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XIII. ADAC Goodyear 300 km Rennen

Nürburgring Nordschleife, BRD

Date: 2/4/1978
Track length: 22.835 m
Attendance: 90.000
Entries accepted:
Starters: 13 (div. 1), 11 (division 2)
Finishers: 11 (div. 1), 11 (div. 2)

Pole position: Wollek in 7.34,5 (div. 1); Ertl in 8.03,2 (div. 2)
Fastest lap: Wollek in 7.37,9 (div. 1), Ertl in 8.04,6 (div. 2)

Distance: 7 laps, Group 1B and 2/4 5 laps
Average speed: 177,96 kmh (div. 1), 168,23 kmh (div. 2)
Weather: Sunny
Ruleset: Group 5/76
Car info: 1978 Cars

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Only 9 cars turned up for practice on Friday in division two - a giant step to the sudden end of the DRM with its rising cost seemed to be made. Zakowski hastily entered two older cars (for mechanic Siefener and Wolfgang Wolf). A few others appeared on Saturday, but many of them withdrew from the race.
In the end, 11 cars took the start with Ertl dominating practice and race, while Winkelhock having big engine troubles in practice and race. Behind Ertl, Heyer, Höttinger and Hahne had a terrific fight which ended in the order mentioned.
In division 1, yet again Schurti had a miserable race after second on the gird, behind Wollek who was in great shape here. Schurti retired early with oil pressure problems, while Wollek took the lead in the race, which had started without the Toyota team: “time out to think”. Wollek won the race, with Hezemans second and Ludwig a fine third.


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 7 laps, 53.53,5 1 7.34,5 7.37,9  
2 2 6 Weisberg Gelo Team
Porsche 935-77A
Toine Hezemans, NL
2994 tc B6 Division 1 7 laps, 54.13,6 3 7.36,1    
3 3 9 Weisberg Gelo Team
Porsche 935-77A
Klaus Ludwig, D
2994 tc B6 Division 1 7 laps, 54.20,8 5 7.43,4    
4 4 11 Equipe Liqui Moly
Porsche 935-77A
Reinhold Jöst, D
2994 tc B6 Division 1 7 laps, 55.21,2 6 7.48,7    
5 5 10 Konrad Racing
Porsche 935-77A
Franz Konrad, A
2994 tc B6 Division 1 7 laps, 56.28,2 7 8.01,1    
6 6 8 Weisberg Gelo Team
Porsche 935-77A
John Fitzpatrick, GB
2994 tc B6 Division 1 7 laps, 56.33,9 4 7.39,4    
7 7 16 Konrad Racing
Porsche 935
Volkert Merl, D
2857 tc B6 Division 1 7 laps, 57.17,8 9 8.15,5    
8 8 20 Max Moritz Racing Team
Porsche 934
Edgar Dören, D
2993 tc B6 Division 1 7 laps, 1:00.59,1 11 8.41,2    
9 9 4 Porsche Kremer Racing
Porsche 935 K2
Louis Krages ("John Winter"), D
2857 tc B6 Division 1 7 laps, 1:01.41,5 10 8.34,3    
10 10 19 Jägermeister Racing Team
Porsche Carrera RSR
Toni Fischhaber, D
2994 B6 Division 1 7 laps, 1:02.07,2 12 8.52,5    
11 11 3 Porsche Kremer Racing
Porsche 935-77A
Dieter Schornstein, D
2994 tc B6 Division 1 5 8 8.08,4   Accident
DNF   5 Jägermeister Max Moritz Team
Porsche 935-77A
Manfred Schurti, FL
2994 tc B6 Division 1 2 2 7.35,5   Oil pressure
DNF   25  
Porsche 935
Klaus Drees, D
2857 tc B6 Division 1 1 13 9.23,1    

