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Nürburgring Nordschleife, BRD

Date: 13/6/1965
Track length: 22.810 m
Attendance: 30.000
Entries accepted: unknown
Starters: 82
Finishers: unknown

Pole position: Whitmore/Sears in 10.10,8
Fastest lap: Whitmore in 10.19,2

Distance: 6 hours
Average speed: 126,5 kmh
Weather:
Ruleset: Group 2/63
Car info: 1965 Cars

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Less than 5 seconds covered the fastest four cars, with Whitmore on pole in the Cortina, followed by Hahne (BMW), Pierpoint (Mustang) and Schiek (Mercedes). When the flag dropped, the Mercedes was in the lead with Whitmore second, but the latter let the German past so he could study German’s driving style: sideways for much of the lap. Unsurprisingly Hahne broke a rim, the wheel not up to the forces of modern touring car racing. Whitmore now closed the gap to the Mercedes, but this car too fell by the wayside with clutch troubles. Now Whitmore, with a huge lead and the lap record under his belt, slowed down until he was relieved by Sears, who had a boring stint to do. Nothing spectacular happened, and when Whitmore took over again he slowed down further to stage a dead heat with the Neerpasch/Pierpoint Mustang, which was lying second. Thus happened, but the win went to Whitmore with 0,1 seconds. Handley and Terry (Broadspeed Cooper) finished third; first division 1 car was the Abarth of Steinmetz and Ahrens.
The second Mann Cortina played no role with fuel starvation problems; after the race, a lot of torn paper came out of the petrol tank.


