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X. Grand Prix Brno

Masaryk-Ring, Brno, Czechoslovakia

Date: 18/6/1978
Track length: 10.925 m
Attendance: 100.000
Entries accepted: 50
Starters: 33
Finishers: 28

Pole position: Facetti/Finotto
Fastest lap: unknown

Distance: 3,5 hours
Average speed: 171,538 kmh
Weather:
Ruleset: Group 2/76
Car info: 1978 Cars

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This race, Finotto and Facetti trashed the opposition in the car formerly known as the green BMW Alpina coupé - they finished over a lap (11 km!) ahead of their main rivals, Grano and Xhenceval in a Luigi coupé. VW had another victory in the 1600 cc division 2 with Bergmeister and Siegrist - they finished fourth overall, behind yet another BMW CSL.


Division 1-5
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 3 Jolly Club Milano
BMW 3.0 CSL
Carlo Facetti, I
Martino Finotto, I
3171 L6 Div. 5 57 laps, 3:33.59,60 1      
2 2 1 Luigi/BMW Italia
BMW 3.0 CSL
Umberto Grano, I
Jean Xhenceval, B
3196 L6 Div. 5 56 2      
3 3 4 Luigi Racing
BMW 3.0 CSL
Eddy Joosen, B
Raymond Van Hove, B
3196 L6 Div. 5 54 3      
4 1 45 VW Motorsport Jägermeister
VW Scirocco
Willi Bergmeister, D
Jörg Siegrist, CH
1596 L4 Div. 2 54        
5 2 48 VW Motorsport
VW Scirocco
Anton Stocker, CH
Hans-Joachim Nowak, D
1596 L4 Div. 2 54        
6 1 33 RGA Sohler Ski Racing Team
BMW 320
Dieter Kindlmann, D
Ludwig Linder, D
1998 L4 Div. 3 51        
7 2 30 Rhein-Ruhr Racing Team Düsseldorf
BMW 2002
Dieter Hegels, D
Winfried Vogt, D
1990 L4 Div. 3 51        
8 3 27 Ford Team Zakspeed
Ford Escort II RS
Thomas Datzmann, D
Manfred Mohr, D
1840 L4 Div. 3 50 4      
9 3 50 AC Dinamo Slovenija Avto
VW Scirocco
Drago Regvart, YU
Dagmar Suster, YU
1596 L4 Div. 2 50        
10 3 47 Rallye Gemeinschaft Rosenheim
VW Scirocco
Jakob Strasser, D
Dieter Mauritz, D
1596 L4 Div. 2 49        
11 1 19 Team Besico Bernd Siller
Ford Capri RS 2600
Bernd Siller, D
Toni Spiegelsberger, D
2700? V6 Div. 4 49        
12 2 11 Ford Racing Team Diermeier
Ford Capri III 3.0S
Bernd Herlitze, D
Henning Schmidt, D
2993 V6 Div. 4 49        
13 1 66 Auto Skoda Mladá Boleslav
Skoda 130 RS
Milan Zapadlo, CS
Josef Michl, CS
1298 L4 Div. 1 49        
14 2 60 Jolly Club Milano
Fiat 128 coupé 1300
Carlo Giani, I
Lella Lombardi, I
1290 L4 Div. 1 48        
15 4 32  
Opel Kadett GT/E
Heinrich Haag, D
Reiner Geiger, D
ca. 2000 L4 Div. 3 48        
16 3 61 Garage Kessler
Datsun Cherry 120A
Oscar Kessler, B
Marc Duez, B
ca. 1300 L4 Div. 1 48        
17 4 58  
Alfa Romeo Alfasud Sprint
Richard Mattozza, B
Jacques Berger, B
1299 B4 Div. 1 47        
18 4 55  
VW Scirocco GTI
Bernard Carlier, B
Pierre Vaillant, B
1596 L4 Div. 2 47        
19 3 18 Autosas Stilauto Ford
Ford Capri II 3.0
