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Nürburgring Nordschleife, BRD

Date: 1/8/1976
Track length: 22.835 m
Attendance:
Entries accepted: unknown
Starters: 15/27
Finishers: 9/15

Pole position: Hezemans in 8.10,4 (div. 1); Ludwig in 8.32,3 (div. 2)
Fastest lap: Hezemans in 8.22,8 (div. 1); Heyer in 8.38,6 (div. 2)

Distance: 6 laps = 137 km
Average speed: 160,52 kmh (div. 1); 157,07 kmh (div. 2)
Weather:
Ruleset: Group 2/76, group 4/76, group 5N
Car info: 1976 Cars

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After the Lauda drama, the two divisions started in the same race - but division 2 started two minutes later.

Division 1
Only 15 cars at the start, since Holup’s car crashed in practice. Hezemans had clocked a shattering 8.10,4 in practice, while Stenzel, his nearest rival was 8 seconds slower. The turbo cars were slow off the mark as usual, and some Carrera pilots saw a short moment of glory - and missed their braking point at the Südkehre. Five Porsches were left behind, including Wollek and Stenzel - the latter an indirect victim; when he tried to escape he hit a kerb stone, damaging his half shaft.
Hezemans had a big lead and completed a lonely race with a fastest lap of 8.22,8 which says enough. Kelleners and Bertrams completed the podium.

Division 2
Yet again, Heyer had a miserable start; pole sitter Ludwig took the lead, challenged by Obermoser. Since his engine didn’t work very well in the beginning as well, he had quite some trouble to get to the front again. Krebs took a while to be passed, but then Heyer clocked fastest lap and passed Obermoser (still in second) in lap 5. Since Europamöbel-boss had complained about the fact that Ludwig had to take Heyer’s championship position into consideration, a victory here made everybody happy. Opel showed some promise, clocking a sub-9 minute lap in practice, but both cars retired in the race.

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 24 Tebernum Racing Georg Loos KG
Porsche 934		 Toine Hezemans, NL
 2993 tc B6 Div. 1 6 laps, 51.12,8 1 8.10,4 8.22,8  
2 2 3 Jägermeister Max Moritz Team
Porsche 934		 Helmut Kelleners, D
 2993 tc B6 Div. 1 6 laps, 51.29,4 4 8.33,0    
3 3   Egon Evertz KG Solingen
Porsche 934		 Hartwig Bertrams, D
 2993 tc B6 Div. 1 6 laps, 51.55,1 14 9.54,8    
4 4 6 Valvoline Deutschland
Porsche Carrera RSR		 Edgar Dören, D
 2994 B6 Div. 1 6 laps, 51.59,6 7 8.40,2    
5 5   Josef Brambring
Porsche Carrera RSR		 Jürgen Neuhaus, D
 2994 B6 Div. 1 6 laps, 52.14,7 6 8.39,8    
6 6   Kannacher GT Racing
Porsche Carrera RSR		 Jürgen Oppermann, D
 2994 B6 Div. 1 6 laps, 54.44,0 10      
7 7   Heinzmann Rennfeuerschutz RT
Porsche Carrera RSR		 Georg Freiberger, D
 2994 B6 Div. 1 6 laps, 56.01,8 11      
8 8   AC Rübenach
Opel Commodore GS		 Axel Sonntag, D
 2998 L6 Div. 1 6 laps, 59.36,0 13      
9 9    
BMW 3.0 CSi		 Karl Fraund, D
 2985 L6 Div. 1 5 16      
DNF     Autohaus Max Moritz
Porsche Carrera RSR		 Albrecht Schütz, D
 2994 B6 Div. 1 1 15     Accident
DNF     Vaillant Kremer Team
Porsche 934		 Bob Wollek, F
 2993 tc B6 Div. 1   3 8.18,7   Accident
DNF   2 Jägermeister Max Moritz Team
Porsche 934		 Reinhard Stenzel, D
 2993 tc B6 Div. 1   2 8.18,4   Halfshaft
DNF     Jägermeister Racing Team
Porsche Carrera RSR		 Ekkehard Schimpf, D
 2994 B6 Div. 1   12     Accident
DNF   20 Valvoline Deutschland
Porsche 934		 Eberhard Sindel, D
 2993 tc B6 Div. 1   8     Accident
DNF      
Porsche Carrera RSR		 Karl-Josef Römer, D
 2994 B6 Div. 1   9     Accident
DNS     Porsche Kremer
Porsche 934		 Gerhard Holup, D
 2993 tc B6 Div. 1         Accident in practice
DNS     Tebernum Racing Georg Loos KG
Porsche Carrera RSR		 Clemens Schickentanz, D
 2994 B6 Div. 1   (5) 8.38,2   Accident in practice

