Pole position: Stuck in 8.59,7 (div. 2), Menzel in 9.12,8 (div. 1)
Fastest lap: Stuck in 9.05,6 (div. 2), Menzel in 9.09,9 (div. 1)
Distance: 6 laps = 137,01 km
Average speed: 149,56 kmh
Weather: Dry
Ruleset: Group 2/70, group 4/71
Car info: 1972 Cars
In division 2, favourite was Menzel in the Zakspeed Escort, whose practice time was good for division 2 pole and second overall. Main opposition was Ertl in the Alpina 2002, while Christmann in the Opel GT was third fastest. Some more Escorts (although Wooding was far from ready - Struckmann had to do with an ex-Safari rally car) and 2002’s provided a good field. Division 1 should be the Hans Stuck show; just like Jochen Mass in 1971, he should win the title this year with his up to date works car. The opposition from Porsche proved too weak; Kremer did not turn up, Fröhlich was slower than last year, despite 50 HP more and a faster track; Schickentanz tried but decided to give it a miss on Sunday. So apart from the only competitive BMW of Joisten, who had to start way back because of various problems, the competition came from Ford; Fritzinger and Paul Neerpasch brought ex-works 1971 cars, still on 13” wheels. Mass (who was here anyway for F2) nearly destroyed the Bulova car in Saturday’s free practice, trying to find the best set-up for the softly-sprung Engeman car. 35 cars minus Odenthal (she started from the pits after a while) took the Indianapolis start with Fröhlich in the lead - but a 1-minute penalty was his after he jumped the start. Soon, Stuck took over, followed by Menzel, Fritzinger, Ertl and Basche. Westbury retired soon with ignition problems, but had witnessed an incident: “Engeman braked surprisingly hard just in front of me, I managed to stay clear but Christmann behind me was rammed, a few cars spun.” Fröhlich was touched by Ertl and retired as well. After lap 2, the order was Stuck, Fritzinger, Menzel, Ertl, Schütz (Capri), Joisten, Nakaten and Engeman. After lap 3, Hegels retired, while Fritzinger could only just stay ahead of Menzel, the final order was reached in lap 4. A fine victory for Ford, with new team director Kranefuss in charge for the first time. |
Division 1 and 2
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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 | Ford Köln Ford Capri RS 2600 |
Hans-Joachim Stuck, D |
2940 | V6 | Div. 1 | 6 laps, 54.58,0 | 1 | 8.59,7 | 9.05,6 | ||
2 | 2 | Ford Capri RS 2600 |
Klaus Fritzinger, D |
2940 | V6 | Div. 1 | 6 laps, 55.40,8 | 3 | 9.21,1 | |||
3 | 1 | Team Zakspeed Ford Escort RS 1600 |
Harald Menzel, D |
1786 | L4 | Div. 2 | 6 laps, 55.42,0 | 2 | 9.12,8 | 9.09,9 | ||
4 | 2 | 30 | BMW-Alpina BMW 2002 |
Harald Ertl, A |
1990 | L4 | Div. 2 | 6 laps, 56.05,5 | 4 | ca. 9.12 | ||
5 | 3 | Faltz-Alpina Essen BMW 2800 CS |
Hans-Peter Joisten, D |
2996 | L6 | Div. 1 | 6 laps, 57.41,5 | b12 | 13.09,1 | |||
6 | 4 | Bulova Capri Team Paul Neerpasch Ford Capri RS 2600 |
Liane Engeman, NL |
2940 | V6 | Div. 1 | 6 laps, 58.07,6 | b5 | ||||
7 | 3 | Texaco Team Wooding Ford Escort RS 1600 |
Jörg Obermoser, D |
ca. 1800 | L4 | Div. 2 | 6 laps, 58.12,2 | a21 | ||||
