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XI. Grand Prix Brno

Masaryk-Ring, Brno, Czechoslovakia

Date: 10/6/1979
Track length: 10.925 m
Attendance: 120.000
Entries accepted: 59
Starters: 42
Finishers: 20

Pole position: Finotto/Facetti in 3.40,47
Fastest lap: unknown

Distance: 4 hours
Average speed: 171,6 kmh
Weather:
Ruleset: Group 2/76
Car info: 1979 Cars

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Grano knew after five laps that it was over: a blown head gasket ended the race of his BMW. His Italian compatriots had the same trouble, but could salvage the car to the end of the race, albeit in second position behind the Luigi BMW of the Belgian trio Xhenceval/Dieudonné/van Hove. Niedzwiedz/Müller Jr finished fourth and won the 2-liter class.


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 3 Luigi Racing
BMW 3.0 CSL
Raymond Van Hove, B
Jean Xhenceval, B
Pierre Dieudonné, B
3196 L6 Div. 5 55 3 3.41,18    
2 2 2 Jolly Club Milano
BMW 3.0 CSL
Martino Finotto, I
Carlo Facetti, I
3196 L6 Div. 5 54 1 3.40,47    
3 1 11 Besico Team
Opel Commodore GS/E
Toni Spiegelsberger, D
(Bernd Siller, D)
Hermann Tomczyk, D
2784 L6 Div. 4 50 11 3.58,27    
4 1 22 D&W Zakspeed
Ford Escort II RS
Klaus Niedzwiedz, D
Siegfried Müller Jr, D
1840 L4 Div. 3 50 4 3.47,66   Ignition
5 1 51 Richard Lloyd Racing Ltd.
VW Golf
Richard Lloyd, GB
(Tony Dron, GB)
Anton Stocker, CH
1588 L4 Div. 2 50 19 4.02,45    
6 2 18 Eichberg Racing
Ford Capri III 3.0S
Bernd Ringshausen, D
Siegfried Müller Sr, D
2993 V6 Div. 4 50 24 4.07,59    
7 2 31 Kamei Autoextras
Opel Kadett GT/E
Otto Kälberer, D
Miroslav Lochmann, D
ca. 2000 L4 Div. 3 48 20 4.03,32    
8 2 43 TL Racing AB
VW Scirocco
Thomas Lindström, S
Bo Wiedesheim, S
1596 L4 Div. 2 48 17 4.02,14    
9 3 32 Diermeier Racing
Ford Escort RS 2000
Henning Schmidt, D
Herbert Bürgmayer, D
1993 L4 Div. 3 47 33 4.19,61    
10 1 61 AZNP Mladá Boleslav
Skoda 130 RS
Josef Michl, CS
Petr Samohyl, CS
1298 L4 Div. 1 47 27 4.10,86    
11 2 65 Haribo Racing Team
Audi 50
Heinz Pütz, D
Bodo Eichner, D
ca. 1300? L4 Div. 1 47 40 4.27,13    
12 4 37 IFM Efector
BMW 320
Rolf Rummel, D
Peter Kuhlmann, D
1998 L4 Div. 3 47 26 4.09,82    
13 3 44 ADAC Nordrhein e.v.
VW Scirocco
Hans Werner Hilger, D
Wolfgang Jacobs, D
1596 L4 Div. 2 47 31 4.16,93    
14 3 14 Diermeier Racing
Ford Capri III 3.0S
Fritz Müller, D
(Bernd Herlitze, D)
Lothar Schörg, A
2993 V6 Div. 4 46 18 4.02,24    
15 3 77 AMK Liberec
Skoda 130 RS
Vlastimil Tomásek, CS
Ladislav Bares, CS
1298 L4 Div. 1 45 32 4.18,07    
16 4 47 Belgian VW Club
VW Scirocco GTI
Pierre Jamin, B
Pierre Vaillant, B
1596 L4 Div. 2 44 45 4.31,23    
17 4 70 Oscar Kessler
Datsun Cherry 120A coupé
Oscar Kessler, B
Marc Duez, B
ca. 1300 L4 Div. 1 44 41 4.28,12    
18 5 68 Ing. E. Hörmann
Fiat 128 coupé 1300
Lothar Moll, D
Karl-Heinz Dalemans, D
1290 L4 Div. 1 43 35 4.21,04    
20 6 72 AZNP Mladá Boleslav
Skoda 130 RS
Jan Semlbauer, CS
(Pavel Janeba, CS)
Vaclav Král, CS
1298 L4 Div. 1 41 44 4.29,99    
21 3 7 Écurie Chardon des Dunes-Dragons
BMW 3.0 CSL
Michel Delcourt, B
Guy Trigaux, B
Dirk Vermeersch, B
3196 L6 Div. 5 39 5 3.51,03    
?? ?? 73 ARC Brno
Skoda 130 RS
Jan Senkyr, CS
Antonín Charouz, CS
Milan Volf, CS
1298 L4 Div. 1 43        
DNF   17 Racing Corporation Vienna
BMW 530i
Heribert Werginz, A
Roman Loibnegger, A
Harald Neger, A
2985 L6 Div. 4 39 6 3.51,08   Accident
DNF   71 AMK Slovnaft Bratislava
Skoda 130 RS
