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AvD Nürburgring Trophäe

Nürburgring Nordschleife, BRD

Date: 29/7/1972
Track length: 22.835 m
Attendance:
Entries accepted:
Starters: 33
Finishers:

Pole position: Fitzpatrick in 8.54,7
Fastest lap: Fitzpatrick in 8.56,5

Distance: 10 laps
Average speed:
Weather: Dry
Ruleset: Group 4
Car info:  

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As a support act to the German Grand Prix (compare that to Zandvoort...), another round of the GT championship took place at the Nürburgring. 33 starters, excluding Herbert Müller who had homologation problems with his Pantera. So the Porsche competition consisted mainly of two Chevrolets. Fitzpatrick scored the first sub-9 minutes lap, close to a time of a BMW CS, good enough for pole position.

He started badly, waiting for the flag to drop, while the other competitors knew that the raising of the flag meant (this year!): off we go. He was 8th at the first corner, but was in the lead after lap one, followed by Neuhaus and Haldi. Only Hoffmann could stay anywhere close to the Porsches, while Andersson had to start from last place but was tenth after lap 1. Fitzpatrick kept lapping below the 9 minute border and was never in danger of losing the race. Neuhaus finished second, Schickentanz third.


Race
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 Porsche Kremer Racing
Porsche 911 S
John Fitzpatrick, GB
2462 B6 +2000 10 laps in 1:30.08,4 1 8.54,7    
2 2 3 Porsche Zentrum Nordrhein
Porsche 911 S
Jürgen Neuhaus, D
2492 B6 +2000 10 laps in 1:30.45,1        
3 3 7 Dahl Kanal Racing
Porsche 911 S
Clemens Schickentanz, D
2492 B6 +2000 10 laps in 1:31.25,5        
4 4 5 Porsche Club Romand
Porsche 911 S
Claude Haldi, CH
2492 B6 +2000 10 laps in 1:32.16,6        
5 5 20 Autovermietung H. Kautz
Porsche 911 S
Hartmut Kautz, D
2492 B6 +2000 10 laps in 1:35.11,8        
6 6 19 Bonomelli Squadra Corse
Porsche 911 S
Ennio Bonomelli, I
2492 B6 +2000 10 laps in 1:35.12,0        
7 1 26 Team Kubero Racing
Porsche 911 T
Kurt Simonsen, S
1991 B6 -2000 10 laps in 1:36.13,4        
8 7 18 Auto Fox Racing
Chevrolet Camaro (!)
Peter Hoffmann, D
7000? V8 +2000 10 laps in 1:36.14,2        
9 8 11  
Porsche 911 E
Dominique Bardini, F
2494 B6 +2000 10        
10 9 21  
Porsche 911
Eugen Kiemele, D
2494 B6 +2000 10        
11 10 4 Strähle KG
Porsche 911 S
Günther Steckkönig, D
2494 B6 +2000 10        
12 2 33 ESRT
Porsche 911 S
Hans Hargarten, D
1991 B6 -2000          
13 11 22 Porsche Kremer Racing
Porsche 911
Franz-Josef Rieder, D
2492 B6 +2000          
14 3 30 Mannheim-Heidelberg-Sports-Touring-Club
VW-Porsche 914/6
Jim Doherty, USA
1991 B6 -2000          
15 4 27 Jägermeister Racing Team
VW-Porsche 914/6
Ekkehard Schimpf, D
1991 B6 -2000          
16 5 25 Porsche Club Romand
VW-Porsche 914/6
Jean-Bernard Canonica, CH
1991 B6 -2000          
17 6 28 Swiss-o-Par Racing Team
Porsche 911 T
Peter Rumpfkeil, D
1991 B6 -2000          
18 1 36 Formel Rennsport Club der Schweiz
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA
Hugo Renggli, CH
1570 L4 -1600          
19 2 39  
Lancia Fulvia HF
Bruno Beccaro, I
  V4 -1600          
DNF   9 Schiller Racing Team
Porsche 911 S
Florian Vetsch, CH
2492 B6 +2000 1       Engine
DNF   29 Renngemeinschaft MSC Langenfeld
VW-Porsche 914/6
Horst Sasse, D
1991 B6 2000          
DNF   34  
Porsche 911 T
Jürgen Kannacher, D
1991 B6 -2000          
DNF   14  
Porsche 911 S
Åke Andersson, S
2492 B6 +2000   33      
DNF   16 Formel Rennsport Club der Schweiz
Chevrolet Corvette
Joe Kretschi, CH
7000? V8 +2000         Gearbox
DNF   31 Steinmetz Automobiltechnik
Opel GT
Werner Christmann, D
1990 L4 -2000 2       Oil pump
DNF   32 Porsche-Flocke
Porsche 911 S
Horst Godel, D
2492 B6 +2000         Accident
DNF   40 Jolly Club Lugano
Lancia Fulvia HF
Paolo Zuercher, CH
  V4 -1600          
DNF   8 Team Kubero Racing
Porsche 911 S
Roland Larsson, S
2492 B6 +2000 9       Engine
DNF   24 Format Fahrzeugteile GmbH
VW-Porsche 914/6
Rolf Singenberger, CH
1991 B6 2000          
DNF   37 Alfa Romeo Hähn
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA
Dieter Sindermann, D
1570 L4 -1600          
DNF?   ?  
Porsche 911 T
Horst Klauke, D
1991 B6 -2000         Accident
DNS   ?  
De Tomaso Pantera
Herbert Müller, CH
5763 V8 +2000         Homologation problems