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Int. AvD Deutschland Trophaë - Jim Clark Rennen

Hockenheim Motodrom, BRD

Date: 8/4/1979
Track length: 6.789 m
Attendance: 45.000
Entries accepted:
Starters: 17 (Div. 1); 30 (Div. 2)
Finishers: 10 (Div. 1); 11 (Div. 2)

Pole position: Wollek in 2.01,4 (Div. 1); Heyer in 2.07,3 (Div. 2)
Fastest lap: Ludwig in 2.02,8 (Div. 1); Heyer and Winkelhock in 2.09,1 (Div. 2)

Distance: 20 laps
Average speed: 197,04 kmh (Div. 1); 187,35 kmh (Div. 2)
Weather: Cool
Ruleset: Group 2-4 and 5
Car info: 1979 Cars

 

Since the 300 km rennen at the Nürburgring was canceled because of snow, round two took us to Hockenheim.

Division 1
Loos and Liqui Moly had to do something further than fine tuning or importing tires from the USA - the Kremer K3 was superior to the works cars. Porsche decided to build new bodywork for their customer cars Monday after the race. Although Ludwig qualified only fifth after engine troubles, but soon took the lead and had another race win. Team orders at Loos were misunderstood by Schurti, who let Fitzpatrick by since he had the impression that it was Wollek - but the latter had spun after a meeting with Stommelen.

Division 2
In practice, the Zakspeed Capris (Nussbaumer’s turbo Escort was absent) had problems with engines, clutches and propshafts, but still Heyer clocked pole though Winkelhock qualified second, only three-tenths behind to the astonishment of Zakowski. Ertl was third.
The race was full of excitement, a three way battle between Winkelhock, Grohs and Ertl with Heyer 30 meters in front of them; that’s the sort of race it was. And in lap 10 Heyer lost his lead to Ertl, while Grohs enters the pits with a damaged front. Heyer countered, and took the lead again while Winkelhock pushed Ertl to third. Heyer kept the lead to the end, Winkelhock stayed second and Ertl finished third. Höttinger was not capable to make any impression on the turbo cars and finished sixth, behind Krebs (who had a good race with a Schnitzer turbo engine) and Ketterer.

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 Porsche Kremer Racing
Porsche 935 K3 3.2		 Klaus Ludwig, D
 3163 tc B6 Division 1 20 laps, 41.20,7 5 2.02,2 2.02,8  
2 2 53 Gelo Sportswear Team
Porsche 935-77A		 John Fitzpatrick, GB
 2994 tc B6 Division 1 20 laps, 41.38,9 2 2.01,4    
3 3 52 Gelo Sportswear Team
Porsche 935-77A		 Manfred Schurti, FL
 2994 tc B6 Division 1 20 laps, 41.40,6 3 2.01,9    
4 4 66 Liqui Moly Equipe
Porsche 935-77A		 Rolf Stommelen, D
 2994 tc B6 Division 1 20 laps, 41.43,3 4 2.02,1    
5 5 51 Gelo Sportswear Team
Porsche 935-77A		 Bob Wollek, F
 3100 tc B6 Division 1 20 laps, 41.50,6 1 2.01,4    
6 6 55 Porsche Kremer Racing
Porsche 935-77A		 Axel Plankenhorn, D
 2994 tc B6 Division 1 20 laps, 42.15,9 6 2.07,0    
7 7 67 Liqui Moly Equipe
Porsche 935-77A		 Volkert Merl, D
 2994 tc B6 Division 1 19 7 2.07,7    
8 8 56 Porsche Kremer Racing
Porsche 935-77A		 Louis Krages ("John Winter"), D
 2994 tc B6 Division 1 19 9 2.12,1    
9 1 71? Autohaus Max Moritz
Porsche 934		 Edgar Dören, D
 2993 tc B6 Division 1/Group 2-4 19 10 2.14,1    
10 2 72 Autohaus Max Moritz
Porsche 934		 Jürgen Lässig, D
 2993 tc B6 Division 1/Group 2-4 18 13 2.20,0    
DNF      
Porsche Carrera RSR		 Marco Vanoli, CH
 2994 B6 Division 1/?Group 2-4 17 14      
DNF   73 Autohaus Max Moritz
Porsche 934		 "Harry Hirsch", D
 2993 tc B6 Division 1/Group 2-4 17 15      
DNF      
Lancia Stratos		 Heinz Tubbesing, D
 2418 V6 Division 1/?Group 2-4 16 16      
DNF   77?  
Opel Commodore		 Günther Ergenzinger, D
   L6 Division 1/Group 2-4 15 17      
DNF   57 Sekurit Racing Team
Porsche 935-77A		 Dieter Schornstein, D
 2994 tc B6 Division 1 11 8 2.10,0   Drive shaft
DNF   80 Paul Mahlke
Porsche 935		 Ralf-Dieter Schreiber, D
 2857 tc B6 Division 1 9 11 2.14,6    
DNF   83  
Porsche 934		 Hans-Christian Jürgensen, D
 2993 tc B6 Division 1/Group 2-4 4 12 2.16,4    

