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Int. DMV/BAC/AvD Avus-Rennen “Preis von Berlin”

Avus Berlin, BRD

Date: 21/6/1975 to: 22/6/1975
Track length: 8.110 m?
Attendance:
Entries accepted: unknown
Starters: 30 (1); 20 (2); 20 (3); 22 (4); 24 (5); 19 (6)
Finishers: 20 (1); 13 (2); 16 (3); 12 (4); 11 (5); 14 (6)

Pole position:
Fastest lap:

Distance:
Average speed:
Weather: Rain, mainly
Ruleset: Group 2/70, group 4/71
Car info: 1975 Cars

 

It was thought that this might be one of the last races on the AVUS track, since noise restrictions would not allow for racing soon (I could repeat this sentence each year!). In reality, the track would be operational for another 20 years - with tragic consequences in the end.

Rennen 1
The under-1150 race had a surprise entry of Wolf: his 1300 cc engine would either be outclassed by the 16-valve Alfa Romeos on this high-speed track, but other sources said that he did not want to risk the 1300 engine. He started with a 1000 cc car therefore (and was over 10 seconds faster than his classmates in practice - which raised a few eyebrows), and won his class. The 1150 class was won by the 16-valve 1100 Escort of Steinert.

Rennen 2
Although with only 8 valves in his GTAJ, Dieter Meyer took the lead after the start, but in the end Merl won the race in front of Fischer, both Alfa Romeo. Bergmeister retired with oil pressure problems.

Rennen 3
Beating the 16-valve BMW of Henzler would be the ultimate test for Dahlhäuser Scirocco - it would surely be outpaced on the straights. Henzler had to start from the back after gearbox problems in practice, but after only one lap he was right in Dahlhäuser’ mirrors. The pass took another two laps, but the Scirocco fought back and took over once again - the lead changed from lap to lap. Henzler started the final manoeuvre in the Nordkehre but ran wide, so Dahlhäuser took the inside and raced to the finish. The remaining straight was too short for Henzler, who had to accept second.

Rennen 4
Heyer and Hennige were entered with Zakspeed Escorts and were way too fast for the rest - until Hennige had to give up. The GT class was not won by Dören this time; oil pressure problems dropped him back to fourth, while Jürgensen won the class.

Rennen 5
Frau Odenthal had a Cosworth Capri for the first time (MAUS 5), but at the wet track she lost it either in the formation lap or in the first lap, depending on the source. Polesitter Krebs did not start at all, not wanting to risk his car, but Siegfried Müller did and duly won. Leder won the GT class, with Kiemele retiring.

Rennen 6
The 25 fastest cars in practice started the final, where a battle between Faltz (Müller) and Krebs (Schnitzer) made the race. Krebs looked like the winner here all race, but in the last chicane he was outbraked by Müller, who won the race with only 0,2 seconds in hand.

Rennen 1: Touring cars under 1150 cc
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    
Ford Escort 1150 BDA		 Wolfram Steinert, D
 ca. 1150 L4 TC 1150          
2 1    
NSU 1000 TTS		 Wolfgang Wolf, D
 996 L4 TC 1000          
  2   Simca W. Heiden/Hannen Alt
Simca 1000 EC		 Wolfgang Sander, D
 1148 L4 TC 1150          
  3   TM Automobiltechnik Essen
Fiat 128		 Manfred Weiss, D
 1148 L4 TC 1150          
  4   TM Automobiltechnik Essen
Fiat 128		 Wolfgang Langohr, D
 1148 L4 TC 1150          
  5   Hörmann Tuning
Fiat 128		 Peter Kübler, D
 1148 L4 TC 1150          
  2    
Sunbeam Imp		 Hans-Ulrich Neuhoff, D
 998 L4 TC 1000          
  3   SFG Köln
Sunbeam Imp		 Wolfgang Rische, D
 998 L4 TC 1000          
  4    
NSU 1000 TTS		 Jürgen Huckemeyer, D
 996 L4 TC 1000          
  5   MSC Oldenburg
NSU 1000 TTS		 Klaus Tischbier, D
 996 L4 TC 1000          
  6    
NSU 1000 TTS		 Dieter Krischok, D
 996 L4 TC 1000          
  7    
NSU 1000 TTS		 Uwe Kallweit, D
 996 L4 TC 1000          
  8   VBA
NSU 1000 TTS		 Bernd Heinzeller, D
 996 L4 TC 1000          
  9    
Morris Mini 1000		 Michael Aicher, D
 998 L4 TC 1000          
  10    
Abarth 1000 TCR		 Reinhold Köster, D
 982 L4 TC 1000          
  11   MSC Baunatal
Fiat 850		 Volker Scharfenberg, D
 843 L4 TC 1000          
  12    
Abarth 1000 TCR		 Wolfgang Thiele, D
 982 L4 TC 1000          
  13   MSC Baunatal
Fiat 850		 Heinrich Sprenger, D
 843 L4 TC 1000          
  14   BKG Racing
Abarth 1000 TCR		 Axel Nahmmacher, D
 982 L4 TC 1000          
  15   MSC Baunatal
Fiat 850		 Günter Heitmann, D
 843 L4 TC 1000          

