Pole position: Hezemans in 8.33,5 = 160,09 kmh
Fastest lap: Schickentanz in 8.47,9 = 155,75 kmh
Distance: 6 laps = 137,01 km
Average speed: 153,19 kmh
Weather: Wet
Ruleset: Group 2/70, group 4/71
Car info: 1973 Cars
The works entries for the DRM this year did not improve track manners, it seemed. But let’s start with qualifying. Fastest was Hezemans, not eligible for points but entered as a support for Menzel, who set second fastest time, followed by Heyer in the lone works Capri. He was followed by Muir in the Alpina car, practising for the 6 hour race, Fritzinger in an ex-works car and Schickentanz in a Kremer Carrera. Next up was Glemser, fastest of division 2. The new 16-valve BMW 2002’s were no match for the Zakspeed Escort. Steckkönig’s Carrera had dropped off the trailer on the way to the Nürburgring, but he was able to finally take the start. Waltraud Odenthal however crashed her Capri with more force - she became a non-starter. The BMW-Ford-Porsche fight did not take place; there was no works Porsche here (or in any future DRM round - apart from sporadic entries of the baby 935) and the BMW versus Ford fight was over before it had begun really. The two BMW works cars led after the start, Hezemans in the lead leaving Menzel behind, which was hardly team tactics. Heyer, irritated by the blocking BMW’s after the start, tried to pass Menzel on the inside of Schwalbenschwanz, with predictable results: when Menzel turned in he hit Heyer, who did not leave any room, and both had to retire with damaged cars. But the race continued, Hezemans in the lead while Muir damaged his car too; after a spin he could continue for a while but since the fuel system had been damaged as well he had to give up. Kelleners gave up with broken suspension. |
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Division 1 and 2
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| 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 | 24 | BMW Motorsport BMW 3.0 CSL |
Toine Hezemans, NL |
3331 | L6 | Div. 1 | 6 laps, 53.39,8 | 1 | 8.33,5 | ||
| 2 | 2 | 6 | Porsche Kremer/Oldenkott Tobacco and Pipes Racing Porsche Carrera RSK |
Clemens Schickentanz, D |
2808 | B6 | Div. 1 | 6 laps, 53.45,0 | 6 | ca. 8.50 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 8 | Ford Capri RS 2600 |
Klaus Fritzinger, D |
2940 | V6 | Div. 1 | 6 laps, 53.47,3 | 5 | 8.46,2 | ||
| 4 | 4 | 7 | Manfred Weissmann Racing Speyer Porsche Carrera RSR |
Günther Steckkönig, D |
2808 | B6 | Div. 1 | 6 laps, 55.12,4 | b15 | |||
| 5 | 5 | 5 | Ford Gerstmann Racing Team Ford Capri RS 2600 |
Hartmut Kautz, D |
2940 | V6 | Div. 1 | 6 laps, 55.23,8 | 8 | |||
| 6 | 1 | 56 | Team Zakspeed Ford Escort RS 1600 |
Dieter Glemser, D |
1975 | L4 | Div. 2 | 6 laps, 55.53,5 | 7 | 8.53,3 | ||
| 7 | 6 | 20 | Faltz-Alpina Essen BMW 3.0 CSL |
Hans-Peter Joisten, D |
3331? | L6 | Div. 1 | 6 laps, 56.59,4 | b14 | |||
| 8 | 7 | 4 | Grab Ford Siegen Ford Capri RS 2600 |
Karl-Ludwig Weiss, D |
2898 | V6 | Div. 1 | 6 laps, 57.01,9 | 10 | 9.05,1 | ||
| 9 | 8 | 14 | General Anzeiger Ford Capri RS 2600 |
Klaus Ludwig, D |
