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24 h Spa-Francorchamps

Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium

Date: 26/7/1980 to: 27/7/1980
Track length: 6.947 m
Attendance: 100.000
Entries accepted: 65 + 5 reserve
Starters: 50
Finishers: 22

Pole position: Fréquelin/Daumet/Benoit in 2.56,50
Fastest lap: Xhenceval in 2.59,60 / Pironi in 2.58,5?

Distance: 24 hours
Average speed: 123,243 kmh
Weather: From sunny and hot to hailstorms
Ruleset: Group 1B
Car info: 1980 Cars

 

The Martin Brothers won Spa - again, in a Spice-prepared Capri. In qualifying, it was the French BMW 530 of Fréquelin/Daument/Benoit on pole, followed by the Capri of Jaussaud/Therier, then another BMW (Laffite/Pironi/Fréquelin) and then a Camaro for Wisell/Lierneux/Cremer. Jochen Mass drove an Audi (5th fastest 1600 cc), while Barth did not even qualify for the race in another Audi.
In the race, soon the leading BMW had to pit with a blown head gasket, and two Camaros took over followed by the Capri of Spice. Just before the third hour was over, it was the BMW of Joosen/Dieudonné/Vermeersch was in the lead, and it stayed in front for most of the race. 1600 cc class was lead by Seikel/Nowak/Bergmeister after Mass had lost a wheel, but soon the other Audi retired with engine problems, just like the BMW of Pironi. Five hours before the end, it was Joosen who lost the lead: two wheel bearings, a puncture and a damaged shock absorber lost a lot of time, so the Belga Capri of the Martin brothers went ahead, 2.45 minutes in hand over the unlucky BMW at the finish. The 2500 class was won by an Escort, what else, with Kummle, Mauer and Ketterer which had a lead of over 1 hour! The 1600 class finally was won by Toyota, with Holvoet, de Leener and Fruehauf.


