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Marlboro 500 km

Autodromo Vallelunga, Italy

Date: 1/4/1979
Track length: 3.222 m
Attendance: unknown
Entries accepted: 21
Starters: 19
Finishers: unknown

Pole position: Grano/Joosen/Giacomelli in 1.22,77
Fastest lap: Giacomelli in 1.23,02

Distance: 500 km
Average speed: 128,88 kmh
Weather:
Ruleset: Group 2/76
Car info: 1979 Cars

 

This was the most exciting race since a very long while: after 300 km, the leading BMWs were seconds apart when Finotto stormed into the pits with a boiling radiator; only seconds later, Joosen entered the pit lane with exactly the same problem!
While frantic repairs were made, the Zakspeed car of Mohr took the lead. When Nussbaumer had taken over, he ran into an erratic Alfa and flatspotted his tire - the vibrations were so strong he could not keep up with the BMWs who race on full steam (sic) once again. Finally, only 9 seconds were between winners Giacomelli/Grano/Joosen and Finotto/Facetti with Mohr/Nussbaumer in third.

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
Bruno Giacomelli, I
 3196 L6 Div. 5 157 laps, 3:53.53,5 1 1.22,79 1.23,02  
2 2   Jolly Club Milano
BMW 3.0 CSL		 Martino Finotto, I
Carlo Facetti, I
 3196 L6 Div. 5 157 laps, 3:54.02,5 2 1.23,74    
3 1 25 D&W Zakspeed
Ford Escort II RS		 Manfred Mohr, D
Walter Nussbaumer, CH
 1840 L4 Div. 3 156 5 1.27,80    
4 1 19 Racing Corporation Vienna
BMW 530i		 Heribert Werginz, A
Roman Loibnegger, A
(Harald Neger, A)
 2985 L6 Div. 4 153 6 1.28,66    
5 1   Kilian Tuning
Audi 80 GTE		 Fred Rosterg, D
Manfred Trint, D
 1596 L4 Div. 2 151 7      
6 2   Eggenberger Motorsport
BMW 320		 Paul Geisser, CH
Marco Vanoli, CH
 1998 L4 Div. 3 151        
7 3    
Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV		 Spartaco Dini ("Paco"), I
Amerigo "Joe" Bigliazzi, I
 1985 L4 Div. 3 150 10      
8 2    
BMW 3.0 CSi		 Vittorio Pugliese, I
Biggi, I
 2985 L6 Div. 4 149        
9 1 82 Spitfire Jeans
Fiat Ritmo		 Aldo Cerruti ("Baronio"), I
Maurizio Flammini, I
Filippo Niccolini, I
 1290 L4 Div. 1 146        
10 2    
Fiat 128		 Abele Tanghetti ("Tango"), I
Aldo Faustini, I
 1290 L4 Div. 1 141        
  2    
Alfa Romeo		 Unknown
     Div. 1          
       
Audi 80 GTE		 Unknown
 1596 L4 Div. 2          
       
BMW 320		 Dieter Kindlmann, D
Ludwig Linder, D
 1998 L4 Div. 3   9      
DNF     TL Racing AB
VW Scirocco		 Thomas Lindström, S
Bo Wiedesheim, S
 1596 L4 Div. 2   11     Gearbox
DNF     MSC Langenfeld
Audi 80 GTE		 Hans-Joachim Nowak, D
Willi Bergmeister, D
 1596 L4 Div. 2   4 1.27,1   Driveshaft
DNF   24 D&W Zakspeed
Ford Escort II RS		 Siegfried Müller Jr, D
Klaus Niedzwiedz, D
 1840 L4 Div. 3   3 1.26,98   Propshaft
DNF     Rallye Gemeinschaft Rosenheim
Opel Commodore GS/E		 Toni Spiegelsberger, D
Hermann Tomczyk, D
 2784 L6 Div. 4 1 8     Engine
DNF      
Fiat Ritmo		 Enzo de Vito, I
Carlo Giani, I
   L4   21       Engine
DNF      
Skoda 130 RS		 Zdenek Vojtech, CS
Bretislav Enge, CS
 1298 L4 Div. 1