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Hockenheim Motodrom, BRD

Date: 29/9/1974
Track length: 6.789 m
Attendance:
Entries accepted: unknown
Starters: 32
Finishers: 25?

Pole position: Ludwig in 2.14,4
Fastest lap: Stenzel in 2.27,5

Distance: 20 laps
Average speed: 160,43 kmh
Weather: Wet
Ruleset: Group 2/70, group 4/71
Car info: 1974 Cars

 

Tension, tension. And a combined race for division 1 and 2 did not help matters. Ford had promised to send only a single Capri for Ludwig if BMW would not send a works CSL - but Neerpasch was suspicious and brought a coupé anyway, to be on the safe side. And when Glemser came in after two laps of practice, and parked right behind Ludwig’s works car, Neerpasch opened the transporter and rolled the CSL into the pit lane. Stuck got ready - if Glemser would climb into the Capri, Stuck would enter the frame too. But Glemser continued with the Escort - though the game was repeated a few times.

Since it was important for a division 2 car to qualify close to the front, Ludwig and Glemser slipstreamed around the course, enabling Glemser a time of 2.19,3 - 3,4 seconds under the lap record. Ludwig himself did a 2.14,4, one second under the record. Obermoser tried to counter, slipstreaming behind Stenzel, but this did not really help - and a test on smaller tires only overrevved the engine. But the BMW had won twice at Hockenheim, so there was still optimism. The only cloud on the horizon (apart from the fast Escort) was rain - the BMW would be severely handicapped with its higher weight and independent rear suspension.

And the rain came at the last possible moment, so the cars had to change tires on the grid. The cars disappeared in the rain, and when they entered the stadium once again, it was Ludwig in the lead, then Stenzel, then Glemser already! He was followed by Bertrams, Schommers in the Grab Capri and then Obermoser. It looked a little like Schommers blocked Obermoser - a BMW supporter did not agree and attacked Schommers after the race.
Glemser was too fast anyway, and finished in a sensational third overall. In front of him, Ludwig and Stenzel had traded places, because the intermediates of Stenzel were superior when the track dried.

A deserved championship for Zakspeed.

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 5 Max Moritz Racing Team
Porsche Carrera RSR		 Reinhard Stenzel, D
 2994 B6 Div. 1 20 laps, 50.46,9 2b2   2.27,5  
2 2 3 Ford Köln
Ford Capri RS 3100		 Klaus Ludwig, D
 3412 V6 Div. 1 20 laps, 50.59,3 1b1 2.14,4    
3 1 52 Castrol Team Zakspeed RTL
Ford Escort RS 1600		 Dieter Glemser, D
 1975 L4 Div. 2 20 laps, 52.52,5 3a1 2.19,3 2.34,7  
4? 3    
Porsche Carrera RSR		 Josef Brambring, D
 2994 B6 Div. 1 19 5b4      
  4   Grab Ford Siegen
Ford Capri RS 2600 LW		 Werner Schommers, D
 2999 V6 Div. 1 19 6b5      
  5   Tebernum Racing Team
Porsche Carrera RSR		 Franz-Josef Weisskopf, D
 2994 B6 Div. 1 19 b12      
  6    
Porsche Carrera RSR		 Hubert Striebig, F
 2994 B6 Div. 1 19 b7      
  7   STP Sweden
Porsche Carrera RSR		 Anton Stocks, D
 2994 B6 Div. 1 19 b9      
  2 51 Team Europa-Möbel GS BMW Tuning
BMW 2002 GS		 Jörg Obermoser, D
 1990 L4 Div. 2 19 7a2 2.21,9    
  3   Castrol Team Zakspeed RTL
Ford Escort RS 1600		 Albrecht Krebs, D
 1975 L4 Div. 2 19 a4      
  4 53 Schlüter
BMW 2002		 Helmut Kelleners, D
 1990 L4 Div. 2 19 a3      
  5   Castrol Team Zakspeed RTL
Ford Escort RS 1600		 Peter Hennige, D
 1975 L4 Div. 2 19 (including 1 minute penalty for missing the chicane) a5      
  8    
Porsche Carrera RSR		 John Rulon-Miller, USA
 2994 B6 Div. 1 18 b8      
  9   Ford Odenthal
Ford Capri RS 2600 LW		 Waltraud Odenthal, D
 2999 V6 Div. 1 18 b11      
  6 54?  
BMW 2002		 Karl-Heinz Becker, D
 1990 L4 Div. 2 18 a6      
  7    
VW-Porsche 914/6		 Albrecht Schütz, D
 1991 B6 Div. 2 18 a8      
  8    
VW-Porsche 914/6		 Wilhelm Siegle, D
 1991 B6 Div. 2 18 a10      
  9    
BMW 2002		 Peter Schneeberger, D
 1990 L4 Div. 2 18 a7      
  10    
VW-Porsche 914/6		 Dieter Franke, D
 1991 B6 Div. 2 18 a12      
  11    
BMW 2002		 Horst Hoffmann, D
 1990 L4 Div. 2 17 a16      
  12    
BMW 2002		 Roland Rutschow, D
 1990 L4 Div. 2 17 a15      
  10 16? Team Firestone Hamburg
Porsche Carrera RSR		 Richard Leder, D
 2994 B6 Div. 1 16 b6      
  11   BMW-Alpina
BMW 3.0 CSL		 Siegfried Müller Sr, D
 3498 L6 Div. 1 15 b10      
  12    
Opel Commodore GS/E		 Günther Ergenzinger, D
 2996? L6 Div. 1 15 b14      
  13? 6 Tebernum Racing Team
Porsche Carrera RSR		 Hartwig Bertrams, D
 2994 B6 Div. 1 14 4b3      
       
Porsche Carrera RSR		 Georges Bosshard, CH
 2994 B6 Div. 1 7 b13      
       
BMW 2002		 Hans Weissgerber, D
 1990 L4 Div. 2 7 a13      
       
BMW 2002		 Günther Hildenbrand, D
 1990 L4 Div. 2 5 a9      
       
BMW 2002		 Norbert Unger, CH
 1990 L4 Div. 2 5 a14      
       
VW-Porsche 914/6		 Klaus Erle, D
 1991 B6 Div. 2 3 a11      
       
Opel Commodore GS/E		 Fredy Toldo, CH
 2996? L6 Div. 1 1 b15      
       
BMW 2002		 Rolf Bardowicks, D
 1990 L4 Div. 2   a17      
DNS     Team Schnitzer
BMW 2002		 Wolfgang May, D
 1990 L4 Div. 2   (a6)     Missed drivers’ briefing (with 7 others) and was refused to start. He went home, while the others were finally allowed at the back of the field...

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