overall.

The Lips/Kautz BMW cried enough without warning; and the duel for the lead was finally settled when Stuck had a puncture 2,5 hours before the end and had to drive 16 km to reach the pits, where some damage had to be repaired as well.

The Alpina pits were surprised to see Pankl asking for an unscheduled driver change, since he was feeling sick. When Kelleners came in a few laps later and wanted a driver change too, it was discovered that exhaust fumes came inside the car. Since the race was nearly over, they got away with it.
Fritzinger, second now, thanked the marshals at Karussell (they had spurred him on every lap to drive faster) by stopping there on the last lap, asked them to light his cigarette, went back into the car and driving at a leisurely pace to the finish, where his team waited on him nail-biting.

Division 1, 2 and 3
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 22 BMW-Alpina
BMW 2800 CS		 Helmut Kelleners, D
Gerold Pankl, A
 2996 L6 Div. 3 145 laps, 3357 km 1 9.07,0    
2 2 23 Fritzinger Tuning
Ford Capri RS 2600		 Klaus Fritzinger, D
Hans-Joachim Stuck, D
 2940 V6 Div. 3 144 2 9.09,4    
3 3 8 Renngemeinschaft Sieglar
Ford Capri RS 2600		 Lothar Pinske, D
Udo Fahron, D
 2940? V6 Div. 3 133        
4 1 71  
BMW 1602		 Helmut Lenze, D
Helmut Döring, D
 1600 L4 Div. 2/1600 133        
5 2 70  
BMW 1602		 Hans Dittgen, D
Walter Becker, D
 1600 L4 Div. 2/1600 131        
6 4 11 Haribo Lakritzen Racing Team
Ford Capri RS 2600		 Heinz-Hans Heicker, D
Hans-Günther Stoffel, D
 2900? V6 Div. 3 130        
7 5 4 Amoco-RG
BMW 3.0 CS		 Walter Czadek, D
Werner Scheld, D
 2985 L6 Div. 3 129        
8 3 66 Ess-Nevada-Koflach Ski Boots RT
BMW 1602		 Knut Jäger, D
Jörg Denzel, D
 1600 L4 Div. 2/1600 128        
9 1 56 Dutch National Racing Team
Opel Ascona 19 S		 Huub Vermeulen, NL
Fred Frankenhout, NL
 1897 L4 Div. 2 125        
10 2 37  
BMW 2002		 Hannes Pennartz, D
Egon Wegst, D
 1990 L4 Div. 2 124        
11 3 49 Scuderia Blau-Weiss
Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV		 Helmut Hinse, D
Michael Ruess, D
 1962 L4 Div. 2          
12 4 64 V-10 Kléber Team
BMW 1602		 Walter Prüser, D
Peter Sieben, D
 1600 L4 Div. 2/1600          
13 4 35  
BMW 2002		 Heinz Mundorf, D
Klaus Ludwig, D
 1990 L4 Div. 2          
14 5 41  
BMW 2002 TI		 Kurt Hens, D
Josef Wilhelmy, D
 1990 L4 Div. 2          
15 1 96  
Simca Rallye		 Werner Heiden, D
Hans E. Böhm, D
 1294? L4 Div. 1/1300          
16 2 93  
Fiat 128 Rallye		 Lothar Moll, D
Kurt Beise, D
 1290 L4 Div. 1/1300          
17 6 36  
BMW 2002 TI		 Richard Bremmekamp, D
Hans-Jürgen Möhle, D
 1990 L4 Div. 2          
18 1 119  
NSU 1000 TTS		 Peter Wisskirchen, D
Hermann Cordes, D
 996 L4 Div. 1/1000          
19 5 72  
BMW 1602		 Rolf Nobel, D
Johannes Schnoor, D
 1600 L4 Div. 2/1600          
20 7 33 AC Mayen
BMW 2002		 Günther Olschewski, D
Hans Schell, D
 1990 L4 Div. 2          
