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Austria-Trophäe Salzburgring

Salzburgring, Austria

Date: 16/4/1972
Track length: 4.255 m
Attendance: 12.000
Entries accepted: unknown
Starters: 22 (Div. 1); 25? (Div. 2 and 3)
Finishers: 12 (Div. 1); 17 (Div. 2 & 3)

Pole position: Facetti in 1.30,8 (div. 1), Glemser in 1.23,2 (div. 2 and 3)
Fastest lap: unknown

Distance: 50 laps (div. 1), 80 laps (div. 2 and 3)
Average speed: 155,19 kmh
Weather: Cold, a little snow, heavy rain
Ruleset: Group 2/70
Car info: 1972 Cars

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The entry was much better than Monza. More Fiats with a better chance than the fast Monza track; some fast BMW 2002s took part here; and in division 3, we had three Schnitzer coupés, including Peltier’s private car, another (brand new) one for Alpina and last but not least the lightweight but ballasted Broadspeed car, who had lost the works development deal for the future CSL but entered the race anyway. At least, it was thought that the car was ballasted. Or was it?
Only the first practice was dry, so it was difficult to get a picture of the situation. In division 1, Facetti was fastest but the first Fiat was in position 2. Division 3 saw the Capris in front, but the heavy BMWs clocked encouraging times. Birrell’s 6th overall brought him in the middle of the Munich 3-liter brigade.

Sunday saw terrible weather. First victim was Dona, who did not have enough traction from the start line with his front wheel drive to prevent three Alfas to pass him. Facetti had a brilliant drive, lapping all other cars at least once. At the finish, four Alfas finished in front of two Fiats.

In the division 2 and 3 race, the Capris took the lead, followed by the Broadspeed car. Quester could not start his car in time, lost a lot of time and finally crashed into the barriers in the first hour. Pankl too had a bad start, but he and team-mate Ertl in the 2002 could pass Birrell in his light Escort, who had troubles driving straight, his wide tires aquaplaning. Peltier was left behind too, the young man being careful in this weather with his expensive car. Although Ertl fell victim of engine troubles and had to stop frequently to dry the ignition, he could keep his class lead to the finish.
Glemser came closer to Stuck in the end, who had been driving as a man possessed with the little view that was left in the heavy rain. Third still was Fitzpatrick, but Pankl closed in to fourth placed Heyer, whose vision was even further reduced by steamy windows. Although Pankl had the same trouble, he passed Heyer in the last possible moment and was 5/100 of a second in front at the finish line.
No need for team orders at Ford: oil starvation on the Stuck car left Stuck with no alternative as to creep to the finish, which he just reached, in second.
An entertaining race under terrible conditions.

Division 1
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 2 Autodelta S.p.A.
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior		 Carlo Facetti, I
 1290 L4 Div. 1 50 laps, 1:25.21,7 1 1.30,8    
2 2    
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior		 Karl Wendlinger Jr, A
 1290 L4 Div. 1 49 7 1.35,0    
3 3   Autodelta S.p.A.
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior		 Spartaco Dini ("Paco"), I
 1290 L4 Div. 1 49 4 1.34,0    
4 4   Autodelta S.p.A.
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior		 Massimo Larini, I
 1290 L4 Div. 1 48 9 1.35,3    
5 5 6 Scuderia Filipinetti
Fiat 128 coupé 1300		 Walter Dona, I
 1290 L4 Div. 1 48 2 1.33,7    
6 6 7 Scuderia Filipinetti
Fiat 128 coupé 1300		 Umberto Grano, I
 1290 L4 Div. 1 48 12 1.37,6    
7 7 20? Scuderia Filipinetti
Fiat 128 Rallye		 Jean-Louis Lafosse, F
 1290 L4 Div. 1 47 13 1.39,3    
8 8   Écurie Anjou
NSU 1200 TT		 Jean-Claude Boucher, F
 1296 L4 Div. 1 45 20 1.47,4    
9 9    
NSU 1200 TT		 Reiner Rudolph, D
 1296 L4 Div. 1 44 19 1.45,9    
10 10    
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior		 Drago Regvart, YU
 1290 L4 Div. 1   14 1.40,2    
11 11   Trivellato
Fiat 128 Rallye		 Damir Wiesner
 1290 L4 Div. 1   17 1.43,4    
12 12    
Alfa Romeo 1300 GT Junior		 Herbert Schenzel, A
 1290 L4 Div. 1/Gr. 1 39 23 1.58,5    
DNF   9 Trivellato
Fiat 128 coupé 1300		 Giuseppe Gallo ("Girasole"), I
 1290 L4 Div. 1   11 1.36,4    
DNF      
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior		 Antonio Zanussi, I
 1290 L4 Div. 1   15 1.41,1    
DNF      
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior		 Reinhard Kern, CH
 1290 L4 Div. 1   16 1.42,4    
DNF      
Morris Mini Cooper S		 Josef Chalupa, A
 1293 L4 Div. 1   18 1.45,8   Head gasket
DNF      
NSU 1200 TT		 Daniel Dupré, F
 1296 L4 Div. 1   21 1.51,0    
DNF      
Morris Mini Clubman 1275 GT		 Wolfgang Kaspar, A
 1275 L4 Div. 1   22 1.54,0    
DNF      
Austin Mini Cooper S		 Trimmel
 1293 L4 Div. 1   24 2.00,8    
DNF      
Ford Escort 1300		 Heribert Werginz, A
 1298 L4 Div. 1   25 2.04,8    
DNF     Autodelta S.p.A.
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior		 Gianluigi Picchi, I
 1290 L4 Div. 1   3 1.33,8   Accident
DNF     Mineif-Trivellato
Fiat 128 Rallye		 Manfred Mineif, D
 1290 L4 Div. 1 10 6 1.34,2   Gearbox
DNF     Trivellato Vicenza Team
Fiat 128 coupé 1300		 Jacopo "Pino" Trivellato, I
 1290 L4 Div. 1   10 1.35,9    
DNF     Formel Rennsport Club der Schweiz
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior		 Peter Wiederkehr, CH
 1290 L4 Div. 1   5 1.34,0    
DNS     Scuderia Brescia Corse
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior		 Vincenzo Loda ("Enzo"), I
 1290 L4 Div. 1   8 1.35,0    

