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17. AvD/HMSC-Flugplatzrennen Mainz-Finthen

Mainz-Finthen, BRD

Date: 17/5/1981
Track length: 2.150 m
Attendance: 20.000
Entries accepted:
Starters: 16 (Div. 1); 22 (Div. 2)
Finishers: 11 (Div. 1); 15 (Div. 2)

Pole position: Winkelhock in 0.47,06 (Div. 1); Ludwig in 0.48,10 (Div. 2)
Fastest lap: Wollek in 0.48,00 (Div. 1); Ludwig in 0.48,83 (Div. 2)

Distance: 50 laps
Average speed: 197,250 kmh (Div. 1); 193,897 kmh (Div. 2)
Weather: Sunny but windy
Ruleset: Group 2-4 and 5
Car info: 1981 Cars

 

Wollek missed pole with only 3/100th of a second - the Capri had beat him once again. The only other car capable of running near the front was Stuck’s M1; but that car already retired after lap 2. Winkelhock had the better start but Wollek soon took over on the straight, and although the Capri stayed close behind waiting for an error of the Frenchman, he couldn’t get past - so finally the got his second win of the season. Winkelhock nearly lost second when his turbo appeared to give up but he could reach the finish. Any other finisher was at least 2 laps behind - so much for the wise decision to keep division 1 and 2 separate; Ludwig or his colleagues would have easily finished third in this race.

Concerning Ludwig, he had a race of his own with Niedzwiedz following in second; he lowered the lap record by nearly 1,5 seconds - an immense achievement for such a short track. But young Hamelmann had been the first leader of the race, until he met a spinning Brun - a collision, a battered hand and a retirement followed. Heyer finished third, after removing all the ground-effect goodies the car behaved better. Team mate Müller Jr gave up after 5 visits to the pits with electrical problems.

The Rennsport Trophaë: König spared his new engine and used the old one in the race - and regretted bitterly: his engine gave up, and Henzler won the race with ease, while in division 2 the Kamei Audi had a massive accident after meeting Ski champion Arnold: “One set of Kamei-spoilers for the one who brings photographic evidence how the accident happened!” - they were furious about the Austrian champion and amateur racing driver.
The expected Boller - Selzer battle didn’t happen, since Selzer already retired in lap 1 (halfshaft) while Boller had an overheating clutch, then his gears jumped out and finally the engine broke.


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 52 Jägermeister Kremer Racing
Porsche 935 K3/80 3.2
Bob Wollek, F
3163 tc B6 Division 1 50 laps, 41.03,02 2 0.47,09 0.48,00  
2 2 55 Liqui Moly Equipe
Ford Capri III Turbo 1.7
Manfred Winkelhock, D
1745 tc L4 Division 1 50 laps, 41.12,32 1 0.47,06    
3 3 67 Spot-Oil Racing Team
Porsche 935 J
Volkert Merl, D
3160 tc B6 Division 1 48 4 0.48,99    
4 4 53 Vegla Racing Team
Porsche 935 J
Dieter Schornstein, D
3160 tc B6 Division 1 47 5 0.50,66    
5 1 76 BASF Cassetten/Team GS Sport
BMW M1
Helmut Henzler, D
3498 L6 Division 1/Group 2-4 47 7 0.51,83    
6 2 85 Obermaier
BMW M1
Jürgen Lässig, D
3498 L6 Division 1/Group 2-4 46 8 0.52,74    
7 3 75 Racing Team Jürgensen GmbH & Co. KG
BMW M1
Hans-Christian Jürgensen, D
3498 L6 Division 1/Group 2-4 45 11 0.53,92    
8 4 78  
BMW M1
Peter Pospiesczcyk, D
3498 L6 Division 1/Group 2-4 42 15 0.57,93    
9 5 80  
Porsche 911 SC
Peter Bulian, D
2994 B6 Division 1/Group 2-4 42        
10 6 84 Kurt Gutmann Talbot Tuning
Talbot Sunbeam Lotus
Reinhold Wolter, D
2200 L4 Division 1/Group 2-4 38 14 0.55,57    
11 7 72 Porsche Kremer Racing
Porsche 924 Carrera GTR
Louis Krages ("John Winter"), D
1984 tc L4 Division 1/Group 2-4 36        
DNF   51 Team Schnitzer
BMW M1 Turbo
Hans-Joachim Stuck, D
3150 tc L6 Division 1 2 3 0.48,93   Wategate
DNF   78  
BMW M1
Kurt König, D
3498 L6 Division 1/Group 2-4 42 6 0.50,86   Engine
DNS/DNF      
BMW M1
Erich Schiebler, D
3498 L6 Division 1/Group 2-4   13 0.54,34    
DNS/DNF   77 Kannacher GT Racing
BMW M1
Jürgen Kannacher, D
3498 L6 Division 1/Group 2-4   9 0.53,32    
DNS/DNF   74 Kannacher GT Racing
BMW M1
Ralf-Dieter Schreiber, D
3498 L6 Division 1/Group 2-4   10 0.53,33    
DNS/DNF   81  
BMW M1
Rolf Göring, D
3498 L6 Division 1/Group 2-4   12 0.53,94    

