Pole position: Amon in 1.35,2
Fastest lap: Mass and Hezemans in 1.36,3 = 157,979 kmh
Distance: 4 hours
Average speed: 150,911 kmh
Weather: sunny and hot
Ruleset: Group 2/70
Car info: 1973 Cars
After the Williamson drama, the international community was not very keen to visit the classic track. But the Dutch authorities had acted; the German ONS was asked to bring five rescue cars - a thing that was tried for the GP as well but failed to materialise, not only the organisers fault. So the atmosphere was relaxed after all, only the wind giving troubles - sand was blown on the track all the time. BMW had its usual two-car works team, with holed front spoilers to reduce the temperature of the left front tire. They were fastest in practice, sharing the front row with the first Capri. The second row consisted of the second Capri and the Schnitzer car of Pescarolo/Ertl. Muir/Hunt with the Alpina car had to rely on a 3.3 litre engine, just like the second car of Brun/Cocher. The Zakspeed Escort of Heyer/Mohr lead the two litre brigade, faster than the Broadspeed car of the Hanson brothers, the Escort of Berg and the Koepchen-2002 of Kelleners/Menzel. Though the modified Alfetta was not too bad in practice, according to Stommelen, it was slower than the outdated GTAm of Dini/Dona. The race turned out to be a classic. It started overwhelming, none withstanding the fact that the Koepchen BMW did not start at first so missed the action. A trio led: Stuck/Mass/Hezemans who fought for the lead in a way that one may have thought the race would only last five laps. Pescarolo closed while the Alpina cars and the second Capri took it more easy. The fight was so intense, that hardly anyone noticed the retirements of Berg (Escort), the Alfetta and the Mesia Capri. While Fitzpatrick came to the pits to replace a spark plug, Mass had taken the lead. A failed overtaking manoeuvre by Stuck resulted in a pit stop for two new front tires and cleaning out a lot of sand. |
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 | 9 | BMW Motorsport GmbH BMW 3.0 CSL |
Toine Hezemans, NL Dieter Quester, A |
3498 | L6 | Div. 2 | 143 laps, 4:00.16,0 | 2 | 1.35,7 | 1.36,3 | |
2 | 2 | 12 | Jägermeister Alpina Racing BMW 3.0 CSL |
Brian Muir, AUS James Hunt, GB |
3303 | L6 | Div. 2 | 142 | 6 | 1.37,7 | ||
3 | 3 | 1 | Ford Köln Ford Capri RS 2600 LW |
John Fitzpatrick, GB Gérard Larrousse, F |
2999 | V6 | Div. 2 | 141 | 4 | 1.37,0 | ||
4 | 4 | 3 | NMB Racing Team Ford Capri RS 2600 |
Klaus Fritzinger, D Han Akersloot, NL |
2980 | V6 | Div. 2 | 140 | 7 | 1.39,1 | ||
5 | 5 | 14 | BMW-Alpina BMW 3.0 CSL |
Walter Brun, CH Cox Kocher, CH |
3303 | L6 | Div. 2 | 136 | 8 | 1.40,0 | ||
6 | 1 | 25 | Zakspeed RTL Ford Escort RS 1600 |
Hans Heyer, D Manfred Mohr, D |
1975 | L4 | Div. 1 | 134 | 9 | 1.40,2 | ||
7 | 2 | 33 | Koepchen BMW Tuning BMW 2002 |
