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12. ADAC-Westfalen-Pokal-Rennen

Zolder, Belgium

Date: 20/8/1978
Track length: 4.261 m
Attendance: 12.000
Entries accepted:
Starters: 18 (Div. 1), 19 (Div. 2)
Finishers: 15 (Div. 1), 16 (Div. 2)

Pole position: Schurti in 1.31,4 (Div. 1), Heyer in 1.34,5 (Div. 2)
Fastest lap: Hezemans in 1.34,2 (Div. 1), Heyer in 1.37,0 (Div. 2)

Distance: 24 laps
Average speed: 159,78 kmh (Div. 1), 155,18 kmh (Div. 2)
Weather: Sunny and hot
Ruleset: Group 5
Car info: 1978 Cars

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Kindergarten time at Zolder: Hezemans fell out with Loos and vice-versa, harsh words were said and rules were rules: no practice when Loos himself was not present. Not ideal when you’re fighting for the championship. Porsche was not amused at all, but thoughts of getting the baby-935 out of the museum were put aside when analyses proved that the baby wouldn’t be on the pace anyway at the Norisring nor the “Betonschleife” at the Nürburgring.

Division 1
Despite all this, Hezemans had the only 3.2 engine in the paddock, but pole went to Schurti with Hezemans second. Stommelen was again best of the rest in sixth.
Schurti and Hezemans were side-by-side after the start, then Ludwig, Wollek and Fitzpatrick. In lap seven, Wollek left the road when he slipped off the pedals - out. Hezemans took the lead in lap 19, but soon after his half shaft broke, damaging an oil line with a fire as a result. Ludwig left the track as well, but Schurti, in the lead again, ran into troubles as well: he had a puncture, so Fitzpatrick who had been some distance away closed rapidly. But at the moment he could see the orange car, a Carrera closed the door on him so all Fitzpatrick could do was bringing his badly damaged car to the finish, behind Schurti who slowly reached the finish on his rim only. Third was van Oorschot. The Max Moritz team was ecstatic after so much bad luck.

Division 2
Heyer claimed pole with an incredible 1.34,5 - next one up was Winkelhock in the turbo BMW in 1.35,9. His engine expired soon, in the warmup his spare failed as well, so Manfred had to race with a GS atmo engine. Hahne was third in the ex-Heyer atmo car, a fine performance - but with two years experience now, it was about time. Ertl switched between his two cars but did not get any further than fourth, in front of Höttinger and Becker.
Heyer disappeared into the distance after the start, then Hahne, Ertl ran into Winkelhock and had to let Höttinger by but soon regained and climbed to second. Winkelhock fell back (engine), and Ertl slowed too when his gearbox slowly disintegrated. Höttinger passed Hahne, whose car was not perfect after a crash at the warmup. Then, two laps before the flag, Höttinger was leading! Heyer had fallen back with a broken rear axle, Hahne passed and Heyer could manage to finish, albeit only in third, right before 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   5 Jägermeister Max Moritz Team
Porsche 935-77A		 Manfred Schurti, FL
 2994 tc B6 Division 1 24 laps, 38.36,5 1 1.31,4   Puncture!
2   8 Weisberg Gelo Team
Porsche 935-77A		 John Fitzpatrick, GB
 2994 tc B6 Division 1 24 laps, 39.44,2 5 1.32,4    
3   19 Scorpio Racing
Porsche 935		 Henri van Oorschot, NL
 2857 tc B6 Division 1 24 laps, 39.46,0 8 1.36,3    
4   16 Konrad Racing
Porsche 935-77A		 Volkert Merl, D
 2994 tc B6 Division 1 24 laps, 40.01,9 7 1.35,5    
5   3 Porsche Kremer Racing
Porsche 935-77A		 Dieter Schornstein, D
 2994 tc B6 Division 1 23 9 1.39,1    
6   4 Minolta Kremer Racing
Porsche 935-77A		 Louis Krages ("John Winter"), D
 2994 tc B6 Division 1 23 10 1.39,4    
7   20 Scorpio Racing
Porsche 934/5		 Toon Suykerbuyk, NL
 2993 tc B6 Division 1 22 11 1.46,0    
8   31 Jägermeister Max Moritz Team
Porsche 934		 Edgar Dören, D
 2993 tc B6 Division 1 22 14 1.48,8    
9   9 Weisberg Gelo Team
Porsche 935-77A		 Klaus Ludwig, D
 2994 tc B6 Division 1 21 3 1.31,7    
10   29 Pallvano Corse
Porsche Carrera		 Marco Vanoli, CH
 2994 B6 Division 1 21 12 1.48,4    
11   33 Norddeutscher Automobilclub
Porsche Carrera RSR		 Gerhard Happel, D
 2994 B6 Division 1 21 13 1.48,6    
12   28  
Porsche Carrera		 Thierry Pettier, F
 2994 B6 Division 1 21 15 1.50,6    
13   26  
Porsche Carrera		 Peter Pospiesczcyk, D
 2994 B6 Division 1 20 17 1.53,3    
14   27  
Ferrari 308 GTB		 Maurice Dantinne, B
 2926 V8 Division 1 20 16 1.52,6    
15   6 Weisberg Gelo Team
Porsche 935-77A		 Toine Hezemans, NL
 3211 tc B6 Division 1 19 2 1.31,7 1.34,2  
DNF   25 Autohaus Max Moritz
Porsche 930 Turbo		 Horst Schmid, D
 2993 tc B6 Division 1 15 18 1.54,8    
DNF   2 Vaillant Kremer Team
Porsche 935-77A		 Bob Wollek, F
 2994 tc B6 Division 1 7 4 1.32,2   Accident
DNF   1 Toyota Deutschland
Toyota Celica 2000 LB Turbo		 Rolf Stommelen, D
 2090 tc L4 Division 1   6 1.34,1   Drive shaft

