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Wynn’s 1000 km Kyalami

Kyalami, South-Africa

Date: 1/11/1975
Track length: 4.104 m
Attendance: 80.000
Entries accepted: 47
Starters: 43
Finishers: unknown

Pole position: Stuck/Peterson
Fastest lap: Stuck in 1.27,4 = 169,040 kmh

Distance: 244 laps, 1000 km
Average speed: 145,7 kmh
Weather: Sunny, short shower towards the end
Ruleset: Group 2/70 (Cat. 1), SAF modified production (Cat. 2), Group 1/70 (cat. 3)
Car info: 1975 Cars

 

Tires were the talk of the day. Normally, Dunlop was supplier for BMW as well as Ford (both teams had works cars here, an new car for BMW, while Ludwig had returned his car to Ford. Besides that, Willi Kauhsen hired the Faltz CSL previously driven by Müller and Peltier and Zakspeed sent the Escort II.
Kauhsen had to use Goodyear since he we contracted to do so - but now both Ford and BMW tried the American tires too. The tires were slower, but the soft compound was used to fight pole with.
Zakspeed took time to try the 1976 size tires which were to be used in the German championship - which was open to Group 2/75 cars, but with the new 1976 tire rules. It was feared that this would cause big problems - but the times hardly suffered, although the rubber did not last for many laps.
Apart from the traditional German teams, there was a works Alfa Romeo Alfetta GT for Merzario/Dini, and from Japan we had some Mazda Rotaries and two well-prepared Datsun 140Ys.
But they were no match for the four German cars - the Alfa was far too slow and the Mazda’s unreliable; and the Datsuns were a little too small.
After the start, the two BMWs and the Capri started a fight, which lasted for nearly an hour. Then the Capri came in with brake trouble, and it seemed the BMW’s would dictate the rest of the race. But no - they came in at the same time, the Bell/Redman Faltz car needing a new front wheel strut, the other car a new crankshaft damper.
As seen before, the little Escort ran trouble free and stole victory over the two BMW coupés.


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 6 Ford Köln
Ford Escort II RS
Hans Heyer, D
Peter Hennige, D
Jochen Mass, D
1975 L4 Cat.1 Div. 1 244 laps, 6:52.13 4 1.32,17    
2 1 1 BMW Motorsport
BMW 3.0 CSL
Hans-Joachim Stuck, D
Ronnie Peterson, S
3498 L6 Cat.1 Div. 2 227 1 1.26,15    
3 2 2 Faltz-Alpina/WKRT
BMW 3.0 CSL
Derek Bell, GB
Brian Redman, GB
3498 L6 Cat.1 Div. 2 227 3 1.28,13    
4 1 21?  
Datsun 1200 GX
George Santana, ZA
Hennie van der Linde, ZA
ca. 1300 L4 Cat. 2 214 17 1.48,21    
5 3 8/9 Datsun Nissan
Datsun 140Y
Jochi Kleint, D
Geoff Mortimer, ZA
ca. 1600 L4 Cat. 1 Div. 1 211 8 1.38,85    
6      
Ford Capri RS 2600
Gerald Vorster, ZA
Glen Spolander
3000? V6 Cat.1 Div. 2 205 19 1.49,62    
7 2    
Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV
Robin Ellis, ZA
R. van Noord, ZA
Arnold Chatz, ZA
1962 L4 Cat. 2 205 16 1.47,35    
8 3 41  
Ford Escort 1100
Richie Jute, ZA
Herbie Denton, GB
1098 L4 Cat. 2 202        
9 4    
Ford Cortina Big Six
John Gibb, ZA
Len Boysen, ZA
2993 V6 Cat. 2 202        
10 1 28 Autodelta S.p.A.
Alfa Romeo Alfetta Berlina
Roy Klomfass, ZA
Jan Hettema, ZA
1779 L4 Cat. 3 201        
11 2   Castrol Mazda Dealer Team
Mazda RX-2
? Tony Martin, ZA
Guy Tunmer, ZA
2 x 491 eq. 1964 R2 Cat. 3 199 20 1.51,49    
12 3   Castrol Mazda Dealer Team
Mazda RX-2
Willie Hepburn, ZA
Koos Swanepoel, ZA?
2 x 491 eq. 1964 R2 Cat. 3 199        
13 4   Autodelta S.p.A.
Alfa Romeo Alfetta Berlina
Mario Radicella, I
Umberto Grano, I
1779 L4 Cat. 3 198        
14 5    
Ford Escort 1.6
White
White
1599 L4 Cat. 3 197        
       
Ford Escort 1.3
W. Roos, ZA?
C. Lindique, ZA?
1298 L4     18 1.49,58    
       
Ford Escort 1.6
Brian Cook, ZA
Phil Adams, ZA?
1599 L4     15 1.45,78    
       
Ford Escort
Philip Booysen, ZA
R. Sterne, ZA
1993 L4     14 1.43,17    
       
Ford Capri
Billy Maloney, ZA
Ken Critchfield, ZA
2993 V6     13 1.43,06    
       
Ford Cortina Big Six
Basil van Rooyen, ZA
Alain Lavoipierre, ZA
2993 V6 Cat. 2   9 1.41,12    
       
Ford Cortina Big Six
Ronnie van Rooyen, ZA
Adrian Woodley, ZA
2993 V6 Cat. 2   10 1.41,17    
       
Ford Escort 1.6
Judy Charlton, ZA
Desiré Wilson, ZA
1599 L4 Cat. 3          
       
Alfa Romeo Giulia Super
Spamer
Lambrecht
1570 L4 Cat. 3          
DNF     Castrol Mazda Dealer Team
Mazda Savanna RX-3
Yoshimi Katayama, J
T. Yarino, J
2 x 491 R2 Cat. 1 Div. ?2   5 1.32,78   Engine
DNF   8/9 Datsun Nissan
Datsun 140Y
Kunimitsu Takahashi, J
Moto Kitano, J
ca. 1600 L4 Cat. 1 Div. 1   7 1.38,15   Lost wheel, accident
DNF   12  
Mazda RX-2
Dave Charlton, ZA
Nols Niemann, ZA
2 x 491 R2 Cat. 2   12 1.41,84   Engine
DNF     Autodelta S.p.A.
Alfa Romeo Alfetta GT
Ian Scheckter, ZA
Eddie Keizan, ZA
1779 L4 Cat. 3         Head gasket
DNF   3 Ford Köln
Ford Capri RS 3100
Jochen Mass, D
Klaus Ludwig, D
3412 V6 Cat.1 Div. 2   2 1.26,29   Brakes
DNF   5 Autodelta S.p.A.
Alfa Romeo Alfetta GT
Arturo Merzario, I
Spartaco Dini ("Paco"), I
1985 L4 Cat.1 Div. 1   6 1.37,39   Clutch
DNF      
Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV
Arnold Chatz, ZA
Sarel van der Merwe, ZA
1962 L4 Cat. 2   11 1.41,55   Blown engine in warmup lap