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ADAC-Trophy Zandvoort

Zandvoort, Netherlands

Date: 1/7/1979
Track length: 4.226 m
Attendance:
Entries accepted:
Starters:
Finishers:

Pole position: Ludwig in 1.25,59 (Div. 1); Heyer in 1.28,76 (Div. 2)
Fastest lap: Ludwig in 1.25,47 (Div. 1); Höttinger in 1.28,68 (Div. 2)

Distance: 25 laps
Average speed: 169,91 kmh (Div. 1); 165,29 kmh (Div. 2)
Weather: Sunny
Ruleset: Group 2-4 and 5
Car info: 1979 Cars

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Division 1
Georg Loos was fed up with following the invincible Kremer Porsche: “Either Porsche takes action and build me a competitive car, or I’ll quit.” In fact, the changed until then had not been very successful: despite 3.3 engine, new rear body and air/air intercoolers, Fitzpatrick could follow easily with his standard 935. And neither of them came even remotely close to Ludwig, who won the race with 28 seconds in hand. His only comment afterwards: “Stommelen had a jump start - no other problems.”
Stommelen’s jump start was in vain, Ludwig already had taken the lead at Tarzan corner, and Stommelen retired anyway in lap 11.

Division 2
Zakspeeds problems started in practice already: it was discovered that Heyer’s car had had a bent rear suspension at the Norisring, but a new axle gave a trouble-free pole - though the sorrows on the distributor were still there; a late try for a faster time resulted in another broken distributor. But after that, the distributor stayed in one piece, but Heyer’s engine did not: he blew it in a big way in the warmup. The engine was replaced in time for the race.
Heyer took the lead after the start, with Winkelhock close behind- the young BMW driver confident of his car since the discovery that he clocked second place on the grid with a throttle slide which opened for only 75%... In lap 10, he took the lead when Heyer’s throttle stuck open, he drive to second a fine achievement considering this problem. Winkelhock won, but the man on a mission had been Höttinger: his Procar drive in Dijon meant no practice for him, but he sliced through the field and when he tried to pass Ertl and Grohs at the same time he overdid it and spun - and retired later with a blown head gasket.
Serious problems for Grohs: after a fine battle with Ertl he retired with a puncture, and after the finish team principal Hohmann told him that it was enough; 6 races, only one result: “I’m going to do sportscar races after this, I quit group 5...”

Division 1
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 54 Porsche Kremer Racing
Porsche 935 K3		 Klaus Ludwig, D
 3163 tc B6 Division 1 25 laps, 37.18,49 1 1.25,59 1.25,47  
2 2 51 Gelo Sportswear Team
Porsche 935-77A/2		 Bob Wollek, F
 3297 tc B6 Division 1 25 laps, 37.30,58 3 1.26,20    
3 3 53 Gelo Sportswear Team
Porsche 935-77A		 John Fitzpatrick, GB
 2994 tc B6 Division 1 25 laps, 37.31.02 4 1.26,21    
4 4 52 Gelo Sportswear Team
Porsche 935-77A		 Manfred Schurti, FL
 2994 tc B6 Division 1 25 laps, 37.37,59 5 1.29,13    
5 5 55 Porsche Kremer Racing
Porsche 935-77A		 Axel Plankenhorn, D
 2994 tc B6 Division 1 25 laps, 38.20,29 6 1.29,89    
6 6 56 Porsche Kremer Racing
Porsche 935 K3		 Louis Krages ("John Winter"), D
 2994 tc B6 Division 1 24 8 1.33,78    
7 7 57 Sekurit Racing Team
Porsche 935-77A		 Dieter Schornstein, D
 2994 tc B6 Division 1 24 7 1.32,50    
8 1 71 Autohaus Max Moritz
Porsche 934		 Edgar Dören, D
 2993 tc B6 Division 1/Group 2-4 23 9 1.36,45    
9 2 72 Autohaus Max Moritz
Porsche 934		 Jürgen Lässig, D
 2993 tc B6 Division 1/Group 2-4 22 10 1.37,46    
10 3 73 Autohaus Max Moritz
Porsche 934		 "Harry Hirsch", D
 2993 tc B6 Division 1/Group 2-4 22 11 1.41,20    
11 8? 74  
Porsche Carrera RSR		 Wolfgang Walter, D
 2994 B6 Division 1 21 12 1.45,56    
12 4? 88  
Chevrolet Camaro Z28		 Bert Moritz, NL
 5736 V8 Division 1/Group 2-4 20 13 1.49,74    
DNF   66 Liqui Moly Equipe
Porsche 935-77A/2		 Rolf Stommelen, D
 3300 tc B6 Division 1 12 2 1.25,84   Brakes

