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Austria-Trophäe Salzburgring

Salzburgring, Austria

Date: 19/8/1979
Track length: 4.255 m
Attendance: unknown
Entries accepted: unknown
Starters: 32
Finishers: unknown

Pole position: Finotto/Facetti in 1.26,40
Fastest lap: Facetti in 1.27,08

Distance: 3,5 hours
Average speed: 170,77 kmh
Weather:
Ruleset: Group 2/76
Car info: 1979 Cars

 

All BMWs stayed in one piece this time, and they finished in the order Finotto/Facetti, Grano/Joosen and Xhenceval/Dieudonné/van Hove. Müller Jr and Niedzwiedz won the 2-liter class, while in the 1300 cc class Struckmann had a curious finish: his only gear left was reverse - and so he reversed over the line...


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   Jolly Club Milano
BMW 3.0 CSL
Martino Finotto, I
Carlo Facetti, I
3196 L6 Div. 5 141 1 1.26,40 1.27,08  
2 2   BMW Italia
BMW 3.0 CSL
Umberto Grano, I
Eddy Joosen, B
3196 L6 Div. 5 140 3      
3 3   Luigi Racing
BMW 3.0 CSL
Raymond Van Hove, B
Jean Xhenceval, B
Pierre Dieudonné, B
3196 L6 Div. 5 139 2 1.27,99    
4 1 14 D&W Zakspeed
Ford Escort II RS
Klaus Niedzwiedz, D
Siegfried Müller Jr, D
1840 L4 Div. 3 135 4 1.29,90    
5 2   Linder
BMW 320
Ludwig Linder, D
Dieter Kindlmann, D
1990 L4 Div. 3 131        
6 3    
BMW 320
Marco Vanoli, CH
Paul Geisser, CH
1998 L4 Div. 3          
7 1   Kilian Tuning
Audi 80 GTE
Fred Rosterg, D
Manfred Trint, D
1596 L4 Div. 2   10      
8 1   Eichberg Racing
Ford Capri III 3.0S
Bernd Ringshausen, D
Siegfried Müller Sr, D
2993 V6 Div. 4          
  1    
Alfa Romeo Alfasud Sprint
Walter Struckmann, D
Manfred Mohr, D
1299 B4 Div. 1          
       
Audi 80 GTE
Hans-Joachim Nowak, D
Willi Bergmeister, D
1596 L4 Div. 2   9      
      Racing Corporation Vienna
BMW 530i
Heribert Werginz, A
Roman Loibnegger, A
Harald Neger, A
2985 L6 Div. 4   5      
       
BMW 3.0 CSL
Karl Hurler, D
Fischer
3196 L6 Div. 5   6      
       
Mazda Savanna RX-3
Michael Mitterer, A
Franz Albert, A
2 x 573 R2 Div. 4   7      
       
Opel Commodore GS/E
Toni Spiegelsberger, D
Hermann Tomczyk, D
2784 L6 Div. 4   8      
DNF      
Skoda 130 RS
Josef Michl, CS
Petr Samohyl, CS
1298 L4 Div. 1          
DNF     Bohemia Crystal Liberec
Skoda 130 RS
Zdenek Vojtech, CS
Bretislav Enge, CS
1298 L4 Div. 1