Group 1B
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 3 Belga Castrol Team
Ford Capri III 3.0S		 Jean-Michel Martin, B
Philippe Martin, B
 2993 V6 +2500 425 laps 5 2.57,4    
2 2 16 Juma
BMW 530i		 Pierre Dieudonné, B
Eddy Joosen, B
Dirk Vermeersch, B
 2985 L6 +2500 425 laps, 2.45 behind 14 2.59,86    
3 3 39 JMS Racing
BMW 530i		 Claude Ballot-Léna, F
Jean-Claude Andruet, F
(Jean-Marc Smadja, F)
 2985 L6 +2500 420 10 2.59,20    
4 4 34 Romain Feitler
BMW 530i		 Lucien Guitteny, F
Gérard Bleynie, F
(Jean-Marc Smadja, F)
 2985 L6 +2500 418 13 2.59,77    
5 5 36 Esso GB
Ford Capri III 3.0S		 Vince Woodman, GB
Jonathan Buncombe, GB
Peter Clark, GB
 2993 V6 +2500 417 17 3.00,23    
6 1 43 Berkenkamp Ford
Ford Escort II RS 2000		 Herbert Kummle, D
Karl Mauer, D
Mario Ketterer, D
 1993 L4 -2500 415 39 3.06,77    
7 6 2 Belga Castrol Team
Ford Capri III 3.0S		 Andy Rouse, GB
Thierry Tassin, B
 2993 V6 +2500 415 12 2.59,30    
8 7 17 Juma
BMW 530i		 Daniël Herregods, B
Daniël Rombaut, B
Dirk Vermeersch, B
 2985 L6 +2500 414 25 3.01,31    
9 8 1 Belga Castrol Team
Ford Capri III 3.0S		 Gordon Spice, GB
Alain Semoulin, B
 2993 V6 +2500 407 6 2.58,25    
10 9 23 Opel Belgium
Opel Monza 3.0E		 Johann Weisheidinger, A
Dietmar Hackner, D
Herbert Herler, D
(David Sharp, GB)
 2998 L6 +2500 407 36 3.05,34    
11 10 27 Team Willeme
Ford Capri III 3.0S		 Jean-Pierre Jaussaud, F
Jean-Luc Thérier, F
(Stuart Graham, GB)
(Axel Plankenhorn, D)
 2993 V6 +2500 402 2 2.56,88    
12 11 21 Opel Belgium
Opel Monza 3.0E		 Raymond Van Hove, B
Valentin Simons, B
Dirk Van Rompuy, B
 2998 L6 +2500 397 35 3.23,36    
13 2 56 Philippe Van De Velde
Ford Escort II RS 2000		 Philippe Van De Velde, B
Robert Hanon, B
 1993 L4 -2500 394 41 3.07,28    
14 1 72 IMC Toyota
Toyota Corolla GT		 Claude Holvoet, B
Philippe De Leener, B
Freddy Fruhauf, B
 1587 L4 -1600 393 42 3.07,21    
15 3 46 BMW Belgium
BMW 323i		 Jean Wansart, B
Claude De Wael, B
Armin Hahne, D
 2291 L6 -2500 391 34 3.05,20    
16 12 10 Michel De Deyne
Ford Capri III 3.0S		 Philippe Bervoets ("Davit"), B
Guy Trigaux, B
(Michel De Deyne, B)
 2993 V6 +2500 384 29 3.03,02    
17 13 14 Luigi Racing
Chevrolet Camaro Z28		 Jean Xhenceval, B
Alain Cudini, F
 5736 V8 +2500 381 8 2.58,76    
18 2 63 Belgian VW Club
VW Scirocco GTI		 Reynald Martin, F
Gérard Cerruti, CH
? Tony Gillet, B
 1596 L4 -1600 379 45 3.09,01    
19 3 60 Belgian VW Club
VW Golf GTI		 Philippe Ménage, B
André Hardy, B
Pierre Fermine, B
 1596 L4   377 47 3.09,08    
20 4 61 Belgian VW Club
VW Scirocco GTI		 Bernard Carlier, B
Bernard De St. Hubert, B
 1596 L4 -1600 363 44 3.08,71    
21 4 52 TWR
Mazda RX-7		 John Morrison, GB
Bernard Béguin, F
Didier Theys, B
Jeff Allam, GB
 2 x 573 R2 -2500 358 30 3.03,56    
22 5 53 TWR
Mazda RX-7		 Bernard De Dryver, B
Yojiro Terada, J
David Palmer, GB
Derek Bell, GB
 2 x 573 R2 -2500 352 32 3.03,91    
DNF   7 Serge Power
Ford Capri III 3.0S		 Roman Feitler, L
Remy Marquet, B
Pierre Bos, F
 2993 V6 +2500 347 7 2.58,33   Engine
DNF   50 TWR
Mazda RX-7		 Win Percy, GB
Pete Lovett, GB
 2 x 573 R2 -2500 347 27 3.02,02   Wheel
DNF   66 Kredietbank Racing
VW Scirocco GTI		 Marc Piessens, B
Christine Beckers ("Christine"), B
Heinz-Jürgen Hoffknecht, D
 1596 L4 -1600 318 48 3.09,12   Fuel pump
DNF   67 Kredietbank Racing
VW Scirocco GTI		 R. Thibault, B
Jean-Claude Boucher, F
Michel Lemonnier, F
(Marc Piessens, B)
 1596 L4 -1600 292 49 3.09,38   Engine
DNF   41 Ford Luxembourg
Ford Escort II RS 2000		 John Lagodny, L
Nico Demuth, L
Uwe Reich, D
 1993 L4 -2500 273 37 3.05,61   DQ: outside assistance
DNF   55 Ed Schinkel
Ford Escort II RS 2000		 Marc Demol, B
Edward Schinkel, NL
Roger Van Peteghem, B
 1993 L4 -2500 204 40 3.06,97   Electrics
DNF   11 Michel De Deyne
Ford Capri III 3.0S		 Teddy Pilette, B
Patrick Nève, B
Jacques Goujon, B
 2993 V6 +2500 193 19 3.00,67    
DNF   28 Team Willeme
Ford Capri III 3.0S		 Stuart Graham, GB
Axel Plankenhorn, D
 2993 V6 +2500 183 21 3.01,20   Engine
DNF   30 Les Blackburn
Ford Capri III 3.0S		 Holman “Les” Blackburn, GB
Les Delano, USA
Bob Akin, USA
 2993 V6 +2500 180 16 2.59,90   Fuel leak
DNF   9 Michel De Deyne
