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44. Int. ADAC-Eifelrennen

Nürburgring Nordschleife, BRD

Date: 26/4/1981
Track length: 22.835 m
Attendance: 50.000
Entries accepted:
Starters: 48?
Finishers: 35

Pole position: Winkelhock in 7.22,01
Fastest lap: Winkelhock in 7.22,42 = 185,809 kmh

Distance: 7 laps
Average speed: 183,100 kmh
Weather: Sunny but windy and cool
Ruleset: Group 2-4 and 5
Car info: 1981 Cars

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It was Zakspeed all over the place at the Nürburgring: Winkelhock had already shocked his competitors with a pole time of 7.22,01, but in the race he lowered the touring car record to 7.22,42 and he went full speed to the finish, leaving Wollek no chance to keep up. The latter finished second, ahead of Stuck and his M1 and then Ludwig crossed the line with another victory for Zakspeed, now for division 2. Second in class Müller Jr lost 37 seconds and Heyer was even further behind in third, his gearbox stuck in fourth after lap 3.
But all in all, it was a very slim entry if you look at the Group 5 cars: with the loss of the Joest Porsche and the fact that Schornstein preferred to start in Monza and Merl had business obligations the only addition to the group 5 field was Wagner’s atmo 320, another car dating back to 1977. Apart from that, 6 BMW M1s were lacking (some were in Monza as well).
Niedzwiedz had another stroke of bad luck in his ex-Ertl car (who hadn’t been lucky with it last year either); he didn’t finish a single lap in practice, and in the race the mixture was too rich, the engine didn’t pick up and he lost water - enough to quit.

König won the Group 2-4 class in division 1, but Henzler had been faster until he was hit by a backmarker; division 2 was for Selzer, Boller complaining of an old engine.

