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ADAC-Hessen-Cup

Hockenheim Motodrom (kleiner kurs), BRD

Date: 7/9/1980
Track length: 2.634 m
Attendance: 15.000
Entries accepted:
Starters: 17 (Div. 1); 25 (Div. 2)
Finishers: 14 (Div. 1); 18 (Div. 2)

Pole position: Ludwig in 1.02,35 (Div. 1); Ertl in 1.04,38 (Div. 2)
Fastest lap: Ludwig in 1.04,00 (Div. 1); Ertl in 1.07,12 (Div. 2)

Distance: 40 laps
Average speed: 142,416 kmh (Div. 1); 138,837 kmh (Div. 2)
Weather:
Ruleset: Group 2-4 and 5
Car info: 1980 Cars

 

Wollek was still complaining about his works-built 935, but the other Porsches had something to worry about as well; the Capri was in a class of its own here. Despite Winkelhock being away first, Ludwig just drove round the outside and never had to worry about any Porsche at all - well, perhaps three times: exactly the amount of times he had to lap team mate Soldeck, who drove the second Kremer car for the occasion, since his Capri was lost in a fiery accident at the Nürburgring while testing. It was his birthday, and daddy bought him the seat for 27.000 DM.
Winkelhock took car of the task to keep the spectators awake, when he came in complaining about vibrations. On his way to the pits, he wouldn’t let Fitzpatrick by, and the Englishman took the inside on the Sachs curve - and they touched, but both of them could continue. Winkelhock, after his pt stop, still landed on the podium.
Harald Grohs and Walter Brun should have been ahead of Heyer on the grid, but Brun couldn’t use his soft Dunlops since his car had problems in final practice, while Grohs in the ‘78 car had throttle linkage problems.
For 15 laps, a train ran through the Motodrom, consisting of Ertl, Grohs, Niedzwiedz, Heyer and Stuck who attacked and passed and seemed to have fun. But in lap 16, Ertl nudged team mate Niedzwiedz at the entrance of Sachs corner, and the latter had to pit with a puncture. Ertl broke away now, Stuck and Grohs unable to keep up, while Heyer dropped back to score points in “Lauda style”, which in later years would be called “Prost Style”. When Grohs retired with bearing failure, the race seemed over - but not so. When Ertl was held up by backmarkers, Stuck closed rapidly, but then met Niedzwiedz, who was one lap behind but cut in front of Stuck and braked. Angry faces at Schnitzer, happy faces at Zakspeed...

Trophy: Danner was accused of using tyres which were too wide n practice, but with narrower ones he was even faster and lapped his adversaries at least once in the race. Müller Jr’s victory in the small division was a little less convincing since Selzer retired and König was pushed into the grass - by Müller Jr...

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 1 Würth-Kraus-Zakspeed Team
Ford Capri III Turbo 1.7		 Klaus Ludwig, D
 1745 tc L4 Division 1 40 laps, 44.23,30 1 1.02,35 1.04,00  
2 2 2 Jägermeister Kremer Racing
Porsche 935 K3-80		 John Fitzpatrick, GB
   B6 Division 1 40 laps, 44.37,20 3 1.03,96    
3 3 6 Liqui Moly Equipe
Porsche 935 J		 Manfred Winkelhock, D
 3160 tc B6 Division 1 40 laps, 45.19,61 2 1.03,03    
4 4 9 Gelo Racing Team
Porsche 935-80		 Bob Wollek, F
   B6 Division 1 40 laps, 45.29,22 4 1.04,00    
5 5 7 Liqui Moly Equipe
Porsche 935 J		 Volkert Merl, D
 3160 tc B6 Division 1 39 5 1.04,92    
6 6 10 Vegla Racing Team
Porsche 935-77A		 Dieter Schornstein, D
   B6 Division 1 39 6 1.06,09    
7 1 22 Cassani Racing H.I.S. Jeans
BMW M1		 Christian Danner, D
 3498 L6 Division 1/Group 2-4 39 7 1.07,05    
8 2 25 Marko RSM
BMW M1		 Friedrich Glatz ("James Bald"), A
 3498 L6 Division 1/Group 2-4 38 10 1.08,12    
9 3 20 Team Air Press Winddeflectors
BMW M1		 Wolfgang Schütz, D
 3498 L6 Division 1/Group 2-4 38 12 1.09,21    
10 4    
BMW M1		 Gero Zamagna, I
 3498 L6 Division 1/Group 2-4 37 14 1.11,10    
11 7 3 Porsche Kremer Racing
Porsche 935 K3-80		 Hans Soldeck, D
   B6 Division 1 37 11 1.08,37    
12 5   Hahn Sportwagen GmbH
Porsche 911 SC		 Klaus Utz, D
 2994 B6 Division 1/Group 2-4 36 16      
13 6 21 Eggenberger Motorsport
BMW M1		 Helmut Kelleners, D
 3498 L6 Division 1/Group 2-4 33 9 1.07,99    
14 7 26  
Porsche 911 SC		 Peter Bulian, D
 2994 B6 Division 1/Group 2-4 33 17      
DNF   27 Kannacher GT Racing
BMW M1		 Jürgen Kannacher, D
 3498 L6 Division 1/Group 2-4 27 15      
DNF   23 Racing Team Jürgensen GmbH & Co. KG
BMW M1		 Hans-Christian Jürgensen, D
 3498 L6 Division 1/Group 2-4 11 13 1.10,57    
DNF   11 Meccarillos Racing Team
Porsche 935-77A		 Claude Haldi, CH
 2857 tc B6 Division 1 5 8 1.07,81    
DNS   28 Sepp Reiter
Porsche 934		 Jürgen Lässig, D
 2993 tc B6 Division 1/Group 2-4          

