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16. AvD/HMSC-Flugplatzrennen Mainz-Finthen

Mainz-Finthen, BRD

Date: 18/5/1980
Track length: 2.150 m
Attendance:
Entries accepted:
Starters:
Finishers:

Pole position: Plankenhorn in 0.46,67 (Div. 1); Ertl in 0.48,90 (Div. 2)
Fastest lap: Plankenhorn in 0.47,8 (Div. 1); Ertl in 0.50,5 (Div. 2)

Distance: 50 laps
Average speed: 155,4 kmh (Div. 1); 149,4 kmh (Div. 2)
Weather:
Ruleset: Group 2-4 and 5
Car info: 1980 Cars

 

Division 2
Hans Stuck and Walter Brun missed practice since they were at Monaco with their M1s; there should have been a qualifying session on Sunday morning, but this was scrapped since a “small man with dark hair and glasses” told the organisers that this wasn’t legal; there should be at least 12 hours between qualifying and race.
Hans Heyer on the other hand had organised a helicopter and he was able to get some qualifying laps done.
A compromise was reached in that the Schnitzer team would start at the back - of the Group 5 cars, so row 5 here, but ahead of the Group 2-4 cars.
After the start, Ertl took the lead followed by Heyer, who lost contact after lap 15. But Ertl’s luck all had been used in 1978, since he retired yet again: failing electrics this time. Heyer won ahead of Niedzwiedz and Soldeck.

Division 1
This race too suffered from retirements; Ludwig, now in a ground-effect Capri retired with fuel feed problems, Stommelen broke his gearbox, and Plankenhorn, fastest in practice and leading the race for a short while before falling back behind Stommelen and Wollek broke his rear suspension and lost a wheel. So Wollek had an easy win, ahead of Merl and Dören. Two Pirelli wins in one weekend!

The Group 2-4 classes were won by Jürgensen (BMW M1) and Hamelmann after König retired with a broken differential.

By the way, the “small man with dark hair and glasses” turned out to be Domingos Piedade, Lancia team manager...

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 9 Gelo Racing Team
Porsche 935-80		 Bob Wollek, F
   B6 Division 1 50 laps, 41.28,8 4 0.47,5?    
2 2 7 Liqui Moly Equipe
Porsche 935 J		 Volkert Merl, D
 3160 tc B6 Division 1 50 laps, 42.03,6 5      
3 3 4 Weralit-Elora Team
Porsche 935 K3		 Edgar Dören, D
   B6 Division 1 50 laps, 42.13,5 6      
4 4   Sportwagen
Porsche 935-77A		 Jürgen Barth, D
   B6 Division 1 47 7      
5 1 23 Racing Team Jürgensen GmbH & Co. KG
BMW M1		 Hans-Christian Jürgensen, D
 3498 L6 Division 1/Group 2-4 44 8      
6 2   Lubrifilm Racing Team
Porsche 934		 Angelo Pallavicini, CH
 2993 tc B6 Division 1/Group 2-4 43 10      
7 3    
Porsche 934		 Peter Pospiesczcyk, D
 2993 tc B6 Division 1/Group 2-4 42 9      
8 4 26 Norddeutscher Automobilclub
Porsche 911 SC		 Peter Bulian, D
 2994 B6 Division 1/Group 2-4 42 11      
9 5 27 Norddeutscher Automobilclub
Porsche 930 Turbo 3.3		 Matthias Loerper, D
 3299 tc B6 Division 1/Group 2-4 38 12      
DNF   2 Jägermeister Kremer Racing
Porsche 935 K3-80		 Axel Plankenhorn, D
   B6 Division 1 32 1 0.46,67 0.47,8 Accident
DNF   6 Liqui Moly Equipe
Porsche 935 J		 Rolf Stommelen, D
 3160 tc B6 Division 1 31 2 0.46,70   Rear axle/ gearbox?
DNF   1 Würth-Kraus-Zakspeed Team
Ford Capri III Turbo 1.7		 Klaus Ludwig, D
 1745 tc L4 Division 1 25 3 0.46,73   Fuel system
DNS   14?  
Porsche 935-77A		 Claude Haldi, CH
 2857 tc B6 Division 1         Engine

