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DMV Rheinpokal Rennen

Hockenheim Motodrom, BRD

Date: 20/6/1976
Track length: 6.789 m
Attendance:
Entries accepted: unknown
Starters: 34/39?
Finishers: 26

Pole position: Hezemans in 2.12,3 = 184,73 kmh
Fastest lap: Wollek in 2.12,2 = 184,87 kmh

Distance: 15 laps
Average speed: 181,08 kmh
Weather:
Ruleset: Group 2/76, group 4/76, group 5N
Car info: 1976 Cars

 

Again, the classes were combined - with a standing start to make life even less easy; the atmospheric division 2 cars would be much faster off the line than the turbocharged Porsches.
New entries this time were two Opel Kadetts; I dare to say another case of bad timing - which would be repeated quite often in the future. The idea wasn’t so bad; a group 4 Kadett with a 16-valve head. It could be made lighter than an Escort or a BMW, and it was piloted by one of the greatest German drivers ever - Walter Röhrl.
But even with 5 or more seasons of experience with a 2-litre touring car on the side of both Ford and BMW, Opel was very optimistic that they would match the pace of the others during the season. But with Pirelli tires, 13” wheels (and therefore small brakes), a weak engine, handling more suited to rallying and far too much weight the car was disappointing, of course.
The rest of the entry was the same as always. Ludwig and Kelleners had a coming-together in practice, but both cars could be repaired in time. And Wollek was complaining about his cars as usual, though he was fastest in first practice. Handling problems befell the Schnitzer duo as well but that could be cured. But the Escorts were fast here, even on this BMW track.
The start was as expected - the division 2 cars moved up, but Hezemans and Wollek escaped the rest of the pack, lapping 2 seconds faster than Stenzel, Bertrams and Kelleners. The battle was decided when Wollek who had just taken the lead had a massive spin in the Sachs corner. Though Hezemans spun later as well, the latter claimed victory.
Heyer had a special trick: after his furious start he followed Schenken (Carrera RSR) closely, slipstreaming along the fast straights until he decided that is his was big enough - and then he let Schenken go, after a “thank you” signal. Obermoser and Ludwig had a fight of their own, the latter claiming second with just a second over the GS BMW. And the Opels? Trint retired with a puncture, while Röhrl rallied to 7th in class.
After the race, the cars were weighted.
Obermoser: 845 kg (the minimum allowed!), Heyer: 857, Ludwig: 867 - because of the repairs.
And the Porsches? The minimum had to be 1120 kg.
Hezemans: 1140 kg, Kelleners 1130 kg, Wollek 1107 kg! It was weighted again, and again - now it was 1122 kg. It was left this way, but nobody was able to explain why the 934 had gained 15 kg in the mean time...

