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Int. ADAC-Hessenpreis Flugplatz Kassel-Calden

Kassel-Calden, BRD

Date: 17/8/1975
Track length: 2.646 m
Attendance: 12.000
Entries accepted: unknown
Starters: 22 (div. 1), 19 (div. 2)
Finishers: 14 (div. 1), 11 (div. 2)

Pole position: Ludwig in 1.02,8 (div. 1); Obermoser in 1.07,4 (div. 2)
Fastest lap: Ludwig in 1.02,3 (div. 1); Denzel in 1.04,0 (div. 2)

Distance: 40 laps
Average speed: 146,71 kmh (div. 1); 137,7 kmh (div. 2)
Weather:
Ruleset: Group 2/70, group 4/71
Car info: 1975 Cars

 

Seven drivers were in the running for the DRM title. But after this race, only one of them had scored here.

Four serious victory candidates in division 2: Heyer with the unloved Escort II, Obermoser in his usual car (but on 15” wheels for the first time), Hennige in his black Escort and Denzel with the 13” Escort, still a competitive car.

After the start, a bitter fight started between Obermoser and Hennige; Obermoser on the left, Hennige on the right - close before the chicane. Obermoser was ahead, Hennige’s front wheel touched the BMW’s door. Obermoser spun but continued in seventh place now - alas he had to visit the pits, where both wheels on the right side were changed. But 12 laps later Obermoser had to give up - he was a very angry man.
Hennige was still in the lead, ahead of Denzel - but Heyer was already out with a broken fuel pump.
The Zakspeed duo had now lapped the whole field, but then Denzel retired as well, handing victory to Hennige. A protest was issued against Hennige, and Hennige was thrown out of the results - but was reinstated later; it was decided that races on an airfield track allowed for a little more risk than elsewhere.
Contenders #1 and #2, Heyer and Obermoser: zero points

In division 1, apart from the usual entries both Tebernum and Loos entered cars. Another newcomer was Klaus Ludwig in the ex-works Capri which was last used by Mass at the Norisring. It was told that the car was acquired by Ludwig’s father - so it should not be seen as a works entry.
One way or another: the Ludwig car was the lightest, most powerful RS 3100 in history, thanks to a new engine with F5000 modifications.

An man sadly missed was Urs Zondler, the running gag of the 1975 season for German magazine “Sport Auto”. Urs flew to the track in style, in his private twin-engined aeroplane. But he could not land: after he tried three times, racing cars were still using the same part of the trick as he intended. He ignored calls from the control tower to not even think about landing here - he should use Paderborn instead. But Urs was angry and returned home.

Candidates for victory here were Ludwig with his new car (fastest qualifier), Grohs and Krebs. Schommers, whose only wish was to finish here, blew his engine but was very happy to be able to use Ludwig’s spare engine. But in the race, rising water temperatures killed any idea of finishing.
The order after lap 1 was Ludwig, Grohs and Krebs - followed by a horde of Porsches, minus Kelleners who retired on the spot with ignition problems (contender #3). Stenzel followed suit in lap 12, after a coming together with Schickentanz - exit contender #4.
Lap 14: Ludwig comes in with throttle linkage problems, and loses two laps. A sticking throttle takes him out, and he loses the front spoiler. He will finish 9th eventually (that was contender #5).
Fitzpatrick joins the retirements when he damages his car when avoiding another Carrera; Siewertsen had gearshift problems (not for the first time this year).
Grohs, our contender #6, had gearbox problems and the the vibration damper gave up; he would finish in 8th spot.
The final was dramatic: both Wollek and Schenken closed in on Krebs, and then Krebs had to lap the Capri of Ludwig. Ludwig blocked Krebs - memories of the Rheinpokal rennen came back, where Zondler had blocked Schommers.
Both Wollek and Schenken managed to pass Krebs, and on the last but one lap Krebs could take over from the Porsches once again, while Ludwig tried to push Krebs into a mistake - a little unfair, as Ludwig admitted after the race.
So contender #7 was the only one to score significant points: Krebs took the lead in the championship.

