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1984 Hockenheim JC 
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Avus-Rennen

Avus Berlin, BRD

Date: 13/5/1984
Track length: 8.110 m
Attendance: 5.000
Entries accepted: unknown
Starters: 27
Finishers: 23

Pole position: van Ommen in 2.37,22
Fastest lap: John in 2.37,09 = 185,961 kmh

Distance: 2 heats of 7 laps; half points for each heat
Average speed: 183,276 kmg (heat 1); 182,169 kmh (heat 2)
Weather:
Ruleset: Group A with weight and tire penalties
Car info: 1984 Cars

 

On the very fast track of the Berliner Avus, it looked like the championship had taken off. Two fine races and a lot of excitement. Van Ommen again qualified on pole for this 2-heat have-points-per-heat race, but he had a hard fight with Trint which was decided on the last lap, when he missed his braking point for the first chicane and damaged his oil sump and the steering of the Rover. He could salvage second, but wasn’t able to take part in the second heat. Trint won “no problems at all!”.
Peter John started from the back but had a terrific race, which brought him on the podium, third behind von Bayern. Manfred Winkelhock, guest driver for Brun, hadn’t practised at all and broke a rim early in the race.
Heat two was even better; Trint took the lead but soon had to pit with two punctures. A six-car group battled for the lead, but they were reduced to four when a brakeless John (exploded disc) rammed Grohs - both were out. The remaining four fought right until the end, with less than a second between Manthey (winner) and Oberndorfer (fourth), with von Bayern and Strycek in between.


Heat 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   25 ABR Ringhausen Rennsport
Ford Mustang 5.0 GT
Manfred Trint, D
4999 V8   7 laps, 18.35,10 5 2.39,47    
2   3 Austin Rover Deutschland
Rover Vitesse
Jörg van Ommen, D
3532 V8   7 laps, 18.39,43 1 2.37,22    
3   77  
Chevrolet Camaro Z28
Peter John, D
5736 V8   7 laps, 18.39,75 26   2.37,09  
4   2 Austin Rover Deutschland
Rover Vitesse
Olaf Manthey, D
3532 V8   7 laps, 18.45,43 12      
5   7 Team Warsteiner
BMW 635 CSi
Leopold von Bayern, D
3475 L6   7 laps, 18.46,48 2 2.38,17    
6   15 Marko RSM
Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV/6
Peter Oberndorfer, D
2491 V6   7 laps, 18.47,20 4 2.39,08    
7   1 Vogelsang Automobile GmbH
BMW 635 CSi
Harald Grohs, D
3475 L6   7 laps, 18.48,79 7 2.40,96    
8   23 Gubin-Sport
BMW 635 CSi
Volker Strycek, D
3475 L6   7 laps, 18.49,07 6 2.40,70    
9   13  
BMW 635 CSi
Kurt König, D
3475 L6   7 laps, 18.49,76 3 2.38,74    
10   67 Linder Rennsport
BMW 323i
Winfried Vogt, D
2330 L6   7 laps, 19.14,93 8 2.42,59    
11   57  
Opel Monza 3.0E
Klaus Emil Röckel, D
2998 L6   7 laps, 19.26,26        
12      
Opel Manta GT/E
Wolfgang Offermann, D
1979 L4   7 laps, 19.27,27        
13   49 Mantzel Opel Tuning
Opel Manta GT/E
Jürgen Fritsche, D
1979 L4   7 laps, 19.33,92        
14      
Ford Capri III 3.0S
Franz-Josef Bröhling, D
2993 V6   7 laps, 19.37,34        
15      
Opel Manta GT/E
Robert Walterscheid-Müller, D
1979 L4   7 laps, 19.39,26        
16   47 Mich Opel Tuning
Opel Manta GT/E
Karl-Heinz Schäfer, D
1979 L4   7 laps, 19.39,80        
17      
BMW 528i
Udo Schneider, D
2799 L6   7 laps, 20.00,57        
18      
Ford Capri III 3.0S
Fred Räker, D
2993 V6   7 laps, 20.02,25 10 2.42,65    
19      
Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV/6
Ludwig Hölzl, D
2491 V6   7 laps, 21.00,00        
20      
Ford Capri III 3.0S
Karl-Heinz Brinkmann, D
2993 V6   6        
21      
Ford Capri III 3.0S
U. Moldenhauer, D
2993 V6   6        
22     Auto-Veri Berlin
Ford Mustang 5.0 GT
Bodo Jähn, D
4999 V8   5 11      
DNF   6 Liqui Moly Equipe
BMW 635 CSi
Manfred Winkelhock, D
3475 L6   3 25     Damaged rim
DNF     American Car Service
Chevrolet Camaro Z28
Dieter Hegels, D
5736 V8   2 9 2.42,59    
DNF      
BMW 320i
Klaus Bielenberg, D
ca. 2000 L6?   2        
DNF   9 Ulrich Mönninghoff RT
Chevrolet Camaro Z28
Ralf-Dieter Schreiber, D
5736 V8   1 27      
DNF   68 Autohaus Wollstadt Racing Team
BMW 323i
Johannes Wollstadt, D
2330 L6   1        

