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Zandvoort Trophy

Zandvoort, Netherlands

Date: 5/8/1979
Track length: 4.226 m
Attendance: unknown
Entries accepted: 47
Starters: 36
Finishers: 19

Pole position: Finotto/Facetti in 1.37,1
Fastest lap: unknown

Distance: 4 hours
Average speed: 147,434 kmh
Weather:
Ruleset: Group 2/76
Car info: 1979 Cars

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Next on the agenda was Zandvoort, and for a while there was a nice fight between the yellow Luigi BMW and one Zakspeed Escort, behind the back of the leading BMW of Facetti/Finotto and Grano/Joosen - the last two cars would finish 1-2 in that order, the Luigi BMW retired and the Zakspeed Escort, which Heyer had driven to an extensive class lead, ran into troubles too. When Nussbaumer had taken over he left the road within 5 laps, damaging the front suspension. It was repaired but after a drive to eight overall but was disqualified after all for outside assistance. The other Zakspeed car fared no better - the crankshaft gave up. Now the Eggenberger BMW won the class with a fine third overall as a bonus.


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 4 Jolly Club Milano
BMW 3.0 CSL
Martino Finotto, I
Carlo Facetti, I
3196 L6 Div. 5 140 laps, 4:00.46,7 1 1.37,1    
2 2 1 BMW Italia
BMW 3.0 CSL
Umberto Grano, I
Eddy Joosen, B
3196 L6 Div. 5 140 2 1.37,2    
3 1 35 Eggenberger Motorsport
BMW 320
Helmut Kelleners, D
Herbert Müller, CH
1990 L4 Div. 3 137 6 1.41,6    
4 1 54 Kilian Tuning
Audi 80 GTE
Fred Rosterg, D
Manfred Trint, D
1596 L4 Div. 2 133 10 1.44,6    
5 1 17 Ford Jan op 't Rood BV
Ford Capri III 3.0S
Jacques Cleutjens, NL
Frans Lubin, NL
Dirk Vermeersch, B
2993 V6 Div. 4 129 21 1.47,8    
6 2 32 Ronnie Scotts Club - Withersford Valprint
Ford Escort II RS
Pete King, GB
David da Costa, GB
Dave McPherson, GB
1840 L4 Div. 3 129 13 1.45,4    
7 2 55 S.A.R.
VW Scirocco
Armin Buschor, CH
Urs Knecht, CH
1596 L4 Div. 2 128 23 1.48,1    
DSQ   36 D&W Zakspeed
Ford Escort II RS
Hans Heyer, D
Walter Nussbaumer, CH
1840 L4 Div. 3 128 4 1.39,9   Outside assistance
8 3 31 Postert Toyota Team
Toyota Celica
Karl-Heinz Gürthler, D
Karl-Heinz Schäfer, D
ca. 2000 L4 Div. 3 127 12 1.45,3    
9 1 25 H. Engelbert NV
Skoda 130 RS
Rob Slotemaker, NL
Tonny Zwaanenburg, NL
1298 L4 Div. 1 126 32 1.50,7    
10 2 73 úAMK National Car Club
Skoda 130 RS
Josef Michl, CS
Petr Samohyl, CS
1298 L4 Div. 1 125 28 1.49,2    
DSQ   15 Racing Corporation Vienna
BMW 530i
Heribert Werginz, A
Roman Loibnegger, A
Harald Neger, A
2985 L6 Div. 4   8 1.44,3    
11 3 5 ADP Computer Service
Chevrolet Camaro
Loek Vermeulen, NL
Henny Hemmes, NL
5736 V8 Div. 5 124 29 1.49,2    
12 4 33 vd Kooy Vlaardingen
Opel Kadett GT/E
Leo Bénard, NL
Erik Post, NL
1979 L4 Div. 3 123 35 1.52,6    
13 3 76  
Fiat 128 coupé 1300
Hans Hettelder, NL
Cees de Graaf, NL
1290 L4 Div. 1 119 38 1.56,4    
14 5 44  
Opel Ascona
Heinrich Haag, D
Reiner Geiger, D
1990 L4 Div. 3 118 34 1.51,5    
15 2 14 Eichberg Racing
Ford Capri III 3.0S
Bernd Ringshausen, D
Siegfried Müller Sr, D
2993 V6 Div. 4 118 27 1.49,1    
16 6 43 Rhein-Ruhr Racing Team Düsseldorf
