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Nürburgring Nordschleife, BRD

Date: 9/7/1978
Track length: 22.835 m
Attendance: unknown
Entries accepted: unknown
Starters: 88
Finishers: unknown

Pole position: Grano/Fitzpatrick in 8.30,4 = 161,061 kmh
Fastest lap: Fitzpatrick in 8.38,1 = 159,48 kmh

Distance: 4 hours
Average speed: 152,402 kmh
Weather:
Ruleset: Group 2/76
Car info: 1978 Cars

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After the non-qualification at Le Mans, AMG thought a new SLC Mercedes could do the trick. But the car was not finished on time, and until early on Sunday morning the car was prepared at the Zakspeed premises. Afterwards, the car didn’t look any better that its predecessor, and after one lap it appeared in the pits, with a broken stabiliser rod, a down on power engine and a puncture. AMG would do a much better job in years to come!
The race was decided by retirements: both leading BMWs (Grano’s car split its distributor in half, Finotto/Facetti had an engine failure), the Escort of Ludwig/Hahne (engine), and when the second Luigi BMW had its throttle linkage replaced the second Zakspeed car could win with Schommers/Denzel and Hahne behind the wheel. The only other sensation was that Audi won the 1600 cc class, snapping away five points from Volkswagen - not a good thing in view of the makes championship.


