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12. ADAC-Flugplatzrennen Diepholz

Diepholz, BRD

Date: 22/7/1979
Track length: 2.600 m
Attendance: 18.000
Entries accepted:
Starters: 19 (Div. 1); 23 (Div. 2)
Finishers: 13 (Div. 1); 12 (Div. 2)

Pole position: Schurti in 0.53,84 (Div. 1); Heyer in 0.54,76 (Div. 2)
Fastest lap: Ludwig in 0.53,45 (Div. 1); Höttinger in 0.54,24 (Div. 2)

Distance: 40 laps
Average speed: 168,81 kmh (Div. 1); 164,26 kmh (Div. 2)
Weather: Rain during division 2 race
Ruleset: Group 2-4 and 5
Car info: 1979 Cars

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Division 1
Bob Wollek had been tight-lipped during the season, but he was furious now after the race - telling the Kremer Porsche always spread oil, right on his windscreen; so he had to miss breaking points. It’s hard to imagine that that had been Wollek’s main problem this season so far, but still.
Loos had found no reason to quit, Wollek’s car had been in the factory and got a new rear suspension and a couple of other errors were cured. The car’s oversteering was reduced, but the oil-crisis made it difficult to judge the improvement, even for Georg Loos... Plankenhorn now had a K3-ish car, the 1978 Wollek car with the upside-down gearbox, aero improvements but it lacked many details of Ludwig's car.
In practice, Wollek crashed into the tires which formed the chicane, and opening it for Schurti who promptly got pole!
After the start, Schurti led for four full laps, until Ludwig went by and when Schurti was pushed to third by Wollek he had a nice fight with Stommelen; when they both spun (with oil on the windscreen, remember) Stommelen was eventually third. Of course, Ludwig won again in fine style, and a clear windscreen, driving ahead is the best solution anyway.
Mass won the Group 2-4 class after a fight with Konrad, while Regazzoni hit a tire and retired.

Division 2
Heyer was confident that his 55,58 seconds were good enough for provisional pole, but late in the session Ertl went out and improved to 55,35. Winkelhock took the soft compound tires, went out and blew his turbo; in the second session, he tried again but oil lost by a Group 2 car spoiled his lap. Heyer, in the mean time had improved before the oil was on the track and had pole. The Sachs-rentadrive Capri was driven this time by Klaus Niedzwiedz who was seventh of the grid despite many problems in practice.
In the race, after 12 laps rain started to fall; the race was red flagged and started over again, for 30 laps this time. The 8 minutes pause was used by the Schnitzer mechanics to replace an exhaust, 2 radiators and to correct the front suspension, after a collision with a group 2 BMW. The car looked terrible - but it got going again. Ertl had the same sort of problem after a touch with Boller’s Escort - a radiator was replaced but after the new start his head gasket blew within four laps.
Team mate Heyer had an untroubled run to victory, with Höttinger - plagued by handling troubles - a distant second. In third: Winkelhock with a boiling engine and a door on fire.

Division 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 1 54 Mampe Kremer Team
Porsche 935 K3		 Klaus Ludwig, D
 3163 tc B6 Division 1 40 laps, 36.54,9 2 0.53,9 0.53,45  
2 2 51 Gelo Sportswear Team
Porsche 935-77A/2		 Bob Wollek, F
 3297 tc B6 Division 1 40 laps, 37.01,2 4 0.55,18    
3 3 66 Liqui Moly Equipe
Porsche 935-77A/2		 Rolf Stommelen, D
 3300 tc B6 Division 1 40 laps, 37.15,2 5 0.55,36    
4 4 52 Gelo Sportswear Team
Porsche 935-77A		 Manfred Schurti, FL
 2994 tc B6 Division 1 40 laps, 37.22,9 1 0.53,84    
5 5 55 Porsche Kremer Racing
Porsche 935 K3		 Axel Plankenhorn, D
 2994 tc B6 Division 1 40 laps, 37.45,80 6 0.55,77    
6 6   FG Werbe-Recing GmbH
Porsche 935		 Franz Gschwendtner, D
 2857 tc B6 Division 1 39 17      
7 7 67 Liqui Moly Equipe
Porsche 935-77A		 Volkert Merl, D
 2994 tc B6 Division 1 39 14      
8 1 80 Team Warsteiner
BMW M1		 Jochen Mass, D
 3498 L6 Division 1/Group 2-4 38 7      
9 2 82 Konrad Racing
BMW M1		 Franz Konrad, A
 3498 L6 Division 1/Group 2-4 37 9      
10 8   Sekurit Racing Team
Porsche 935-77A		 Dieter Schornstein, D
 2994 tc B6 Division 1 37 12      
11 3 71 Autohaus Max Moritz
Porsche 934		 Edgar Dören, D
 2993 tc B6 Division 1/Group 2-4 37 10      
12 4 73 Autohaus Max Moritz
Porsche 934		 "Harry Hirsch", D
 2993 tc B6 Division 1/Group 2-4 34 16      
13 ?5    
Porsche Carrera RSR		 Peter Bulian, D
 2994 B6 Division 1/?Group 2-4 32 19      
DNF      
Porsche 935		 Jan Lundgårdh, S
 2857 tc B6 Division 1 20 11      
DNF      
Porsche 934		 Hans-Christian Jürgensen, D
 2993 tc B6 Division 1/Group 2-4 18 15      
DNF   81 Manfred Winkelhock Racing
BMW M1		 Clay Regazzoni, CH
 3498 L6 Division 1/Group 2-4 16 18     Accident damage
DNF   72 Autohaus Max Moritz
Porsche 934		 Jürgen Lässig, D
 2993 tc B6 Division 1/Group 2-4 6 13      
DNF   53 Gelo Sportswear Team
Porsche 935-77A		 John Fitzpatrick, GB
 2994 tc B6 Division 1 5 3 0.54,48    
DNF   56 Porsche Kremer Racing
Porsche 935 K3		 Louis Krages ("John Winter"), D
 2994 tc B6 Division 1   8      

