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EG Trophy

Zolder, Belgium

Date: 30/9/1979
Track length: 4.261 m
Attendance: unknown
Entries accepted: unknown
Starters: unknown
Finishers: unknown

Pole position: Xhenceval/Dieudonné/van Hove
Fastest lap: Finotto/Facetti in 1.45,9

Distance: 125 laps
Average speed: 138,736 kmh
Weather: Rain
Ruleset: Group 2/76
Car info: 1979 Cars

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Finotto/Facetti won again, the other BMW pairings were unlucky: the Luigi car retired after an accident, the BMW Italia car had all sorts of troubles and finished tenth.
The Escort of Heyer/Niedzwiedz lost clutch and gearbox and retired too, like its sister car witch was disqualified after the starter motor was changed - that is not allowed.
The Eggenberger BMW 320 more or less broke down 5 laps to the end; waiting the last four laps just before the finish line went wrong when the car couldn’t be started again. Instead of second they were now classified fifth. Now Audi had a fine second with Bergmeister/Nowak.


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. 5 125 3      
2 1 42 MSC Langenfeld
Audi 80 GTE
Hans-Joachim Nowak, D
Willi Bergmeister, D
1596 L4 Div. 2 120        
3 1 22 Racing Corporation Vienna
BMW 530i
Heribert Werginz, A
Roman Loibnegger, A
Harald Neger, A
2985 L6 Div. 4 118        
4 1 35 Eggenberger Motorsport
BMW 320
Paul Geisser, CH
Marco Vanoli, CH
Stefan Märki, CH
1990 L4 Div. 3 117        
5 2 32 Eggenberger Motorsport
BMW 320
Helmut Kelleners, D
Siegfried Müller Jr, D
1990 L4 Div. 3 116        
6 2 5 Belga Castrol Team
Ford Capri III 3.0S
Alain Semoulin, B
Freddy Semoulin ("Alain Dex"), B
2993 V6 Div. 4/TTE 115        
7 3 7  
Ford Capri III 3.0S
Roman Feitler, L
Remy Marquet, B
2993 V6 Div. 4/TTE 114        
8 4 11 Valvoline Racing
Ford Capri III 3.0S
Michel De Deyne, B
Alain Corbisier, B
2993 V6 Div. 4/TTE 114        
9 5 17 Ford Jan op 't Rood BV
Ford Capri III 3.0S
Jacques Cleutjens, NL
George Houthuyzen, NL
2993 V6 Div. 4/TTE 114        
10 2 1 BMW Italia
BMW 3.0 CSL
Umberto Grano, I
Eddy Joosen, B
Bruno Giacomelli, I
3196 L6 Div. 5 111 2     Head gasket
11 2 43 Kilian Tuning
Audi 80 GTE
Fred Rosterg, D
Manfred Trint, D
1596 L4 Div. 2 111       Driveshaft
12 3 39  
Triumph Dolomite Sprint
Henri Alberts, B
Nello Brunetti, B
1998 L4 Div. 3 109        
13 1 62  
Alfa Romeo Alfasud Sprint
Manfred Mohr, D
Walter Struckmann, D
1299 B4 Div. 1 109        
14 4 30  
Ford Escort II RS 2000
Robert Hanon, B
Philippe Van De Velde, B
1993? L4 Div. 3/TTE 108        
15 2 68  
Skoda 130 RS
Josef Michl, CS
Petr Samohyl, CS
1298 L4 Div. 1 105       Engine
16 5 33  
Ford Escort II RS 2000
Alain Beauchef, L
Dieter Selzer, D
1993 L4 Div. 3/TTE 104        
17 3 64  
Fiat 128 coupé 1300
Hans Hettelder, NL
Rob Redeker, NL
1290 L4 Div. 1 95        
18 3 23 SRP/Americain Stock
Chevrolet Camaro
Bert Moritz, NL
Wim van Gelderen, NL
5736? V8 Div. 5 94        
19/NRF 6 14 Juma
BMW 530i
Dirk Vermeersch, B
Luc De Cock, B
2985 L6 Div. 4/TTE 94        
20 6 27 D&W Zakspeed
Ford Escort II RS
Hans Heyer, D
(Klaus Niedzwiedz, D)
Walter Nussbaumer, CH
1840 L4 Div. 3 90 4     Gearbox
21 3 61  
VW Golf
Cees Glansdorp, NL
Valentin Simons, B
1596 L4 Div. 2/TTE 87        
    20  
Opel Commodore GS/E
Toni Spiegelsberger, D
Hermann Tomczyk, D
2784 L6 Div. 4          
    47  
Opel Ascona i2000
Heinrich Haag, D
Reiner Geiger, D
1979 L4 Div. 3          
DNF   31 Ronnie Scotts Club - Withersford Valprint
Ford Escort II RS
Pete King, GB
David da Costa, GB
Dave McPherson, GB
1840 L4 Div. 3         Lost wheel
DNF   10?  
BMW 530i
Eddy Fresco, NL
Rob Leeuwenburgh, NL
2985 L6 Div. 4         Engine
DNF   2 Luigi Racing
BMW 3.0 CSL
Jean Xhenceval, B
Pierre Dieudonné, B
Raymond Van Hove, B
3196 L6 Div. 5   1     Split oil tank, accident
DNF   9  
Chevrolet Camaro
Jean-Paul Libert, B
Rudy Host ("MacIntosh"), B
Pascal Witmeur, B
  V8 Div. 5          
DNF   65 Bohemia Crystal Liberec
Skoda 130 RS
Zdenek Vojtech, CS
Bretislav Enge, CS
1298 L4 Div. 1         Piston
DNF   8 Serge Power Lotto Racing Team
Ford Capri III 3.0S
Albert Vanierschot, B
Guy Pirenne, B
2993 V6 Div. 4/TTE         Steering rod
DSQ   24 D&W Zakspeed
Ford Escort II RS
Siegfried Müller Jr, D
Walter Nussbaumer, CH
1840 L4 Div. 3   5     Disq: starter changed illegally