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Flugplatzrennen Mainz-Finthen

Mainz-Finthen, BRD

Date: 22/5/1977
Track length: 2.150 m
Attendance: 15.000
Entries accepted:
Starters: 12 (div. 1); 19 (div. 2)
Finishers: 10 (div. 1); 13 (div. 2)

Pole position: Stommelen in 0.48,3 (div. 1); Krebs in 0.50,7 (div. 2)
Fastest lap: Wollek in 0.48,8 (div. 1); Heyer in 0.50,7 (div. 2)

Distance: 50 laps (DRM), 30 laps (support races)
Average speed: 155,06 kmh (div. 1); 146,79 kmh (div. 2)
Weather: Warm, sometimes overcast
Ruleset: Group 5/76
Car info: 1977 Cars

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Division 1
More engine troubles for Schurti - they were on the verge of giving up altogether, but in the end a works engine was assembled in Zuffenhausen on Saturday night and the job was completed in time for the race. Stommelen got pole and won the race with Wollek second, Schenken third and Schurti fourth. The other starters had no chance, and only while Kremer entered a 934 and a street-930 raced as well, there were 11 starters, enough for points.

Division 2
A new and interesting car was entered by karl-Heinz Becker, whose 2002 was stolen; he built his own 320 but lacked the money for a works kit. Designer Luigi Colani, of Eifelland-F1 “fame”, created a very unusual body kit. The engine was an old Schnitzer one, and teething problems did not help to get the car to the front.
Zakspeed built a new space-frame car for Heyer, which had a lower weight than the previous one: 749 kg, with the limit being 735 kg.
But it looked like an easy double victory for Schnitzer here, since the turbo’s were clearly the fastest cars. But, as so often, the unexpected happened. First Hennige had to pit with clutch troubles, lost four laps and returned to the frame right behind the leading Krebs. Hennige, not the most popular driver since his strike-breaking action at Kassel-Calden 1976, clearly blocked Krebs’ followers. When he finally retired, they made up ground to Krebs, who ran out of brakes and retired as well. Heyer had a big fight with Surer and Winkelhock but held the upper hand, with Surer second and Winkelhock again on the podium.

Rennen 2: Group 1 and 3 over 1600 cc; Group 2/4/5 1300-2000 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
  1 160  
Ford Escort II RS		 Dieter Alzen, D
 1840 L4 Group 2 2000          
  1 153 Kamei Autoextras
VW Golf		 Bernd Renneisen, D
 1588 L4 Group 2 and 3 1600          
  2 158 Renault-Brand
Alpine A 110 1600S		 Peter Brand, D
 1565 L4 Group 2 and 3 1600          
  3 157 MCS
Alpine A 110 1600S		 Hermann Bauer, D
 1565 L4 Group 2 and 3 1600          
  1 175  
Ford Capri		 Willy Loddenkemper, D
 2993 V6 Group 1 +2000          
  1 166 Ford Gerstmann Racing Team
Ford Escort II RS 2000		 Peter Pieper, D
 1993 L4 Group 1 2000          
  2 167 Eichberg Racing
Ford Escort RS 2000		 Karsten Ruhrmann, D
 1993 L4 Group 1 2000          
  3 171 MST Lufthansa
Opel Kadett GT/E		 Rolf Rypka, D
 1897 L4 Group 1 2000          
  4 172  
Opel Kadett GT/E		 Hans Nagel, D
 1897 L4 Group 1 2000          

Rennen 5: 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 1 Mampe Ford Zakspeed
Ford Escort II RS		 Hans Heyer, D
 1975 L4 Division 2 50 laps, 43.56,5 6 0.51,3 0.50,7  
2 2 12 BMW Junior Team
BMW 320		 Marc Surer, CH
 1998 L4 Division 2 50 laps, 43.57,1 3 0.50,9    
3 3 13 BMW Junior Team
BMW 320		 Manfred Winkelhock, D
 1998 L4 Division 2 50 laps, 44.04,0 5 0.51,2    
4 4 2 Mampe Ford Zakspeed
Ford Escort II RS		 Armin Hahne, D
 1975 L4 Division 2 50 laps, 44.19,6 11 0.52,9    
5 5 14 Jägermeister BMW Faltz
BMW 320		 Harald Grohs, D
 1998 L4 Division 2 50 laps, 44.23,6 9 0.52,3    
6 6 10 Ford Grab Weisberg Werkzeuge
Ford Escort II RS		 Toine Hezemans, NL
 1975 L4 Division 2 48 7 0.52,1   Blown engine
7 7 18 Liqui Moly GmbH
BMW 320		 Andreas Schall, D
 1998 L4 Division 2 48 14 0.54,5    
8 8 8 Fruit of the Loom - Heidegger Team
BMW 320		 Peter Schneeberger, D
 1998 L4 Division 2 48 13 0.53,8    
9 9 42 Team Warsteiner GS Tuning
BMW 2002		 Bernhard Wissler, D
 1990 L4 Division 2 48 15 0.54,8    
10 10 4 Team Warsteiner GS Tuning
BMW 320		 Jörg Obermoser, D
 1998 L4 Division 2 47 8 0.52,2    
11 11 20 HAT-Freizeit Racing Team
BMW 320		 Jochen Dauer, D
 1998 L4 Division 2 47 10 0.52,7    
12 12 22 HAT-Freizeit Racing Team
BMW 320		 Reinhold Hohmann, D
 1998 L4 Division 2 42 12 0.53,2    
13 13 6 Optische Werke Rodenstock
BMW 2002 Turbo		 Albrecht Krebs, D
 1428 tc L4 Division 2 40 1 0.50,7   Brakes
DNF   31  
BMW 2002		 Hannes Pennartz, D
 1990 L4 Division 2 30 18 0.57,6    
DNF   24 AC Weidensees
Fiat X 1/9 Dallara		 Wolfgang Wolf, D
 1578 L4 Division 2 29 16 0.54,9    
DNF   28  
BMW 2002		 Günther Hildenbrand, D
 1990 L4 Division 2 29 19 0.58,9    
DNF   7 Optische Werke Rodenstock
BMW 2002 Turbo		 Peter Hennige, D
 1428 tc L4 Division 2 22 2 0.50,8   Clutch
DNF   11 BMW Junior Team
BMW 320		 Eddie Cheever, USA
 1998 L4 Division 2 12 4 0.51,2   Gearbox
DNF   19  
BMW 320		 Karl-Heinz Becker, D
 1998 L4 Division 2 4 17 0.56,2   Gearbox