Division 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 1 3 Mampe Ford Zakspeed
Ford Capri III Turbo		 Hans Heyer, D
 1427 tc L4 Division 2 30 laps, 28.29,5 1 0.54,76    
2 2 6 Jägermeister Racing Team / GS
BMW 320 Turbo 1.4		 Markus Höttinger, A
 1428 tc L4 Division 2 30 laps, 28.33,0 5 0.57,05    
3 3 4 Rodenstock Würth Team / Schnitzer
BMW 320 Turbo 1.4		 Manfred Winkelhock, D
 1428 tc L4 Division 2 30 laps, 28.51,9 3 0.55,79    
4 4 2 Sachs Sporting
Ford Capri III Turbo		 Klaus Niedzwiedz, D
 1427 tc L4 Division 2 30 laps, 28.57,5 7      
5 5 12 Immo Klein Racing
Ford Escort II RS Turbo		 Mario Ketterer, D
 1427 tc L4 Division 2 29 6 0.57,22    
6 1 30 Cavallo Matras
BMW 320		 Winfried Vogt, D
 1990 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 27 14      
7 6 23 Willy F Racing
BMW 320		 Preben Kristoffersen, DK
 1990 L4 Division 2 27 10      
8 2 32  
BMW 320		 Kurt König, D
 1990 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 26 16      
9 3 28 Rhein-Ruhr Racing Team
BMW 320		 Dieter Hegels, D
 1990 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 26 18      
10 4 26  
Ford Escort II RS ?2.0		 Georg Stummeyer, D
   L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 25 12      
11 5 29  
BMW 320		 Peter Schumacher, D
 1990 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 25 21      
12 6 36  
Alpine A 110 1600S		 Rob Redeker, NL
 1565 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 25 23      
DNF     Renngemeinschaft Sieglar
Audi 80		 Hagen Arlt, D
 1596 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 17 20      
DNF   31  
BMW 2002		 Jürgen Galle, D
 1990 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 15 17      
DNF   13  
BMW 320 Turbo 1.4		 Karl-Heinz Becker, D
 1428 tc L4 Division 2 11 13      
DNF   24 Kamei Autoextras
Opel Kadett GT/E		 Otto Kälberer, D
 ca. 2000 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 11 19      
DNF   16 Glysantin GS Rennsport Team
BMW 320		 Hans-Georg Bürger, D
 1990 L4 Division 2 6 4 0.56,43   Accident
DNF     D&W Zakspeed
Ford Escort II RS		 Hans Soldeck, D
 1840 L4 Division 2 4 15     Accident
DNF   17 Team Lepitre Champagne
BMW 320		 Edy Brandenberger, CH
 1990 L4 Division 2 4 9      
DNF   25  
Ford Escort II RS 2.0		 Wolfgang Boller, D
 1992 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 4 11      
DNF   38  
BMW 2002		 Wolfgang Rompa, D
 1990 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 4 22      
DNF   1 Sachs Sporting
Ford Capri III Turbo		 Harald Ertl, A
 1427 tc L4 Division 2 1 2 0.55,35    
DNF   11 Team Warsteiner TBS
BMW 320 Turbo 1.4		 Albrecht Krebs, D
 1428 tc L4 Division 2   8