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38. Int. ADAC-Eifelrennen

Nürburgring Nordschleife, BRD

Date: 27/4/1975
Track length: 22.835 m
Attendance:
Entries accepted: unknown
Starters: 52
Finishers: 32

Pole position: Fitzpatrick in 8.18,6 = 164,87 kmh
Fastest lap: Grohs in 8.22,9 = 163,46 kmh

Distance: 8 laps = 182,68 km
Average speed: 161,890 kmh
Weather: Sunny
Ruleset: Group 2/70, group 4/71
Car info: 1975 Cars

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After the non-championship curtain raiser, for the first time we got down to serious business. Grohs had a new car, the rebuilt Peltier 1974 car, with IMSA type bodywork and a 24-valve engine. Schnitzer entered the other two 24 valve cars, and we had the Capri RS 3100 for Schommers. Porsches were entered by Loos, Kremer, Tebernum and Max Moritz.
In division 2, we had only one 16-valve BMW (the Warsteiner car of Obermoser), and a bunch of Mk 1 Escorts, the most important ones of Heyer, Hennige and Mohr. And there was this other Escort. The first Mk II Escort, built by the Ford Cologne works mechanics for Ludwig, using many Capri parts like bodywork, rims, brakes, rear axle and suspension parts. The car was handed over to Zakowski, for Klaus Ludwig to drive. The car was a little heavier than the Mk1 car, and the bigger windows moved the gravity centre higher up. Beneficial could be the rear spoiler, a feature that neither the Mk1 or the BMW had.
Though the car performed well in practice, Zakowski was not really happy about the situation. Heyer more or less had bought a seat at Zakspeed, while Ludwig was the protégée of Ford. They would surely take away points from one another, possibly to the benefit of one of the BMW teams. Besides that, he would not have mind to have built the Escort II himself.
More news: the Jägermeister Kremer Carrera of Kelleners had an IMSA-style nose, and modifications of the interior which made the car illegal; and a VW Scirocco was entered; the engine design did not really look hopeful, but a healthy 150 HP was on tap, and the front-wheel drive car was light. A respectable time of 9.27,0 in practice (24th overall) was followed by an early retirement in the race; the car lost all its oil when it landed after a jump, damaging the sump.
Fastest in practice was Fitzpatrick, an optimal 8.18 was enough for pole; he was followed by Grohs and Stenzel, with the Schnitzer brigade next.
When the cars disappeared into the Südkurve, Grohs took the lead, while Krebs passed Fitzpatrick too, who was having gear shift problems. Krebs moved on to Grohs, but he left the track, losing the front spoiler. Team-mate Zondler passed the Porsche brigade on the long straight, but Grohs increased his lead. The 2 litre cars had a fight of their own, Heyer leading Obermoser and Ludwig - but the BMW had to come in, and met Heyer there who had also fallen victim of mechanical problems. The Zakspeed crew changed the half shaft so that Heyer could continue, but the BMW retired. This left Ludwig in the lead, and he would win the class, while Grohs claimed overall victory. Second place was finally for Schickentanz; he was first passed by Stenzel; but a spin from Zondler meant that he slipped past both of them.