Heat 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   2 Austin Rover Deutschland
Rover Vitesse
Olaf Manthey, D
3532 V8   7 laps, 18.41,88        
2   7 Team Warsteiner
BMW 635 CSi
Leopold von Bayern, D
3475 L6   7 laps, 18.42,17        
3   23 Gubin-Sport
BMW 635 CSi
Volker Strycek, D
3475 L6   7 laps, 18.42,47        
4   15 Marko RSM
Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV/6
Peter Oberndorfer, D
2491 V6   7 laps, 18.42,69        
5   13  
BMW 635 CSi
Kurt König, D
3475 L6   7 laps, 18.52,01        
6   6 Liqui Moly Equipe
BMW 635 CSi
Manfred Winkelhock, D
3475 L6   7 laps, 18.53,34        
7      
Ford Mustang 5.0 GT
Bodo Jähn, D
4999 V8   7 laps, 18.53,84        
8   67 Linder Rennsport
BMW 323i
Winfried Vogt, D
2330 L6   7 laps, 18.54,12        
9      
Ford Capri III 3.0S
Fred Räker, D
2993 V6   7 laps, 19.01,53        
10      
Opel Manta GT/E
Wolfgang Offermann, D
1979 L4   7 laps, 19.09,44        
11   49 Mantzel Opel Tuning
Opel Manta GT/E
Jürgen Fritsche, D
1979 L4   7 laps, 19.09,81        
12   57  
Opel Monza 3.0E
Klaus Emil Röckel, D
2998 L6   7 laps, 19.14,51        
13      
Ford Capri III 3.0S
Franz-Josef Bröhling, D
2993 V6   7 laps, 19.32,01        
14   47 Mich Opel Tuning
Opel Manta GT/E
Karl-Heinz Schäfer, D
1979 L4   7 laps, 19.36,56        
15      
Opel Manta GT/E
Robert Walterscheid-Müller, D
1979 L4   7 laps, 19.49,36        
16      
BMW 528i
Udo Schneider, D
2799 L6   7 laps, 20.04,82        
17   25 ABR Ringhausen Rennsport
Ford Mustang 5.0 GT
Manfred Trint, D
4999 V8   7 laps, 20.09,29       Two punctures
18      
Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV/6
Ludwig Hölzl, D
2491 V6   7 laps, 21.23,01        
19      
Ford Capri III 3.0S
U. Moldenhauer, D
2993 V6   7 laps, 21.25,96        
DNF      
Chevrolet Camaro Z28
Dieter Hegels, D
5736 V8   4        
DNF   77  
Chevrolet Camaro Z28
Peter John, D
5736 V8   3       Accident
DNF   1 Vogelsang Automobile GmbH
BMW 635 CSi
Harald Grohs, D
3475 L6   3       Accident
DNF      
BMW 320i
Klaus Bielenberg, D
ca. 2000 L6?   2        
DNS   3 Austin Rover Deutschland
Rover Vitesse
Jörg van Ommen, D
3532 V8           Oil sump, steering