Rennen 2: Touring cars 1150-1300 cc
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   Mebro Racing Hamburg
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior		 Volkert Merl, D
 1290 L4 TC 1300          
2 2   Alfa Romeo Hähn
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior		 Bernd Fischer, D
 1290 L4 TC 1300          
3 3   Touren- und Sportwagen H.H. Stahlberg
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior		 Dieter Meyer, D
 1290 L4 TC 1300          
4 4    
Ford Escort 1300 BDA		 Heinz-Jürgen Ochsenfort, D
 1298 L4 TC 1300          
5 5    
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior		 Rudolf Welter, D
 1290 L4 TC 1300          
6 6   VBA
NSU 1200 TT		 Christian Schwarz, D
 1296 L4 TC 1300          
7 7    
NSU 1200 TT		 Reinhard Zinn, D
 1296 L4 TC 1300          
8 8    
Fiat 128 Rallye		 Günter Brandt, D
 1290 L4 TC 1300          
9 9    
NSU 1200 TT		 Wilfried Kutz, D
 1296 L4 TC 1300          
10 10    
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior		 Michael Koller, D
 1290 L4 TC 1300          
11 11    
Ford Escort 1300 GT		 Richard Berk, D
 1298 L4 TC 1300          
12 12    
Simca		 Axel Jorczyk, D
 1294 L4 TC 1300          
13 13    
Fiat 128 Rallye		 Günter Ziems, D
 1290 L4 TC 1300          
DNF     Jägermeister Racing Team
NSU 1200 TT		 Willi Bergmeister, D
 1296 L4 TC 1300         Oil loss

Rennen 3: Touring cars 1300-1600 cc
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    
VW Scirocco		 Rüdiger Dahlhäuser, D
 1588 L4 TC 1600          
2 2    
BMW 1602		 Manfred Henzler, D
 1573 L4 TC 1600          
3 3    
BMW 1602		 Herbert Hartge, D
 1573 L4 TC 1600          
4 4   Renngemeinschaft MSC Langenfeld
VW Scirocco		 Dieter Sindermann, D
 1588 L4 TC 1600          
5 5   Rallye Gemeinschaft Ulm
BMW 1602		 Rolf Wurst, D
 1573 L4 TC 1600          
6 6   AC Isartal
BMW 1602		 Joachim Egenolf, D
 1573 L4 TC 1600          
7 7    
BMW 1602		 Detlef Franke, D
 1573 L4 TC 1600          
8 8    
BMW 1602		 Manfred Drögekopp, D
 1573 L4 TC 1600          
9 9    
BMW 1602		 Klaus-Werner Riemer, D
 1573 L4 TC 1600          
10 10    
Opel Manta 16 S		 Bernd Baader, D
 1584 L4 TC 1600          
11 11    
BMW 1602		 Joachim Kasch, D
 1573 L4 TC 1600          
12 12    
BMW 1602		 Hans-Michael Griep, D
 1573 L4 TC 1600          
13 13    
Alfa Romeo		 Michael Koller, D
 1570 L4 TC 1600          
14 14    
VW Scirocco		 Dieter Pürschel, D
 1588 L4 TC 1600          
15 15    
VW Scirocco		 Michael Höckert, D
 1588 L4 TC 1600          
16 16    
VW 1302 S		 Michael Pötschke, D
 1584 B4 TC 1600          
DNF      
Opel Ascona 16 S		 Günther Knippschild, D
 1584 L4 TC 1600          
DNF      
BMW 1602		 Heinz Füller, D
 1573 L4 TC 1600          