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 15 Faltz-Alpina Essen
BMW 3.0 CSL		 Harald Grohs, D
 3498 L6 Div. 1 8 laps, 1:07.42,2 2b2 8.20,4 8.22,9  
2 2 8 Tebernum Racing Team
Porsche Carrera RSR		 Clemens Schickentanz, D
 2994 B6 Div. 1 8 laps, 1:08.24,2 6b6      
3 3 5 Team Foto-Quelle Max Moritz
Porsche Carrera RSR		 Reinhard Stenzel, D
 2994 B6 Div. 1 8 laps, 1:08.24,5 3b3 8.24,2    
4 4 14 Schnitzer/Memphis Team International
BMW 3.0 CSL		 Urs Zondler, CH
 3498 L6 Div. 1 8 laps, 1:08.41,0 5b5      
5 5 12 Schnitzer/Memphis Team International
BMW 3.0 CSL		 Albrecht Krebs, D
 3498 L6 Div. 1 8 laps, 1:08.53,1 4b4      
6 6 3 Jägermeister Kremer Racing
Porsche Carrera RSR		 Helmut Kelleners, D
 2994 B6 Div. 1 8 laps, 1:08.54,0 7b7      
7 7 7 Tebernum Racing Team
Porsche Carrera RSR		 Hartwig Bertrams, D
 2994 B6 Div. 1 8 laps, 1:09.23,9 b8      
8 1 42 Castrol Team Zakspeed
Ford Escort II RS		 Klaus Ludwig, D
 1975 L4 Div. 2 8 laps, 1:10.45,5 a3 8.51,2 8.46,5  
9 8 10 Rallye Gemeinschaft Ulm
Porsche Carrera RSR		 Eberhard Sindel, D
 2994 B6 Div. 1 8 laps, 1:10.58,0 b15      
10 2 43 Castrol Team Zakspeed
Ford Escort RS 1600		 Manfred Mohr, D
 1975 L4 Div. 2 8 laps, 1:10.59,7 a5      
11 9 35  
Porsche Carrera RSR		 Richard Leder, D
 2994 B6 Div. 1 8 laps, 1:11.49,1 b10      
12 10 19  
Porsche Carrera RSR		 Josef Brambring, D
 2994 B6 Div. 1 8 laps, 1:12.17,5 b9      
13 3 70 Team Schnitzer
BMW 2002		 Jörg Denzel, D
 1990 L4 Div. 2 8 laps, 1:13.46,0 a4      
14 11 23 Porsche Kannacher Krefeld
Porsche Carrera RSR		 Jürgen Kannacher, D
 2994 B6 Div. 1 8 laps, 1:14.18,2 b12      
15 4 54 Bergischer Motorclub e.V.
VW-Porsche 914/6		 Edgar Dören, D
 1991 B6 Div. 2 8 laps, 1:15.29,5 a9      
16 5 47 Faltz-Alpina Essen
BMW 2002		 Peter Kuhlmann, D
 1990 L4 Div. 2 8 laps, 1:16.10,1 a8      
17 6 58 Rheydter Club für Motorsport
BMW 2002		 Walter Prüser, D
 1990 L4 Div. 2 8 laps, 1:17.13,8 a6      
  12 21  
Porsche Carrera RSR		 Karl-Josef Römer, D
 2994 B6 Div. 1 7 b16      
  13 29 Automobilclub Koblenz-Rüdenach
Opel Commodore GS 2800		 Axel Sonntag, D
 2998? L6 Div. 1 7 b18      
  7 61 Renngemeinschaft Bergisch Gladbach
BMW 2002		 Richard Bremmekamp, D
 1990 L4 Div. 2 7 a15      
  8 63 Neusser MSC
Alpine A 110		 Heinz Gilges, D
 1800 L4 Div. 2 7 a21?      
  9 48 Autohaus Max Moritz
VW-Porsche 914/6		 Dieter Ankele, D
 1991 B6 Div. 2 7 a14      
  10 76  
BMW 2002		 Walter Luft, D
 1990 L4 Div. 2 7 a13      
  11 60 Freiburger Motorsportclub
BMW 2002		 Günther Hildenbrand, D
 1990 L4 Div. 2 7 a23      
DNF 12 41 Castrol Team Zakspeed
Ford Escort RS 1600		 Hans Heyer, D
 1975 L4 Div. 2 7 a2 8.41,2 8.37,6 Halfshaft
  13 46 Faltz-Alpina Essen
BMW 1602		 Wolfgang Gunetsreiner, D
 1573 L4 Div. 2 7 a24      
  14 57 Automobilclub Mayen
BMW 2002		 Kurt Hans, D
 1990 L4 Div. 2 7 a25      
  15 79  
BMW 1602		 Hans Riering, D
 1573 L4 Div. 2 7 a30      
  14 33  
Ford Capri RS 2600		 Klaus Breitenbach, D
   V6 Div. 1 6 b17      
  15 1 Porsche Club Romand
Porsche Carrera RSR		 Claude Haldi, CH
 2994 B6 Div. 1 7 b13      
  16 72  
VW-Porsche 914/6		 Peter-Karl Nowak, D
 1991 B6 Div. 2   a29      
  17 85  
BMW 2002		 Hans Weissgerber, D
 1990 L4 Div. 2   a16      
DNF   36 Gelo Racing Team
Porsche Carrera RSR		 John Fitzpatrick, GB
 2994 B6 Div. 1 6 1b1 8.18,6   Gear lever
DNF   91  
VW Scirocco		 Rüdiger Dahlhäuser, D
 1588 L4 Div. 2 5 a7 9.27,0   Oil loss
DNF   77  
Opel Kadett		 Hans-Wilhelm Ridder, D
 ca. 2000 L4 Div. 2 4 a27      
DNF   44 Castrol Team Zakspeed
Ford Escort RS 1600		 Peter Hennige, D
 1975 L4 Div. 2 4 a12?      
DNF   45 Team Warsteiner GS Tuning
BMW 2002		 Jörg Obermoser, D
 1990 L4 Div. 2 4 a1 8.40,8   Wheel bearing
DNF   80  
BMW 2002		 Wolfgang Dimmendaal, D
 1990 L4 Div. 2 3 a19      
DNF   49 Touren- und Sportwagen H.H. Stahlberg
Alfa Romeo 2000 GTAm		 Michael Bischoff, D
 1999 L4 Div. 2 3 a26      
DNF   56 Kölner Club für Motorsport
Ford Escort RS 1600		 Gerd Ewertz, D
 1975 L4 Div. 2 3 a28      
DNF   90 Eichberg Racing
Ford Escort RS 1600		 Alois Roppes, D
 1975 L4 Div. 2 3 a20      
DNF   84  
BMW 2002		 Erich Schormann, D
 1990 L4 Div. 2 2 a31      
DNF   69 Team Hotel Müller-Krug
BMW 2002 TI?		 Rainer Blanke, D
 1990 L4 Div. 2 2 a18      
DNF   81  
BMW 2002		 Kurt Mayer, D
 1990 L4 Div. 2 2 a17      
DNF   67  
BMW 2002		 Karl-Heinz Becker, D
 1990 L4 Div. 2 2 a32      
DNF   74  
BMW 2002		 Peter Ochs, D
 1990 L4 Div. 2 1 a33      
DNF   22 AMC Duisburg
Porsche Carrera RSR		 Anton Stocks, D
 2994 B6 Div. 1 1 b11      
DNF   17 Team Ford Grab - Weisberg Werkzeuge
Ford Capri RS 3100		 Werner Schommers, D
 3412 V6 Div. 1 1 b14 9.26,0   Halfshaft
DNF   64  
Ford Escort RS 1600		 Werner Boller, D
 1975 L4 Div. 2 1 a10      
DNF   52 Eichberg Racing
Ford Escort RS 1600		 Dieter Gartmann, D
 1975 L4 Div. 2   a11      
DNF   62 Rallye Gemeinschaft Ulm
BMW 2002		 Andreas Schall, D
 1990 L4 Div. 2   a22      
DNS?   4 Porsche Kremer Racing
Porsche Carrera RSR		 Sigmund Ogrodowcyk, D
 2994 B6 Div. 1          

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