Pole position: Kelleners/Müller Jr in 8.51,72
Fastest lap: Kelleners/Müller Jr in 8.52,49 = 154,38 kmh
Distance: 4 hours
Average speed: 148,427 kmh
Weather:
Ruleset: Group 2/76
Car info: 1980 Cars
Well, there it was: the first major AMG victory I’m aware of. The field was a little better than average, apart from the biggest class which was terrible as usual. At least, the Mercedes was entered for the third time this year, it had two BMW 635s as opposition (of which 1 did not start) and the rest was 2-litre cars or less. Pole was for the Eggenberger BMW 320 of Kelleners/Müller Jr, with Hahne qualifying third, awaiting the arrival of his co-drivers Grohs and Stuck, all the way from Watkins Glen, behind another 320 BMW. The Mercedes qualified fourth, and the last one under 9 minutes was the BMW 635 CSi of Grano, Werginz and Neger. More BMW 320s were slaughtered: the second Eggenberger car crashed into the parked Postert Toyota, both cars a write-off. The leading 320 of Kelleners and Müller Jr lost time with a puncture and a disintegrating clutch, and the 635 broke its rear axle. And finally, 6 laps before the end the 320 of König had an accident and broke the fuel line. The only car running trouble free was the Mercedes, its fastest lap of 8.57,62 nearly half a minute slower than Fitzpatrick’s Jaguar in 1977... when it came in one lap before the end, AMG boss Aufrecht nearly had a heart attack. But Denzel only asked if they please put the champagne in the refrigerator, just in case. Aufrecht: “At first, I wanted to hit him!” As far as anything in the 1980 ETCC could be a surprise, it was perhaps second and fourth for Audi, sandwiching the surviving Eggenberger BMW of Vanoli/Calderari. |
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Division 1-5
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| 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 | 6 | AMG Motorenbau GmbH Mercedes 450 SLC |
Clemens Schickentanz, D Jörg Denzel, D |
4520 | V8 | Div. 5 | 26 laps, 4:00.00,2 | 4 | 8.54,05 | 8.57,62 | |
| 2 | 1 | 90/110? | Renngemeinschaft MSC Langenfeld Audi 80 GTE |
Willi Bergmeister, D Hans-Joachim Nowak, D |
1596 | L4 | Div. 2 | 26 laps, 4:01.32,24 | 9 | 9.04,32 | ||
| 3 | 1 | 52 | Eggenberger Motorsport BMW 320 |
Marco Vanoli, CH Enzo Calderari, CH |
1998 | L4 | Div. 3 | 26 laps, 4:01.52,97 | 7 | 9.02,93 | ||
| 4 | 2 | 93 | Abex Pagid Racing Audi 80 GTE |
Manfred Trint, D Peter Seikel, D |
1596 | L4 | Div. 2 | 26 laps, 4:05.21,14 | 11 | 9.07,22 | ||
| 5 | 2 | 57 | OBI-Team Deutschland Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV |
Bernd Knipper, D Wolfgang Balzar, D |
1962 | L4 | Div. 3 | 26 laps, 4:05.55,86 | 15 | 9.17,89 | ||
| 6 | 1 | 16 | Müller-Bräu Team Valvoline Mazda RX-7 |
Fritz Müller, D Heinz Kühn-Weiss, D Lothar Schörg, A |
2 x 573 | R2 | Div. 4 | 26 laps, 4:08.09,56 | 21 | 9.23,90 | ||
| 7 | 3 | 37 | Renngemeinschaft Bergisch Gladbach BMW 320/6 |
Richard Bremmekamp, D Klaus Lindlar, D Hans Weissgerber, D |
ca. 2000 | L6 | Div. 3 | 26 laps, 4:08.14,21 | 14 | 9.17,83 | ||
| 8 | 4 | 42 | Mich Opel Tuning Opel Kadett GT/E |