2940 | V6 | Div. 1 | 6 laps, 58.02,9 | b17 | |||
| 10 | 9 | 22 | Porsche 911 S |
Jürgen Konrad, D |
2494 | B6 | Div. 1 | 6 laps, 58.05,2 | 18 | |||
| 11 | 2 | 51 | GS Tuning BMW 2002 |
Dieter Basche, D |
1990 | L4 | Div. 2 | 6 laps, 58.27,3 | 9 | |||
| 12 | 10 | 15 | Renngemeinschaft MSC Langenfeld Opel Commodore GS |
Hans-Wilhelm Ridder, D |
2998 | L6 | Div. 1 | 6 laps, 58.30,1 | b12 | |||
| 13 | 11 | 17 | Porsche Carrera RSR |
Eugen Kiemele, D |
2808 | B6 | Div. 1 | 6 laps, 58.48,6 | 15 | |||
| 14 | 12 | 23 | Renngemeinschaft Sieglar Ford Capri RS 2600 |
Hubert Richarz, D |
2940 | V6 | Div. 1 | 6 laps, 58.53,4 | b13 | |||
| 15 | 3 | 69 | Porsche 911 |
Hans Hargarten, D |
1991 | B6 | Div. 2 | 6 laps, 59.38,5 | a9 | |||
| 16 | 4 | 71 | BMW 2002 |
Heinrich Hirth, D |
1990 | L4 | Div. 2 | 6 laps, 1:00.56,7 | a8 | |||
| 17/NC? | 13 | 21 | Hasselbecker Racing Porsche 911 S |
Horst Sasse, D |
2494 | B6 | Div. 1 | 6 laps, 1:01.53,1 | b18 | |||
| 18/NC? | 14 | 19 | BMW 3.0 CSL |
Willi Weyer, D |
3003? | L6 | Div. 1 | 6 laps, 1:03.02,8 | b16 | |||
| DNF | 68 | BMW 2002 TI |
Hans Full, D |
1990 | L4 | Div. 2 | 6 | a7 | ||||
| DNF | 81 | Scuderia Säubrenner Opel Ascona |
Paul Priebe, D |
2000? | L4 | Div. 2 | 6 | 17 | ||||
| DNF | 67 | MSC Siegerland Opel Ascona |
Ernst-Dieter Klotzeck, D |
2000? | L4 | Div. 2 | 6 | a14 | ||||
| DNF | 77 | BMW |
Roland Rutschow, D |
L4 | Div. 2 | 5 | a12 | |||||
| DNF | 53 | Koepchen BMW Tuning BMW 2002 |
Helmut Kelleners, D |
1990 | L4 | Div. 2 | 4 | 11 | Suspension | |||
| DNF | 66 | MSC Lennep Ford Escort RS 1600 |
Werner Schommers, D |
ca. 2000 | L4 | Div. 2 | 4 | 13 | ||||
| DNF | 70 | BMW 2002 |
Günther Hildenbrand, D |
1990 | L4 | Div. 2 | 4 | a17 | ||||
| DNF | 92 | AC Radevormwald BMC Mini Cooper S |
Eberhardt Beck, D |
1293 | L4 | Div. 2 | 4 | a16 | ||||
| DNF | 75 | BMW 2002 |
Richard Peitz, D |
1990 | L4 | Div. 2 | 4 | a11 | ||||
| DNF | 83 | Piet-Jürgen Vorbrüggen BMW 1602 |
Dieter Hegels, D |
1573 | L4 | Div. 2 | 3 | a13 | ||||
| DNF | 11 | BMW-Alpina BMW 3.0 CSL |
Brian Muir, AUS |
3331 | L6 | Div. 1 | 1 | 4 | 8.42,8 | Accident | ||
| DNF | 1 | BMW Motorsport BMW 3.0 CSL |
Harald Menzel, D |
3331 | L6 | Div. 1 | 1 | 2 | 8.34,9 | Accident | ||
| DNF | 2 | Ford Köln Ford Capri RS 2600 LW |
Hans Heyer, D |
2983 | V6 | Div. 1 | 1 | 3 | 8.36,5 | Accident | ||
| DNF | 9 | Porsche 911 S |
Helmut Henzler, D |
2494 | B6 | Div. 1 | 1 | 16 | ||||
| DNF | 55 | Team Europa-Möbel Ford Escort RS 1600 |
Jörg Obermoser, D |
ca. 2000 | L4 | Div. 2 | 1 | 14 | ||||
| DNF | 59 | Auto-Geishauser BMW 2002 |
Manfred Busch, D |
1990 | L4 | Div. 2 | 1 | a10 | ||||
| DNF | 60 | Ford Gerstmann Racing Team Ford Escort RS 1600 |
Karl-Heinz Leibold, D |
ca. 2000 | L4 | Div. 2 | 1 | a18 | ||||
| DNF | 86 | Ford Escort RS 1600 |
Rudi Hülskamp, D |
ca. 2000 | L4 | Div. 2 | 1 | a15 | ||||
| DNF | 62 | Team Europa-Möbel Porsche 911 |
Horst Klauke, D |
1991 | B6 | Div. 2 | 1 | a19 | ||||
| DNS | 3 | Ford Odenthal Ford Capri RS 2600 |
Waltraud Odenthal, D |
2940 | V6 | Div. 1 | 12 | Crash in practice | ||||
Remarks: a div 2 practice position b div 1 practice position