Helmut Kelleners, D Harald Menzel, D |
1990 | L4 | Div. 1 | 131 | 12 | 1.41,8 | 16v car | |
8 | 3 | 22 | Autodelta S.p.A. Alfa Romeo 2000 GTAm |
Hans Deen, NL Teodoro Zeccoli, I |
1985 | L4 | Div. 1 | 131 | 17 | 1.46,7 | ||
9 | 4 | 23 | Autodelta S.p.A. Alfa Romeo 2000 GTAm |
Spartaco Dini ("Paco"), I Walter Dona, I |
1985 | L4 | Div. 1 | 130 | 11 | 1.41,4 | ||
10 | 6 | 10 | Team Schnitzer Motul BMW 3.0 CSL |
Harald Ertl, A Henri Pescarolo, F |
3498 | L6 | Div. 2 | 129 | 5 | 1.37,1 | ||
11 | 5 | 29 | The Barbarians Ford Escort RS 1600 |
Peter Hanson, GB John Hanson, GB |
1996 | L4 | Div. 1 | 126 | 10 | 1.40,9 | ||
12 | 6 | 31 | Team Broadspeed Ford Escort RS 1600 |
Rafael Barrios, E Emilio Rodriguez Zapico, E |
1850 | L4 | Div. 1 | 122 | 15 | 1.42,8 | ||
13 | 7 | 24 | Opel Manta |
Franz Heine, D Gerrit de Vries, NL |
2000? | L4 | Div. 1 | 120 | 24 | 1.54,4 | ||
14 | 7 | 7 | Opel Gulf Racing Team Opel Commodore GS/E |
René Tricot, B Patrick Nève, B |
2784 | L6 | Div. 2 | 119 | 25 | 1.54,7 | ||
DNF | 8 | BMW Motorsport GmbH BMW 3.0 CSL |
Hans-Joachim Stuck, D Chris Amon, NZ |
3498 | L6 | Div. 2 | 90 | 1 | 1.35,2 | Accident | ||
DNF | 37 | BMW 1602 |
Karl-Heinz Tibor, D Dieter Hegels, D |
1600 | L4 | Div. 1 | 83 | 21 | 1.51,2 | |||
DNF | 5 | Pepsi-Cola Ford Capri RS 2600 |
Jaime Mesia, E Alberto Ruiz Giménez, E |
ca. 2900 | V6 | Div. 2 | 72 | 14 | 1.42,4 | Accident | ||
DNF | 35 | Balafre Lancome BMW 2002 |
Lothar Wagner, D Paul Verheij, NL |
1990 | L4 | Div. 1 | 57 | 22 | 1.52,1 | |||
DNF | 6 | DNRT Marlboro Team Opel Commodore GS/E |
Fred Frankenhout, NL Huub Vermeulen, NL |
2784 | L6 | Div. 2 | 53 | 23 | 1.52,5 | |||
DNF | 41 | Alfa Romeo Deutschland Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior |
Hartwig Bertrams, D Hans Hessel, D |
1290 | L4 | Div. 1 | 49 | 26 | 1.55,6 | |||
DNF | 20 | Toyota AG Schweiz Toyota Celica GT |
Herbert Müller, CH Jürg Dubler, CH |
1588 | L4 | Div. 1 | 40 | 18 | 1.47,7 | Head gasket | ||
DNF | 2 | Ford Köln Ford Capri RS 2600 LW |
Jochen Mass, D Dieter Glemser, D |
2999 | V6 | Div. 2 | 31 | 3 | 1.35,9 | 1.36,3 | Halfshaft | |
DNF | 39 | Hannen Alt Racing Team BMW 2002 |
Manfred Verkühlen, D Peter Kuhlmann, D |
1990 | L4 | Div. 1 | 14 | 20 | 1.49,9 | |||
DNF | 21 | Autodelta S.p.A. Alfa Romeo Alfetta Berlina |
Rolf Stommelen, D Carlo Facetti, I |
1800 | L4 | Div. 1 | 10 | 13 | 1.42,3 | Gearbox | ||
DNF | 30 | Ford Escort RS 1600 |
Karl-Heinz Leibold, D Armand Müller, D |
1975 | L4 | Div. 1 | 9 | 19 | 1.49,7 | Rear axle | ||
DNF | 27 | Ford Escort RS 1600 |
Ernst Berg, NL Bert Dolk, NL |
1800 | L4 | Div. 1 | 2 | 16 | 1.45,2 | Clutch | ||
DNS | 34 | BMW 2002 |
Wilhelm Urlbauer, D Günther Scherf, D |
1990 | L4 | Div. 1 | 27 | 1.56,2 | ||||
DNS | 48 | Datsun Radio Noordzee Racing Team Datsun Sunny coupé |
Han Tjan, NL Ernst Antonides, NL |
1295 | L4 | Div. 1 |