Toni Ochs, D Karl-Heinz Schäfer, D |
ca. 2000 | L4 | Div. 3 | 26 laps, 4:08.30,91 | 24 | 9.25,32 | ||
| 9 | 5 | 31 | Eggenberger Motorsport BMW 320 |
Helmut Kelleners, D Siegfried Müller Jr, D |
1998 | L4 | Div. 3 | 25 laps, 3:21.43,66 (!) | 1 | 8.51,72 | 8.52,49 | Gearbox |
| 10 | 6 | 76 | Postert Toyota Team Toyota Celica |
Georg Weber, D Werner Ketrecht, D |
ca. 2000 | L4 | Div. 3 | 25 | 28 | 9.29,44 | ||
| 11 | 2 | 10 | Ford Berkenkamp Racing Ford Capri III 3.0S |
Matthias Schneider, D Lili Reisenbichler, D |
2993 | V6 | Div. 4 | 25 | 16 | 9.18,18 | ||
| 12 | 7 | 55 | Ford Berkenkamp Racing Ford Escort II RS 2000 |
Dieter Selzer, D Gunter Braumüller, D Andreas Schall, D |
1993 | L4 | Div. 3 | 25 | ||||
| 13 | 3 | 108 | Kilian Tuning Audi 80 GTE |
Wolfgang Wolf, D Fred Rosterg, D |
1596 | L4 | Div. 2 | 25 | 12 | 9.13,92 | ||
| 14 | 8 | 85 | Brauneiser Renntechnik Ford Escort II RS 2000 |
Franz-Josef Brühling, D Peter Prang, D Axel Felder, D |
1993 | L4 | Div. 3 | 25 | 22 | 9.24,49 | ||
| 15 | 4 | 92 | Master Team Fiat Ritmo 75CL |
Walter Dona, I Enzo de Vito, I |
ca. 1500 | L4 | Div. 2 | 25 | 17 | 9.18,46 | ||
| 16 | 9 | 61 | Format Küchen Ford Escort II RS 2000 |
Herbert Kummle, D Karl Mauer, D |
1993 | L4 | Div. 3 | 25 | 30 | 9.26,91 | ||
| 17 | 4 | 111 | VW Scirocco |
Karl-Heinz Dalemans, D Wolfgang Hansen, D |
1596 | L4 | Div. 2 | 25 | 29 | 9.29,45 | ||
| 18 | 10 | 38 | Ford Escort II RS 2000 |
John Lagodny, L Nico Demuth, L |
1993 | L4 | Div. 3 | 24 | ||||
| 19 | 11 | 56 | Ford Berkenkamp Racing Ford Escort II RS 2000 |
Manfred Lauderbach, D Matthias Schneider, D |
1993 | L4 | Div. 3 | 24 | ||||
| 20 | 12 | 39 | BMW 320 |
Peter Schumacher, D Theo Körner, D |
1998 | L4 | Div. 3 | 24 | ||||
| 21 | 5 | 100 | AC Bad Honnef VW Golf GTI |
Hans-Jörn Ley, D Josef Rietmann, D |
1588 | L4 | Div. 2 | 24 | ||||
| 22 | 13 | 48 | Brauneiser Renntechnik Ford Escort II RS 2000 |
Axel Felder, D Paul Hulverscheid, D Franz-Josef Brühling, D |
1993 | L4 | Div. 3 | 24 | ||||
| 23 | 14 | 43 | Mich Opel Tuning Opel Kadett GT/E |
Heinz Kilp, D Bernd Lilier, D |
ca. 2000 | L4 | Div. 3 | 24 | ||||
| 24 | 15 | 47 | Renngemeinschaft Bergisch Gladbach BMW 2002 |
Hans-Jürgen Möhle, D Richard Bremmekamp, D Ernst Thierfelder, D |
1990 | L4 | Div. 3 | 24 | ||||
| 25 | 3 | 8 | Gilden-Kölsch Racing Team Köln Opel Monza 3.0E |
Hanno Schumacher, D Herbert Herler, D Hans Schell, D |
2998 | L6 | Div. 4 | 24 | ||||
| 26 | 4 | 20 | Müller-Bräu Team Valvoline Ford Capri III 3.0S |
Robert Eberhard, D Lothar Schörg, A |
2993 | V6 | Div. 4 | 24 | ||||
| 27 | 16 | 79 | Opel Kadett GT/E |
Jürgen Fritsche, D Bernd Blasberg, D |
ca. 2000 | L4 | Div. 3 | 24 | ||||
| 28 | 17 | 62 | BMW 2002 |
Günter Oberhauser, D Werner Aichinger, D |
1990 | L4 | Div. 3 | 23 | ||||
| 29 | 6 | 102 | VW Schultz / TM Essen Audi 80 |
Friedhelm Croes, D Heinz-Jürgen Hoffknecht, D |
1596 | L4 | Div. 2 | 23 | ||||
| 30 | 4 | 21 | Opel Monza 3.0E |
Walter Löffler, D Günter Filthaut, D Franz Mainz, D |
2998 | L6 | Div. 4 | 23 | ||||
| 31 | 18 | 81 | Valvoline Racing BMW 2002 |