Division 1, 2 and 3
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 30 Alan Mann Racing
Ford Lotus Cortina
John Whitmore, GB
Jack Sears, GB
1594 L4 Div. 2/1600 34 laps, 607.42,8 1 10.10,8    
2 1 7 Alan Mann Racing
Ford Mustang
Roy Pierpoint, GB
Jochen Neerpasch, D
4728 V8 Div. 3 34 laps, 6:07.42,9 3 10.13,2    
3 2/1 46 Team Broadspeed
Morris Mini Cooper S
John Handley, GB
John Terry, GB
1293 L4 Div. 2/1300 33 laps, 6:08.29,0   10.37,8    
4 3/1 19  
BMW 1800 TISA
Heinz Schütz, D
Karl-Heinz Emde, D
1773 L4 Div. 2/2000 33 laps, 6:10.12,6        
5 4/2 21 AVO Racing Team
BMW 1800 TISA
Georg Bialas, D
Roland Ott, D
1773 L4 Div. 2/2000 33 laps, 6:11.08,7        
6 1/1 76? Abarth & Cie
Fiat Abarth 1000 TC
Kurt Ahrens Jr, D
Klaus Steinmetz, D
982 L4 Div. 1/1000 32 laps, 6:02.57,1   10.58,8    
7 5/2 35 Jolly Club Milano
Alfa Romeo Giulia TI Super
Andrea de Adamich, I
Carlo Scarambone, I
1570 L4 Div. 2/1600 32 laps, 6:03.49,7        
8 6/3 31 Alan Mann Racing
Ford Lotus Cortina
Henry Taylor, GB
Peter Procter, GB
1594 L4 Div. 2/1600 32 laps, 6:04.24,1       Fuel system
9 6/3 23 HF Squadra Corse
Lancia Flavia 1800
Marco Crosina ("M.C."), I
Peter Sutcliffe, GB
1800 B4 Div. 2/2000 32 laps, 6:05.22,1        
10 2/2 78 Abarth & Cie
Fiat Abarth 1000 TC
Fritz Jüttner, D
Ed Swart, NL
982 L4 Div. 1/1000 32 laps, 6:07.08,9        
  2 2  
Mercedes 220 SE
Klaus Behrmann, D
Roland Heck, D
2195 L6 Div. 3 31 laps, 6:02.48,9        
  3/1 90  
DKW Junior
Wolf-Dieter Mantzel, D
Horst Sprick, D
741 L3 Div. 1/850 31 laps, 6:05.24,7        
  7/2 47 Manry Speed Equipment Ltd.
Morris Mini Cooper S
Max Wilson, GB
Martin Ryan, GB
1293 L4 Div. 2/1300 31 laps, 6:06.40,7        
  8/3 53  
Glas 1204 TS
Otto Lux, D
Karl Herd, D
1189 L4 Div. 2/1300 31 laps, 6:07.21,4        
  4/3 72 Babea Racing Team
Austin Mini Cooper S 970
Jan-Erik Andreason, S
Freddy Kottulinsky, S
999 L4 Div. 1/1000 31 laps, 6:08.15,1        
  3 5 Scuderia Lufthansa
Ford Mustang
Hermann Dorner, D
Robert Huhn, D
4728 V8 Div. 3 30 laps, 6:02.57,1        
  5/2 93  
Saab 96 Sport
Andrew Mylius, GB
J. Dryden, GB
841 L3 Div. 1/850 30 laps, 6:10.22,6        
  6/1 106 Jürgen Grähser
BMW 700
Wolfgang Kirch, D
Peter Marx, D
697 B2 Div. 1/700 29 laps, 6:00.56,1        
  7/2    
BMW 700
Gustav-Dieter Edelhoff, D
Horst Ranke, D
697 B2 Div. 1/700 29 laps, 6:01.37,8        
  8/3 91  
DKW Junior
Peter Ruby, D
Gerd Raschig, D
741 L3 Div. 1/850 29 laps, 6:10.31,1        
  9/3 107  
BMW 700
Julien Lamisse, F
Yvan Pillonell, F
697 B2 Div. 1/700 28 laps, 6:03.18,5        
  /4 15 Rhein-Ruhr Racing Team
BMW 1800 TI
Helmut Kelleners, D
Jürgen Lenk, D
1773 L4 Div. 2/2000 31        
  /5 27  
Volvo
Hans Wängstre, S
Jan-Eric Magnusson, S
  L4 Div. 2/2000 30        
  /6 17  
BMW 1800 TI
Adolf Neumann, D
Klaus Gerwitz, D
1773 L4 Div. 2/2000 30        
  /7 26  
Volvo
Evert Christofferson, S
Carl-Erik Andersson, S
  L4 Div. 2/2000 ?        
  /4 33 Jolly Club Milano
Alfa Romeo Giulia TI Super
Riccardo di Bona, I
Paolo de Leonibus, I
1570 L4 Div. 2/1600 30        
  /5 37  
Alfa Romeo Giulia TI Super
Jacques Demoulin, B
Eric De Keyn, B
1570 L4 Div. 2/1600 29        
  /6 36  
BMW 1600
Nikolaus Killenberg, D
Georg Bialas, D
1573 L4 Div. 2/1600 28        
  /4    
Glas 1204 TS
Detlev Reiff, D
Becker, D
1189 L4 Div. 2/1300 30        
  /5 58 Renngemeinschaft MSC Langenfeld
Glas 1204 TS
Friedel Noenen, D
Uwe Leske, D
1189 L4 Div. 2/1300 30        
  /6 55  
Glas 1204 TS
Klaus-Friederich Rund, D
Ingo Peters, D
1189 L4 Div. 2/1300 28        
  /7 54  
Glas 1204 TS
Herbert Heimer, D
Wolfgang Bingemer, D
1189 L4 Div. 2/1300          
  /8 59 Continental-American Racing Team
Renault R ?8 Gordini
James Donerty, D
"Bond", D
  L4 Div. 2/1300          
  5/4 65 Team Taurus
Morris Mini Cooper S 970
William Kelly, GB
Philip Wicks, GB
999 L4 Div. 1/1000 31        
  6/5 68  
Austin Mini Cooper S 970
Colin Mynott, GB
Mike Clarke, GB
999 L4 Div. 1/1000 30        
  /6 69  
Austin Mini Cooper S 970
Bernd Degner, D
Rainer Ising, D
999 L4 Div. 1/1000 30        
  /7 70 Team Broadspeed
Austin Mini Cooper S 970
John Fitzpatrick, GB
Gustav Bontemps, D
999 L4 Div. 1/1000     10.45,8   Puncture & other unscheduled stops
  /8 74  
DKW F12
Lothar Wagner, D
Christian Mattis, A
889 L3 Div. 1/1000          
  /4 87  
DKW Junior
Hugh Mayes, GB
Tom Threlfall, GB
741 L3 Div. 1/850 29        
  /5 92  