Rennen 7: 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 66 Gelo Racing Team
Porsche 935		 Rolf Stommelen, D
 2857 tc B6 Division 1 50 laps, 41.35,8 1 0.48,3    
2 2 51 Vaillant Kremer Team
Porsche 935 K2		 Bob Wollek, F
 2857 tc B6 Division 1 50 laps, 41.37,8 3 0.48,9 0.48,8  
3 3 67 Gelo Racing Team
Porsche 935		 Tim Schenken, AUS
 2857 tc B6 Division 1 50 laps, 41.41,5 4 0.49,4    
4 4 52 Jägermeister BMW Faltz
Porsche 935		 Manfred Schurti, FL
 2857 tc B6 Division 1 50 laps, 42.26,5 2 0.48,9    
5 5 54 Brambring-Franz-Racing
Porsche 935		 Jürgen Neuhaus, D
 2857 tc B6 Division 1 49 5 0.49,9    
6 6 71 Kannacher GT Racing
Porsche 935		 Franz Konrad, A
 2857 tc B6 Division 1 48 6 0.51,0    
7 7 53 Autohaus Max Moritz
Porsche 934/5		 Edgar Dören, D
 2993 tc B6 Division 1 46 7 0.53,0    
8 8 61  
Porsche 934/5		 Dieter Schornstein, D
 2993 tc B6 Division 1 45 8 0.54,7    
9 9 65 Wrangler Racing
Porsche Carrera RSR		 Preben Kristoffersen, DK
 2994 B6 Division 1 43 9 0.58,0    
10 10 69  
Porsche 930 Turbo		 Franz-Josef Rieder, D
 2994 tc B6 Division 1 39 12?      
DNF   70 Porsche Kremer
Porsche 934		 Peter Hähnlein, D
 2993 tc B6 Division 1 15 10 0.58,9    
DNS   55 Brambring-Franz-Racing
Porsche Carrera RSR		 Josef Brambring, D
 2994 B6 Division 1   11 1.00,6    

Rennen 9: Division 3 Sekurit Pokal
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
  1 101 Scuderia Schwaben e.V.
Ford Escort 1300		 Rainer Hagenmüller, D
 1298 L4 Group 2 and 5 1300          
  2 108 Spiess Tuning
NSU 1200 TT		 Udo Wagenhäuser, D
 1296 L4 Group 2 and 5 1300          
  3 116  
Datsun Cherry 120A coupé		 Hans Schuller, D
 1295 L4 Group 2 and 5 1300          
  4 111  
NSU 1200 TT		 Martin Hauck, D
 1296 L4 Group 2 and 5 1300          
  5 120  
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior		 Werner Welte, A
 1290 L4 Group 2 and 5 1300          
  6 114 Hüsch Racing Team
NSU 1200 TT		 Dietmar Bald, D
 1296 L4 Group 2 and 5 1300          
  7    
NSU 1200 TT		 Lili Reisenbichler, D
 1296 L4 Group 2 and 5 1300          
  8 109 Renngemeinschaft MSC Langenfeld
NSU 1200 TT		 Friedhelm Mantz, D
 1296 L4 Group 2 and 5 1300          
  1 127  
Fiat 128		 Helmut Thiel, D
 1148 L4 Group 2 and 5 1150          
  2 132 Simcasport W. Heiden
Simca 1000 EC		 Jürgen Sander, D
 1148 L4 Group 2 and 5 1150          
  3 125  
Audi 50		 Jürgen Zitt, D
 1140 L4 Group 2 and 5 1150          
  4 129  
Fiat 128		 Jaroslaw Zbranek, D
 1148 L4 Group 2 and 5 1150          
  5 128  
Fiat 128		 Eckhard Kern, D
 1148 L4 Group 2 and 5 1150          
  1 143  
NSU 1000		 Manfred Potreck, D
 996 L4 Group 2 and 5 1000          
  2 144  
NSU 1000		 Willibald Krebs, D
 996 L4 Group 2 and 5 1000          
  3 141  
Datsun Cherry 100A		 Adalbert Ries, D
 998 L4 Group 2 and 5 1000          
  4 142  
Autobianchi A112		 Bernd Hummel, D
   L4 Group 2 and 5 1000