Peter Stern, D Norbert Lehmann, D |
1990 | L4 | Div. 3 | 23 | ||||
| 32 | 1 | 132 | Datsun B110 Sunny |
Jon Mowatt, GB Martin Pearson, GB |
1296 | L4 | Div. 1 | 23 | ||||
| 33 | 2 | 127 | Haribo Racing Team Audi 50 |
Reinhold Pütz, D Bodo Eichner, D |
ca. 1300 | L4 | Div. 1 | 23 | ||||
| 34 | 3 | 121 | RG ETH Tuning Simca Rallye 3 |
Ernst Thierfelder, D Hans "Ali" Frensch, D Hans-Jürgen Möhle, D |
1294 | L4 | Div. 1 | |||||
| 38 | 5 | 135 | úAMK Praha Skoda 130 RS |
Zdenek Vojtech, CS Bretislav Enge, CS Jan Senkyr, CS |
1298 | L4 | Div. 1 | 21 | 34 | 9.31,76 | ||
| 33 | Ford Berkenkamp Racing Ford Escort II RS 2000 |
Dieter Selzer, D Gunter Braumüller, D Lili Reisenbichler, D |
1993 | L4 | Div. 3 | 25 | 10 | 9.09,29 | ||||
| 19 | Diermeier Racing Ford Capri III 3.0S |
Winfried Maiworm, D Richter |
2993 | V6 | Div. 4 | 18 | 9.19,04 | |||||
| 44 | Rödler Sport Dienst Opel Kadett GT/E |
Michael Degenhardt, D Christoph Esser, D |
ca. 2000 | L4 | Div. 3 | 19 | 9.19,79 | |||||
| 36 | Rhein-Ruhr Racing Team BMW 320 |
Dieter Hegels, D Wilfried Dymarkowski, D |
1990 | L4 | Div. 3 | 20 | 9.23,16 | |||||
| 72 | MSTC Erbach BMW 2002 |
Hans Weissgerber, D Hermann Josef Nett, D |
1990 | L4 | Div. 3 | 23 | 9.24,89 | |||||
| 71 | BMW 2002 |
Michael Martini, D Heinz Becker, D Johannes Scheid, D |
1990 | L4 | Div. 3 | 26 | 9.27,31 | |||||
| 15 | MS Racing Team e.V. im DMV Ford Capri III 3.0S |
Jürgen Bonk, D Karl-Heinz Gürthler, D |
2993 | V6 | Div. 4 | 27 | 9.27,67 | |||||
| DNF | 32 | Beccara Wohnbau BMW 320 |
Dieter Quester, A Dieter Kindlmann, D Ludwig Linder, D |
1998 | L4 | Div. 3 | 2 | 2 | 8.53,27 | Injection pump | ||
| DNF | 30 | Hartge Motorsport BMW 320 |
Armin Hahne, D Hans-Joachim Stuck, D Harald Grohs, D |
1990 | L4 | Div. 3 | 1 | 3 | 8.53,68 | Con rod | ||
| DNF | 1 | BMW Italia/RCV BMW 635 CSi |
Harald Neger, A Heribert Werginz, A Umberto Grano, I |
3475 | L6 | Div. 5 | 20 | 5 | 8.59,42 | Gearbox or rear axle | ||
| DNF | 41 | Irmen-Werbung BMW 320 |
Kurt König, D Bernd Herlitze, D |
1998 | L4 | Div. 3 | 6 | 9.01,90 | Fuel line | |||
| DNF | 75 | Equipe Bernoise BMW 320 |
Stefan Märki, CH Hans-Jürg Dürig, CH |
1998 | L4 | Div. 3 | 8 | 9.03,99 | Accident | |||
| DNF | 18 | Mazda Savanna RX-3 |
Heinz Becker, D Michael Martini, D Günther Mohrs, D |
2 x 491 | R2 | Div. 4 | 13 | 9.14,17 | Accident | |||
| DNF | 134 | Autohaus Dieter Gleich Alfa Romeo Alfasud Sprint |
Manfred Mohr, D |
1299 | B4 | Div. 1 | ||||||
| DNF | 133 | Skoda 130 RS |
Zdenek Vojtech, CS Bretislav Enge, CS Jan Senkyr, CS |
1298 | L4 | Div. 1 | Gearbox | |||||
| DNF | 115 | Skoda 130 RS |
? Oldrich Vanícek, CS ? Antonín Charouz, CS |
1298 | L4 | Div. 1 | Clutch | |||||
| DNF | 77 | Mäuler Sportswear/ Postert Toyota Team Toyota Celica |
Winfried Vogt, D Mike Korten, D |
ca. 2000 | L4 | Div. 3 | 25 | 9.25,67 | ||||
| DNS | 2 | Vereinigung Süddeutscher Automobilsportler BMW 635 CSi |
Karl Hurler, D Dieter Schmid, D |
3475 | L6 | Div. 5 | Engine | |||||
| DNQ | 7 | Jolly Club Talbot Sunbeam Lotus |
Martino Finotto, I Carlo Facetti, I |
2200 | L4 | Div. 4 | ||||||