Division 1
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 51 Schnitzer
BMW 3.0 CSL		 Albrecht Krebs, D
 3498 L6 Div. 1 40 laps in 43.17,2 2      
2 2 57 Vaillant Kremer Team
Porsche Carrera RSR		 Bob Wollek, F
 2994 B6 Div. 1 40 laps in 43.17,8 4      
3 3 59 Gelo Racing Team
Porsche Carrera RSR		 Tim Schenken, AUS
 2994 B6 Div. 1 40 laps in 43.24,6 6      
4 4 64 Tebernum Racing Team
Porsche Carrera RSR		 Clemens Schickentanz, D
 2994 B6 Div. 1 40 laps in 43.56,3 9      
5 5 61 Gelo Racing Team
Porsche Carrera RSR		 Toine Hezemans, NL
 2994 B6 Div. 1 40 laps in 43.56,7 10      
6 6 65 Tebernum Racing Team
Porsche Carrera RSR		 Hartwig Bertrams, D
 2994 B6 Div. 1 40 laps in 44.27,1 14      
7 7 66 Autohaus Max Moritz
Porsche Carrera RSR		 Jürgen Lässig, D
 2994 B6 Div. 1 39 13      
8 8 54 Faltz-Alpina Essen
BMW 3.0 CSL		 Harald Grohs, D
 3498 L6 Div. 1 39 3 1.03,3   Clutch
9 9 52 General Anzeiger
Ford Capri RS 3100		 Klaus Ludwig, D
 3412 V6 Div. 1 38 1 1.02,8 1.02,3 Throttle linkage
10 10 63  
Porsche Carrera RSR		 Richard Leder, D
 2994 B6 Div. 1 38 16      
11 11 78  
Ford Capri RS 2600		 Gerd Ruch, D
   V6 Div. 1 34 21      
12 12 75  
Porsche Carrera RSR		 Harald Reimann, D
 2994 B6 Div. 1 34 20      
13 13 76  
Porsche Carrera RSR		 Hans Halfmann, D
 2994 B6 Div. 1 33 18      
14 14 73  
Porsche 911 S		 Peter Pospiesczcyk, D
   B6 Div. 1 32 22      
DNF   58 Porsche Kremer
Porsche Carrera RSR		 Cees Siewertsen, NL
 2994 B6 Div. 1 19 12     Gearbox
DNF   62 Team Ford Grab - Weisberg Werkzeuge
Ford Capri RS 3100		 Werner Schommers, D
 3412 V6 Div. 1 18 15     Water temperature
DNF   60 Gelo Racing Team
Porsche Carrera RSR		 John Fitzpatrick, GB
 2994 B6 Div. 1 15 11     Suspension/Accident
DNF   53 Max Moritz Racing Team
Porsche Carrera RSR		 Reinhard Stenzel, D
 2994 B6 Div. 1 11 5     Accident/Engine
DNF   79 Faltz-Alpina Essen
BMW 3.0 CSL		 Alain Peltier, B
 3498 L6 Div. 1 9 8     Accident
DNF   70  
Porsche Carrera RSR		 Eberhard Sindel, D
 2994 B6 Div. 1 6 17      
DNF   69  
Porsche Carrera RSR		 Horst Kloft, D
 2994 B6 Div. 1 3 19      
DNF   56 Porsche Kremer
Porsche Carrera RSR		 Helmut Kelleners, D
 2994 B6 Div. 1 1 7     Ignition