Division 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 30 Ford Köln
Ford Capri RS 2600		 Dieter Glemser, D
 2940 V6 Div. 3 80 laps, 2:11.06,9 1 1.23,2    
2 2 31 Ford Köln
Ford Capri RS 2600		 Hans-Joachim Stuck, D
 2940 V6 Div. 3 80 laps, 2:11.34,9 2 1.23,2    
3 3 34 Team Broadspeed
BMW 2800 CS		 John Fitzpatrick, GB
 2996 L6 Div. 3 79 8 1.27,0    
4 4 33 BMW-Alpina
BMW 2800 CS		 Gerold Pankl, A
 2996 L6 Div. 3 77 4 1.24,3    
5 5 44 Team Schnitzer Motul
BMW 2800 CS		 Hans Heyer, D
 2996 L6 Div. 3 77 7 1.26,7    
6 6 37 Précision Liegeoise
BMW 2800 CS		 Alain Peltier, B
 2996 L6 Div. 3 76 5 1.26,4    
7 1 2 BMW-Alpina
BMW 2002		 Harald Ertl, A
 1990 L4 Div. 2 75 laps, 2:12.22,1 11 1.29,9    
8 2 1 Ford Köln
Ford Escort RS 1600		 Gerry Birrell, GB
 1855 L4 Div. 2 73 6 1.26,5    
9 3   Hasag Polstermöbel
Alfa Romeo 2000 GTAm		 Heinz Derflinger, A
 1985 L4 Div. 2 72 12 1.30,3    
10 4    
BMW 2002		 Sepp Manhalter, A
 1990 L4 Div. 2 72 16 1.33,1    
11 5 3 Sony Racing Team
Ford Escort RS 1600		 Han Akersloot, NL
 1800 L4 Div. 2 69 10 1.28,0    
12 6   Mazda Swiss Racing
Mazda Savanna RX-3		 Walter Brun, CH
 2 x 491 R2 Div. 2 69 17 1.33,3    
13 7    
BMW 2002 TII		 Ruedi Eggenberger, CH
 1990 L4 Div. 2   14 1.30,8    
14 8    
BMW 1600/2		 Siegfried Kowarik, A
 1573 L4 Div. 2   26 1.46,4    
15 9    
BMW 1600/2		 Robert Lang, YU
 1573 L4 Div. 2   25 1.44,2    
16 10    
BMW 2002 TII		 W. Germann
 1990 L4 Div. 2   19 1.34,4    
DNF      
Alfa Romeo 2000 GTAm		 Heinz Isert, D
 1985 L4 Div. 2   20 1.35,0    
DNF      
Opel Ascona		 Franz Propst, A
   L4 Div. 2   23 1.38,6    
DNF     Conrero
Opel Commodore GS 2800		 Alberto Rosselli, I
 2998 L6 Div. 3   21 1.36,2    
DNF      
Ford Escort RS 1600		 Johann Schnabl, A
 1701 L4 Div. 2   22 1.37,6    
DNF      
BMW 2002		 Rudolf Schmutz, CH
 1990 L4 Div. 2   24 1.39,3    
DSQ     Team Schnitzer Motul
BMW 2800 CS		 Dieter Quester, A
 2996 L6 Div. 3 23 3 1.23,9   Blackflagged, push start
DNF     Ford Gerstmann Racing Team
Ford Capri RS 2600		 Waltraud Odenthal, D
 2940 V6 Div. 3   13 1.30,5   Engine
DNF      
BMW 2800 CS		 Moritz Gerny, CH
 2996 L6 Div. 3   15 1.32,9    
DNF     Team Broadspeed
Ford Escort RS 1600		 José Maria de Uriarte, E
 1800 L4 Div. 2 69 27 1.50,8   Accident
DNS      
Chevrolet Camaro		 Franz Albert, A
 5000 V8 Div. 3   9 1.27,2    
DNS      
Chevrolet Camaro		 Robert Eberhard, D
   V8 Div. 3   18 1.34,3