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 52 Sachs Sporting
Ford Capri III Turbo		 Harald Ertl, A
 1427 tc L4 Division 2 40 laps, 45.31,96 1 1.04,38 1.07,12  
2 2 55 Team Schnitzer
BMW 320 Turbo 1.4		 Hans-Joachim Stuck, D
 1428 tc L4 Division 2 40 laps, 45.38,19 4 1.05,24    
3 3 51 Fruit of the Loom / GS Sport
Lancia Beta Montecarlo		 Hans Heyer, D
 1425 tc L4 Division 2 40 laps, 45.56,70 3 1.05,14    
4 4 56 Team Schnitzer
BMW 320 Turbo 1.4		 Walter Brun, CH
 1428 tc L4 Division 2 40 laps, 46.29,61 6 1.07,55    
5 5 57 Team Schnitzer
BMW 320 Turbo 1.4		 Karl-Heinz Becker, D
 1428 tc L4 Division 2 39 9 1.08,51    
6 6 53 D&W Zakspeed Team
Ford Capri III Turbo		 Klaus Niedzwiedz, D
 1427 tc L4 Division 2 39 2 1.05,11    
7 7 59 BASF Glysantin Team GS Sport
BMW 320		 Bernd Brutschin, D
 1990 L4 Division 2 38 7 1.08,23    
8 8 58  
Ford Escort II RS Turbo		 Wolfgang Boller, D
 1427 tc L4 Division 2 38 10 1.09,33    
9 1 71 Eggenberger Motorsport
BMW 320		 Siegfried Müller Jr, D
 1990 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 37 13 1.12,29    
10 2 73 Autohaus Hartge BMW
BMW 320		 Armin Hahne, D
 1990 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 36 16      
11 3 88 De Beukelaer-TUC Team
Ford Escort II RS		 Jürgen Hamelmann, D
 1840 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 36 15 1.13,40    
12 4 76 Kamei Spoiler Tuning
BMW 320		 Miroslav Lochmann, D
 1990 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 36 18      
13 5 78 Rhein-Ruhr Racing Team
BMW 320		 Dieter Hegels, D
 1990 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 35 17      
14 6 83  
Alpine A 110 1600S		 Rob Redeker, NL
 1565 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 34 20      
15 7 84 Renngemeinschaft Niefern e.V. im ADAC
Opel Ascona i2000		 Heinrich Haag, D
 1979 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 34 21      
16 8 77 Essen-Werdener AC
Porsche 924		 Friedrich Winkelmann, D
 1984 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 34 22      
17 9    
VW Scirocco		 Rolf Blind, D
 1596 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 33 25      
18 9    
BMW 320		 Mario Ketterer, D
 1990 L4 Division 2 30 11 1.10,72    
DNF   80  
BMW 2002		 Wolfgang Rompa, D
 1990 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 29 23      
DNF   61 Team Schnitzer
BMW 320 Turbo 1.4		 Harald Grohs, D
 1428 tc L4 Division 2 24 5 1.05,85   Bearings
DNF   75 Renngemeinschaft Holstein
BMW 320		 Willi Hatje, D
 1990 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 19 19      
DNF   70 Ford Berkenkamp Racing
Ford Escort II RS 2.0		 Dieter Selzer, D
 1992 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 17 12 1.10,94   Distributor
DNF   72  
BMW 320		 Kurt König, D
 1990 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 9 14 1.13,11    
DNF   60 Bavaria Team Nürnberg
BMW 320 Turbo 1.4		 Jochen Dauer, D
 1428 tc L4 Division 2 8 8 1.08,48    
DNF   79 Geige Tuning Auto Rennsport
BMW 320		 Martin Geigenscheder, D
 1990 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 3 24