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Int. AvD Deutschland Trophaë - Jim Clark Rennen

Hockenheim Motodrom, BRD

Date: 5/4/1981
Track length: 6.789 m
Attendance: 50.000
Entries accepted:
Starters: 17 (Div. 1); 25 (Div. 2)
Finishers: 14 (Div. 1); 15 (Div. 2)

Pole position: Winkelhock in 1.56,22 (Div. 1); Ludwig in 1.59,09 (Div. 2)
Fastest lap: Wollek in 1.58,39 (Div. 1); Heyer in 2.06,48 (Div. 2)

Distance: 18 laps
Average speed: 203,505 kmh (Div. 1); 182,251 kmh (Div. 2)
Weather: Rain, but dry later on the day
Ruleset: Group 2-4 and 5
Car info: 1981 Cars

 

The last time Mass would drive the Joest-Moby Dick (the car was already sold to Moretti) it all came good with a win on the Hockenheim track. But in practice, everybody was shocked by the Capri: 1.56,22 was a time nobody expected from the car. But after the start Stuck took the lead, the BMW leading the field into the woods of the first straight. But he returned last, entering the pit lane: after three minutes of frantic work, Stuck set off again, but soon he retired for good.
The Porsches had a fine day, both Wollek and Mass running like clockwork, with Mass just a little faster - he deserved to win here. Winkelhock couldn’t play a role in the race: on the first straight, Mass saw a gap between Winkelhock and Stuck which was not really wide enough for Moby Dick; but he went for it nonetheless, and ripped off body parts of the Capri, which destroyed the aerodynamics - the Capri finished a distant third.

In division 2, there were no worries for Ludwig; his new short stroke experimental F1 engine brought pole and a sub-2 minute time, beating team mate Niedzwiedz nearly 3 seconds and Heyer over 5 seconds! Since Niedzwiedz had another retirement, Heyer and Müller scored a 2-3 behind king Ludwig.
Brun had another retirement; his tired car was not the cause this time - Walter simply flew off.

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 66 Joest Racing
Porsche 935/78-81		 Jochen Mass, D
 3200 tc B6 Division 1 18 laps, 35.58,88 3 1.57,96    
2 2 52 Jägermeister Kremer Racing
Porsche 935 K3/80 3.2		 Bob Wollek, F
 3163 tc B6 Division 1 18 laps, 35.59,73 2 1.56,56 1.58,39  
3 3 55 Liqui Moly Equipe
Ford Capri III Turbo 1.7		 Manfred Winkelhock, D
 1745 tc L4 Division 1 18 laps, 36.18,75 1 1.56,22 1.59,15  
4 4 53 Vegla Racing Team
Porsche 935 J		 Dieter Schornstein, D
 3160 tc B6 Division 1 17 6 2.04,78    
5 5 76 BASF Cassetten/Team GS Sport
BMW M1		 Helmut Henzler, D
 3498 L6 Division 1/Group 2-4 17 7 2.08,53    
6 6 71  
BMW M1		 Kurt König, D
 3498 L6 Division 1/Group 2-4 17 8 2.08,60    
7 7 73 Sauber Racing Switzerland
BMW M1		 Walter Nussbaumer, CH
 3498 L6 Division 1/Group 2-4 17 10 2.13,16    
8 8 80 Team Lepitre Champagne
BMW M1		 Edy Brandenberger, CH
 3498 L6 Division 1/Group 2-4 17 9 2.12,67    
9 9 85 Obermaier
BMW M1		 Jürgen Lässig, D
 3498 L6 Division 1/Group 2-4 17 13 2.16,48    
10 10 74 Kannacher GT Racing
BMW M1		 Ralf-Dieter Schreiber, D
 3498 L6 Division 1/Group 2-4 16 12 2.15,64    
11 11 77 Kannacher GT Racing
BMW M1		 Jürgen Kannacher, D
 3498 L6 Division 1/Group 2-4 16 11 2.14,47    
12 12 75 Racing Team Jürgensen GmbH & Co. KG
BMW M1		 Hans-Christian Jürgensen, D
 3498 L6 Division 1/Group 2-4 16 15 2.17,52    
13 13 82  
BMW M1		 Erich Schiebler, D
 3498 L6 Division 1/Group 2-4 16 14 2.16,48    
14 14 72 Porsche Kremer Racing
Porsche 924 Carrera GTR		 Louis Krages ("John Winter"), D
 1984 tc L4 Division 1/Group 2-4 15 16 2.21,42    
    86 MSC Schorndorf
Porsche 911 SC		 Herbert Krall, D
 2994 B6 Division 1/Group 2-4   17 2.35,77    
DNF   51 Lubrifilm Schnitzer BMW Team
BMW M1 Turbo		 Hans-Joachim Stuck, D
 3150 tc L6 Division 1 4 4 1.59,72   Engine
DNF   67 Spot-Oil Racing Team
Porsche 935 J		 Volkert Merl, D
 3160 tc B6 Division 1 11 5 2.02,26   Injection pump