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 51 Europamöbel Team Zakspeed
Ford Escort II RS		 Klaus Ludwig, D
 1975 L4 Div. 2 6 laps, 52.20,2 1 8.32,3    
2 2 50 Castrol Team Zakspeed
Ford Escort II RS		 Hans Heyer, D
 1975 L4 Div. 2 6 laps, 52.28,8 2 8.34,1 8.38,6  
3 3 52 Team Warsteiner GS Tuning
BMW 2002		 Jörg Obermoser, D
 1990 L4 Div. 2 6 laps, 52.35,5 3 8.38,7    
4 4 59 Team Schnitzer Rodenstock
BMW 2002		 Albrecht Krebs, D
 1990 L4 Div. 2 6 laps, 53.03,9 6      
5 5 54 Castrol Team Zakspeed
Ford Escort II RS		 Peter Hennige, D
 1975 L4 Div. 2 6 laps, 54.03,0 4      
6 6 58 Staschen Racing Team
BMW 2002		 Karl-Heinz Becker, D
 1990 L4 Div. 2 6 laps, 54.32,7 10      
7 7 82 Spiess Tuning
VW Scirocco		 Wolfgang Wolf, D
 1596 L4 Div. 2 6 laps, 55.44,6 11   9.12,8  
8 8 53 Ford Grab Weisberg Werkzeuge
Ford Escort II RS		 Werner Schommers, D
 1975 L4 Div. 2 6 laps, 57.00,4 5 8.50,9    
9 9 65 Team Schnitzer Rodenstock
BMW 2002		 Norbert Neumann, D
 1990 L4 Div. 2 6 laps, 57.59,6 25      
10 10 64 Franz Prentzel
BMW 2002		 Wolfgang Dimmendaal, D
 1990 L4 Div. 2 6 laps, 57.59,8 14      
11 11 56  
BMW 2002		 Hannes Pennartz, D
 1990 L4 Div. 2 6 laps, 58.11,0 17      
12 12 69 MSTC Erbach/DMV
BMW 2002		 Hans Weissgerber, D
 1990 L4 Div. 2 6 laps, 58.15,5 15      
13 13 70 Kilian Tuning
Audi 80 GT		 Manfred Kilian, D
 1596 L4 Div. 2 5 21      
14 14 74 AC Isartal
VW Scirocco		 Joachim Egenolf, D
 1596 L4 Div. 2 5 19      
15 15 81 Dürener Motor-Sport-Club
BMW 2002		 Hans Schnock, D
 1990 L4 Div. 2 5 27      
DNF   63 Rheydter Club für Motorsport
BMW 2002		 Walter Prüser, D
 1990 L4 Div. 2 4 9      
DNF   78 ACI München
BMW 2002		 Harald Müller, D
 1990 L4 Div. 2 4 24      
DNF   57 Equipe Liqui Moly
BMW 2002		 Andreas Schall, D
 1990 L4 Div. 2 3 12      
DNF   91 Faltz-Alpina Essen
BMW 2002		 Peter Kuhlmann, D
 1990 L4 Div. 2 3 26      
DNF   61 Irmscher Tuning
Opel Kadett GT/E		 Walter Röhrl, D
 1998 L4 Div. 2 3 8 8.56,8 8.50,5 Throttle
DNF   62 Irmscher Tuning
Opel Kadett GT/E		 Manfred Trint, D
 1998 L4 Div. 2 3 23     Gear lever, oil
DNF   86  
BMW 2002		 Rainer Blanke, D
 1990 L4 Div. 2 2 22      
DNF   80  
VW Golf		 Peter Valder, D
 1596 L4 Div. 2 1 18      
DNF   75 Team Warsteiner GS Tuning
BMW 2002		 Peter Bienefeld, D
 1990 L4 Div. 2 1 13      
DNF   60 GS Tuning
BMW 2002		 Jörg Denzel, D
 1990 L4 Div. 2   7     Track rod
DNF   76  
BMW 2002		 Joachim Utsch, D
 1990 L4 Div. 2   20      
DNF   85  
VW-Porsche 914/6		 Wilhelm Siegle, D
   B6 Div. 2   16      