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 50 laps, 42.06,43 1 0.48,10 0.48,83  
2 2 3 D&W Zakspeed Team
Ford Capri III Turbo
Klaus Niedzwiedz, D
1427 tc L4 Division 2 50 laps, 42.13,15 2 0.49,00    
3 3 1 Fruit of the Loom / GS Sport
Lancia Beta Montecarlo
Hans Heyer, D
1425 tc L4 Division 2 50 laps, 42.41,29 4 0.49,65    
4 4 5 Rummel Mineralölspedition
BMW 320 Turbo 1.4
Karl-Heinz Becker, D
1428 tc L4 Division 2 47 7 0.52,66    
5 1 29 Postert Toyota Team
Toyota Celica
Winfried Vogt, D
ca. 2000 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 44 11 0.56,06    
6 2 45 Team Zakspeed
Ford Escort II RS
Robert Zakowski, D
1840 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 44        
7 3 30 Ideal Schlauchklemmen Racing Team
BMW 320
Rolf Rummel, D
1990 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 44        
8 4 47 Beccara Wohnbau Racing Team
BMW 320
Dieter Kindlmann, D
1990 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 43        
9 5 48  
BMW 320
Stefan Märki, CH
1990 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 43 15 0.57,22    
10 6 42 Autohaus Wollstadt Racing Team
BMW 320
Johannes Wollstadt, D
1990 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 43        
11 7 41  
BMW 320
Klaus Assmuth, D
1990 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 43        
12 8 46  
Ford Escort II RS 2.0
Wolfgang Boller, D
1992 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 39 8 0.55,09   Gearbox and rear axle
13 9 24  
BMW 320
Willi Hatje, D
1990 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 37        
14 10 22 Kilian Tuning
Audi Coupé GT5S
Wolfgang Wolf, D
1933 L5 Division 2/Group 2-4 36 13 0.56,74   Valve
15 11 38  
BMW 320
André Arnold, A
1990 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 34       Accident
DNF   8 Fruit of the Loom / GS Sport
Lancia Beta Montecarlo
Siegfried Müller Jr, D
1425 tc L4 Division 2 34 5 0.50,37   Electrics
DNF   25 Kamei Crew Nothelle
Audi Coupé GT5S
Bernd Lilier, D
1933 L5 Division 2/Group 2-4 34 10 0.56,05   Accident
DNF   7 Team Schnitzer
BMW 320 Turbo 1.4
Walter Brun, CH
1428 tc L4 Division 2 33 6 0.50,63   Engine
DNF   4 Jürgen Hamelmann Team
Ford Capri III Turbo
Jürgen Hamelmann, D
1427 tc L4 Division 2 17 3 0.49,35   Accident
DNF   21 Ford Berkenkamp Racing
Ford Escort II RS 2.0
Dieter Selzer, D
1992 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 1 9 0.55,81   Halfshaft
DNF   26 Ford Berkenkamp Racing
Ford Escort II RS 2.0
Lili Reisenbichler, D
1992 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4   12 0.56,72   Clutch