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ADAC-Trophy Zandvoort

Zandvoort, Netherlands

Date: 2/7/1978
Track length: 4.226 m
Attendance: 6.000
Entries accepted:
Starters: 18 (Div. 1); 22 (Div. 2)
Finishers: 12 (Div. 1); 8 (Div. 2)

Pole position: Hezemans in 1.26,98 (Div. 1); Ertl in 1.30,37 (Div. 2)
Fastest lap: Fitzpatrick in 1.45,28 (Div. 1); Heyer in 1.48,31 (Div 2)

Distance: 25 laps
Average speed: 193,96 kmh (Div. 1); 180,64 kmh (Div. 2)
Weather: Heavy rain
Ruleset: Group 2/76
Car info: 1978 Cars

Pictures

Sunshine and great temperatures during testing and practice; but on race day, heavens opened and the track was flooded not dissimilar as the 4 hour ETCC race in 1974.

Division 1
During testing on Friday, local hero van Oorschot, a fine driver by any standard had been fastest of all. But in practice, van Oorschot came no further than 1.29,72, good enough for 7th on the grid but not more. Hezemans was the only one to crack the 1.27 border, setting pole in 1.26,98, over half a second faster than anyone else, but behind him the places 2 to 5 were covered by just 3/10ths of a second.
Konrad had trouble to start the warm-up lap and “John Winter” banged into him - we were two cars short at the start already.
Fitzpatrick went like a rocket after the start, remembered the wet racing line he learned from Rob Slotemaker ten years ago and was unbeatable. Wollek was second, followed by Hezemans, Schurti and Ludwig. Soon Hezemans took second with Schurti slipping past Wollek at the same time, but the Max Moritz car retired just a little later. Wollek tried to counter at Panorama, but missed his braking point in the haze and left the track. Behind the three Loos cars, Bourgoignie was fourth. Now the Loos-show could begin: although Hezemans was unable to close on Fitzpatrick (quite the contrary, he kept taking the wettest line in some corners), the championship could decide the finish: Loos showed the sign 1-2-3, 6-8-9 slow, so Hezemans first and Fitz second; and the latter, every inch a gentleman, slowed down. But after some discussions, the sign was changed into 8-6-9, Fitz roared on and won the race, with Hezemans telling the outside world that he hoped these five points would not cost him the championship.

Division 2
No local flavour in Division 2 here, but some news nonetheless. Winkelhock’s HAT team had swapped their turbo engine for an atmospheric one (a used one from Helmut Bross), so the team could concentrate on the car rather than the troublesome development engine.
Behind Ertl and Höttinger, Winkelhock duelled with Heyer and soon both of them got by the two leaders. Winkelhock and Heyer touched in Tarzan corner, Heyer forced into the grass for a while. A few laps later his throttle cable broke, he repaired it himself in order to get to the its - and after having lost eight laps, he joined the fray and battled with Winkelhock as if nothing had happened. Useless, but he tried to irritate Winkelhock, but the latter just continued and won the race. Behind him, Ertl and Höttinger had a fight too, Ertl unable to use his horsepower advantage because of the rain. During the race, Höttinger had lost contact with Ertl, but then he forced his way back and in the last lap it was nose to tail, and when Ertl locked a wheel, Höttinger tried to slip by on the inside but missed his braking point - and bumped into the Schnitzer turbo car. He punctured a tyre, but was able to finish third behind Winkelhock and Ertl.