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 20 laps, 43.29,1 1 2.07,3 2.09,1  
2 2 4 Rodenstock Würth Team / Schnitzer
BMW 320 Turbo 1.4		 Manfred Winkelhock, D
 1428 tc L4 Division 2 20 laps, 43.32,6 2 2.07,6 2.09,1  
3 3 1 Sachs Sporting
Ford Capri III Turbo		 Harald Ertl, A
 1427 tc L4 Division 2 20 laps, 43.37,8 3 2.08,5    
4 4 11 Team Warsteiner TBS
BMW 320 Turbo 1.4		 Albrecht Krebs, D
 1428 tc L4 Division 2 20 laps, 45.25,6 7 2.13,3    
5 5 12 Immo Klein Racing
Ford Escort II RS Turbo		 Mario Ketterer, D
 1427 tc L4 Division 2 19 6 2.13,0    
6 6 6 Jägermeister Racing Team / GS
BMW 320		 Markus Höttinger, A
 1990 L4 Division 2 19 8 2.14,0    
7 7 7 Jägermeister Racing Team / GS
BMW 320		 Ekkehard Schimpf, D
 1990 L4 Division 2 18 12      
8 8 47  
BMW 320 Turbo 1.4		 Karl-Heinz Becker, D
 1428 tc L4 Division 2 18 13      
9 9    
BMW 320		 Michael Krankenberg, D
 1990 L4 Division 2 18 18      
10 1 25  
Ford Escort II RS 2.0		 Wolfgang Boller, D
 1992 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 18 LAPS, 44.52,9 16 2.28,8?    
11 2 30 Cavallo Matras
BMW 320		 Winfried Vogt, D
 1990 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 18 17 2,28,3?    
DNF   31  
BMW 2002		 Jürgen Galle, D
 1990 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 17 24      
DNF   44 Renngemeinschaft Sieglar
Audi 80		 Hagen Arlt, D
 1596 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 17 23      
DNF   43 MSTC Erbach
BMW 2002		 Hans Weissgerber, D
 1990 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 16 19      
DNF   48  
BMW 2002		 Günter Schneider, D
 1990 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 16 25      
DNF   24 Alfa-Isert
Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV Turbo		 Herbert Lingmann, D
 1421 tc L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 16 14      
DNF   36 RK-Tuning Köln-Opel Haus Hennef
Opel Kadett GT/E		 Mathias Bungard, D
 ca. 2000 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 16 28      
DNF   18  
BMW 320		 Lothar Wagner, D
 1990 L4 Division 2 15 15      
DNF   27 IFM Efector
BMW 320		 Rolf Rummel, D
 1990 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 15 20      
DNF   34  
BMW 320		 Matthias Mohne, D
 1990 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 11 21      
DNF   46? Glysantin GS Rennsport Team
BMW 320		 Hans-Georg Bürger, D
 1990 L4 Division 2 11 9 2.15,0    
DNF   23 Hohmann Automations Technik
BMW 320 Turbo 1.4		 Harald Grohs, D
 1428 tc L4 Division 2 10 4 2.11,1   Accident
DNF   39  
BMW 320		 Peter Schumacher, D
 1990 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 7 27      
DNF   8 Fruit of the Loom / GS Sport
BMW 320		 Wolfgang Braun, D
 1990 L4 Division 2 5 11      
DNF   40  
BMW 2002		 Gerhard Lässig, D
 1990 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 5 26      
DNF   17 Scuderia Baselia
BMW 320		 Edy Brandenberger, CH
 1990 L4 Division 2 4 10 2.19,2    
DNF      
Audi 80		 Bernd Lilier, D
 1596 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 2 29      
DNF   21 Caprez / Brun-Automaten
BMW 320 Turbo 1.4		 Walter Brun, CH
 1428 tc L4 Division 2 2 5 2.12,9    
DNF   29 Autohaus Hartge BMW
BMW 320		 Herbert Hartge, D
 1990 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 1 22      
DNF   33 MSC Bad Cannstadt
VW Scirocco		 Erich Kornmann, D
 1596 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4   30