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 55 Sachs Sporting
BMW 320 Turbo 1.4
Harald Ertl, A
1428 tc L4 Division 2 7 laps, 57.00,6 1 8.03,2 8.04,6  
2 2 52 Mampe Ford Zakspeed
Ford Escort II RS
Hans Heyer, D
1975 L4 Division 2 7 laps, 57.08,3 2 8.05,7 8.05,8  
3 3 57 Team GS - Fruit of the Loom
BMW 320
Markus Höttinger, A
1990 L4 Division 2 7 laps, 57.16,3 4 8.08,9    
4 4 53 Mampe Ford Zakspeed
Ford Escort II RS
Armin Hahne, D
1975 L4 Division 2 7 laps, 57.16,8 3 8.08,3    
5 5 50 Würth HAT
BMW 320 Turbo 1.4
Manfred Winkelhock, D
1428 tc L4 Division 2 7 laps, 57.48,5 6 8.25,6    
6 6 56 Team GS - Fruit of the Loom
BMW 320
Albrecht Krebs, D
1990 L4 Division 2 7 laps, 58.38,7 5 8.18,4    
7 7 61 Team Heidegger
BMW 320 Turbo 1.4
Walter Brun, CH
1428 tc L4 Division 2 7 laps, 59.15,5 10 9.26,6    
8 8 73 Mampe Ford Zakspeed
Ford Escort II RS
Wolfgang Wolf, D
1975 L4 Division 2 6 7 9.06,1    
9 9 54 Mampe Ford Zakspeed
Ford Escort II RS
Armin Siefener, D
1975 L4 Division 2 6 9 9.21,3    
10 10 70 AC Mayen
BMW 1602
Heinz Weiler, D
1573 L4 Division 2 5 11 10.55,3    
11 11 67  
BMW 2002
Günther Hildenbrand, D
1990 L4 Division 2 4 8 9.06,4    

