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Int. AvD/HMSC Flugplatzrennen Mainz-Finthen

Mainz-Finthen, BRD

Date: 18/6/1978
Track length: 2.150 m
Attendance: 15.000
Entries accepted:
Starters: 14 (div. 1); 14 (div. 2); 30 (Group 1+3); 25 (Group 2-5)
Finishers: 11 (div. 1); 8 (div. 2); 22 (Group 1+3); 17 (Group 2-5)

Pole position: Fitzpatrick in 0.50,1 (Div. 1); Höttinger in 0.58,2 (Div. 2)
Fastest lap: Fitzpatrick in 0.49,1 (Div. 1); Höttinger in 0.52,1 (Div. 2)

Distance: 50 laps (DRM), 30 laps (Group 1-4)
Average speed: 154,19 kmh (Div. 1); 144,59 kmh (Div. 2)
Weather: Sunny and warm
Ruleset: Group 5/76
Car info: 1978 Cars

 

After some troubles with starting money and the threat that Ertl would break any strike and start with last years’ 2002, the DRM finally took the track for a difficult practice, wet at first practice and drying during second practice.
Both Stommelen and Ertl had new cars, the latter staying in the garage with an eye to the wet track. Stommelen could not practice, since he drove the Swedish GP on Saturday, Ertl taking over the car for a shakedown and set-up.
Division 1 practice saw Fitzpatrick and Ludwig share the front row, with Hezemans on row 3 after a spin and oil on the track.
Höttinger had a surprise pole in division 2, since his car was set up for a wet track but in the dry it was the best guess after all. Heyer was second with the same time. Becker had a turbo engine for the first time, but was a little scared with it. From Austria we had last years’ Schnitzer 2002 Turbo with Manhalter behind the wheel. The Hohmann car for Winkelhock was missing, since testing was not finished yet. I’ve heard better explanations...

Loos refused to play the strategy game, and points leader Hezemans finished only fifth after an eventful race; after a touch with Wollek he had a slow puncture, and while storming into the pits he oversaw Merl, who jumped into the air à la Villeneuve and crashed his car - just like Winter on the same lap in a separate incident. Schurti had a puncture as well, and Fitzpatrick had a coming together with Mayer so Ludwig found himself in the lead - but for only one lap, since Wollek slipped inside. When his engine lost a cylinder, Fitzpatrick could pass again and claim second behind Wollek.

The Division 2 race was less eventful, though there were many retirements: Heyer broke his gear lever while leading, Hahne touched with Manhalter and lost a tire, Nussbaumer had a leaking tank, Brun broke his gearbox and Becker blew a turbo. And since Ertl broke gearbox and differential at the same time, it was Höttinger who won in front of Wolf in the Faltz-BMW, the latter complaining of a gearbox which made shifting difficult.

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 2 Vaillant Kremer Team
Porsche 935-77A		 Bob Wollek, F
 2994 tc B6 Division 1 50 laps, 41.49,9 3 0.51,3 0.49,1  
2 2 8 Weisberg Gelo Team
Porsche 935-77A		 John Fitzpatrick, GB
 2994 tc B6 Division 1 50 laps, 41.51,6 1 0.50,9 0.49,1  
3 3 9 Weisberg Gelo Team
Porsche 935-77A		 Klaus Ludwig, D
 2994 tc B6 Division 1 50 laps, 41.54,2 2 0.51,2    
4 4 5 Jägermeister Max Moritz Team
Porsche 935-77A		 Manfred Schurti, FL
 2994 tc B6 Division 1 50 laps, 42.20,1 5 0.52,8 0.49,1 Puncture
5 5 6 Weisberg Gelo Team
Porsche 935-77A		 Toine Hezemans, NL
 2994 tc B6 Division 1 49 6 0.52,9   Puncture, accident
6 6 10 Konrad Racing
Porsche 935-77A		 Franz Konrad, A
 2994 tc B6 Division 1 48 4 0.52,7    
7 7 3 Porsche Kremer Racing
Porsche 935-77A		 Dieter Schornstein, D
 2994 tc B6 Division 1 48 9 0.56,8    
8 8 1 Toyota Deutschland
Toyota Celica 2000 LB Turbo		 Rolf Stommelen, D
 2090 tc L4 Division 1 46 15 no time   Overheating
9 1 31  
Porsche Carrera RSR		 Peter Schem, D
 2994 B6 Division 1/Group 4 43 10 0.59,4    
10 2 30  
Porsche Carrera RSR		 Klaus Böhm, D
 2994 B6 Division 1/Group 4 42 11 1.00,0    
11 3 32  
Porsche Carrera RS		 Georg Freiberger, D
 2994 B6 Division 1/Group 4 42 13 1.04,7    
DNF   4 Minolta Kremer Racing
Porsche 935 K2		 Louis Krages ("John Winter"), D
 2857 tc B6 Division 1 28 8 0.55,1   Accident
DNF   16 Konrad Racing
Porsche 935		 Volkert Merl, D
 2857 tc B6 Division 1 28 7 0.55,1   Accident
DNF   34  
BMW 3.0 CSL		 Bepp Mayer, D
 3498? L6 Division 1 27 12 1.01,0    
DNS   33  
Porsche Carrera RS		 Horst Rack, D
 2994 B6 Division 1/Group 4   14 1.09,8    