Division 1 and 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 1/1 55 Liqui Moly Equipe
Ford Capri III Turbo 1.7		 Manfred Winkelhock, D
 1745 tc L4 Division 1 7 laps, 52.22,77 1 7.22,01 7.22,42  
2 2/2 52 Jägermeister Kremer Racing
Porsche 935 K3/80 3.2		 Bob Wollek, F
 3163 tc B6 Division 1 7 laps, 53.40,96 2 7.25,06    
3 3/3 51 Lubrifilm Schnitzer BMW Team
BMW M1 Turbo		 Hans-Joachim Stuck, D
 3150 tc L6 Division 1 7 laps, 54.32,54 4 7.35,75    
4 1/1 2 Würth-Zakspeed Team
Ford Capri III Turbo		 Klaus Ludwig, D
 1427 tc L4 Division 2 7 laps, 55.09,55 3 7.27,32 7.41,50  
5 2/2 8 Fruit of the Loom / GS Sport
Lancia Beta Montecarlo		 Siegfried Müller Jr, D
 1425 tc L4 Division 2 7 laps, 55.46,48 6 7.49,24    
6 4/1 71  
BMW M1		 Kurt König, D
 3498 L6 Division 1/Group 2-4 7 laps, 57.19,31 8 7.58,36    
7 3/3 1 Fruit of the Loom / GS Sport
Lancia Beta Montecarlo		 Hans Heyer, D
 1425 tc L4 Division 2 7 laps, 57.33,89 5 7.38,51    
8 5/2 76 BASF Cassetten/Team GS Sport
BMW M1		 Helmut Henzler, D
 3498 L6 Division 1/Group 2-4 7 laps, 58.22,70 9 7.59,42    
9 6/3 74 Kannacher GT Racing
BMW M1		 Ralf-Dieter Schreiber, D
 3498 L6 Division 1/Group 2-4 7 laps, 59.10,67 11 8.35,58    
10 7/4 73 Sauber Racing Switzerland
BMW M1		 Walter Nussbaumer, CH
 3498 L6 Division 1/Group 2-4 7 laps, 59.25,43 12 8.38,64    
11 4/4 7 Lubrifilm Schnitzer BMW Team
BMW 320 Turbo 1.4		 Walter Brun, CH
 1428 tc L4 Division 2 7 laps, 59.44,36 48 no time    
12 5/5 3 D&W Zakspeed
Ford Capri III Turbo		 Klaus Niedzwiedz, D
 1427 tc L4 Division 2 6 47 no time    
13 6/1 21 Ford Berkenkamp Racing
Ford Escort II RS 2.0		 Dieter Selzer, D
 1992 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 6 13 8.47,40    
14 7/2 46  
Ford Escort II RS 2.0		 Wolfgang Boller, D
 1992 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 6 15 8.48,98    
15 8/3 28 MIG Linz
Audi Coupé GT5S		 Willi Bergmeister, D
 1933 L5 Division 2/Group 2-4 6 14 8.48,64    
16 9/4 22 Kilian Tuning
Audi Coupé GT5S		 Wolfgang Wolf, D
 1933 L5 Division 2/Group 2-4 6 16 8.52,80    
17 10/6 6  
BMW 320		 Lothar Wagner, D
 1990 L4 Division 2 6 17 8.56,43    
18 11/5 30 Ideal Schlauchklemmen Racing Team
BMW 320		 Rolf Rummel, D
 1990 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 6 21 9.08,12    
19 12/6 35 Matthes
BMW 320		 Jörg Denzel, D
 1990 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 6 20 9.07,41    
20 13/7 20 OBI-Team Deutschland
Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV		 Wolfgang Balzar, D
 1962 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 6 25 9.12,89    
21 14/8 32 Autohaus Wollstadt Racing Team
BMW 320		 Johannes Wollstadt, D
 1990 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 6 30 9.27,42    
22 15/9 38 Mich Opel Tuning
Opel Kadett GT/E		 Karl-Heinz Schäfer, D
 ca. 2000 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 6 29 9.23,78    
23 8/5 88 Mazda Rotary Racing - Autohaus Becker
Mazda RX-7		 Heinz Becker, D
 2 x 573 R2 Division 1/Group 2-4 6 36 9.34,66    
24 16/10 26 Ford Berkenkamp Racing
Ford Escort II RS 2.0		 Lili Reisenbichler, D
 1992 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 6 24 9.10,79    
25 17/11 39 MSC Langenfeld
BMW 2002		 Günter Bochem, D
 1990 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 6 33 9.32,40    
26 18/12 42  
Audi 80		 Hagen Arlt, D
 1596 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 6 32 9.27,89    
27 19/13 49 Pioneer Racing
Opel Kadett GT/E		 Michael Degenhardt, D
 ca. 2000 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 6 38 9.38,80    
28 20/14 44  
Audi 80		 Heinz Gilges, D
 1596 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 6 26 9.13,96    
29 21/15 50 Pioneer Racing
Opel Kadett GT/E		 Christoph Esser, D
 ca. 2000 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 6 34 9.33,25    
30 9/6 85 Kannacher GT Racing
Porsche 930 Turbo		 Matthias Loerper, D
   B6 Division 1/Group 2-4 6 39 9.38,84    
31 22/16 33 Hörmann Fiat-Lancia-Motorsport
Fiat Ritmo 75CL		 Lothar Moll, D
 1498 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 6 43 9.57,88    
32 23/17 23 Heidapal Racing
Ford Escort II RS 2.0		 Bernd Dransmann, D
 1992 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 5 35 9.34,49    
33 24/18 40 MFK Team Burscheid
BMW 2002		 Joachim Scheefeldt, D
 1990 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 5 44 10.12,87    
34 25/19 36  
BMW 320		 Hans-Wöltje Kaemena, D
 1990 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 5 42 9.55,54    
35 26/20 15 Yale Stapler Team
BMW 2002		 Michael Middelhaufe, D
 1990 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 5 27 9.17,00    
DNF   43 Renngemeinschaft Bergisch Gladbach
BMW 320		 Richard Bremmekamp, D
 1990 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 1 23 9.10,19   Accident
DNF   79 Porsche Kremer Racing
Porsche 924 Carrera GTR		 Louis Krages ("John Winter"), D
 1984 tc L4 Division 1/Group 2-4 2 18 8.57,11   Overheating
DNF   5 Rummel Mineralölspedition
BMW 320 Turbo 1.4		 Karl-Heinz Becker, D
 1428 tc L4 Division 2 4 10 8.08,18   Pistons
DNF   4 Jürgen Hamelmann Team
Ford Capri III Turbo		 Jürgen Hamelmann, D
 1427 tc L4 Division 2 2 7 7.50,19   Pistons
DNF   25 Kamei Crew Nothelle
Audi Coupé GT5S		 Bernd Lilier, D
 1933 L5 Division 2/Group 2-4 5 22 9.09,17   Flywheel
DNF   16  
Ford Escort II RS		 Werner Struck, D
   L4 Division 2/Group 2-4   28 9.19,28    
DNF   41 Mich Opel Tuning
Opel Ascona		 Hermann Josef Nett, D
 ca. 2000 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4   31 9.27,53    
DNF   17 BTC Ratingen
VW Scirocco		 Karl-Heinz Dalemans, D
 1596 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4   37 9.35,80    
DNF   31 Yale Stapler Team
BMW 2002		 Kurt Hens, D
 1990 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4   40 9.40,54    
DNF   18 Hörmann Fiat-Lancia-Motorsport
Fiat 128 Berlinetta 3P		 Udo Lohmann, D
 1290 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4   41 9.50,77    
DNF   37 Renngemeinschaft Holstein
BMW 2002		 Kurt Schwarzin, D
 1990 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4   45 10.17,08    
DNF   48 Yale Stapler Team
BMW 2002		 Peter Paul Biewald, D
 1990 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4   46 10.18,45    
DNS   29 Postert Toyota Team
Toyota Celica		 Winfried Vogt, D
 ca. 2000 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4   19 9.01,33   Head gasket
DNS   11  
Opel Kadett GT/E		 Günther Knippschild, D
 ca. 2000 L4 Division 2          

Remarks: Both divisions started together in the same race