Ford Capri III 3.0S		 Michel De Deyne, B
Alain Corbisier, B
Jacques Goujon, B
Patrick Nève, B
 2993 V6 +2500 163 11 2.59,25   Engine
DNF   8 Serge Power
Ford Capri III 3.0S		 Ernesto Soto, YV
Pierre Honegger, USA
Jean-Paul Libert, B
 2993 V6 +2500 154 18 3.00,47   Engine
DNF   40 Ford Luxembourg
Ford Escort II RS 2000		 Rudolf Doetsch, D
Romain Wolff, L
Helmut Gall, D
 1993 L4 -2500 133 15 2.59,96    
DNF   44 Berkenkamp Ford
Ford Escort II RS 2000		 Holger Soltwedel, D
Gunter Braumüller, D
Alain Beauchef, L
 1993 L4 -2500 130 24 3.01,30   Engine
DNF   31 ADP Computer Service
Chevrolet Camaro Z28		 Henny Hemmes, NL
Loek Vermeulen, NL
Huub Vermeulen, NL
 5736 V8 +2500 124 26 3.02,00   Engine
DNF   33 Plastic Bertrand Racing
BMW 530i		 Carlo Facetti, I
Pascal Witmeur, B
Jean-Jacques Feider, B
 2985 L6 +2500 114 23 3.01,28    
DNF   64 Michel De Deyne
VW Scirocco GTI		 Jean-Claude Toby, B
Philippe Lacroix, B
Michel Chapel, B
 1596 L4 -1600 93 50 3.09,63    
DNF   4 Belga Castrol Team
Ford Capri III 3.0S		 Marc Duez, B
Freddy Semoulin ("Alain Dex"), B
Jean-Louis Dumont, B
 2993 V6 +2500 91 20 3.01,03   Engine
DNF   15 Luigi Racing
Chevrolet Camaro Z28		 Reine Wisell, S
André Lierneux, B
Georges Cremer, B
 5736 V8 +2500 86 4 2.57,05   Engine
DNF   68 Abex Pagid Racing
Audi 80 GTE		 Peter Seikel, D
Hans-Joachim Nowak, D
Willi Bergmeister, D
 1596 L4 -1600 69 43 3.08,05   Engine
DNF   26 Benoit
BMW 530i		 Jacques Laffite, F
Didier Pironi, F
Guy Fréquelin, F
 2985 L6 +2500 64 3 2.56,92   Blown engine
DNF   45 Berkenkamp Ford
Ford Escort II RS 2000		 Hartmut Bauer, D
Winfried Vogt, D
(Gunter Braumüller, D)
 1993 L4 -2500 57 38 3.06,08    
DNF   5 Serge Power
Ford Capri III 3.0S		 Guy Pirenne, B
Albert Vanierschot, B
 2993 V6 +2500 48 22 3.01,26   Engine
DNF   51 TWR
Mazda RX-7		 Derek Bell, GB
Jeff Allam, GB
 2 x 573 R2 -2500 47 31 3.03,58   Engine
DNF   12 Michel De Deyne
Ford Capri III 3.0S		 Frank De Caluwe, B
Luc De Cock, B
"Frikel", F
 2993 V6 +2500 41 28 3.02,72    
DNF   25 Benoit
BMW 530i		 Guy Fréquelin, F
Jacques Daumet, F
Daniel Benoit, F
 2985 L6 +2500 39 1 2.56,50   Driveshaft
DNF   65 Kredietbank Racing
Audi 80 GTE		 Jochen Mass, D
Marc Piessens, B
Heinz-Jürgen Hoffknecht, D
 1596 L4 -1600 39 46 3.09,05   Lost wheel
DNF   6 Serge Power
Ford Capri III 3.0S		 Claude Bourgoignie, B
Hervé Regout, B
 2993 V6 +2500 21 9 2.59,15   Accident
DNF   42 Ford Luxembourg
Ford Escort II RS 2000		 Rudy Horst, B
Herbert Pfaffen, B
Guy Nève, B
 1993 L4 -2500 21 33 3.04,47   Accident
DNS   19 Canada Fish Racing
Ford Capri III 3.0S		 Manuel Sanjurjo, E
Jaime Sanz de Madrid, E
Juan Carlos Oñoro, E
 2993 V6 +2500     3.04,96   Accident
DNQ   18 Juma
BMW 530i		 Michel Delcourt, B
Dany Swyssen, B
Jean-Marie Baert, B
 2985 L6 +2500     3.05,85    
DNQ   22 Opel Belgium
Opel Monza 3.0E		 Charles Van Stalle ("Chavan"), B
Francis Polak, B
René Tricot, B
 2998 L6 +2500     3.08,08    
DNQ   24 Opel Belgium
Opel Monza 3.0E		 Herbert Herler, D
Hugo Nückel, D
Hanno Schumacher, D
 2998 L6 +2500     3.05,66    
DNQ   35 Michel Paulus
BMW 530i		 Michel Paulus, B
Umberto Grano, I
Pierre De Thoisy, F
 2985 L6 +2500     3.05,45   Reserve
DNQ   47 BMW Belgium
BMW 323i		 Erwin Van den Broeck, B
Jacques Berger, B
André Gavage, B
 2291 L6 -2500     3.12,55    
DNQ   48 BMW Belgium
BMW 323i		 Hermès Delbar, B
J. Bourdeaud'hui, B
Jean-Charles Goris, B
 2291 L6 -2500     3.07,18   Reserve
DNQ   54 M. De Caluwe
Opel Monza 3.0E		 Manu De Caluwe, B
Theo Koks, NL
Manu Goossens, B
 2998 L6 +2500     3.07,49   Reserve
DNQ   58 Pit Weirig
Ford Escort II RS 2000		 Aloyse Kridel, L
Pit Weirig, L
Etienne Barras, B
 1993 L4 -2500     3.09,09    
DNQ   62 Belgian VW Club
VW Scirocco GTI		 Pierre Jamin, B
Tony Gillet, B
Pierre Vaillant, B
 1596 L4 -1600     3.10,03   Reserve
DNQ   69 East Belgian Racing Team
Audi 80 GTE		 Jürgen Barth, D
Axel Huweler, B
Leon Clohse, B
 1596 L4 -1600     3.10,10    
DNQ   71 IMC Toyota
Toyota Corolla GT		 Emmanuel Remion, B
José Close, B
Chip Ganassi, USA
 1587 L4 -1600     3.11,22    
DNQ   73 IMC Toyota
Toyota Corolla GT		 Jacques Janssens, B
Marc Donner, B
Guy Katsers, B
 1587 L4 -1600     3.13,10    

Remarks: King's cup: VW