CL 6 21 Écurie FBA Racing Team
Mazda RX-2		 Jules Gillotay, B
Michel Loppe, B
 2 x 491 R2 Div. 3          
CL 8 44  
BMW 2002 TI		 Jürgen Buhk, D
Robert Eckel, D
 1990 L4 Div. 2          
CL 9 31 Écurie Azur
BMW 2002 TI		 Pieter Cath, B
Jacques Dernelle, B
 1990 L4 Div. 2          
CL 6 54 Felder Racing Team
Opel Ascona		 Karl Kalkuhl, D
Rudolf Reinhardt, D
 1600 L4 Div. 2/1600          
CL 7 75  
Alfa Romeo Giulia Super		 Norbert Plenio, D
Thomas Bergmann, D
 1570 L4 Div. 2/1600          
CL 8 74  
BMW 1602		 Werner Wachter, D
Albert Stümer, D
 1600 L4 Div. 2/1600          
CL 9 65  
BMW 1602		 Werner Becker, D
Wolfgang Klever, D
 1600 L4 Div. 2/1600          
CL 3 106 V-10 Kléber Team
Daf 55		 Werner Geller, D
Herbert Schuster, D
 1148 L4 Div. 1/1300          
CL 4 85  
NSU 1200 TT		 Jean Frantz, L
Abelardo Marquez, L
 1296 L4 Div. 1/1300          
CL 5 108  
VW 1302		 Konrad Lammers, D
Peter Ochs, D
 1285 B4 Div. 1/1300          
CL 6 84 V-10 Kléber Team
NSU 1200 TT		 Wilfried Bastian, D
Hans-Günther Cramer, D
 1296 L4 Div. 1/1300          
CL 7 104  
Opel Rallye Kadett		 Peter Biella Jr., D
Kurt Klein, D
   L4 Div. 1/1300          
CL 8 109  
Simca Rallye 1		 Loek Vermeulen, NL
Jim Vermeulen, NL
 1294 L4 Div. 1/1300          
CL 9 105 V-10 Kléber Team
Honda 1300		 Frithjof Erpelding, D
Armin Siefener, D
 1300 B4? Div. 1/1300          
CL 2 122  
Autobianchi A112		 Bernd Hahne, D
Wilhelm Hahne, D
 903? L4 Div. 1/1000          
CL 3 125  
Steyr-Puch 650 TR		 Hans Musäus, D
Gerhard Dix, D
 660 B2 Div. 1/1000          
CL 4 118 Scuderia Gedern
NSU 1000 TTS		 Willi Bergmeister, D
Peter Ernst, D
 996 L4 Div. 1/1000          
CL 5 121  
NSU 1000 TTS		 Siegfried Theiss, D
Bernd Pfeifer, D
 996 L4 Div. 1/1000          
DNF   1 AMG
Mercedes 300 SEL 6.3		 Hans Heyer, D
Thomas Betzler, D
 6834 V8 Div. 3   4 9.27,6   Differential
DNF   2 Faltz-Alpina Essen
BMW 2800 CS		 Hans-Peter Joisten, D
Jürgen Neuhaus, D
 2996 L6 Div. 3   7 9.31,6   Blown engine
DNF   3 Faltz-Alpina Essen
BMW 2800 CS		 Bert Lips, D
Hartmut Kautz, D
 2996 L6 Div. 3   10 9.53,3   Blown engine
DNF   5 AC Mayen
BMW 2500		 Georg Jonas, D
Willi Weyer, D
 2494 L6 Div. 3         Blown engine
DNF   9 Renngemeinschaft Sieglar
Ford Capri RS 2600		 Hubert Richarz, D
Reinhold Girndt, D
   V6 Div. 3          
DNF   10  
Ford Capri RS 2600		 Waltraud Odenthal, D
Gerhard Schüler, D
 2900? V6 Div. 3   9 9.50,0   Rear suspension
DNF   14 MSC Lennep
Ford Capri RS 2600		 Hermann van Bonn, D
Franz-Josef Klasen, D
   V6 Div. 3         Rear suspension
DNF   15 Renngemeinschaft MSC Langenfeld
Ford Capri RS 2600		 Manfred Herbertz, D
Uwe Reich, D
   V6 Div. 3         Rear suspension
DNF   16 Steinmetz Automobiltechnik
Opel Commodore GS 2800		 Werner Christmann, D
Arthur Blank, CH
 2998 L6 Div. 3   8 9.32,0   Gearbox
DNF   17  
Ford Capri RS 2600		 Jean-Francois Piot, F
Claude Lobo, F