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 57 Team GS - Fruit of the Loom
BMW 320		 Markus Höttinger, A
 1990 L4 Division 2 50 laps, 44.36,6 1 0.58,2 0.52,1  
2 2 58 Faltz-Alpina Essen
BMW 320		 Wolfgang Wolf, D
 1990 L4 Division 2 50 laps, 44.42,6 5 0.59,5   Gear linkage
3 3 56 Team GS - Fruit of the Loom
BMW 320 Turbo 1.4		 Albrecht Krebs, D
 1428 tc L4 Division 2 48 14 1.09,1    
4 4 76 Valvoline Deutschland
BMW 320		 Gustav Fischer, D
 1990 L4 Division 2 47 12 1.05,1    
5 5 65 Memphis Team International
BMW 2002 Turbo		 Sepp Manhalter, A
 1428 tc L4 Division 2 47 7 1.00,1    
6 1 81  
Ford Escort II RS		 Werner Boller, D
 1840 L4 Division 2/Group 2 44 13 1.05,9    
7 6 55 Sachs Sporting
BMW 320 Turbo 1.4		 Harald Ertl, A
 1428 tc L4 Division 2 37 3 0.58,5   Gearbox
8 7 52 Mampe Ford Zakspeed
Ford Escort II RS		 Hans Heyer, D
 1975 L4 Division 2 37 2 0.58,2   Gear linkage
DNF   86  
BMW 2002		 Michael Kopf, A
 1990 L4 Division 2/Group 2 34 15 1.13,7    
DNF   82 Kfz. Gebrauchteile RT
Ford Escort II RS		 Dieter Alzen, D
 1840 L4 Division 2/Group 2 44 11 1.03,9    
DNF   59  
BMW 320 Turbo 1.4		 Karl-Heinz Becker, D
 1428 tc L4 Division 2 19 10 1.01,9   Turbo
DNF   53 Mampe Ford Zakspeed
Ford Escort II RS		 Armin Hahne, D
 1975 L4 Division 2 18 4 0.58,9   Tire
DNF   70 Écurie Basilisk
BMW 320		 Walter Nussbaumer, CH
 1990 L4 Division 2 17 6 1.00,1   Fuel tank
DNF   61 Team Heidegger
BMW 320 Turbo 1.4		 Walter Brun, CH
 1428 tc L4 Division 2 13 8 1.00,2   Gearbox
DNS   78 Hohmann Auto Technik
BMW 320		 Alfred Kunze, D
 1990 L4 Division 2   9 1.00,5    