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 7 Tebernum Racing Georg Loos KG
Porsche 934		 Toine Hezemans, NL
 2993 tc B6 Div. 1 15 laps, 33.44,6 1b1 2.12,3    
2 2 5 Vaillant Kremer Team
Porsche 934		 Bob Wollek, F
 2993 tc B6 Div. 1 15 laps, 34.02,8 2b2 2.12,7 2.12,2  
3 3 1 Jägermeister Max Moritz Team
Porsche 934		 Helmut Kelleners, D
 2993 tc B6 Div. 1 15 laps, 34.30,1 4b4      
4 4 2 Jägermeister Max Moritz Team
Porsche 934		 Reinhard Stenzel, D
 2993 tc B6 Div. 1 15 laps, 34.42,6 3b3 2.13,1    
5 5 10 Egon Evertz KG Solingen
Porsche 934		 Hartwig Bertrams, D
 2993 tc B6 Div. 1 15 laps, 35.01,0 b6      
6 6 8 Tebernum Racing Georg Loos KG
Porsche Carrera RSR		 Tim Schenken, AUS
 2994 B6 Div. 1 15 laps, 35.37,3 b5      
7 1 21 Castrol Team Zakspeed
Ford Escort II RS		 Hans Heyer, D
 1975 L4 Div. 2 15 laps, 35.46,3 a1 2.20,3 2.21,3  
8 2 22 Europamöbel Team Zakspeed
Ford Escort II RS		 Klaus Ludwig, D
 1975 L4 Div. 2 15 laps, 35.55,3 a2      
9 3 27 Team Warsteiner GS Tuning
BMW 2002		 Jörg Obermoser, D
 1990 L4 Div. 2 15 laps, 35.56,4 a3 2.22,5    
10 4 23 Castrol Team Zakspeed
Ford Escort II RS		 Peter Hennige, D
 1975 L4 Div. 2 14 a5      
11 7 6 Porsche Kremer Racing
Porsche 934		 Gerhard Holup, D
 2993 tc B6 Div. 1 14 b8      
  8 18 Heinzmann Rennfeuerschutz RT
Porsche Carrera RSR		 Heribert Asselborn, D
 2994 B6 Div. 1 14 b7      
  9 17 Vereinigung Süddeutscher Automobilsportler
Porsche Carrera RSR		 Erich Schiebler, D
 2994 B6 Div. 1 14 b11      
  5 29 GS Tuning
BMW 2002		 Jörg Denzel, D
 1990 L4 Div. 2 14 a6      
  6 25 Ford Grab Weisberg Werkzeuge
Ford Escort II RS		 Werner Schommers, D
 1975 L4 Div. 2 14 a4 2.23,5    
  7 43 Irmscher Tuning
Opel Kadett GT/E		 Walter Röhrl, D
 1998 L4 Div. 2 14 a8 2.25,6    
  8 28 Team Warsteiner GS Tuning
BMW 2002		 Peter Schneeberger, D
 1990 L4 Div. 2 14 a10      
  9 37 Equipe Liqui Moly
BMW 2002		 Andreas Schall, D
 1990 L4 Div. 2 14 a12      
  10 31 Team Schnitzer Rodenstock
BMW 2002		 Norbert Neumann, D
 1990 L4 Div. 2 14 a11      
  11 46 Spiess Tuning
VW Scirocco		 Wolfgang Wolf, D
 1596 L4 Div. 2 14 a18      
21 12 39  
BMW 2002		 Gerd Herrmann, D
 1990 L4 Div. 2 13 a14      
22 13 41 Staschen Racing Team
BMW 2002		 Karl-Heinz Becker, D
 1990 L4 Div. 2 13 a13      
23 14 42  
BMW 2002		 Peter Kuhlmann, D
 1990 L4 Div. 2 13 a15      
24 15 35 Franz Prentzel
BMW 2002		 Wolfgang Dimmendaal, D
 1990 L4 Div. 2 13 a21      
25 16   Team Baracuda Tauchsport
VW-Porsche 914/6		 Peter-Karl Nowak, D
 1991 B6 Div. 2 13 a22      
26 17 47 Spiess Tuning
VW Scirocco		 Peter Becker, D
 1596 L4 Div. 2 13 a23      
DNF   3 Autohaus Max Moritz
Porsche Carrera RSR		 Albrecht Schütz, D
 2994 B6 Div. 1 12 b9      
DNF   38  
BMW 2002		 Horst Dietz, D
 1990 L4 Div. 2 12 a17      
DNF   48 Jägermeister Racing Team
VW Scirocco		 Willi Bergmeister, D
 1596 L4 Div. 2 9 a20      
DNF   30 Team Schnitzer Rodenstock
BMW 2002		 Albrecht Krebs, D
 1990 L4 Div. 2 8 a7 2.24,0   Valve spring
DNF   9 Tebernum Racing Georg Loos KG
Porsche 934		 Clemens Schickentanz, D
 2993 tc B6 Div. 1 4 b10     Turbo
DNF   33 Rheydter Club für Motorsport
BMW 2002		 Walter Prüser, D
 1990 L4 Div. 2 3 a16      
DNF   44 Irmscher Tuning
Opel Kadett GT/E		 Manfred Trint, D
 1998 L4 Div. 2 2 a9      
DNF   34  
BMW 2002		 Hannes Pennartz, D
 1990 L4 Div. 2 2 a19      
DNS   4 Valvoline Deutschland
Porsche 934		 Eberhard Sindel, D
 2993 tc B6 Div. 1          
DNS?   11 Josef Brambring
Porsche Carrera RSR		 Jürgen Neuhaus, D
 2994 B6 Div. 1          
DNS?   12 Porsche Kannacher Krefeld
Porsche 934		 Jürgen Kannacher, D
 2993 tc B6 Div. 1          
DNS?   14 Valvoline Deutschland
Porsche Carrera RSR		 Edgar Dören, D
 2994 B6 Div. 1          
DNS?   15  
Porsche Carrera RSR		 Karl-Josef Römer, D
 2994 B6 Div. 1          
DNS?   16 NAC Hamburg
Porsche 934		 Richard Leder, D
 2993 tc B6 Div. 1          

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