 2800 V6 Div. 3         Flywheel
DNF   19 Keiper-Recaro Racing Team
Opel Commodore GS/E		 Ulrich Dressel, D
Artur-Gerd Sauer, D
 2490 L6 Div. 3         Gearbox
DNF   20  
Opel Commodore		 Dieter Ebermayer, D
Jürgen Engels, D
   L6 Div. 3         Gearbox
DNF   28 Koepchen BMW Tuning
BMW 2002		 Walter Struckmann, D
Helmut Kuhl, D
 1990 L4 Div. 2   5 9.29,4    
DNF   29  
BMW 2002		 Hans-Werner Brohl, D
Manfred Verkühlen, D
 1990 L4 Div. 2          
DNF   30 Faltz-Alpina Essen
BMW 2002		 Peter Kuhlmann, D
Hans-Jürgen Schulte-Oversohl, D
 1990 L4 Div. 2          
DNF   32 AC Bavaria
BMW 2002		 Günther Schuster, D
Wolfgang Druba, D
 1990 L4 Div. 2          
DNF   34 V-10 Kléber Team
BMW 2002 TI		 Klaus Lammerding, D
Hans-Lothar Koch, D
 1990 L4 Div. 2          
DNF   38  
BMW 2002		 Richard Peitz, D
Werner Schruf, D
 1990 L4 Div. 2          
DNF   39  
BMW 2002		 Peter Otto, D
Manfred Hälbig, D
 1990 L4 Div. 2          
DNF   42  
BMW 2002		 Jürgen Geyser, D
Hartmut Bauer, D
 1990 L4 Div. 2          
DNF   43  
BMW 2002 TI		 Edmund Gastes, D
Rolf Pietsch, D
 1990 L4 Div. 2         Engine
DNF   45 H. Hundt, Duckhams Oils
BMW 2002		 Alfred Stenpass, D
Horst Frye, D
 1990 L4 Div. 2          
DNF   46  
BMW 2002 TI		 Hans Weissgerber, D
Lothar Grasshoff, D
 1990 L4 Div. 2          
DNF   47 Scuderia Teutonia
Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV		 Hartmut Meyer, D
Friedel Bentlage, D
 1962 L4 Div. 2          
DNF   48 ZZ-Racing Team
Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV		 Hans-Günter Engels, D
Klaus Zahn, D
 1962 L4 Div. 2          
DNF   50 Opel Team van Eupen
Opel Rallye Kadett LS		 Horst Bonefeld, D
Joachim Knollmann, D
 1897 L4 Div. 2         Engine
DNF   51 Opel Team van Eupen
Opel Ascona		 Bernhard Niehaus, D
Georg Bialas, D
 1897? L4 Div. 2         Engine
DNF   52 Steinmetz Automobiltechnik
Opel Ascona		 Thomas Teves, D
Robert Eberhard, D
 1897? L4 Div. 2         Engine
DNF   53 V-10 Kléber Team
Opel Ascona		 Heinrich Hirth, D
Ernst-Dieter Klotzeck, D
 1897? L4 Div. 2         Engine
DNF   55 BMW Tuning Auto-Wedel
BMW 2002		 Rainer Zweibäumer, D
Thomas Fervers, D
 1990 L4 Div. 2         Blown engine
DNF   57 BMW-Alpina
BMW 2002		 Ernst Furtmayr, D
Harald Ertl, A
 1990 L4 Div. 2   3 9.23,9   Gearbox
DNF   61 Koepchen BMW Tuning
BMW 1602		 Günther Mohrs, D
Horst Bins, D
 1600 L4 Div. 2/1600          
DNF   62 Auto-Reifen Müller
BMW 1602		 Armand Müller, D
Friedhelm Vogt, D
 1600 L4 Div. 2/1600          
DNF   63 V-10 Kléber Team
BMW 1602		 Bernd Borkhoff, D
Michael Kronenberg, D
 1600 L4 Div. 2/1600          
DNF   68 IMEX Racing Car
BMW 1602		 Wolfgang Kopp, D
Harald Borse, A
 1600 L4 Div. 2/1600          
DNF   69 Scuderia Säubrenner
BMW 1602		 Paul Krischel, D
Michael Minninger, D
 1600 L4 Div. 2/1600          
DNF   73  
BMW 1602		 Karl Richter, D
Kurt Fuchs, D
 1600 L4 Div. 2/1600          
DNF   76  
VW 1302 S		 Jochen Lüer, D