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 2 Würth-Zakspeed Team
Ford Capri III Turbo		 Klaus Ludwig, D
 1427 tc L4 Division 2 18 laps, 40.10,65 1 1.59,09    
2 2 1 Fruit of the Loom / GS Sport
Lancia Beta Montecarlo		 Hans Heyer, D
 1425 tc L4 Division 2 18 laps, 40.14,78 3 2.04,47 2.06,48  
3 3 8 Fruit of the Loom / GS Sport
Lancia Beta Montecarlo		 Siegfried Müller Jr, D
 1425 tc L4 Division 2 18 laps, 40.58,76 5 2.07,45    
4 4 4 Jürgen Hamelmann Team
Ford Capri III Turbo		 Jürgen Hamelmann, D
 1427 tc L4 Division 2 18 laps, 42.17,23 6 2.07,95    
5 1 46  
Ford Escort II RS 2.0		 Wolfgang Boller, D
 1992 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 16 9 2.23,38    
6 2 22 Kilian Tuning
Audi Coupé GT5S		 Wolfgang Wolf, D
 1933 L5 Division 2/Group 2-4 16 11 2.27,12    
7 3 29 Postert Toyota Team
Toyota Celica		 Winfried Vogt, D
 ca. 2000 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 16 10 2.25,18    
8 4 26 Ford Berkenkamp Racing
Ford Escort II RS 2.0		 Lili Reisenbichler, D
 1992 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 15 12 2.28,23    
9 5 50 Autohaus Wollstadt Racing Team
BMW 320		 Johannes Wollstadt, D
 1990 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 15 13 2.30,61    
10 6 43 Renngemeinschaft Bergisch Gladbach
BMW 320		 Richard Bremmekamp, D
 1990 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 15 15 2.32,56    
11 7 27 Renngemeinschaft Niefern e.V. im ADAC
Opel Ascona		 Heinrich Haag, D
 ca. 2000 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 15 19 2.34,95    
12 8 39 BTC Ratingen
VW Scirocco		 Karl-Heinz Dalemans, D
 1596 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 15 18 2.34,93    
13 9 42 Gräber Power/Strauch Sporting
Opel Kadett GT/E		 Gerd Hoffmann, D
 1979 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 14 23 2.42,96    
14 10 37 Renngemeinschaft Holstein
BMW 2002		 Kurt Schwarzin, D
 1990 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 14 20 2.37,88    
15 11 31 MFK Team Burscheid
BMW 2002		 Joachim Scheefeldt, D
 1990 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 14 24 2.44,68    
DNF   7 Lubrifilm Schnitzer BMW Team
BMW 320 Turbo 1.4		 Walter Brun, CH
 1428 tc L4 Division 2 1 4 2.05,92   Accident
DNF   5 Rummel Mineralölspedition
BMW 320 Turbo 1.4		 Karl-Heinz Becker, D
 1428 tc L4 Division 2 5 7 2.09,36   Oil hose
DNF   21 Ford Berkenkamp Racing
Ford Escort II RS 2.0		 Dieter Selzer, D
 1992 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 12 8 2.23,10   Gearbox
DNF   3 D&W Zakspeed Team
Ford Capri III Turbo		 Klaus Niedzwiedz, D
 1427 tc L4 Division 2 12 2 2.01,71   Spark plug
DNF   25 Kamei Crew Nothelle
Audi Coupé GT5S		 Bernd Lilier, D
 1933 L5 Division 2/Group 2-4   14 2.31,86    
DNF   38 Renngemeinschaft Niefern e.V. im ADAC
VW Scirocco		 Günter Benzenhöfer, D
 1596 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4   16 2.33,21    
DNF   45 Team Zakspeed
Ford Escort II RS		 Volker Strycek, D
 1840 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4   17 2.34,09    
DNF   41 Matthes
BMW 320		 Jörg Denzel, D
 1990 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4   21 2.38,25    
DNF   33 Krautol Farben
BMW 320		 Wolfgang Krankemann, D
 1990 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4   22 2.40,28