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XIV Premio Ciudad de Alcañiz

Circuito de Guadalope, Alcañiz, Spain

Date: 3/9/1978
Track length: 3.900 m
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Ruleset: Group 1 and 2/76 Fabricacion Nacional
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A clear victory for Oñoro here, despite his oil pressure breaking down in the final laps. Strangely enough, the points leaders Bäbler and Juncosa scored no points here; while Bäbler suffered from carburation problems, Juncosa retired with a broken oil line, only 7 seconds behind Oñoro.

But there were a few strange things happening too. Martin Cantero couldn’t start because of a broken head gasket - parts of his car were used to repair Oñoro’s Chrysler. Jaime Sanz de Madrid, whose car stopped on the warmup lap with damaged piping and cables under the bonnet - very suspicious indeed.

While Bäbler and Juncosa took command, after the start, Oñoro soon went by; and in the same lap Blanco smashed his Opel to pieces.
After the leading trio came Albacete, Casagne and Sarabia. The latter soon went ahead while Albacete dropped back with engine problems.

The group 1 race saw the victory of the Ford Escort RS of Frenchman Chambres, which was clearly superior over the Seat 1430s - with the exception of Carlos Jodar, who remained close until the last few laps.

Grupo 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      
Ford Escort RS 2000		 C. Chambres, F
 1993 L4 Group 1 41.39,68        
2 1    
Seat 1430 FU 1800		 Carlos Jódar, E
 1756 L4 Group 1 42.01,04        
3 2    
Seat 1430 FU 1800		 Manuel Sanjurjo, E
 1756 L4 Group 1 42.18,16        
4      
VW Golf		 Beus
 1588 L4 Group 1 42.34,69        
5 3    
Seat 1430 FU 1800		 Ricardo García Galiano, E
 1756 L4 Group 1 42.35,96        
6 4    
Seat 1430 FU 1800		 Alfonso Marcos, E
 1756 L4 Group 1 42.36,21        
7 5    
Seat 1430 FU 1800		 Pérez Mariscal, E
 1756 L4 Group 1 43.14,15        
8 6    
Seat 1430 FU 1800		 Juan Garcia de la Rasilla, E
 1756 L4 Group 1 43.31,92        
9 7    
Seat 1430 FU 1800		 Mach, E
 1756 L4 Group 1 43.32,19        
10      
BMW 530i		 Tofolo
 2985 L6 Group 1 -1 lap        
  1    
Citroën H GX serie GB (GS 1220)		 Fermin Sanchez, E
 1222 B4 Group 1 1300          
  1    
Seat 127		 Miguel A. Gimenez, E
 903 L4 Group 1 1000          
  2    
Seat 127		 José Santos, E
 903 L4 Group 1 1000          
  3    
Seat 127		 Enrique Zorzano, E
 903 L4 Group 1 1000          
  3    
Citroën H GX serie GB (GS 1220)		 Ricardo Muñoz (Llorca), E
 1222 B4 Group 1 1300          
  4    
Simca E 1000 Rallye		 Eduardo Alvarez, E
 1294 L4 Group 1 1300          

Grupo 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    
Chrysler 2L		 Juan Carlos Oñoro, E
 1998 L4 Group 2 25 laps, 51.07,23        
2 2    
Seat 1430 FU 1800		 Evaristo Sarabia, E
 1756 L4 Group 2 25 laps, 51.13,90        
3 3    
Chrysler 2L		 Pierre Casagne, E
 1998 L4 Group 2 25 laps, 51.28,23        
4 4    
Chrysler 2L		 F. Canalda, E
 1998 L4 Group 2 25 laps, 53.13,40        
5 5    
Seat 1430 FU 1800		 Emilio Duran, E
 1756 L4 Group 2 24        
6      
Renault R 5 Alpine		 Bandrés
 1397 L4 Group 2 24        
7 1    
Simca E 1000 Rallye		 Antonio Castro, E
 1294 L4 Group 2 1300 24        
8      
Ford Fiesta		 Rodolfo Tesone, E
   L4 Group 2 24        
9 2    
Simca E 1000 Rallye		 José Martínez, E
 1294 L4 Group 2 1300 23        
10      
Ford Fiesta		 Gracia
 1117 L4 Group 2 23        
  3    
?Seat 127		 Rafael Ques, E
   L4 Group 2 1300          
  4    
Simca E 1000 Rallye		 Antonio Mamola, E
 1294 L4 Group 2 1300          
DNF      
Seat 1430 FU 1800		 Hansi Bäbler, E
 1756 L4 Group 2         Carburation
DNF      
Seat 1430 FU 1800		 Manuel Juncosa, E
 1756 L4 Group 2         Oil line
DNF      
Opel Kadett GT/E		 Juan Manuel Blanco, E
 ca. 2000 L4 Group 2 1       Accident
DNF      
Chrysler 2L		 Antonio Albacete, E
 1998 L4 Group 2 24?       Engine
DNS      
Chrysler 2L		 Santiago Martin Cantero, E
 1998 L4 Group 2         Head gasket
DNS      
Chrysler 2L		 Jaime Sanz de Madrid, E
 1998 L4 Group 2