Jürgen Grund, D
 1584 B4 Div. 2/1600          
DNF   80 Kamei Racing Team
NSU 1200 TT		 Friedrich Tonne, D
Gotthard Egerland, D
 1296 L4 Div. 1/1300          
DNF   83 Kilian Tuning
NSU 1200 TT		 Bernd Henting, D
Karl-Helmut Schmitz, D
 1296 L4 Div. 1/1300          
DNF   86 Alfa Romeo Deutschland
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior		 Dieter Gleich, D
Dieter Weizinger, D
 1290 L4 Div. 1/1300          
DNF   87 Touren- und Sportwagen H.H. Stahlberg
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior		 Dieter Meyer, D
Hans Hessel, D
 1290 L4 Div. 1/1300          
DNF   89  
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior		 Gerhard Hennemann, D
Hans-Joachim Kalle, D
 1290 L4 Div. 1/1300          
DNF   90  
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior		 Hartwig Bertrams, D
Friedhelm Theissen, D
 1290 L4 Div. 1/1300          
DNF   92 Fiat Sportcenter Reppekus
Fiat 128		 Friedhelm Przyklenk, D
Peter Witte, D
 1290? L4 Div. 1/1300          
DNF   94 Chevron Renngemeinschaft
Renault R 8 Gordini		 Peter Möder, D
Lothar Friedrich, D
 1255 L4 Div. 1/1300          
DNF   95 Sportfahrer Gemeinschaft Köln
Renault R 8 Gordini		 Heiner Müller, D
Jürgen Houck, D
 1255 L4 Div. 1/1300          
DNF   97  
Simca Rallye		 Manfred-Jürgen Wendt, D
Klaus Pfeiffer, D
 1294? L4 Div. 1/1300          
DNF   98  
Simca Rallye		 Karl-Ludwig Bickmann, D
Fritz Nett, D
 1294? L4 Div. 1/1300          
DNF   100 Renngemeinschaft Sieglar
Ford Escort 1300 GT		 Lothar Steinrötter, D
Norbert Hoffmann, D
 1298 L4 Div. 1/1300          
DNF   101  
Ford Escort 1300 GT		 Franz Maintz, D
Dietmar Köndgen, D
 1298 L4 Div. 1/1300          
DNF   102  
Ford Escort 1300 GT		 Wolfgang Schirmer, D
Norbert Hahne, D
 1298 L4 Div. 1/1300          
DNF   103 Racing Teams Club Übach-Palenberg
Fiat 128		 Bert Hensel, D
Klaus-Peter Lennartz, D
 1290? L4 Div. 1/1300          
DNF   107 Eifel-Sportfahrer Racing Team
Daf 55		 Alois Roppes, D
Harrie Geeris, NL
 1148? L4 Div. 1/1300         Accident
DNF   82 Motor Sport Club Sinzig
NSU 1200 TT		 Helmut Klinkhammer, D
Heinz Sistig, D
 1296 L4 Div. 1/1300          
DNF   115 Kilian Tuning
NSU 1000 TTS		 Wolfgang Hansen, D
Helmut Eisenreich, D
 996 L4 Div. 1/1300          
DNF   116 Keiper-Recaro Racing Team
NSU 1000 TTS		 Peter Döring, D
Horst Urspruch, D
 996 L4 Div. 1/1300          
DNF   117 Schmidt-Tuning
NSU 1000 TTS		 Michael Degenhardt, D
Werner Schuh, D
 996 L4 Div. 1/1300          
DNF   123 Renngemeinschaft Sieglar
Autobianchi A112		 Dietmar Schäfer, D
Winfried Schmidt, D
 903? L4 Div. 1/1300          
DNF   124 Eifel-MSC
Autobianchi A112		 Anton Erdorf, D
Rainer Jungels, D
 903? L4 Div. 1/1300          
DNF   120  
NSU 1000 TTS		 Friedrich Strassen, D
Heinz Sälzer, D
 996 L4 Div. 1/1300          
DNS   7 Grab Ford Siegen
Ford Capri RS 2600		 Harald Menzel, D
Bernd Blank, D
 2900? V6 Div. 3   6 9.30,6