BMW 320
Dieter Hegels, D
Harald Grohs, D
1990 L4 Div. 3 116 14 1.45,9    
17 3 56 TL Racing AB
VW Scirocco
Thomas Lindström, S
Bo Wiedesheim, S
1596 L4 Div. 2 114 18 1.47,0    
18 4 58 ADAC Nordrhein e.v.
VW Scirocco
Hans Werner Hilger, D
Wolfgang Jacobs, D
1596 L4 Div. 2 112 36 1.52,6    
19 3 11  
BMW 530i
Eddy Fresco, NL
Coen Vink, NL
2985 L6 Div. 4 104 26 1.49,1    
NC   53 Kilian Tuning
Audi 80 GTE
Manfred Kilian, D
Heinz Gilges, D
1596 L4 Div. 2 96 25 1.48,3    
NC   12 Dealer Opel Team Holland
Opel Monza 3.0E
Rien Frankenhout, NL
Fred Frankenhout, NL
Huub Vermeulen, NL
2998 L6 Div. 4 94 22 1.47,9    
DNF   59 Abex Pagid Racing
Audi 80 GTE
Hans-Joachim Nowak, D
Peter Seikel, D
Willi Bergmeister, D
1596 L4 Div. 2 84 37 1.53,0    
DNF   7 SRP/Americain Stock
Chevrolet Camaro
Bert Moritz, NL
Wim van Gelderen, NL
5736? V8 Div. 5 68 20 1.47,2    
DNF   37 D&W Zakspeed
Ford Escort II RS
Klaus Niedzwiedz, D
Siegfried Müller Jr, D
1840 L4 Div. 3 61 5 1.41,1   Crankshaft
DNF   21  
BMW 530i
Robert Coorengel, NL
Brett Lunger, USA
2985 L6 Div. 4 55 33 1.50,9    
DNF   57 MSC Langenfeld
Audi 80 GTE
Hans-Joachim Nowak, D
Willi Bergmeister, D
1596 L4 Div. 2 54 7 1.44,3   Accident
DNF   60 The Akai Golf
VW Golf GTI
Richard Lloyd, GB
Anton Stocker, CH
1596 L4 Div. 2 54 9 1.44,5   Engine
DNF   34  
Opel Kadett GT/E
Otto Kälberer, D
Ridder, D
ca. 2000 L4 Div. 3 54 19 1.47,1    
DNF   42 Eggenberger Motorsport
BMW 320
Paul Geisser, CH
Bruno Eichmann, CH
1990 L4 Div. 3 31 15 1.46,1    
DNF   8 Luigi Racing
BMW 3.0 CSL
Raymond Van Hove, B
Jean Xhenceval, B
Pierre Dieudonné, B
3196 L6 Div. 5 31 3 1.39,1    
DNF   74 Bohemia Crystal Liberec
Skoda 130 RS
Zdenek Vojtech, CS
Bretislav Enge, CS
1298 L4 Div. 1 23 30 1.49,4    
DNF   2 Écurie Chardon des Dunes-Dragons
BMW 3.0 CSL
Michel Delcourt, B
Jean-Marie Baert, B
3196 L6 Div. 5 14 11 1.45,3    
DNF   40 IFM Efector
BMW 320
Rolf Rummel, D
Peter Kuhlmann, D
1990 L4 Div. 3 14 16 1.46,3    
DNF   19 Rallye Gemeinschaft Rosenheim
Opel Commodore GS/E
Toni Spiegelsberger, D
Hermann Tomczyk, D
2784? L6 Div. 4 4 17 1.46,5    
DNS   52 Spiess
VW Scirocco
Jörg Siegrist, CH
Drago Regvart, YU
Walter Brun, CH
1596 L4 Div. 2   24 1.48,3    
DNS   16 Racing Team Pugliese
BMW 3.0 CS
Vittorio Pugliese, I
Rubes, I
2985 L6 Div. 4   (31) 1.49,6    
DNQ   79  
Alfa Romeo Alfasud Sprint
Richard Mattozza, B
1299 B4 Div. 1     1.54,0    
DNQ   77  
Fiat 128 coupé 1300
Freek Plasmeijer, NL
Dirk van de Pol, NL
1290 L4 Div. 1     1.54,3    
DNQ   18  
Opel Commodore GS/E
Cees van Oosterom, NL
Servé Maassen, NL
2784 L6 Div. 4     1.54,6    
DNQ   51 Handic Autostereo
Talbot Avenger 1600
Robert Harvey, NL
Chris Werkhoven, NL
1594 L4 Div. 2     1.57,3    
DNQ   71  
Simca Rallye 3
Ronald Bon, NL
Bert de Laat, NL
1294 L4 Div. 1     1.59,0    
DNQ   80  
Alfa Romeo Alfasud Sprint ?
Unknown
1299 B4? Div. 1     1.59,0    
DNQ   78  
Simca Rallye 3
Hans Velthuysen, NL
1294 L4 Div. 1     1.59,3    
DNQ   41 East Belgian Racing Team
Fiat 131 racing
Leon Clohse, B
Alexandre Huweler, B
ca. 2000 L4 Div. 3     2.01,1    
DNQ   72  
Fiat 128 coupé 1300
Gunnar Hesselgren, S
1290 L4 Div. 1     2.21,0