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ADAC-Norisring-Trophäe „200 Meilen von Nürnberg“

Norisring, Nürnberg, BRD

Date: 22/6/1980
Track length: 2.300 m
Attendance: 80.000
Entries accepted:
Starters: 14 (Div. 1); 23 (Div. 2)
Finishers: 9 (Div. 1); 15 (Div. 2)

Pole position: Stommelen in 0.50,02 (Div. 1); Niedzwiedz in 0.53,22 (Div. 2)
Fastest lap: Ludwig in 0.53,04 (Div. 1); Ertl in 0.54,08 (Div. 2)

Distance: 50 laps, 35 laps for Division 2 - redflagged because of rain
Average speed: 138,868 kmh (Div. 1); 145,533 kmh (Div. 2)
Weather: Rain
Ruleset: Group 2-4 and 5
Car info: 1980 Cars

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Many accidents marred the Norisring round of the championship. In division 2, Heyer had made a good start, from fifth on the grid to third, when in lap 6 he heard a bang (it was later discovered to be his left front brake disc) and his car went out of control, disintegrating in a series of rolls. Heyer escaped without injuries. Karl-Heinz Becker, having a fine race in his turbo BMW, but water in the cylinders ended his effort. Water played a major roll in the rest of the race; right after lap 25, rain fell - or better, it flooded the track. The atmo cars seemed to have a field day, but after a few laps race director Leistner showed the yellow and red flag: last lap before the race would be redflagged. Stuck, who had been in second behind Ertl for most of the race, tried a do-or-die at Grundig corner, but he overdid it and lost 100 metres. The next curve, he tried again, with no hope of being able to brake anyway: but he used the barriers, sliding past Ertl who must have been surprised. Unfortunately, the spot Stuck wanted to rejoin the track was blocked with a tire wall, and now but Stuck and Ertl spun and blocked the track. The rest of the field had to wait until the stranded cars could get going, and slowly the cars reached the finish, Ertl just ahead of Stuck. The race wasn’t restarted again, since 35 laps were covered - enough for full points.

Stommelen was unlucky in the division 1 race; he collided with Wollek just after the start, and needed a pit stop to change a tire. Wollek wasn’t so lucky - he retired on the spot. Fitzpatrick in the Barbour Porsche took the lead, and both Ludwig (throttle, than engine failure) or Mass (engine) were unable to respond. Only once the race had some excitement, since here too the race had to be redflagged - and restarted, since the minimum distance was not reached. Schreiber was courageous and started on wets - and he lead the field for thirteen laps, from lap 3 until lap 16, but then the track was dry and the group 5 cars took the lead again. But among them was no longer Stommelen: he tried to compensate for the lost time in the pits, and left his braking point on the wet track far too late and crashed his car. And that was the end for the Stommelen/Jöst liason; just like Plankenhorn and Kremer, the split was taken to court.

No “geldrennen” this year - that part of the race was reserved for the BMW Procar cup.

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 8 Dick Barbour
Porsche 935 K3-80		 John Fitzpatrick, GB
   B6 Division 1 50 laps, 49.41,24 3 0.50,63    
2 2 7 Liqui Moly Equipe
Porsche 935 J		 Volkert Merl, D
 3160 tc B6 Division 1 50 laps, 50.43,66 6 0.51,89    
3 3 11 Weralit-Elora Team
Porsche 935 K3		 Jürgen Lässig, D
   B6 Division 1 50 laps, 51.38,88 11 0.54,60    
4 1 24 Kannacher GT Racing
BMW M1		 Ralf-Dieter Schreiber, D
 3498 L6 Division 1/Group 2-4 49 16      
5 4 10 Vegla Racing Team
Porsche 935-77A		 Dieter Schornstein, D
   B6 Division 1 48 10 0.54,17    
6 5 12 Racing Team Jürgensen GmbH & Co. KG
Porsche 935 K3		 Klaus Böhm, D
   B6 Division 1 48 15      
7 2 23/42? Racing Team Jürgensen GmbH & Co. KG
BMW M1		 Hans-Christian Jürgensen, D
 3498 L6 Division 1/Group 2-4 47 17      
8 6 16  
Porsche 935-77A		 Franz Gschwendtner, D
   B6 Division 1 46 7 0.53,64   Fire
9 3 32 Obermaier
Porsche 934		 Josef "Sepp" Reiter, D
 2993 tc B6 Division 1/Group 2-4 40 18      
DNF   6 Liqui Moly Equipe
Porsche 935 J		 Rolf Stommelen, D
 3160 tc B6 Division 1 22 1 0.50,02   Accident
DNF   1 Würth-Kraus-Zakspeed Team
Ford Capri III Turbo 1.7		 Klaus Ludwig, D
 1745 tc L4 Division 1 20 4 0.50,68 0.53,04 Engine
DNF   14 Meccarillos Racing Team
Porsche 935-77A		 Claude Haldi, CH
 2857 tc B6 Division 1 3 8 0.53,89   Turbo
DNF   2 Jägermeister Racing Team
Porsche 935 K3-80		 Jochen Mass, D
   B6 Division 1 2 5 0.51,10   Engine
DNF   9 Gelo Racing Team
Porsche 935-80		 Bob Wollek, F
   B6 Division 1   2 0.50,61   Acident
DNS   55 Cassani Racing H.I.S. Jeans
BMW M1		 Manfred Schurti, FL
 3498 L6 Division 1/Group 2-4   9 0.54,16    
DNS   60 Team Lepitre/René Wenger Import
BMW M1		 Edy Brandenberger, CH
 3498 L6 Division 1/Group 2-4   12 0.55,41    
DNS   90 Sauber Racing Switzerland
BMW M1		 Marc Surer, CH
 3498 L6 Division 1/Group 2-4   13 0.55,95    
DNS   91 Sauber Racing Switzerland
BMW M1		 Walter Nussbaumer, CH
 3498 L6 Division 1/Group 2-4   14 0.56,07    