Rennen 4: Touring cars and GTs 1600-2000 cc
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   Castrol Team Zakspeed
Ford Escort RS 1600		 Hans Heyer, D
 1975 L4 TC 2000          
  2    
BMW 2002		 Gustav Fischer, D
 1990 L4 TC 2000          
  3   VBA
BMW 2002		 Bodo Jähn, D
 1990 L4 TC 2000          
  4    
BMW 2002		 Harald Müller, D
 1990 L4 TC 2000          
  5   VBA
BMW 2002		 Manfred Daedlow, D
 1990 L4 TC 2000          
  6    
Opel Manta 16 S		 Marion Wunnike, D
 1584 L4 TC 2000          
  7   VBA
BMW 2002		 Jürgen Puls, D
 1990 L4 TC 2000          
  1    
VW-Porsche 914/6		 Hans-Christian Jürgensen, D
 1991 B6 GT 2000          
  2   Bergischer Motorclub e.V.
VW-Porsche 914/6		 Horst Oberhenn, D
 1991 B6 GT 2000          
  3    
VW-Porsche 914/6		 Klaus Erle, D
 1991 B6 GT 2000          
  4   Bergischer Motorclub e.V.
VW-Porsche 914/6		 Edgar Dören, D
 1991 B6 GT 2000         Cooling fan
  5    
Alpine A 110 1600S		 Peter Brager, D
 1565 L4 GT 2000          
DNF     Castrol Team Zakspeed
Ford Escort RS 1600		 Peter Hennige, D
 1975 L4 TC 2000         Engine

Rennen 5: Touring cars and GTs over 2000 cc
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   Faltz-Alpina Essen
BMW 3.0 CSL		 Siegfried Müller Sr, D
 3498 L6 TC +2000          
  2    
BMW 3.0 CSL		 Friedrich Reysen, D
 3498 L6 TC +2000          
  3    
Ford Capri RS 2600		 Heiko Heinemann, D
   V6 TC +2000          
  4    
Ford Capri RS 2600		 Karsten Ruhrmann, D
   V6 TC +2000          
  5    
Opel Commodore GS 2800		 Günther Ergenzinger, D
 2998 L6 TC +2000          
  6    
BMW		 Friedrich Weiss, D
   L6 TC +2000          
  1    
Porsche Carrera RSR		 Richard Leder, D
 2994 B6 GT +2000          
  2    
Porsche Carrera RSR		 Jan Lundgårdh, S
 2994 B6 GT +2000          
  3    
Porsche Carrera RSR		 Edgar Kaib, D
 2994 B6 GT +2000          
  4   Vereinigung Süddeutscher Automobilsportler
Porsche Carrera RS		 Fritz Müller, D
 2994 B6 GT +2000          
  5    
Porsche 911 S		 Karl Jaromilek, D
   B6 GT +2000          
DNF      
Porsche Carrera RSR		 Eugen Kiemele, D
 2994 B6 GT +2000          
DNF     Ford Odenthal
Ford Capri RS 3100		 Waltraud Odenthal, D
 3412 V6 TC +2000         Accident on warm-up lap
DNS     Schnitzer/Memphis Team International
BMW 3.0 CSL		 Albrecht Krebs, D
 3498 L6 TC +2000   1      

Rennen 6: Final
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   Faltz-Alpina Essen
BMW 3.0 CSL		 Siegfried Müller Sr, D
 3498 L6 TC +2000          
2 2   Schnitzer/Memphis Team International
BMW 3.0 CSL		 Albrecht Krebs, D
 3498 L6 TC +2000 0,2 sec behind        
3 3    
Porsche Carrera RSR		 Richard Leder, D
 2994 B6 TC +2000          
4 4    
Porsche Carrera RSR		 Jan Lundgårdh, S
 2994 B6 TC +2000          
5 5    
Porsche Carrera RSR		 Eberhard Sindel, D
 2994 B6 TC +2000          
6 6    
Porsche Carrera RSR		 Gerhard Holup, D
 2994 B6 TC +2000          
7 7    
Porsche 911 S		 Karl Jaromilek, D
   B6 TC +2000          
8 8   Bergischer Motorclub e.V.
VW-Porsche 914/6		 Horst Oberhenn, D
 1991 B6 TC +2000          
9 9    
Porsche Carrera RS		 Ralf-Dieter Schreiber, D
 2994 B6 TC +2000          
10 10   Vereinigung Süddeutscher Automobilsportler
Porsche Carrera RS		 Fritz Müller, D
 2994 B6 TC +2000          
11 11    
Ford Capri RS 2600		 Gerd Ruch, D
   V6 TC +2000          
12 12   Mebro Racing Hamburg
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior		 Volkert Merl, D
 1290 L4 TC +2000          
13 13    
Porsche Carrera RS		 Siegfried Fehrens, D
 2994 B6 TC +2000          
14 14    
Porsche Carrera RS		 Jürgen Berg, D
 2994 B6 TC +2000