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ADAC-Grosser Preis der Tourenwagen

Nürburgring Betonschleife, BRD

Date: 5/7/1981
Track length: 2.292 m
Attendance: 20.000
Entries accepted:
Starters: 11 (Div. 1); 19 (Div. 2)
Finishers: 11 (Div. 1); 12 (Div. 2)

Pole position: Wollek in 0.47,99 (Div. 1); Ludwig in 0.48,63 (Div. 2)
Fastest lap: Winkelhock in 0.49,00 (Div. 1); Niedzwiedz in 0.50,46 (Div. 2)

Distance: 44 laps
Average speed: 165,912 kmh (Div. 1); 154,209 kmh (Div. 2)
Weather: Sunny but later overcast
Ruleset: Group 2-4 and 5
Car info: 1981 Cars

 

The famous “Grosser Preis der Tourenwagen” really was the wrong title for this race. It should have been the traditional 6 hour race for the ETCC, which it had been since 1963 and the race itself was even older. But now, all what remained was a race for the DRM with a bad entry - in fact the worst of this year, especially in division 1 which had only 4 Group 5 cars of which two were top-level cars, since the Schnitzer BMW did not appear.

Division 1
So it was a fight between Wollek and Winkelhock, but when Wollek won the start, Winkelhock could keep up for a while and tried a few times - but when he lost the slipstream after passing a backmarker, it was over and he had to settle for second. Henzler won the Trophy once again, with König having to cope with a down on power engine; and no money to solve just that.

Division 2
Another retirement for Niedzwiedz here, but more unusual was that Hamelmann and even Ludwig retired! So since Brun was absent as well, the only car to threaten the Lancias was the aged car of Becker; he finished a respectable third, but Heyer won ahead of Müller Jr. The Rennsport Trophy was won by Boller after Selzer retired.

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 K4		 Bob Wollek, F
 3163 tc B6 Division 1 44 laps, 36.28,22 1 0.47,99    
2 2 55 Liqui Moly Equipe
Ford Capri III Turbo 1.7		 Manfred Winkelhock, D
 1745 tc L4 Division 1 44 laps, 36.30,30 2 0.48,11    
3 3 56 Porsche Kremer Racing
Porsche 935 K3/80 3.2		 Louis Krages ("John Winter"), D
 3163 tc B6 Division 1 42 4 0.51,78    
4 4 53 Vegla Racing Team
Porsche 935 J		 Dieter Schornstein, D
 3160 tc B6 Division 1 42 3 0.51,71    
5 1 65 BASF Cassetten/Team GS Sport
BMW M1		 Helmut Henzler, D
 3498 L6 Division 1/Group 2-4 41 5 0.52,18    
6 2 60  
BMW M1		 Kurt König, D
 3498 L6 Division 1/Group 2-4 41 6 0.52,45    
7 3 61 Kannacher GT Racing
BMW M1		 Jürgen Kannacher, D
 3498 L6 Division 1/Group 2-4 41 7 0.52,20    
8 4 62 Kannacher GT Racing
BMW M1		 Ralf-Dieter Schreiber, D
 3498 L6 Division 1/Group 2-4 40 8 0.53,70    
9 5 63 Racing Team Jürgensen GmbH & Co. KG
BMW M1		 Hans-Christian Jürgensen, D
 3498 L6 Division 1/Group 2-4 40 9 0.54,60    
10 6 80  
Porsche 911 SC		 Peter Bulian, D
 2994 B6 Division 1/Group 2-4 36 9 0.54,60    
11 7 59 Kannacher GT Racing
Porsche 930 Turbo		 Matthias Loerper, D
   B6 Division 1/Group 2-4 33 11      

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 3 Fruit of the Loom / GS Sport
Lancia Beta Montecarlo		 Hans Heyer, D
 1425 tc L4 Division 2 44 laps, 39.14,29 2 0.50,50    
2 2 4 Fruit of the Loom / GS Sport
Lancia Beta Montecarlo		 Siegfried Müller Jr, D
 1425 tc L4 Division 2 44 laps, 39.14,65 5 0.51,26    
3 3 6 Rummel Mineralölspedition
BMW 320 Turbo 1.4		 Karl-Heinz Becker, D
 1428 tc L4 Division 2 44 laps, 40.08,65 6 0.53,85    
4 1 10  
Ford Escort II RS 2.0		 Wolfgang Boller, D
 1992 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 41 7 0.57,38    
5 2 19 Postert Toyota Team
Toyota Celica		 Winfried Vogt, D
 ca. 2000 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 40 10 0.58,98    
6 3 18 Kamei Crew Nothelle
Audi Coupé GT5S		 Bernd Lilier, D
 1933 L5 Division 2/Group 2-4 40 11 0.59,00    
7 4 13 Team Zakspeed
Ford Escort II RS		 Robert Zakowski, D
 1840 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 39 9 0.58,24    
8 5 22 Kilian Tuning
Audi Coupé GT5S		 Wolfgang Wolf, D
 1933 L5 Division 2/Group 2-4 39 14 0.59,28    
9 6 23 Team Zakspeed
Ford Escort II RS 2.0		 Günter Schneider, D
 1992 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 39 12 0.59,08    
10 7 14 Ideal Schlauchklemmen Racing Team
BMW 320		 Rolf Rummel, D
 1990 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 38 15 0.59,84    
11 8 15 Heidapal Racing
Ford Escort II RS 2.0		 Bernd Dransmann, D
 1992 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 38 17 1.02,18    
12 9 33 Krautol Farben
BMW 320		 Wolfgang Krankemann, D
 1990 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 37 18 1.02,38    
    17 Kilian Tuning
Audi 80		 Manfred Trint, D
 1596 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4   16 1.01,22    
    21  
Alfa Romeo		 ? Bernd Gratze, D
   L4 Division 2/Group 2-4   19 1.05,13    
DNF   21 Autohaus Wollstadt Racing Team
BMW 320		 Johannes Wollstadt, D
 1990 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 33 13 0.59,25    
DNF   1 Würth-Zakspeed Team
Ford Capri III Turbo		 Klaus Ludwig, D
 1427 tc L4 Division 2 28 1 0.48,63   Oil pressure
DNF   11 Ford Berkenkamp Racing
Ford Escort II RS 2.0		 Dieter Selzer, D
 1992 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 14 8 0.57,74   Clutch
DNF   5 Jürgen Hamelmann Team
Ford Capri III Turbo		 Jürgen Hamelmann, D
 1427 tc L4 Division 2 13 4 0.51,03   Overheating
DNF   2 D&W Zakspeed Team
Ford Capri III Turbo		 Klaus Niedzwiedz, D
 1427 tc L4 Division 2 12 3 0.50,94   Turbocharger