Group 1B, Group 2/4 under 1600 cc, Group 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 22 Autohaus Max Moritz
Porsche Carrera RS
Jürgen Lässig, D
2994 B6 Group 3          
  2 25  
Porsche 911 SC
Karl-Josef Römer, D
2994 B6 Group 3          
  3 23 Ecurie Leman
Porsche Carrera RS
Pierre-Yves Dhinaut, CH
2994 B6 Group 3          
  4 21 Autohaus Max Moritz
Porsche 930
Horst Schmid, D
2993 tc B6 Group 3          
  5 27  
Porsche 930
Hugo Nückel, D
2993 tc B6 Group 3          
  6 24 Norddeutscher Automobilclub
Porsche Carrera RS
Matthias Loerper, D
2994 B6 Group 3          
  1 5 Nothelle Tuning
VW Scirocco
Alfred Preukschat, D
1596 L4 Group 2 1600          
  2 6 Kamei Autoextras
VW Golf
Klaus Assmuth, D
1596 L4 Group 2 1600          
  3 4  
BMW 1602
Franz Kindermann, D
1573 L4 Group 2 1600          
  4 2 Valvoline Racing
BMW 1602
Peter Stern, D
1573 L4 Group 2 1600          
  5 7  
VW Scirocco
Klaus Breitenbach, D
1596 L4 Group 2 1600          
  1 11 AC Mayen
Simca Rallye ?2
Ludwig Nett, D
1294 L4 Group 2 1300          
  2 13 MSC Dumeklemmer
NSU 1200 TT
Karl-Heinz Dalemans, D
1177 L4 Group 2 1300          
  3 12 Haribo Lakritzen Racing Team
Fiat 128 coupé 1300
Lothar Moll, D
1290 L4 Group 2 1300          
  4 15  
Fiat 128 coupé 1300
Heinz Tubbesing, D
1290 L4 Group 2 1300          
  5 14  
NSU 1200 TT
Volker Rhinow, D
1177 L4 Group 2 1300          
  1 18 ASC Bremen
Audi 50 LS
Gotthelf Wirsig, D
1093 L4 Group 2 1150          
  2 16? Nothelle Tuning
Audi 50 LS
? Rolf Hartge, D
1093 L4 Group 2 1150          
  1 31 Ford Racing Team Diermeier
Ford Capri 3.0S
Bernd Herlitze, D
2993 V6 Group 1B +2000          
  2 37 Eichberg Racing
Ford Capri 3.0S
Ingolf Bedrich, D
2993 V6 Group 1B +2000          
  3 39 Renngemeinschaft MSC Langenfeld
Opel Commodore GS/E
Hans-Wilhelm Ridder, D
2784 L6 Group 1B +2000          
  4 35? AC Rübenach
Opel Commodore GS/E
Wolfgang Dackweiler, D
2784 L6 Group 1B +2000          
  5 36 Valvoline Renngemeinschaft
Opel Commodore GS/E
Siegfried Herzog, D
2784 L6 Group 1B +2000          
  6 34  
Ford Capri
Günter Paritschke, D
2993 V6 Group 1B +2000          
  1 41 Eichberg Racing
Ford Escort II RS 2000
Helmut Döring, D
1993 L4 Group 1B 2000          
  2 48 Ford Berkenkamp Racing
Ford Escort II RS 2000
Dieter Selzer, D
1993 L4 Group 1B 2000          
  3 50 Ecurie Moselle
Ford Escort II RS 2000
Matthias Schneider, D
1993 L4 Group 1B 2000          
  4 45 Eichberg Racing
Ford Escort II RS 2000
Wulf-Gunter Schumacher, D
1993 L4 Group 1B 2000          
  5 49 Ford Berkenkamp Racing
Ford Escort II RS 2000
Holger Soltwedel, D
1993 L4 Group 1B 2000          
  6 51 Scuderia Colonia
Ford Escort II RS 2000
Günter Wohlfahrter, D
1993 L4 Group 1B 2000          
  7 54  
Ford Escort II RS 2000
Lothar Baumann, D
1993 L4 Group 1B 2000          
  8 42 Eichberg Racing
Ford Escort II RS 2000
Karsten Ruhrmann, D
1993 L4 Group 1B 2000          
  1 63 VW Schultz / TM Essen
VW Golf GTI
Walter Piel, D
1588 L4 Group 1B 1600          
  2 67 Scuderia Lindau
VW Golf GTI
Georg Schwärzler, D
1588 L4 Group 1B 1600          
  3 62 Toyota-Vollmeyer
Toyota Celica GT
Friedhelm Przyklenk, D
1588 L4 Group 1B 1600          
  4 66  
VW Scirocco GTI
Peter Valder, D
1588 L4 Group 1B 1600          
  5 61  
VW Golf GTI
Raimund Wittlich, D
1588 L4 Group 1B 1600          
  1 75  
Alfa Romeo 1300 GT Junior
Hans Motte, D
1290 L4 Group 1B 1300          
  2 74  
Alfa Romeo 1300 GT Junior
Leander Müss, D
1290 L4 Group 1B 1300          
  3 73  
Simca Rallye 2
Wolfgang Vogt, D
1294 L4 Group 1B 1300          
  1 85  
Autobianchi A112 Abarth 70HP
Reinhold Köster, D
1050 L4 Group 1B 1150          
  2 81 Veytal Tuning
Audi 50 LS
Rüdiger Hempel, D
1093 L4 Group 1B 1150          
  3 82 MSC Wahlscheid
Audi 50 GL
Wolfgang Kudrass, D
1093 L4 Group 1B 1150          
  4 94  
Audi 50 GL
Georg Baumeister, D
1093 L4 Group 1B 1150          
  5 89 VW Schultz / TM Essen
Fiat 128 coupé 1100
Harald Wester, D
1116 L4 Group 1B 1150          
  6 92  
Fiat 128 coupé 1100
Georg-Richard Cellarius, D
1116 L4 Group 1B 1150          
  7 93  
Fiat 128 coupé 1100
Peter Geelen, D
1116 L4 Group 1B 1150          
  8 91  
Autobianchi A112 Abarth 70HP
Wolfgang Weste, D
1050 L4 Group 1B 1150          
  9 86  
Autobianchi A112 Abarth 70HP
Heino Hofman, D
1050 L4 Group 1B 1150          
  10 90  
Autobianchi A112 Abarth 70HP
Heinz-Jürgen Grewe, D
1050 L4 Group 1B 1150          
  11 83 Valvoline Renngemeinschaft
Fiat 128
Ulrich Sieling, D
1116 L4 Group 1B 1150          

Remarks: Group 1-4 race schedule unknown