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Austria-Trophäe Salzburgring

Salzburgring, Austria

Date: 18/4/1976
Track length: 4.255 m
Attendance: 15.000-20.000
Entries accepted: unknown
Starters: 24
Finishers: unknown

Pole position: de Fierlant/Nève in 1.30,55
Fastest lap: Nève in 1.29,465

Distance: 4 hours
Average speed: 165,057 kmh
Weather:
Ruleset: Group 2/76
Car info: 1976 Cars

 

This was the second round of the 1976 ETCC. The entry was a little better than Monza; to compensate for the missing Jaguar, Leyland sent a Dolomite Sprint with the pairing Bell/Hobbs. Despite a carburettor ex-rally engine, the car was little slower than the Zakspeed Escort. The latter one was supposed to have its oil surge problems fixed; on the other hand, the very fast Menden Scirocco of Fröhlich/Mohr had a big engine failure in the qualifying session. Luigi had brought three BMW this time, who occupied the front of the grid.

After the start, the BMW took the lead, followed by the Zakspeed Escort, the Dolomite and the Scirocco, who passed the spectacular driven Leyland car soon after. Tire problems prevented the McMahon Escort of mixing with the big boys. Zakspeed had troubles, too: a broken oil pump meant the end. The Dolomite had a valve rocker replaced but retired soon afterwards. The Luigi BMW lessened their pace, and while Nève was supposed to let by team leaders Xhenceval and Dieudonné, the young Belgian was not prepared to stand down. Behind the 1.6 Scirocco in fourth position, the Autovama Alfetta took fifth spot.


Division 1-4
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 39 Luigi Racing
BMW 3.0 CSL
Hughes de Fierlant, B
Patrick Nève, B
3196 L6 Div. 4 156 laps, 4:00.26,43 1 1.30,55 1.29,46  
2 2 38 Luigi Racing
BMW 3.0 CSL
Jean Xhenceval, B
Pierre Dieudonné, B
3196 L6 Div. 4 156 2 1.32,25    
3 3 36 Luigi Racing
BMW 3.0 CSL
Alain Corbisier, B
Eddy Joosen, B
3196 L6 Div. 4 147 6 1.35,39    
4 1 26 Team Menden
VW Scirocco
Dieter Fröhlich, D
Manfred Mohr, D
1596 L4 Div. 2 145 9 1.38,45    
5 2 17 Autovama Firenze
Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV
Amerigo "Joe" Bigliazzi, I
Vittorio Ciardi, I
1985 L4 Div. 2 144 10 1.38,60    
6 3 18 Scuderia Gulf Rondini, Scuderia Città dei Mille
Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV
Duilio Ghislotti, I
Romeo Camathias, I
1962 L4 Div. 2 143 8 1.38,44    
7 4 40 Ford Racing Team Diermeier
Ford Mustang
Josef "Sepp" Reiter, D
Alfons Reiter, D
  V8 Div. 4 142 12 1.39,58    
8 4 24 Faltz-Alpina Essen
BMW 2002
Peter Ochs, D
Wolfgang Gunetsreiner, D
1990 L4 Div. 2 140 11 1.39,57    
9 5 15 Derek McMahon racing
Ford Escort II RS
Alec Poole, IRL
John Handley, GB
1840 L4 Div. 2 140 7 1.38,08    
10 6 25 Jolly Club Switzerland
Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV
Tarcisio Fornera, CH
Franz di Erlenbach, CH
1962 L4 Div. 2 139 13 1.39,64    
11 1 30 Arian Automotive Developments
Mazda Savanna RX-3
John Markey, GB
David Palmer, GB
2 x 491 R2 Div. 3 128 14 1.39,96    
12 7 20  
Triumph Dolomite Sprint Gr. 1
Alex Reiner, A
Norbert Neumann, D
Werner Ausserhofer, A
1998 L4 Div. 2 128 21 1.48,53    
13 1 7  
Fiat 128 coupé 1300
Heinz Tubbesing, D
Rüdiger Schmitt, D
1290 L4 Div. 1 127 15 1.41,03    
14 2 4  
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior
Hans-Dieter Kromer, A
Dieter Tauchner, A
1290 L4 Div. 1 124 24 1.52,65    
15 2 31 Elan Racing Team
BMW 3.0 CS
Heribert Werginz, A
Ruedi Kroker, A
2985 L6 Div. 3 123 25 1.52,79    
16 3 32 AMC Attnang
BMW 3.0 CS
Franz Poppenreither, A
André Lachinger Jr, A
2985 L6 Div. 3 114 19 1.44,4    
DNF?   5 Elan Racing Team
Steyr-Fiat 128
Franz Zeh, A
Franz Sahl, A
1290 L4 Div. 1   23 1.52,40    
DNF?   16  
Opel Ascona
Gianpaolo Toia, I
Paolo Pozzi, I
1897 L4 Div. 2   22 1.52,20    
DNF?   21 ÖASC Racing Team
Triumph Dolomite Sprint
Josef Chalupa, A
Ernst Chalupa, A
1998 L4 Div. 2   18 1.43,16?    
DNF?   22 Team Menzenbach
BMW 2002
Tripo Gölz, A
Egon Timmer, A
1990 L4 Div. 2   17 1.42,18    
DNF?   19  
BMW 2002
Franz Prentzel, D
Wolfgang Dimmendaal, D
1990 L4 Div. 2   16 1.41,16    
DNF?   33 Bosch Racing Team Vienna
Mazda Savanna RX-3
Ernst Hamberger, A
Heinz Einberger, A
2 x 491 R2 Div. 3   5 1.35,31    
DNF?   2 Jolly Club Milano
Alfa Romeo 1300 GT Junior
Giancarlo Galimberti, I
Fausto Carello, I
1290 L4 Div. 1   20 1.48,33    
DNF   11 Leyland Cars
Triumph Dolomite Sprint
Derek Bell, GB
David Hobbs, GB
1998 L4 Div. 2 ca. 70 4 1.35,31   Rocker
DNF   10 Castrol Team Zakspeed
Ford Escort II RS
Siegfried Müller Jr, D
Martino Finotto, I
1840 L4 Div. 2 37 3 1.35,05   Oil pump
DNQ?   6 ARBÖ Tirol
Simca Rallye 2
Josef Thaler, A
Edgar Stöckl, A
1294 L4 Div. 1          
DNQ?   34 Sansui Stereo High Fidelity
Ford Capri 3000 GTR
Johann Scheidl, A
Johann Paul, A
2993 V6 Div. 3