8 | 4 | BMW Tuning H. Philipp Müller KG BMW 2002 |
Dieter Nakaten, D |
1990 | L4 | Div. 2 | 6 laps, 58.25,1 | a5 | ||||
9 | 5 | Dahl Kanal Ford Capri RS 2600 |
Waltraud Odenthal, D |
2940 | V6 | Div. 1 | 6 laps, 59.17,0 | b7 | ||||
10 | 5 | Texaco Team Wooding Ford Escort RS 1600 |
Walter Struckmann, D |
ca. 1800 | L4 | Div. 2 | 6 laps, 1:00.24,4 | a7 | ||||
11 | 6 | BMW 2002 |
Hugo Kathmann, D |
1990 | L4 | Div. 2 | 6 laps, 1:00.37,7 | a14 | ||||
12 | 7 | Opel Kadett |
Otto Kälberer, D |
ca. 2000 | L4 | Div. 2 | 6 laps, 1:00.53,8 | a13 | ||||
13 | 6 | BMW 2800 CS |
Bert Lips, D |
2996 | L6 | Div. 1 | 6 laps, 1:01.47,3 | b8 | ||||
14 | 7 | Renngemeinschaft Sieglar Ford Capri RS 2600 |
Hubert Richarz, D |
2940? | V6 | Div. 1 | 6 laps, 1:03.23,2 | b10 | ||||
15 | 8 | MSC Siegerland Opel Ascona |
Ernst-Dieter Klotzeck, D |
ca. 2000 | L4 | Div. 2 | 6 laps, 1:03.55,5 | a20 | ||||
16 | 9 | BMW 2002 |
Erich Schormann, D |
1990 | L4 | Div. 2 | 6 laps, 1:04.02,8 | a17 | ||||
17 | 10 | Nothelle Tuning NSU 1200 TT |
Walter Piel, D |
ca. 1300 | L4 | Div. 2 | 6 laps, 1:05.32,5 | a16 | ||||
18? | 8 | Ford Capri RS 2600 |
Manfred Herbertz, D |
2940? | V6 | Div. 1 | 5 | b11 | ||||
19? | 11 | GS Tuning BMW 2002 |
Dieter Basche, D |
1990 | L4 | Div. 2 | 5 | a4 | 9.35,7 | Flat tire | ||
20? | 12 | Fiat 128 |
Paul Krischel, D |
1290 | L4 | Div. 2 | 5 | a19 | ||||
21? | 9 | Porsche Kremer Racing Porsche 911 S |
Franz-Josef Rieder, D |
2494 | B6 | Div. 1 | 4 | b9 | ||||
22? | 13 | Ford Escort RS 1600 |
Bernard Schmitz-Moormann, D |
ca. 1800 | L4 | Div. 2 | 4 | a11 | Accident | |||
23? | 14 | Team Zakspeed Ford Escort RS 1600 |
Alois Roppes, D |
1786 | L4 | Div. 2 | 4 | a12 | ||||
24? | 15 | BMW 2002 |
Bernd Henne, D |
1990 | L4 | Div. 2 | 4 | a9 | ||||
DNF | Ford Capri RS 2600 |
Heinz Schütz, D |
2940? | V6 | Div. 1 | 3 | b4 | |||||
DNF | Auto Fox Wiesbaden Alfa Romeo 2000 GTAm |
Albrecht Krebs, D |
1999 | L4 | Div. 2 | 3 | a8 | 9.57,3 | Engine | |||
DNF | BMW 2002 |
Norbert Jülicher, D |
1990 | L4 | Div. 2 | 3 | b15 | Clutch | ||||
DNF | BMW 2002 |
Peter Kuhlmann, D |
1990 | L4 | Div. 2 | 3 | b18 | |||||
DNF | Texaco Team Wooding Ford Escort RS 1600 |
Gerhard Schüler, D |
ca. 1800 | L4 | Div. 2 | 3 | a22 | Engine | ||||
DNF | BMW 2002 |
Dieter Hegels, D |
1990 | L4 | Div. 2 | 3 | a10 | Clutch | ||||
DNF | Ford Gerstmann Racing Team Ford Capri RS 2600 |
Sigmund Ogrodowcyk, D |
2940? | V6 | Div. 1 | 2 | b13 | |||||
DNF | 16 | Porsche Zentrum Nordrhein Porsche 911 S |
Dieter Fröhlich, D |
2494 | B6 | Div. 1 | 2 | 6 | 9.32,9 | Accident | ||
DNF | Steinmetz Automobiltechnik Opel Commodore GS |
Hans-Wilhelm Ridder, D |
2998 | L6 | Div. 1 | 2 | b6 | Accident | ||||
DNF | Koepchen BMW Tuning BMW 2002 |
Peter Westbury, GB |
1990 | L4 | Div. 2 | 1 | a6 | 9.47,3 | Head gasket | |||
DNF | Opel GT |
Werner Christmann, D |
1990 | L4 | Div. 2 | 1 | 5 | 9.31,6 | Accident | |||
DNS | Texaco Team Wooding Ford Escort RS 1600 |
Peter Cramer, D |
ca. 1800 | L4 | Div. 2 | 11.42,7? | ||||||
DNS | Porsche 911 S |
Clemens Schickentanz, D |
2494 | B6 | Div. 1 | ? |
Remarks: a div 2 practice position b div 1 practice position