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   8 Weisberg Gelo Team
Porsche 935-77A
John Fitzpatrick, GB
2994 tc B6 Division 1 25 laps, 45.08,29 2 1.27,52 1.45,28  
2   6 Weisberg Gelo Team
Porsche 935-77A
Toine Hezemans, NL
2994 tc B6 Division 1 25 laps, 45.41,24 1 1.26,98    
3   9 Weisberg Gelo Team
Porsche 935-77A
Klaus Ludwig, D
2994 tc B6 Division 1 25 laps, 45.56,79 5 1.27,84    
4   33  
Porsche 935 K2
Claude Bourgoignie, B
2857 tc B6 Division 1 24 6 1.29,37    
5   16 Konrad Racing
Porsche 935
Volkert Merl, D
2857 tc B6 Division 1 24 8 1.32,06    
6   37 Eumig Film Racing Team
Chevrolet Camaro Z28
Henny Hemmes, NL
5736 V8 Division 1 22 17 1.50,51    
7   32  
Porsche 934/5
Toon Suykerbuyk, NL
2993 tc B6 Division 1 21 12 1.40,31    
8   29 Sports Car Club of Stuttgart
Porsche 934
Hans Grossmann, D
2993 tc B6 Division 1 21 18 1.50,53    
9   2 Vaillant Kremer Team
Porsche 935-77A
Bob Wollek, F
2994 tc B6 Division 1 14 4 1.27,82    
10   36  
Chevrolet Camaro Z28
Jim Vermeulen, NL
5736 V8 Division 1 14 14 1.49,51    
11   3 Porsche Kremer Racing
Porsche 935-77A
Dieter Schornstein, D
2994 tc B6 Division 1 13 10 1.34,31    
12   31 Scorpio Racing
Porsche 935
Henri van Oorschot, NL
2857 tc B6 Division 1 12 7 1.29,72    
13   5 Jägermeister Max Moritz Team
Porsche 935-77A
Manfred Schurti, FL
2994 tc B6 Division 1 12 3 1.27,73   Wheel bearing
DNS   10 Konrad Racing
Porsche 935-77A
Franz Konrad, A
2994 tc B6 Division 1   9 1.32,12   Accident on warm-up lap
DNS   4 Minolta Kremer Racing
Porsche 935-77A
Louis Krages ("John Winter"), D
2994 tc B6 Division 1   11 1.35,02   Accident on warm-up lap
DNS   30  
Porsche 934
Hans-Christian Jürgensen, D
2993 tc B6 Division 1   13 1.44,99    
DNS   35  
BMW 530i
Huub Vermeulen, NL
2985 L6 Division 1   15 1.50,18    
DNS   28  
Porsche 934
Horst Schmid, D
2993 tc B6 Division 1   16 1.50,32    
DNS   47 Tonka Car Racing Team
BMW 530i
Servé Maassen, NL
2985 L6 Division 1   19 1.56,57    

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   50 Würth HAT
BMW 320
Manfred Winkelhock, D
1990 L4 Division 2 25 laps, 45.57,23 4 1.32,05    
2   55 Sachs Sporting
BMW 320 Turbo 1.4
Harald Ertl, A
1428 tc L4 Division 2 25 laps, 46.30,46 1 1.30,37 1.48,31  
3   57 Team GS - Fruit of the Loom
BMW 320
Markus Höttinger, A
1990 L4 Division 2 25 laps, 47.04,12 2 1.31,01    
4   53 Mampe Ford Zakspeed
Ford Escort II RS
Armin Hahne, D
1975 L4 Division 2 24 6 1.32,68    
5   70 Écurie Basilisk
BMW 320
Walter Nussbaumer, CH
1990 L4 Division 2 24 7 1.35,14    
6   61 Team Heidegger
BMW 320 Turbo 1.4
Walter Brun, CH
1428 tc L4 Division 2 24 5 1.32,48    
7   74 Team Zakspeed
Ford Escort II RS
Siegfried Müller Jr, D
1840 L4 Division 2 24 9 1.42,15    
8   73 Valvoline Deutschland
BMW 320
Gustav Fischer, D
1990 L4 Division 2 23 10 1.42,54    
9   64 IFM Efector
BMW 2002
Peter Kuhlmann, D
1990 L4 Division 2 23 11 1.46,60    
10   79  
BMW 2002
Jürgen Galle, D
1990 L4 Division 2 23 12 1.46,88    
11   72 Kfz. Gebrauchteile RT
Ford Escort II RS
Dieter Alzen, D
1840 L4 Division 2 21 16 1.49,06    
12   52 Mampe Ford Zakspeed
Ford Escort II RS
Hans Heyer, D
1975 L4 Division 2 17 3 1.31,40   Throttle cable
13   69  
BMW 320
Heinz-Jürgen Dahmen, D
1990 L4 Division 2 12 14 1.48,47    
DNS   59  
BMW 320 Turbo 1.4
Karl-Heinz Becker, D
1428 tc L4 Division 2   8 1.38,14   Crash in practice after losing bonnet
DNS   76 Essen-Werdener AC
Alpine A 110
Friedrich Winkelmann, D
  L4 Division 2   13 1.48,40    
DNS   83 Supervise Racing with IMI Promotions
Ford Escort II RS 2000
Edward Schinkel, NL
1993 L4 Division 2   15 1.48,77