Frantisek Valovic, CS
Josef Studenic, CS
1298 L4 Div. 1 32 39 4.24,94    
DNF   48 Renngemeinschaft MSC Langenfeld
Audi 80 GTE
Willi Bergmeister, D
Hans-Joachim Nowak, D
1596 L4 Div. 2 30 9 3.56,30    
DNF   21 D&W Zakspeed
Ford Escort II RS
(Hans Heyer, D)
Walter Nussbaumer, CH
Jörg Denzel, D
1840 L4 Div. 3 27 7 3.53,31   Accident
DNF   78 AMK SSZ Praha
Skoda 130 RS
Petr Martinovsky, CS
Jan Jirotka, CS
1298 L4 Div. 1 28 34 4.20,24    
DNF   63 Bohemia Crystal Liberec
Skoda 130 RS
Zdenek Vojtech, CS
Bretislav Enge, CS
1298 L4 Div. 1 19 25 4.09,38   Valve gear
DNF   76 AMK Karlovy Vary
Fiat 128 coupé 1300
Leo Vrzal, CS
Jan Bican, CS
1290 L4 Div. 1 18 43 4.29,30    
DNF   36  
Ford Escort II RS 2000
Andre Dobias, A
Franz Sahl, A
1993 L4 Div. 3 14 30 4.14,94    
DNF   25 RGA Sohler Ski Racing Team
BMW 320
Dieter Kindlmann, D
Ludwig Linder, D
1998 L4 Div. 3 14 10 3.58,02    
DNF   27 Haribo Racing Team
Ford Escort II RS 2000
Rolf Rosenkranz, D
Hans-Günther Stoffel, D
1993 L4 Div. 3 14 21 4.06,40    
DNF   16 Albert Rodenstock
Mazda Savanna RX-3
Michael Mitterer, A
Franz Albert, A
(Peter Bittner, A)
2 x 491 R2 Div. 4 13 8 3.55,79    
DNF   66 Haribo Racing Team
Simca Rallye 3
Helmut Klinkhammer, D
Bodo Eichner, D
1294 L4 Div. 1 13 38 4.24,65    
DNF   1 BMW Italia
BMW 3.0 CSL
Umberto Grano, I
Eddy Joosen, B
3196 L6 Div. 5 5 2 3.40,71   Head gasket
DNF   75 AMK úDPMJF Praha
Skoda 130 RS
Oldrich Vanícek, CS
(Jan Senkyr, CS)
Rostislav Nedbálek, CS
1298 L4 Div. 1 4 28 4.11,45    
DNF   41 Kilian Tuning
Audi 80 GTE
Fred Rosterg, D
Manfred Trint, D
1596 L4 Div. 2 4 12 3.58,46    
DNF   42 Renngemeinschaft Sieglar
Audi 80 GTE
Hagen Arlt, D
Klaus Bieler, D
1596 L4 Div. 2 3 23 4.07,31    
DNF   54 Alexander Nikisch
VW Scirocco
Jochen Schramm, D
Arthur Eichenberg, D
Alexander Nikisch, D
1596 L4 Div. 2 3 36 4.22,66    
DNF   46 Rallye Gemeinschaft Rosenheim
VW Scirocco
Dieter Mauritz, D
Jakob Strasser, D
1596 L4 Div. 2 28 22 4.07,09   Accident
DNF   8 Vereinigung Süddeutscher Automobilsportler
BMW 3.0 CSL
Dieter Schmid, D
Karl Hurler, D
3196 L6 Div. 5 48 16 4.01,01    
DNF   49 SAR Bern
VW Scirocco
Armin Buschor, CH
Urs Knecht, CH
1596 L4 Div. 2 17 29 4.12,01    
DNF   45 Autoklub Dinamo Zagreb
VW Scirocco
(Drago Regvart, YU)
Jörg Siegrist, CH
Dagmar Suster, YU
1596 L4 Div. 2 41 15 4.00,93    
DNS   6 Fracastoro Ales.
BMW 3.0 CSL
Allessandro Fracastoro, I
Vittorio Ciardi, I
Carlo Belli, I
3196 L6 Div. 5   14 3.59,37    
DNS   35 Ronnie Scotts Club
Ford Escort II RS
Pete King, GB
David da Costa, GB
Dave McPherson, GB
1840 L4 Div. 3   13 3.58,96   Blown engine in practice
DNQ   53 AMK Sprint Praha
Lada MTE
Václav Bervid, CS
Vladimír Pitlík, CS
ca. 1600 L4 Div. 2          
DNQ   74 ARC Brno
Skoda 130 RS
Rostislav Nedbálek, CS
Milan Volf, CS
Adolf Fesárek, CS
1298 L4 Div. 1          
DNQ   80 AMK Rallye Bratislava
Fiat 128 coupé 1300
Mikulás Schätzel, CS
Ladislav Molnár, CS
1290 L4 Div. 1          
DNQ      
Skoda 110 L Rallye
Adolf Fesárek, CS
Vaclav Syriste, CS
Rostislav Nedbálek, CS
ca. 1300 L4 Div. 1          
DNQ   28 Eggenberger Motorsport
BMW 320
Paul Geisser, CH
Georges Bosshard, CH
1998 L4 Div. 3     12.38,71    
DNQ   33  
BMW 2002
Joachim Scheefeldt, D
Robert Heckenbach, D
1990 L4 Div. 3     4.46,24    
DNQ   56 Besico Team
BMW 1602
Bernd Siller, D
Willi Siller, A
Nick Redly, D
1573 L4 Div. 3     4.54,28    
DNQ      
Alfa Romeo Alfasud Sprint
Paul Hofmann, D
Volkmar Loew, D
1299 B4 Div. 1     4.34,04