Group 1B and 3
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    
Opel Commodore GS/E		 Walter Löffler, D
 2784 L6 Group 1B +2000          
  1   Ford Berkenkamp Racing
Ford Escort II RS 2000		 Dieter Selzer, D
 1993 L4 Group 1B 2000          
  2   Ford Berkenkamp Racing
Ford Escort II RS 2000		 Winfried Maiworm, D
 1993 L4 Group 1B 2000          
  3   Ford Berkenkamp Racing
Ford Escort II RS 2000		 Matthias Schneider, D
 1993 L4 Group 1B 2000          
  4   AMC Hellertal DMV
Ford Escort II RS 2000		 Friedrich Scholl, D
 1993 L4 Group 1B 2000          
  5   KWS Motorsport
Ford Escort II RS 2000		 Karsten Ruhrmann, D
 1993 L4 Group 1B 2000          
  6   Ford Berkenkamp Racing
Ford Escort II RS 2000		 Gunter Braumüller, D
 1993 L4 Group 1B 2000          
  7   Ford Berkenkamp Racing
Ford Escort II RS 2000		 Günther Frauenkron, D
 1993 L4 Group 1B 2000          
  8   Sports Car Club of Stuttgart
Ford Escort II RS 2000		 Edgar Weisert, D
 1993 L4 Group 1B 2000          
  1    
Audi 80 GTE		 Alfons Hohenester, D
 1588 L4 Group 1B 1600          
  2    
VW Scirocco GTI		 Horst Honrath, D
 1588 L4 Group 1B 1600          
  3   Sachs Sporting
VW Golf GTI		 Heinz Schneider, D
 1588 L4 Group 1B 1600          
  4    
Toyota Celica GT		 Henri van Gompel, B
 1588 L4 Group 1B 1600          
  5    
VW Golf GTI		 Joachim Kapahnke, D
 1588 L4 Group 1B 1600          
  1   Simca Tuning K. Gutmann
Simca Rallye 3		 Werner Hirt, D
 1294 L4 Group 1B 1300          
  2   Kellergeister-Springbock-Simca
Simca Rallye 3		 Ingolf Arnold, D
 1294 L4 Group 1B 1300          
  3    
Simca Rallye 3		 Karl-Heinz Schmidt, D
 1294 L4 Group 1B 1300          
  4    
Simca Rallye 2		 Michael Bayer, D
 1294 L4 Group 1B 1300          
  5    
Simca Rallye 3		 Wolfgang Vogt, D
 1294 L4 Group 1B 1300          
  1    
Autobianchi A112 Abarth 70HP		 Heinz-Jürgen Grewe, D
 1050 L4 Group 1B 1150          
  2    
Ford Fiesta		 Axel Nahmmacher, D
 1117 L4 Group 1B 1150          
  3    
?Ford Fiesta		 Jaroslaw Zbranek, D
 1117 L4 Group 1B 1150          

Group 2, 4 and 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    
BMW 2002		 Wolfgang Rompa, D
 1990 L4 Group 2-5 +1600          
  2    
BMW 2002		 Heinrich Baier, D
 1990 L4 Group 2-5 +1600          
  3   Essen-Werdener AC
BMW 2002		 Friedrich Burgmann, D
 1990 L4 Group 2-5 +1600          
  4    
BMW 3.0 CSL		 Johann Köhler, D
 3196 L6 Group 2-5 +1600          
  5    
BMW 2002		 Willi Dietrich, D
 1990 L4 Group 2-5 +1600          
  1   Essen-Werdener AC
Alpine A 110 1600S		 Friedrich Winkelmann, D
 1565 L4 Group 2-5 1600          
  2   Zender GmbH
VW Scirocco		 Werner Dittert, D
 1596 L4 Group 2-5 1600          
  3   Kamei Autoextras
VW Golf		 Klaus Assmuth, D
 1596 L4 Group 2-5 1600          
  1   Scuderia Schwaben e.V.
Ford Escort 1300		 Rainer Hagenmüller, D
 1298 L4 Group 2-5 1300          
  2   MSC Gütersloh
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior		 Wilfried Liehr, D
 1290 L4 Group 2-5 1300          
  3    
NSU 1200 TT		 Willibald Krebs, D
   L4 Group 2-5 1300          
  4    
NSU 1200 TT		 Heinz-Georg Stetter, D
   L4 Group 2-5 1300          
  5    
NSU 1200 TT		 Georg Krebs, D
   L4 Group 2-5 1300          
  6    
Alfa Romeo Alfasud		 Hans-Dieter Midinet, D
 1299 B4 Group 2-5 1300          
  7    
Fiat X 1/9		 Siegfried Müller Jr, D
 1290 L4 Group 2-5 1300          
  1    
Audi 50		 Hubert Nacken, D
 1093 L4 Group 2-5 1150          
  2   Simcasport W. Heiden
Simca 1000 EC		 Hans-Günter Lakaff, D
 1118 L4 Group 2-5 1150