David Fargion, I
Carlo Belli, I
Holman “Les” Blackburn, GB
2993 V6 Div. 4 47        
20 5 64 AMK Svazarmu Liberec
Skoda 130 RS
Zdenek Vojtech, CS
Bretislav Enge, CS
1298 L4 Div. 1 47        
21 6 65 Auto Skoda Mladá Boleslav
Skoda 130 RS
Petr Samohyl, CS
Susan Tucker-Peak, GB
1298 L4 Div. 1 46        
22 7 63 AMK SSZ Praha
Skoda 130 RS
Petr Martinovsky, CS
Jan Jirotka, CS
1298 L4 Div. 1 46        
23 4 14 Racing Corporation Vienna
BMW 530i
Heribert Werginz, A
Harald Neger, A
Roman Loibnegger, A
2985 L6 Div. 4 46        
24 8 76 Haribo Lakritzen Racing Team
Simca Rallye 3
Hans "Ali" Frensch, D
Bodo Eichner, D
1294 L4 Div. 1 46        
25 5 41 IFM Efector
BMW 2002
Peter Kuhlmann, D
Jörg Denzel, D
1990 L4 Div. 3 44        
26 9 72 AMK Svazamu Ostrava
Skoda 110 L Rallye
Adolf Fesárek, CS
Jirí Vancura, CS
1299 L4 Div. 1 41        
27 10 78 Haribo Lakritzen Racing Team
Simca Rallye 3
Herzig
Saar
Peter Hast, D
1294 L4 Div. 1 39        
28 11 68 AMK Svazarmu Praha
Fiat 128 coupé 1300
Karel Jílek, CS
Václav Bervid, CS
1290 L4 Div. 1 37        
    34  
BMW 2002
Robert Eberhard, D
Georg Reisinger, D
1990 L4 Div. 3          
    35 AMK Doprastav Bratislava
BMW 2002
Zdenek Halada, CS
Petr Martinovsky, CS
1990 L4 Div. 3          
    52  
VW Scirocco
Klaus Bieler, D
Hagen Arlt, D
1596 L4 Div. 2          
    59 AMK ARC Brno
Skoda 130 RS
Rostislav Nedbálek, CS
Jan Senkyr, CS
1298 L4 Div. 1          
    67 AMK Svazamu Ostrava
Skoda 130 RS
Marcel Pipek, CS
Jiri Adámek, CS
1298 L4 Div. 1          
    77 AMK ARC Brno
Fiat 128 coupé 1300
Jirí Rosicky, CS
Libor Kroupa, CS
1290 L4 Div. 1          
    69 AMK Svazarmu Liberec
Skoda 130 RS
Vlastimil Tomásek, CS
Ladislav Bares, CS
1298 L4 Div. 1          
DNF   36  
BMW 2002
Tripo Gölz, A
Harald Schwartz, A
1990 L4 Div. 3          
DNF   82 Alfa Romeo Hähn
Alfa Romeo 1300 GT Junior
Harry Schultze, D
Michael Bischoff, D
1290 L4 Div. 1          
DNF   75 Haribo Lakritzen Racing Team
Simca Rallye 3
Helmut Klinkhammer, D
Falko Jansen, D
1294 L4 Div. 1          
DNF   46 Kilian Tuning
Audi 80 GTE
Jürgen Reinke, D
Wolfgang Sander, D
1596 L4 Div. 2          
DNF   31 IFM Efector
BMW 2002
Rolf Rummel, D
Karl-Heinz Hintz, D
1990 L4 Div. 3          
DNF   28 Ford Team Zakspeed
Ford Escort II RS
Siegfried Müller Jr, D
Bernd Ringshausen, D
1840 L4 Div. 3   5      
DNF   15  
Mazda Savanna RX-3
Michael Mitterer, A
Dieter Hinteregger, A
2 x 491 R2? Div. 4   6      
DNS   53 1. MSC Bad Canstatt
VW Scirocco
Erich Kornmann, D
Richard Berk, D
Hans Georg Erhardt, D
1596 L4 Div. 2         Accident
DNS   54 MSC Stuttgart
VW Golf
Roland Gehring, D
Richard Berk, D
Hans Georg Erhardt, D
1596 L4 Div. 2         Delay to start line
DNQ   74 AMK Svazarmu Bratislava
Skoda 130 RS
Arpad Horváth, CS
Mikulás Schätzel, CS
1298 L4 Div. 1