Panhard 24 CT
Jacques Bigrat ("Bagrit"), F
Pierre Lelong, F
848 B2 Div. 1/850 27        
  /6 100  
Fiat Abarth 850 TC
Alexander Ostermann, D
Kurt Härtner, D
847 L4 Div. 1/850 26        
  /7 96  
?Fiat Abarth 850 TC
John Aley, GB
? T. Lalonde, GB
? Jean Aley, GB
847 L4 Div. 1/850          
DNF   108 Renngemeinschaft Nürburgring
BMW 700
Arthur Schneider, D
Rosarius
697 B2 Div. 1/700          
DNF   109? Renngemeinschaft Nürburgring
BMW 700
Heinz Gilges, D
Heinz Hülbusch, D
697 B2 Div. 1/700          
DNF   110 Renngemeinschaft Nürburgring
BMW 700
Wolfram Schmitz, D
Tilo Schadrack, D
697 B2 Div. 1/700          
DNF   111 Renngemeinschaft Nürburgring
BMW 700
Peter Otto, D
Jörg Klasen, D
697 B2 Div. 1/700          
DNF   112  
BMW 700
Johann Dax, D
Kurt Louis, D
697 B2 Div. 1/700          
DNF   114 Rhein-Ruhr Racing Team
BMW 700
Werner Brinkmann, D
Wilhelm Deutsch, D
697 B2 Div. 1/700          
DNF   85 Renngemeinschaft MSC
DKW F11 Junior
Wilfried Oetelshoven, D
Dieter Nakaten, D
796 L3 Div. 1/850          
DNF   86  
DKW F11 Junior
Hannelore Werner, D
Manfred Rösner, D
796 L3 Div. 1/850          
DNF   88  
DKW F11 Junior
Karl-Heinz Herbst ("Heinrich Lenz"), D
Luitpold Schwaiger, D
796 L3 Div. 1/850          
DNF   89  
DKW F11 Junior
Willibald Graul, D
Franz Schwan, D
796 L3 Div. 1/850          
DNF   95  
Saab 96 Sport
Boo Johansson ("Boo Brasta"), S
Björn Rothstein, S
841 L3 Div. 1/850         Engine
DNF      
Fiat Abarth 850 TC
Anzio Zucchi, I
"Scorpione", I
847 L4 Div. 1/850          
DNF   98? Abarth & Cie
Fiat Abarth 850 TC
Erich Bitter, D
Manfred Hartung, D
847 L4 Div. 1/850          
DNF   101  
DKW F11 Junior
Heinz Becker, D
Heinrich Wiese, D
796 L3 Div. 1/850          
DNF   102  
Saab 96 Sport
Kurt Simonsen, S
Ralph Peterson, S
841 L3 Div. 1/850          
DNF      
DKW F11 Junior
Heinz Behr, D
Hans Theo Ismar, D
796 L3 Div. 1/850          
DNF   66 Renngemeinschaft Nürburgring
Morris Mini Cooper S 970
Horst Eiteneuer, D
Dieter Mohr, D
999 L4 Div. 1/1000          
DNF   71  
Austin Mini Cooper S 970
Charles Stancomb, GB
John Thurston, GB
999 L4 Div. 1/1000         Lost wheel
DNF   73  
DKW F12
Karl Heinz Eggert, D
Christian Kubon, D
889 L3 Div. 1/1000          
DNF   77? Abarth & Cie
Fiat Abarth 1000 TC
Salvatore Calascibetta, l
Guiseppe Virgillio, I
982 L4 Div. 1/1000          
DNF   79 Renngemeinschaft Nürburgring
DKW F12
Heinz-Dieter Werner, D
Heinrich Wiese, D
889 L3 Div. 1/1000          
DNF   56  
Glas 1204 TS
Gerhard Bodmer, D
Dieter Schmid, D
1189 L4 Div. 2/1300          
DNF   57  
Glas 1204 TS
Joachim Komusin, D
Siegfried Müller Sr, D
1189 L4 Div. 2/1300          
DNF   50 Racing Team VDS
Austin Mini Cooper S
Jean-Pierre Ackermans ("Jipéa"), B
Serge Trosch, B
1293 L4 Div. 2/1300         Engine
DNF   94  
Saab 96 Sport
Gösta Karlsson, S
Sigvard Johansson, S
841 L3 Div. 1/850          
DNF      
Alfa Romeo Giulia TI Super
Ernst Furtmayr, D
Herbert Schultze, D
1570 L4 Div. 2/1600          
DNF   32  
Alfa Romeo Giulia TI Super
Hans Joachim Klein, D
Hans Peter Klein, D
1570 L4 Div. 2/1600          
DNF   22  
BMW 1800 TI
Siegfried Dau, D
Günther Schramm, D
1773 L4 Div. 2/2000          
DNF   22 AVO Racing Team
BMW 1800 TISA
Anselm von Oertzen, D
Neumann
1773 L4 Div. 2/2000          
DNF   20  
BMW 1800 TISA
Karl von Wendt, D
Winfried von Wrede, D
1773 L4 Div. 2/2000         Engine
DNF   16 ÖASC Wien
BMW 1800 TI
Hubertus von Rohrer, A
Hans-Peter Koepchen, D
1773 L4 Div. 2/2000          
DNF   11  
BMW 1800 TI
Friedhelm Theissen, D
Ludwig Hammer, D
1773 L4 Div. 2/2000          
DNF   10  
BMW 1800 TI
Gerd Niers, D
Hans Dutzi, D
1773 L4 Div. 2/2000          
DNF   51 Cooper Car Co.
Austin Mini Cooper S
John Rhodes, GB
Steve Neal, GB
1293 L4 Div. 2/1300 1   10.45,3   Accident damage
DNF   24 HF Squadra Corse
Lancia Flavia 1800
Giancarlo Baghetti, I
Luigi "Gigi" Taramazzo, I
1800 B4 Div. 2/2000          
DNF   3  
Mercedes 300 SE
Manfred Schiek, D
Eugen Böhringer, D
2996 L6 Div. 3   4 10.14,8   Gearbox
DNF   14?  
BMW 1800 TI
Willy Mairesse, B
Heinz Eppelein, D
1773 L4 Div. 2/2000 ca. 4   10.23,3   Withdrawn
DNF   18  
BMW 1800 TISA
Hubert Hahne, D
Dieter Glemser, D
1773 L4 Div. 2/2000 3 2 10.11,8   Broken rim
DNF   12  
BMW 1800 TI
Jürgen Grähser, D
Jürgen Zink, D
1773 L4 Div. 2/2000         Accident
DNF   4  
Ford Mustang
Jacky Ickx, B
Gawaine Baillie, GB
4728 V8 Div. 3     10.28,3