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 51 Fruit of the Loom / GS Sport
Lancia Beta Montecarlo		 Hans Heyer, D
 1425 tc L4 Division 2 50 laps, 43.09,2 3      
2 2 53 D&W Zakspeed Team
Ford Capri III Turbo		 Klaus Niedzwiedz, D
 1427 tc L4 Division 2 50 laps, 43.12,1 2      
3 3 54 D&W Zakspeed Team
Ford Capri III Turbo		 Hans Soldeck, D
 1427 tc L4 Division 2 49 4      
4 4 56 Team Schnitzer
BMW 320 Turbo 1.4		 Walter Brun, CH
 1428 tc L4 Division 2 48 9      
5 5 59 BASF Glysantin Team GS Sport
BMW 320		 Bernd Brutschin, D
 1990 L4 Division 2 48 6      
6 6    
BMW 320		 Wolfgang Eidt, D
 1990 L4 Division 2 45 15      
7 1 76 De Beukelaer-TUC Team
Ford Escort II RS		 Jürgen Hamelmann, D
 1840 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 45 10      
8 2 86  
Ford Escort II RS		 Georg Stummeyer, D
   L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 44 16      
9 3   Audi Motorsport
Audi 80 GLE		 Wolfgang Wolf, D
 1596 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 44 14      
10 4 82 Ideal Schlauchklemmen Racing Team
BMW 320		 Rolf Rummel, D
 1990 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 44 17      
11 5 74 Kfz. Gebrauchteile RT
Ford Escort II RS		 Dieter Alzen, D
   L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 44 13      
12 6 78 Rhein-Ruhr Racing Team
BMW 320		 Dieter Hegels, D
 1990 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 44 19      
13 7    
VW Scirocco		 Günter Benzenhöfer, D
 1596 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 43 20      
14 8   Renngemeinschaft Niefern e.V. im ADAC
Opel Ascona i2000		 Heinrich Haag, D
 1979 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 43 25      
15 9 79 Mich Opel Tuning
Opel Kadett GT/E		 Heinz Kilp, D
 ca. 2000 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 42 29      
16 7 52 Sachs Sporting
Ford Capri III Turbo		 Harald Ertl, A
 1427 tc L4 Division 2 39 1 0.48,90 0.50,5  
DNF   91  
BMW 320		 Hans-Wöltje Kaemena, D
 1990 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 37 18      
DNF   87 MSI Team SFL
Alpine A 110		 Axel Walkowiak, D
   L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 33 28      
DNF   80 Team Irmen Werbung
BMW 320		 Kurt König, D
 1990 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 32 12     Differential
DNF      
BMW 2002		 Wolfgang Rompa, D
 1990 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 30 21      
DNF   55 Team Schnitzer
BMW 320 Turbo 1.4		 Hans-Joachim Stuck, D
 1428 tc L4 Division 2 15 8      
DNF      
VW Scirocco		 Wilfried Appenzeller, D
 1596 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 11 26      
DNF      
BMW 320		 Jürgen Brauers, D
 1990 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 10 22      
DNF   77 Renngemeinschaft Holstein
BMW 320		 Willi Hatje, D
 1990 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 5 23      
DNF   63  
BMW 320		 Lothar Wagner, D
 1990 L4 Division 2 4 7      
DNF   85 Ford Berkenkamp Racing
Ford Escort II RS 2.0		 Dieter Selzer, D
 1992 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 3 11     Accident
DNF   58  
Ford Escort II RS Turbo		 Wolfgang Boller, D
 1427 tc L4 Division 2 2 5      
DNF      
BMW 2002		 Jürgen Krumeich, D
 1990 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4   31      
DNF   86 MSC Stadt Allendorf
BMW 320		 Horst Dietz, D
 1990 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4   24      
DNF   88 Essen-Werdener AC
Porsche 924		 Friedrich Winkelmann, D
 1984 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4   27      
DNF     Essen-Werdener AC
BMW 2002		 Friedrich Burgmann, D
 1990 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4   30