Division 2
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 4 Rodenstock Würth Team / Schnitzer
BMW 320 Turbo 1.4		 Manfred Winkelhock, D
 1428 tc L4 Division 2 25 laps, 38.21,05 2 1.29,36    
2 2 3 Mampe Ford Zakspeed
Ford Capri III Turbo		 Hans Heyer, D
 1427 tc L4 Division 2 25 laps, 38.22,28 1 1.28,76    
3 3 1 Sachs Sporting
Ford Capri III Turbo		 Harald Ertl, A
 1427 tc L4 Division 2 25 laps, 39.15,95 3 1.29,72    
4 4 8 Glysantin GS Rennsport Team
BMW 320		 Hans-Georg Bürger, D
 1990 L4 Division 2 25 laps, 39.24,58 5 1.32,96    
5 5 13  
BMW 320 Turbo 1.4		 Karl-Heinz Becker, D
 1428 tc L4 Division 2 25 laps, 39.45,56 8 1.33,95    
6 6 12 Immo Klein Racing
Ford Escort II RS Turbo		 Mario Ketterer, D
 1427 tc L4 Division 2 25 laps, 39.51,66 6 1.33,22    
7 7 19 Team Lepitre Champagne
BMW 320		 Edy Brandenberger, CH
 1990 L4 Division 2 24 9 1.36,16    
8 8 11 Team Warsteiner TBS
BMW 320 Turbo 1.4		 Albrecht Krebs, D
 1428 tc L4 Division 2 24 11 1.36,06    
9 9 2 Sachs Sporting
Ford Capri III Turbo		 Walter Nussbaumer, CH
 1427 tc L4 Division 2 24 7 1.33,90    
10 10 7 Jägermeister Racing Team / GS
BMW 320		 Ekkehard Schimpf, D
 1990 L4 Division 2 22 12 1.38,59    
11 1 25  
Ford Escort II RS 2.0		 Wolfgang Boller, D
 1992 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 22 15 1.43,84    
12 2 38 Ford Team Zakspeed
Ford Escort II RS		 Hans Soldeck, D
 1840 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 22 20 1.44,65    
13 3 22 Lista Racing Team
VW Scirocco		 Markus Hotz, CH
 1596 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 22 22 1.45,06    
14 4 27 IFM Efector
BMW 320		 Rolf Rummel, D
 1990 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 22 19 1.44,28    
15 5 28 Rhein-Ruhr Racing Team
BMW 320		 Dieter Hegels, D
 1990 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 22 24 1.45,48    
16 6 43 MSTC Erbach
BMW 2002		 Hans Weissgerber, D
 1990 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 22 23 1.45,33    
17 7 31  
BMW 2002		 Jürgen Galle, D
 1990 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 22 26 1.47,22    
18 8 35  
Alpine A 110 1600S		 Rob Redeker, NL
 1565 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 21 21 1.45,05    
19 9 40  
BMW 2002		 Günter Bochem, D
 1990 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 21 30 1.50,75    
20 10 36 RK-Tuning Köln-Opel Haus Hennef
Opel Kadett GT/E		 Mathias Bungard, D
 ca. 2000 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 21 31 1.52,59    
DNF   33 Ford Berkenkamp Racing
Ford Escort II RS 2.0		 Dieter Selzer, D
 1992 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 18 14 1.42,31   Engine
DNF   46  
Ford Escort II RS ?2.0		 Georg Stummeyer, D
   L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 18 17 1.44,17    
DNF   6 Jägermeister Racing Team / GS
BMW 320 Turbo 1.4		 Markus Höttinger, A
 1428 tc L4 Division 2 17 32 no time 1.28,68 Head gasket
DNF   17 Fruit of the Loom / GS Sport
BMW 320		 Wolfgang Braun, D
 1990 L4 Division 2 16 10 1.35,34    
DNF   23  
BMW 320		 Hans-Wöltje Kaemena, D
 1990 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 16 29 1.50,10    
DNF   50 Kfz. Gebrauchteile RT
Ford Escort II RS ?2.0		 Dieter Alzen, D
   L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 16 25 1.46,89    
DNF   5 Hohmann Automations Technik
BMW 320 Turbo 1.4		 Harald Grohs, D
 1428 tc L4 Division 2 14 4 1.30,97    
DNF   48  
BMW 320		 Matthias Mohne, D
 1990 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 11 27 1.48,48    
DNF   24 MTA Müller Tuning
VW Scirocco		 Gerhard Happel, D
 1596 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 10 18 1.44,18    
DNF   30 Cavallo Matras
BMW 320		 Winfried Vogt, D
 1990 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 5 16 1.43,97    
DNF   29  
BMW 320		 Peter Schumacher, D
 1990 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 5 28 1.48,71    
DNS   15 Sportscar International England
Lotus Esprit S1		 Richard Jenvey, GB
 1973 L4 Division 2   13 1.40,44    
DNQ   39  
BMW 2002		 Klaus-Peter Preuss, D
 1990 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4     1.58,26   1st reserve - started?