Division 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 6 Castrol Team Zakspeed
Ford Escort RS 1600		 Peter Hennige, D
 1975 L4 Div. 2 40 laps in 46.06,5 2 1.07,7    
2 2 23 Freiburger Motorsportclub
BMW 2002		 Peter Schneeberger, D
 1990 L4 Div. 2 38 7      
3 3 22  
BMW 2002		 Gustav Fischer, D
 1990 L4 Div. 2 38 9      
4 4 20  
Ford Escort RS 1600		 Werner Boller, D
 1975 L4 Div. 2 38 8      
5 5 8 Autohaus Max Moritz
VW-Porsche 914/6		 Dieter Ankele, D
 1991 B6 Div. 2 37 10      
6 6 14 Rheydter Club für Motorsport
BMW 2002		 Walter Prüser, D
 1990 L4 Div. 2 37 15      
7 7 16  
VW-Porsche 914/6		 Peter-Karl Nowak, D
 1991 B6 Div. 2 37 12      
8 8 25  
BMW 2002		 Adolf Klapproth, D
 1990 L4 Div. 2 37 11      
9 9 24  
VW-Porsche 914/6		 Ulrich Mönninghoff, D
 1991 B6 Div. 2 37 14      
10 10 26  
BMW 2002		 Rolf Bardowicks, D
 1990 L4 Div. 2 36 16      
11 11 3 Castrol Team Zakspeed
Ford Escort RS 1600		 Jörg Denzel, D
 1975 L4 Div. 2 34 4 1.08,3 1.04,0 (?) Conrod
DNF   18  
BMW 2002		 Gerd Herrmann, D
 1990 L4 Div. 2 29 19      
DNF   1 Castrol Team Zakspeed
Ford Escort II RS		 Hans Heyer, D
 1975 L4 Div. 2 16 3 1.07,7   Injection pump
DNF   4 Team Warsteiner GS Tuning
BMW 2002		 Jörg Obermoser, D
 1990 L4 Div. 2 12 1 1.07,4   Accident
DNF   12 Eichberg Racing
Ford Escort RS 1600		 Horst Bonefeld, D
 1975 L4 Div. 2 11 5      
DNF   13  
BMW 2002		 Erich Schormann, D
 1990 L4 Div. 2 10 18      
DNF   17  
BMW 2002		 Siegfried Lehmann, D
 1990 L4 Div. 2 9 17      
DNF   5 ADAC Königstein e.V.
BMW 2002		 Johannes Wollstadt, D
 1990 L4 Div. 2 1 6      
DNF   15  
BMW 2002		 Walter Luft, D
 1990 L4 Div. 2 1 13      
DNS   7  
BMW 2002		 Karl-Heinz Becker, D
 1990 L4 Div. 2   (5) 1.09,8   Engine

Support race: Group 2 under 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    
BMW 1602		 Walter Struckmann, D
 1573 L4 Group 2 1600          
2 1   Jägermeister Racing Team
NSU 1200 TT		 Willi Bergmeister, D
 1296 L4 Group 2 1300          
3 2   Alfa Romeo Hähn
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior		 Bernd Fischer, D
 1290 L4 Group 2 1300          
4 3    
NSU 1200 TT		 Siegfried Spiess, D
 1296 L4 Group 2 1300          
5 2    
VW Scirocco		 Klaus Bieler, D
 1596 L4 Group 2 1600          
6 3    
BMW 1602		 Heinz Füller, D
 1573 L4 Group 2 1600          
7 4    
BMW 1602		 Hans Steinmüller, D
 1573 L4 Group 2 1600          
8 5    
VW Scirocco		 Dieter Sindermann, D
 1596 L4 Group 2 1600          
9 6    
BMW 1602		 Werner Uetrecht, D
 1573 L4 Group 2 1600          
10 7    
VW 1302 S		 Horst Godel, D
 1584 B4 Group 2 1600          
11 4    
BMC Mini		 Klaus Schulz, D
 1293 L4 Group 2 1300          
12 8    
BMW 1602		 Helmut Schminke, D
 1573 L4 Group 2 1600          
13 9    
Toyota Corolla		 Henri van Gompel, B
   L4 Group 2 1600