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 47 Ford Team Zakspeed
Ford Escort II RS
Werner Schommers, D
Jörg Denzel, D
Armin Hahne, D
1840 L4 Div. 3 25 laps, 4:00.55,5        
2 1 4 Luigi Racing
BMW 3.0 CSL
Eddy Joosen, B
Raymond Van Hove, B
3196 L6 Div. 5 25 5      
3 1 11 Renngemeinschaft Martini Nürburgring
BMW 3.0 CSL
Heinz Becker, D
Johannes Scheid, D
3196 L6 Div. 4 25 7 9.09,4    
4 2 56 MSTC Erbach
BMW 2002
Hans Weissgerber, D
Richard Bremmekamp, D
Hans-Jürgen Möhle, D
1990 L4 Div. 3 24        
5 3 38 KWS Autotechnik Team
Ford Escort II RS 2000
Rudolf Doetsch, D
Hartmut Bauer, D
1993 L4 Div. 3 24        
6 2 18 Abex Pagid Racing Team
Opel Commodore GS/E
Johann Weisheidinger, A
Dietmar Hackner, D
(Heinz-Jürgen Mählenhoff, D)
2784 L6 Div. 4 24        
7 4 29 KWS Motorsport
Ford Escort II RS 2000
Manfred Webs, D
Peter Heckler, D
Hans-Jürgen Kretschmer, D
1993 L4 Div. 3 24        
8 1 87 Kilian Tuning
Audi 80 GTE
Wolfgang Sander, D
Jürgen Reinke, D
1596 L4 Div. 2 24        
9 5 50 MSTC Erbach
BMW 2002
Richard Bremmekamp, D
Hans-Jürgen Möhle, D
Hans Weissgerber, D
1990 L4 Div. 3 24 12 9.26,3    
10 2 89 Zender GmbH
VW Scirocco
Werner Dittert, D
Clemens Diewald, D
1596 L4 Div. 2 24 13      
14 3 10 Racing Corporation Vienna
BMW 530i
Heribert Werginz, A
Harald Neger, A
Alois Müller, A
2985 L6 Div. 4         Accident
  3 19 Zender GmbH
Opel Commodore GS/E
Axel Sonntag, D
Werner Dittert, D
2784 L6 Div. 4          
  4 14 Renngemeinschaft MSC Langenfeld
Opel Commodore GS/E
Hans-Wilhelm Ridder, D
Peter Döring, D
2784 L6 Div. 4          
  5 21 Diermeier Ford
Ford Capri III 3.0S
Bernd Herlitze, D
Henning Schmidt, D
2993 V6 Div. 4          
  6 5  
Ford Capri 3.0S
Ingolf Bedrich, D
Paul Bergner, D
2993 V6 Div. 4          
  7 16  
Opel Commodore GS/E
Klaus Emil Röckel, D
Kurt-Wilhelm Gerstle, D
2784 L6 Div. 4          
  8 9 Renngemeinschaft MSC Langenfeld
Mazda Savanna RX-3
Willibald Graul, D
David Palmer, GB
2 x 573 R2 Div. 4          
  6 49 IFM Efector
BMW 2002
Peter Kuhlmann, D
Franz Prentzel, D
1990 L4 Div. 3          
  7 71 Renngemeinschaft MSC Langenfeld
Alfa Romeo 2000 Berlina
Bernd Knipper, D
Wolfgang Balzar, D
1962 L4 Div. 3          
  8 70  
Alfa Romeo GTV
Karl-Ernst Brune, D
Rolf Pietsch, D
1962? L4 Div. 3          
  9 40  
Ford Escort II RS 2000
Axel Felder, D
Peter Döring, D
Paul Hulverscheid, D
1993 L4 Div. 3          
  10 63 KWS Motorsport
Ford Escort II RS 2000
Berthold Doll, D
Norbert Schommer, D
1993 L4 Div. 3          
  11 57  
BMW 2002
Hanno Schumacher, D
Hans Schell, D
1990 L4 Div. 3          
  12 33 AMC Hellertal DMV
Ford Escort II RS 2000
Friedrich Scholl, D
Joachim Utsch, D
1993 L4 Div. 3          
  13 45  
BMW 2002
Herbert Herler, D
Eugen Zils, D
1990 L4 Div. 3          
  14 52 Eichberg Racing
Ford Escort II RS 2000
Bernd Dransmann, D
Peter Prang, D
1993 L4 Div. 3   6 9.02,8    
  3 80 VW Motorsport
VW Scirocco
Anton Stocker, CH
Hans-Joachim Nowak, D
1596 L4 Div. 2   8 9.09,0    
  4 84  
VW Scirocco
Wolfgang Jacobs, D
Hans Werner Hilger, D
1596 L4 Div. 2          
  5 74  
VW Scirocco
Michael Sanden, D
Herbert Pfaffen, B
Helmut Sanden, D
1588 L4 Div. 2          
  6 85 Renngemeinschaft Sieglar
VW Scirocco
Klaus Bieler, D
Hagen Arlt, D
1596 L4 Div. 2          
  7 78 Valvoline Racing
BMW 1602
Peter Stern, D
Norbert Lehmann, D
1573 L4 Div. 2          
  8 77 Rheinisch-Westfälischer AC
VW Golf GTI
Utz-Dirk Adam, D
Joachim Oppermann, D
1588 L4 Div. 2          
  9 79  
VW Golf
Peter Valder, D
Walter Piel, D
1588 L4 Div. 2          
  10 91 Toyota Tuning Thönnes
Toyota Celica GT
Max Janischek, D
Karl-Heinz Schäfer, D
1588 L4 Div. 2          
  11 88 Postert Toyota
Toyota Celica GT
Karl-Heinz Gürthler, D
Bernard Schmitz-Moormann, D
1588 L4 Div. 2          
  1 101 Autohaus Gleich
Alfa Romeo Alfasud Sprint
Manfred Mohr, D
Georg Weber, D
1299 B4 Div. 1          
  2 100 Alfa Romeo Hähn
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior
Harry Schultze, D
Hans-Franz Mette, D
1290 L4 Div. 1          
  3 116 AC Mayen
Simca Rallye 2
Ludwig Nett, D
Klaus Wey, D
1294 L4 Div. 1     9.52,5    
  4 120  
Alfa Romeo Alfasud Sprint
Richard Mattozza, B
Jacques Berger, B
1299 B4 Div. 1          
  5 95 Hörmann Tuning
Fiat 128 coupé 1300
Heinz Jürgen Siebert, D
Norbert Gabler, D
1290 L4 Div. 1          
  6 114 Simca Tuning K. Gutmann
Simca Rallye 3
Leo Wisse, D
Peter Uhrmacher, D
1294 L4 Div. 1          
  7 115 Renngemeinschaft Sieglar
Simca Rallye ?2
Ernst Thierfelder, D
Dieter Stöhr, D
1294 L4 Div. 1          
  8 119 Veytal Tuning
Audi 50 GL
Helmut Händeler, D
Rüdiger Hempel, D
1093 L4 Div. 1          
  9 117 Valvoline Racing
Simca 1000 EC
Raymund Marx, D
Hartmut Ganter, D
1118 L4 Div. 1          
  10 105  
Datsun Cherry 120A coupé
Oscar Kessler, B
André Hardy, B
1190 L4 Div. 1          
DNF   53 Cavallo Matras
BMW 320
Winfried Vogt, D
Mario Ketterer, D
1998 L4 Div. 3   9 9.20,1    
DNF   62 Rhein-Ruhr Racing Team
BMW 2002
Dieter Hegels, D
Jürgen Voigt, D
1990 L4 Div. 3   11      
DNF   17 Diermeier Ford
Ford Capri II 3.0S
Harald Hinz, D
Ralf Walter, D
2993 V6 Div. 4          
DNF   108 Bohemia Crystal Liberec
Skoda 130 RS
Zdenek Vojtech, CS
Bretislav Enge, CS
1298 L4 Div. 1         Engine
DNF   90 VW Motorsport Jägermeister
VW Scirocco
Willi Bergmeister, D
Jörg Siegrist, CH
1596 L4 Div. 2   10 9.20,2   Started from the back
DNF   48 Mampe Ford Zakspeed
Ford Escort II RS
Klaus Ludwig, D
Armin Hahne, D
1840 L4 Div. 3         Engine
DNF   3 Jolly Club Milano
BMW 3.0 CSL
Carlo Facetti, I
Martino Finotto, I
3171 L6 Div. 5   1 8.34,9   Conrod
DNF   2 Luigi/BMW Italia
BMW 3.0 CSL
Umberto Grano, I
John Fitzpatrick, GB
3196 L6 Div. 5   2 8.44,7 8.38,1 Ignition
DNF   1 Mampe - AMG Motorenbau
Mercedes 450 SLC
Hans Heyer, D
Clemens Schickentanz, D
4520 V8 Div. 5   26 9.46,8   Fuel system
DNF   51 Eggenberger Motorsport
BMW 320
Walter Brun, CH
Helmut Kelleners, D
1998 L4 Div. 3   38      
DNF   98 Jolly Club Milano
Fiat 128 coupé 1300
Carlo Giani, I
Lella Lombardi, I
1290 L4 Div. 1