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Jarama 4 hours

Jarama, Madrid, Spain

Date: 13/5/1979
Track length: 3.404 m
Attendance: unknown
Entries accepted: unknown
Starters: unknown
Finishers: unknown

Pole position: Grano/Joosen (ETCC): Sanjurjo in 1.58,15 (Group 1)
Fastest lap: unknown

Distance: 4 hours?
Average speed: 117,587 kmh
Weather:
Ruleset: Group 2/76
Car info: 1979 Cars

 

The BMWs did not have to fear the Zakspeed Escorts here: one of them was too badly damaged to race here, the other one broke its gearbox. When Facetti/Finotto retired with fuel feed problems, there were only two BMW’s left and they finished in the order Grano/Joosen ahead of Xhenceval/Dieudonné/van Hove with the Austrian 530 BMW as third and the British Ronnie Scott’s Escort fourth.

In Group 1, there was a controversial victory for Arias, after he slammed into the fighting duo of Secades and leader Sanjurjo. Since Secades had to take avoiding action, poor Sanjurjo ended in the catch fencing. While Secades still was in the lead, he let Arias go since finishing second would be better than getting involved in yet another accident.
Fermín Sánchez won the 1300 class again, but this time Sasiambarrena was a tough opponent. Up to 1000 cc Ruizsánchez prevailed.

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 1 BMW Italia
BMW 3.0 CSL		 Umberto Grano, I
Eddy Joosen, B
 3196 L6 Div. 5 138 1 1.38,03    
2 2   Luigi Racing
BMW 3.0 CSL		 Raymond Van Hove, B
Jean Xhenceval, B
Pierre Dieudonné, B
 3196 L6 Div. 5 137 3 1.38,76    
3 1   Racing Corporation Vienna
BMW 530i		 Heribert Werginz, A
Roman Loibnegger, A
Harald Neger, A
 2985 L6 Div. 4 133 7 1.43,54    
4 1   Ronnie Scotts Club - Withersford Valprint
Ford Escort II RS		 Pete King, GB
David da Costa, GB
Dave McPherson, GB
 1840 L4 Div. 3 126        
5 2 9  
Chrysler 2L		 Santiago Martin Cantero, E
? Miguel Arias, E
Carlos Martinez Peñacoba, E
 1998 L4 Div. 3 126 10 1.45,38    
6 3    
Seat 1430 FU 1800		 Jorge Bäbler, E
Hansi Bäbler, E
 1756 L4 Div. 3 119 9 1.45,33    
7 4    
Seat 1430 FU 1800		 Evaristo Sarabia, E
Manuel Juncosa, E
 1756 L4 Div. 3 113        
8 5    
Chrysler 2L		 Pierre Cassagne, E
Jorge Bäbler, E
 1998 L4 Div. 3 109 11 1.45,71    
9 1    
VW Golf GTI		 M. Boeuf, E
Rosich
Mallada, E
 1588 L4 Div. 2 108        
10 2   Kilian Tuning
Audi 80 GTE		 Fred Rosterg, D
Manfred Trint, D
 1596 L4 Div. 2 105 8 1.44,48    
11 1    
Simca E 1000 Rallye		 Antonio Lozano, E
José Martínez, E
Juan Miralles, E
 1294 L4 Div. 1 97        
       
Simca E 1000 Rallye		 Ignacio Mut, E
Arturo de Onis, E
 1294 L4 Div. 1     1.50,03    
       
Chrysler 2L		 Jaime Sanz de Madrid, E
 1998 L4 Div. 3     1.45,99    
  1??    
Alfa Romeo		 Unknown
                
       
BMW 3.0 CSL		 Michel Delcourt, B
Jean-Marie Baert, B
 3196 L6 Div. 5   5 1.41,97    
DNF     MSC Langenfeld
Audi 80 GTE		 Hans-Joachim Nowak, D
Willi Bergmeister, D
 1596 L4 Div. 2   6 1.42,23   Oil pump
DNF     D&W Zakspeed
Ford Escort II RS		 Klaus Niedzwiedz, D
Siegfried Müller Jr, D
 1840 L4 Div. 3   4 1.41,87   Gearbox
DNF     Jolly Club Milano
BMW 3.0 CSL		 Martino Finotto, I
Carlo Facetti, I
 3196 L6 Div. 5   2 1.38,45   Blocked fuel line
DNF      
Alfa Romeo Alfasud Sprint		 Amerigo "Joe" Bigliazzi, I
Luca Cesarini, I
 1299 B4 Div. 1         Fire
DNS?      
Chrysler 2L		 F. Canalda, E
Lacasa, E
 1998 L4 Div. 3         Engine in practice?

Grupo 1 Nacional
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    
Seat 1430 FU 1800		 Miguel Arias, E
 1756 L4 Group 1 23.37,33 3 1.58,42    
2 2    
Seat 1430 FU 1800		 Rafael Secades, E
 1756 L4 Group 1 23.38,36 2 1.58,35    
3 3    
Seat 1430 FU 1800		 Javier Spinelli, E
 1756 L4 Group 1 23.48,14 9 1.59,00 (?!)    
4 4    
Seat 1430 FU 1800		 R. Sarandeses, E
 1756 L4 Group 1 23.59,12 8 1.59,19    
5 5    
Seat 1430 FU 1800		 Pérez Mariscal, E
 1756 L4 Group 1 24.02,81 4 1.58,43   Spin
6 6    
Seat 1430 FU 1800		 Jesús Pareja, E
 1756 L4 Group 1 24.33,01 5 1.58,79    
7 7    
Seat 1430 FU 1800		 Luis Maria Antoranz, E
 1756 L4 Group 1 24.38,03        
8 8    
Seat 1430 FU 1800		 J.L. Serrano, E
 1756 L4 Group 1 25.16,72        
9 1    
Citroën H GX serie GB (GS 1220)		 Fermin Sanchez, E
 1222 B4 Group 1 1300 25.37,45 (1) 2.07,56    
10 2    
Renault R 5 TS		 José Angel Sasiambarrena, E
 1289 L4 Group 1 1300 25.39,42 (3) 2.08,35    
  3    
Citroën H GX serie GB (GS 1220)		 Eloy Gonzalez Utrilla, E
 1222 B4 Group 1 1300          
  1    
Seat 127		 Antonio Ruisanchez, E
 903 L4 Group 1 1000   (2)      
  2    
Seat 127		 Enrique Zorzano, E
 903 L4 Group 1 1000   (1)      
DNF?      
Unknown		 Cruz
 1289 L4 Group 1 1300   (4) 2.08,42    
DNF?      
Renault R 5 TS		 José Santos, E
 1289 L4 Group 1 1300 25.39,42 (2) 2.08,16    
DNF?      
Seat 1430 FU 1800		 Vega, E
 1756 L4 Group 1   10 2.00,40    
DNF?      
Seat 1430 FU 1800		 Carlos Jódar, E
 1756 L4 Group 1   7 1.59,17    
DNF?      
Seat 1430 FU 1800		 Hermann Henstenberg ("Tato"), E
 1756 L4 Group 1   6 1.59,07    
DNF      
Seat 1430 FU 1800		 Manuel Sanjurjo, E
 1756 L4 Group 1   1 1.58,15   Accident