Pole position: Stuck in 8.11,7
Fastest lap: Stuck in 8.10,9 = 167,460 kmh (in lap 1!)
Distance: 6 hours
Average speed: 142,844 kmh
Weather: some rain
Ruleset: Group 2/70
Car info: 1974 Cars
Ford would leave nothing to chance in the most important race of the year. So far, Ford has always won division 1, while BMW won division 2 at all races. They studied the brakes of the Camaro, tried new callipers with 8 pistons, but after Mass crashed in practice they returned to the original brakes. New bodywork meant that the radiators could move from the rear to the side of the car. The engine was changed from Lucas- to Kugelfischer. BMW, with two works cars for the first time this year, had brake modifications too; in Stuck’s car an Ate-ABS was installed, which worked fine. He was partnered by Peterson, while the other car was driven by Ickx/Bell. Mass escaped the BMW sandwich after the start, but he had to pit soon with electrical problems, a consequence of a Lauda crash in practice. Stuck had a big lead, and then the rain set in. Mass, on slicks, hit the barriers and rolled, complaining that he had to brake because Mohr rolled in front of him. Mohr, surprised by the rain too, had another version of the incident: Mass was rolling when he could not have seen the BMW. This was not the last incident today, since Koinigg (Alpina-BMW) rolled his car too after brake failure, of which Ertl had complained before. Kraus put the Faltz coupé in the catch fencing, and Stuck, a long way in the lead, collided after 9 laps with a dreaming Commodore driver, which punctured his tire some 7 kilometres before the pits. The tire trashed the front suspension, leaving no other option (especially at the Nürburgring) than to retire the car. So we had lost two works cars (a Capri and a BMW) and three private BMW’s. The second works BMW retired with a broken gearbox, just after Stuck took over this car. The second works Capri came in after exactly four hours with a strange sounding differential, which was replaced in 27 minutes 40 seconds. Now the sole surviving Alpina BMW of Siegmund Ogrodowczyk and Siegfried Müller was in the lead, in front of two Zakspeed Escorts (he had just passed the leading Ludwig, who was on intermediates) and the repaired Capri. When it entered its last lap, Müller went to the rostrum, the BMW engine sounding crisp as in its first lap. Nothing could go wrong, only the fuel was marginal. Then from Breidscheid the news was: Ludwig is in the lead! Fuel? No, Ogrodowczyk had a flat tire, just like Mass. They continued slowly, Mass reaching the finish, Ogrodowczyk lost his tire and spun. When Ludwig climbed out of the winning car, the darkest suspicions became reality. Ogrodowczyk had tried to lap Mass in a difficult spot, and Mass stated that he did not know the BMW was the lead car and that he was sorry. Ogrodowczyk said he backed off, then the Escort oversteered a little, hitting the BMW. |