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 35 laps, 33.11,12 2 0.53,62 0.54,08  
2 2 55 Team Schnitzer
BMW 320 Turbo 1.4		 Hans-Joachim Stuck, D
 1428 tc L4 Division 2 35 laps, 33.13,24 5 0.54,39    
3 3 56 Team Schnitzer
BMW 320 Turbo 1.4		 Walter Brun, CH
 1428 tc L4 Division 2 34 3 0.53,98    
4 4 54 D&W Zakspeed Team
Ford Capri III Turbo		 Hans Soldeck, D
 1427 tc L4 Division 2 34 9 0.56,68    
5 5 53 D&W Zakspeed Team
Ford Capri III Turbo		 Klaus Niedzwiedz, D
 1427 tc L4 Division 2 33 1 0.53,22    
6 6 59 Team GS Winnebago
BMW 320		 Bernd Brutschin, D
 1990 L4 Division 2 32 11 0.57,58    
7 1 73 Ford Berkenkamp Racing
Ford Escort II RS 2.0		 Dieter Selzer, D
 1992 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 32 13 0.59,92    
8 2 85 Team Irmen Werbung
BMW 320		 Kurt König, D
 1990 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 32 16 1.02,21    
9 3 77  
Ford Escort II RS		 Georg Stummeyer, D
   L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 32 14 1.00,92    
10 4 75 De Beukelaer-TUC Team
Ford Escort II RS		 Jürgen Hamelmann, D
 1840 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 32 15 1.01,93    
11 7 60 BASF Glysantin Team GS Sport
BMW 320		 Uwe Reich, D
 1990 L4 Division 2 30 17      
12 5 87 Kamei Spoiler Tuning
BMW 320		 Miroslav Lochmann, D
 1990 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 30 19      
13 6 78 Rhein-Ruhr Racing Team
BMW 320		 Dieter Hegels, D
 1990 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 30 22      
14 8 64 Team Schnitzer
BMW 320 Turbo 1.4		 Jürgen Galle, D
 1428 tc L4 Division 2 30 21      
15 7 74 MSC Stadt Allendorf
BMW 320		 Horst Dietz, D
 1990 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 29 20      
DNF   65 Tuff/Kote Dinol Racing
Porsche 935 L1		 Jan Lundgårdh, S
 1427 tc B6 Division 2 24 12 0.59,10    
DNF   57  
BMW 320 Turbo 1.4		 Karl-Heinz Becker, D
 1428 tc L4 Division 2 13 6 0.55,45   Engine
DNF   58  
Ford Escort II RS Turbo		 Wolfgang Boller, D
 1427 tc L4 Division 2 10 7 0.55,75    
DNF   67 Bavaria Team/Drinda & Trick Racing
BMW 320 Turbo 1.4		 Jochen Dauer, D
 1428 tc L4 Division 2 8 8 0.56,64    
DNF   83 Geige Tuning Auto Rennsport
BMW 320		 Martin Geigenscheder, D
 1990 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 7 23      
DNF   51 Fruit of the Loom / GS Sport
Lancia Beta Montecarlo		 Hans Heyer, D
 1425 tc L4 Division 2 6 4 0.54,0   Accident
DNF   71 Mäuler Sportswear/ Postert Toyota Team
Toyota Celica		 Winfried Vogt, D
 1968 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 4 18      
DNF   63  
BMW 320		 Lothar Wagner, D
 1990 L4 Division 2   10 0.57,12