Opel Kadett GT/E race
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    
Opel Kadett GT/E		 Walter Röhrl, D
 1897 L4 Opel Kadett GT/E 4 laps        
2 2    
Opel Kadett GT/E		 Jürgen Barth, D
 1897 L4 Opel Kadett GT/E 4 laps        
3 3   Team Matter-Überrollbügel
Opel Kadett GT/E		 Harald Grohs, D
 1897 L4 Opel Kadett GT/E 4 laps        
4 4    
Opel Kadett GT/E		 Peter Norlander, S
 1897 L4 Opel Kadett GT/E 4 laps        
5 5    
Opel Kadett GT/E		 Albrecht Krebs, D
 1897 L4 Opel Kadett GT/E 4 laps        
6 6    
Opel Kadett GT/E		 Helmut Kelleners, D
 1897 L4 Opel Kadett GT/E 4 laps        
7 7    
Opel Kadett GT/E		 Dany Wauters, B
 1897 L4 Opel Kadett GT/E 4 laps        
8 8    
Opel Kadett GT/E		 Rainer Braun, D
 1897 L4 Opel Kadett GT/E 4 laps        
9 9    
Opel Kadett GT/E		 Josef Wilhelmy, D
 1897 L4 Opel Kadett GT/E 4 laps        
10 10   Abex Pagid Racing Team
Opel Kadett GT/E		 Johann Weisheidinger, A
 1897 L4 Opel Kadett GT/E 4 laps        
11 11    
Opel Kadett GT/E		 Jean-Pierre Nicolas, F
 1897 L4 Opel Kadett GT/E          
12 12    
Opel Kadett GT/E		 Gerd Raschig, D
 1897 L4 Opel Kadett GT/E          
13 13   AC Rübenach
Opel Kadett GT/E		 Clemens Diewald, D
 1897 L4 Opel Kadett GT/E          
14 14    
Opel Kadett GT/E		 Toni Ruokonen, SF
 1897 L4 Opel Kadett GT/E          
15 15    
Opel Kadett GT/E		 Kuno Messmann, D
 1897 L4 Opel Kadett GT/E          
16 16   MSTC Erbach
Opel Kadett GT/E		 Gert Englerth, D
 1897 L4 Opel Kadett GT/E          
17 17    
Opel Kadett GT/E		 "Knapick", F
 1897 L4 Opel Kadett GT/E          
18 18    
Opel Kadett GT/E		 Jochen Lüer, D
 1897 L4 Opel Kadett GT/E          
19 19    
Opel Kadett GT/E		 Erhard Memmel, D
 1897 L4 Opel Kadett GT/E          
20 20   MC Neuburg
Opel Kadett GT/E		 Bernhard Schönacher, D
 1897 L4 Opel Kadett GT/E          
21 21   Hesse Motor Sports Club
Opel Kadett GT/E		 Klaus Hölzlhammer, D
 1897 L4 Opel Kadett GT/E          
22 22   MSC Sassmannshausen
Opel Kadett GT/E		 Peter Gesper, D
 1897 L4 Opel Kadett GT/E          
23 23    
Opel Kadett GT/E		 Otto Kälberer, D
 1897 L4 Opel Kadett GT/E          
24 24    
Opel Kadett GT/E		 Wolfram Prill, D
 1897 L4 Opel Kadett GT/E          
25 25    
Opel Kadett GT/E		 Norman Cuthbert, GB
 1897 L4 Opel Kadett GT/E          
26 26   Private RG Spandau
Opel Kadett GT/E		 Herbert Mittelstädt, D
 1897 L4 Opel Kadett GT/E          
27 27    
Opel Kadett GT/E		 Bernd Renneisen, D
 1897 L4 Opel Kadett GT/E          
28 28    
Opel Kadett GT/E		 Heinz Kilp, D
 1897 L4 Opel Kadett GT/E          
29 29    
Opel Kadett GT/E		 Walter Smolej, D
 1897 L4 Opel Kadett GT/E          
30 30   MST Lufthansa
Opel Kadett GT/E		 Rolf Rypka, D
 1897 L4 Opel Kadett GT/E