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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 | 27 | Ford Köln Ford Escort RS 1600 |
Hans Heyer, D Klaus Ludwig, D |
1975 | L4 | Div. 1 | 38 laps, 6:04.28,8 | 9 | 8.46,4 | ||
| 2 | 1 | 7 | Ford Köln Ford Capri RS 3100 |
Dieter Glemser, D Toine Hezemans, NL Niki Lauda, A |
3412 | V6 | Div. 2 | 38 laps, 6:07.19,8 | 3 | 8.29,5 | ||
| 3 | 2 | 25 | Ford Köln Ford Escort RS 1600 |
Albrecht Krebs, D Günther Appel, D Jochen Mass, D |
1975 | L4 | Div. 1 | 37 | 11 | 8.59,9 | ||
| 4 | 3 | 64 | Deutsche Toyota Toyota Celica GT |
Klaus Fritzinger, D Ove Andersson, S |
1588 | L4 | Div. 1 | 36 | ||||
| 5 | 4 | 31 | MSC Paffrath BMW 2002 |
Hans-Jürgen Möhle, D Richard Bremmekamp, D |
1990 | L4 | Div. 1 | 35 | ||||
| 6 | 5 | 39 | ADAC Siegerland BMW 2002 |
Heinrich Hirth, D Ulrich Schneider, D |
1990 | L4 | Div. 1 | 34 | ||||
| 7 | 6 | 77 | NSU 1200 TT |
Willi Bergmeister, D Peter Ernst, D |
1296 | L4 | Div. 1 | 33 | 19 | 9.38,7 | ||
| 8 | 7 | 74 | NSU 1200 TT |
Gerhard Siekmann, D Rainer Labuske, D |
1296 | L4 | Div. 1 | 33 | ||||
| 9 | 8 | 34 | BMW 2002 |
Wolfgang Dimmendaal, D Karl-Josef Römer, D |
1990 | L4 | Div. 1 | 33 | ||||
| 10 | 9 | 59 | Faltz-Alpina Essen BMW 1602 |
Siegfried Kagelmann, D Hans Riering, D |
1600 | L4 | Div. 1 | 33 | ||||
| 11 | 10 | 44 | BMW Tuning H. Philipp Müller KG Fighter Tuning BMW 2002 |
Dieter Hegels, D Karl-Heinz Tibor, D |
1990 | L4 | Div. 1 | |||||
| 12 | 11 | 86 | TM Automobiltechnik Essen Fiat 128 |
Friedhelm Croes, D Rainer Orbach, D |
1148 | L4 | Div. 1 | |||||
| 2 | 17 | Opel Commodore GS 2800 |
Helmut Kelleners, D Heinz Sistig, D Helmut Klinkhammer, D |
2998 | L6 | Div. 2 | ||||||
| 12 | 29 | Team Europa-Möbel GS BMW Tuning BMW 2002 |
Dieter Basche, D Jörg Obermoser, D |
1990 | L4 | Div. 1 | 10 | 8.49,4 | ||||
| 13 | 81 | Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior |
Peter Marx, D Karl-Heinz Arend, D |
1290 | L4 | Div. 1 | ||||||
| 14 | 49 | Renngemeinschaft Sieglar BMW 2002 |
Wilfried Schmitz, D Peter Otto, D |
1990 | L4 | Div. 1 | ||||||
| 15 | 67 | BMW 1602 |
Kurt Fuchs, D Heinz Schindler, D |
1573 | L4 | Div. 1 | ||||||
| 16 | 93 | Brune Racing Simca Rallye |
Rüdiger Dahlhäuser, D Paul Wunsch, D |
1148 | L4 | Div. 1 | ||||||
| 17 | 91 | Simca Rallye |
Werner Heiden, D Wolfgang Sander, D |
1294 | L4 | Div. 1 | ||||||
| 18 | 45 | Freiburger Motorsportclub BMW 2002 |
Hannes Pennartz, D Hubert Sehringer, D |
1990 | L4 | Div. 1 | ||||||
| 19 | 85 | TM Automobiltechnik Essen Fiat 128 |
Friedhelm Przyklenk, D Peter Witte, D |
1148 | L4 | Div. 1 | ||||||
| 20 | 105 | NSU 1000 TTS |
Friedrich Strassen, D Günther Kutz, D |
996 | L4 | Div. 1 | 28 | |||||
| 21 | 46 | Faltz-Alpina Essen BMW 2002 |
Edmund Gastes, D Hans-Wilhelm Ridder, D |
1990 | L4 | Div. 1 | ||||||
| 22 | 58 | BMW 1602 |
Helmut Güllich, D Horst Honrath, D |
1573 | L4 | Div. 1 | ||||||
| 23 | 106 | Renngemeinschaft MSC Langenfeld NSU 1000 TTS |
