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Wynn’s 1000 km Kyalami

Kyalami, South-Africa

Date: 30/11/1979
Track length: 4.104 m
Attendance: 30.000
Entries accepted: unknown
Starters: 51
Finishers: 25

Pole position: Watson/Mass in 1.25,34
Fastest lap:

Distance: 1000 km
Average speed: 152,532 kmh
Weather:
Ruleset: South African Touring, BMW Procar
Car info: 1979 Cars

 

After two years, the Germans were back and they brought five BMW M1s to South-Africa, with many Formula 1 drivers for them: Jochen Mass, John Watson, Marc Surer, Hans Stuck and a number of South-African stars as well as youngsters and oldsters from Germany and Austria. They were the class of the field, only an old Zakspeed Escort with V6 engine and a Mazda with Derek Bell behind the wheel played any role on the front.
From row two, Stuck took the lead and opened a 10-second gap; but a failed fuel stop had to be repeated - so the lead was lost to the Schnitzer pair Surer/van Rooyen, but the latter was slower than the German-speaking brigade, so Winkelhock took the lead again after 135 laps - but then the gearbox broke on the Schnitzer car. Stuck/Winkelhock ran into suspension problems and had to settle for second, behind Kelleners/Keizan.

Overall
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 9 Eggenberger Motorsport
BMW M1		 Helmut Kelleners, D
Eddie Keizan, ZA
 3498 L6 Procar 244 laps, 6:23.34,0 5 1.27,11    
2 2 8 Cassani
BMW M1		 Manfred Winkelhock, D
Hans-Joachim Stuck, D
 3498 L6 Procar 237 3 1.26,02    
3      
BMW 530i		 Philip Booysen, ZA
Geoff Goddard, ZA
 2985 L6 SA 224        
4 3   Project Four Racing
BMW M1		 John Watson, GB
Jochen Mass, D
 3498 L6 Procar 219 1 1.25,34    
5 2    
Mazda Capella RX-2		 Errol Shearsby, ZA
Paddy Driver, ZA
 2 x 573 R2 Procar 217        
6      
Ford Escort II RS		 Billy Maloney, ZA
Ronnie van Rooyen, ZA
 1975 L4 SA          
7      
BMW 530i		 Jorge Koechlin, PE
Walger
 2985 L6 SA          
22      
Alfa Romeo GTV		 Basil van Rooyen, ZA
     SA          
       
Mazda Capella RX-2		 Colin Burford, ZA
Bob Olthoff, ZA
 2 x 573 R2 Procar          
       
Alfa Romeo Alfetta		 Pop Diederichs
Tony Viana, ZA
   L4 SA          
DNF      
Ford Escort II V6		 Sarel van der Merwe, ZA
Tony Martin, ZA
 3412 V6 SA   6 1.28,01    
DNF      
Chevrolet Chevair		 Tony Pond, GB
Geoff Mortimer, ZA
     SA          
DNF      
Mazda 323		 Dave Charlton, ZA
Derek Bell, GB
     SA   7 1.29,37    
DNF     Team Schnitzer
BMW M1		 Marc Surer, CH
Trevor van Rooyen, ZA
 3498 L6 Procar   2 1.25,82   Gearbox
DNF     Helmut Marko
BMW M1		 Markus Höttinger, A
Hans-Georg Bürger, D
 3498 L6 Procar   4 1.27,06   Engine
DNF      
Chevrolet Chevair		 Willie Hepburn, ZA
Scott
     SA