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   57 Team GS - Fruit of the Loom
BMW 320		 Markus Höttinger, A
 1990 L4 Division 2 24 laps, 39.45,2 5 1.36,9    
2   53 Mampe Ford Zakspeed
Ford Escort II RS		 Armin Hahne, D
 1975 L4 Division 2 24 laps, 39.57,0 3 1.35,9    
3   52 Mampe Ford Zakspeed
Ford Capri III Turbo		 Hans Heyer, D
 1427 tc L4 Division 2 24 laps, 40.18,4 1 1.34,5 1.37,0 Rear axle
4   55 Sachs Sporting
BMW 320 Turbo 1.4		 Harald Ertl, A
 1428 tc L4 Division 2 24 laps, 40.36,1 4 1.36,3   Gearbox
5   61 Team Heidegger
BMW 320 Turbo 1.4		 Walter Brun, CH
 1428 tc L4 Division 2 24 laps, 41.21,7 18 1.56,2    
6   75 Hohmann Auto Technik
BMW 320		 Walter Nussbaumer, CH
 1990 L4 Division 2 23 8 1.45,7    
7   59  
BMW 320 Turbo 1.4		 Karl-Heinz Becker, D
 1428 tc L4 Division 2 23 6 1.40,5    
8   50 Würth HAT
BMW 320		 Manfred Winkelhock, D
 1990 L4 Division 2 22 2 1.35,9   drove turbo engine in practice
9   78  
Alpine A 110 1600S		 Albert Vanierschot, B
 1565 L4 Division 2 22 10 1.48,3    
10   80 Mampe Ford Zakspeed
Ford Escort II RS		 Siegfried Müller Jr, D
 1840? L4 Division 2 21 11 1.49,4    
11   86  
BMW 320		 Heinz-Jürgen Dahmen, D
 1990 L4 Division 2 21 17 1.55,0    
12   84 Valvoline Renngemeinschaft
BMW 2002		 Franz-Josef Otten, D
 1990 L4 Division 2 21 15 1.52,8    
13   71  
BMW 320		 Lothar Wagner, D
 1990 L4 Division 2 19 7 1.45,6    
14   83 IFM Efector
BMW 2002		 Peter Kuhlmann, D
 1990 L4 Division 2 19 16 1.54,1    
15   82  
BMW 2002		 Jakob Hürtgen, D
 1990 L4 Division 2 19 19 1.57,2    
16?   77  
Alpine A 110 1600S		 Rob Redeker, NL
 1565 L4 Division 2 19 14 1.52,6    
DNF   88 IFM Efector
BMW 2002		 Rolf Rummel, D
 1990 L4 Division 2 12 13 1.51,8    
DNF   74 Valvoline Deutschland
BMW 320		 Gustav Fischer, D
 1990 L4 Division 2 10 9 1.47,1    
DNF   85 EPN Motorsport
BMW 320		 Walter Prüser, D
 1990 L4 Division 2 4 12 1.51,1