Robert Hansen, D Wolfgang Wolf, D |
996 | L4 | Div. 1 | ||||||
| 24 | 108 | Fiat Abarth 1000 TCR |
Fritz Patscheider, D Horst Franke, D |
982 | L4 | Div. 1 | ||||||
| 25 | 100 | Renngemeinschaft MSC Langenfeld NSU 1000 TTS |
Friedhelm Mantz, D Wolfgang Müller, D |
996 | L4 | Div. 1 | ||||||
| DNF | 1 | BMW Motorsport BMW 3.0 CSL |
Hans-Joachim Stuck, D Ronnie Peterson, S |
3498 | L6 | Div. 2 | 9 | 1 | 8.11,7 | 8.10,9 | Suspension | |
| DNF | 18 | Chevrolet Camaro |
Robert Eberhard, D Heinrich Keller, CH |
7443 | V8 | Div. 2 | 15 | 9.21,4 | ||||
| DNF | 21 | BMW-Alpina BMW 3.0 CSL |
Sigmund Ogrodowcyk, D Siegfried Müller Sr, D |
3498 | L6 | Div. 2 | 36 | 14 | 9.11,9 | Accident/Puncture | ||
| DNF | 4 | BMW-Alpina BMW 3.0 CSL |
Peter Arm, CH Cox Kocher, CH |
3498 | L6 | Div. 2 | 12 | 9.06,5 | Engine | |||
| DNF | 12 | Précision Liegeoise BMW 3.0 CSL |
Alain Peltier, B Jean-Louis Lafosse, F |
3498 | L6 | Div. 2 | 8 | 8.38,8 | Puncture | |||
| DNF | 9 | Schnitzer Racing GmbH BMW 3.0 CSL |
Walter Brun, CH Urs Zondler, CH |
3498 | L6 | Div. 2 | 6 | 8.34,1 | Valve springs | |||
| DNF | 28 | BMW-Alpina BMW 2002 |
Helmut Kelleners, D Thomas Betzler, D |
1990 | L4 | Div. 1 | 13 | 9.08,8 | Engine | |||
| DNF | 2 | BMW Motorsport BMW 3.0 CSL |
Jacky Ickx, B Derek Bell, GB |
3498 | L6 | Div. 2 | 4 | 8.29,7 | Gearbox | |||
| DNF | 56 | Toyota AG Schweiz Toyota Celica GT |
Walter Frey, CH Manfred Schurti, FL |
1588 | L4 | Div. 1 | 16 | 9.25,7 | Piston | |||
| DNF | 16 | Renstal Excelsior Opel Commodore GS/E |
Dany Wauters, B Eddy Joosen, B |
2784? | L6 | Div. 2 | Accident | |||||
| DNF | 3 | BMW-Alpina BMW 3.0 CSL |
Helmut Koinigg, A Harald Ertl, A |
3498 | L6 | Div. 2 | 7 | 8.36,2 | Accident | |||
| DNF | 11 | Faltz-Alpina Essen BMW 3.0 CSL |
Ernst Kraus, D Werner Schommers, D |
3498 | L6 | Div. 2 | Accident | |||||
| DNF | 20 | Jolly Club Milano BMW 3.0 CSL |
Martino Finotto, I Manfred Mohr, D |
3498 | L6 | Div. 2 | 5 | 8.31,7 | Accident | |||
| DNF | 6 | Ford Köln Ford Capri RS 3100 |
Jochen Mass, D Niki Lauda, A |
3412 | V6 | Div. 2 | 2 | 8.14,6 | Accident | |||
| DNF | 15 | BMW 3.0 CSi |
Reinhard Kern, CH Martin Oertli, CH |
2985 | L6 | Div. 2 | ||||||
| DNF | 110 | SFG Köln Sunbeam Imp |
Hans Sauer, D Klaus Edel, D |
998 | L4 | Div. 1 | ||||||
| DNF | Ford Escort RS 1600 |
Karl-Heinz Leibold, D Peter Hennige, D |
1975 | L4 | Div. 1 | |||||||
| DNF | 14 | BMW Tuning H. Philipp Müller KG Fighter Tuning BMW 3.0 CSL |
Karl-Heinz Tibor, D Cleef Werner ("Heinz Werner"), D |
3498 | L6 | Div. 2 | ||||||
| DNF | BMW 3.0 CSL |
Moritz Gerny, CH Bernd Herlitze, D |
3498 | L6 | Div. 2 | |||||||
| DNF | 32 | BMW 2002 |
Walter Prüser, D Peter Sieben, D |
1990 | L4 | Div. 1 | 20 | 9.39,5 | ||||
| DNF | 47 | Volvo 142 |
Sveneric Olsson, S Gert-Elis Elisson, S |
1985 | L4 | Div. 1 | ||||||
| DNF | 33 | Ford Escort RS 1600 |
Walter Dona, I Umberto Grano, I Giovanni Lise, I |
1975 | L4 | Div. 1 | 17 | 9.26,9 | ||||