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ADAC-Norisring-Trophäe „200 Meilen von Nürnberg“

Norisring, Nürnberg, BRD

Date: 24/6/1979
Track length: 2.300 m
Attendance: 80.000
Entries accepted:
Starters: 19 (Div. 1); 24 (Div. 2)
Finishers: 13? (Div. 1); 14? (Div. 2)

Pole position: Wollek in 0.50,80 (Div. 1); Höttinger in 0.53,32 (Div. 2)
Fastest lap: Stommelen in 0.49,82 (Div. 1); Winkelhock in 0.54,49 (Div. 2)

Distance: 44 laps
Average speed: 153,93 kmh (Div. 1); 148,69 kmh (Div. 2)
Weather: Hot, rain at the start of the 200 mile race
Ruleset: Group 2-4 and 5
Car info: 1979 Cars

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Germany’s prime touring car event at the Norisring had, as usual, fine weather - until the 200 mile race...

Division 1
Loos thought his misery was over when Wollek clocked pole with his uprated car, which now had the air/air intercooler like Stommelen and Ludwig. The start however was won by Ludwig, Wollek followed closely - too close for comfort really, his oil temperature rose to 150 degrees and he lost power; in lap 10, he retired. Schurti took over, but he ran into temperature troubles as well, and had to let Fitzpatrick pass. Stommelen was unlucky too; he had to pit for suspension repairs and lost 8 laps. The “race within the race” for the BMW M1s was won by Stuck after Lauda retired.

Division 2
Höttinger’s car was now in fine shape, good handling and lots of power - what could go wrong? He got pole, albeit with a small margin over Heyer.
He took the lead after the start, shifted to second gear - and did not find it, nearly coming to a standstill with Winkelhock right behind! Heyer escaped and had a big lead, Winkelhock followed, closed right in and watched as Heyer needed all of his skills to stay ahead, with Winkelhock waiting for the error. Not a driver but a mechanical gremlin occurred: the distributor gave up, as so often. Heyer had to give up. Dauer, in the second Sachs car, came in with a damaged front (”Braun pushed me off”) and it became clear that this was not a Ford day when Ertl retired with the same distributor problem.
In the meantime, Höttinger had climbed to second again, though unable to close in on Winkelhock. Pirelli drivers Grohs and Ketterer retired too, but it was a BMW whitewash when Winkelhock crossed the line, followed by no less than 8 other 320s.

200 meilen
105.000 Deutschmarks at stake for the 7 fastest qualifiers from both divisions - and a heavy shower fell over the Norisring just before the start. Herbert Schnitzer wanted to start on slicks, unlike driver Winkelhock. But the old fox was right. Apart from Winkelhock, Höttinger, Brun, Ertl and Heyer made the same choice, the other started on rain tires.
After the start, Wollek came in with massive oil loss and retired, and from lap 4 onwards cars came in to change tires. Heyer was in the lead now, with Winkelhock close behind - again. Stommelen, who had changed early, started a fantastic hunt through the field while Ludwig retired with suspension problems. Heyer had another distributor failure - and while the rain stopped and the clouds lifted, it did not so above the Capri of Ertl, who blew his engine in a big way. Stommelen could fight down Winkelhock easy, like Fitzpatrick who finished second, but a third place for a division 2 car was a great result anyway.

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		 Klaus Ludwig, D
 3163 tc B6 Division 1 44 laps, 39.26,81 2 0.50,96    
2 2 53 Gelo Sportswear Team
Porsche 935-77A		 John Fitzpatrick, GB
 3100 tc B6 Division 1 44 laps, 39.45,28 5 0.52,26    
3 3 52 Gelo Sportswear Team
Porsche 935-77A		 Manfred Schurti, FL
 2994 tc B6 Division 1 44 laps, 39.48,98 3 0.51,51    
4 4 67 Liqui Moly Equipe
Porsche 935-77A		 Volkert Merl, D
 2994 tc B6 Division 1 44 laps, 40.19,03 7 0.52,87    
5 5 55 Porsche Kremer Racing
Porsche 935-77A		 Axel Plankenhorn, D
 2994 tc B6 Division 1 43 6 0.52,72    
6 6 56 Porsche Kremer Racing
Porsche 935 K3		 Louis Krages ("John Winter"), D
 2994 tc? B6 Division 1 43 8 0.54,41    
7 7 57 Sekurit Racing Team
Porsche 935-77A		 Dieter Schornstein, D
 2994 tc B6 Division 1 42 9 0.54,89    
8 1 80 Uher Cassani Racing Team
BMW M1		 Hans-Joachim Stuck, D
 3498 L6 Division 1/Group 2-4 42 10 0.55,25    
9 2 81 Manfred Winkelhock Racing
BMW M1		 Clay Regazzoni, CH
 3498 L6 Division 1/Group 2-4 42 12 0.55,44    
10 3 83 Air Press Winddeflectors
BMW M1		 Wolfgang Schütz, D
 3498 L6 Division 1/Group 2-4 42 16 0.55,79    
11 4 71 Autohaus Max Moritz
Porsche 934		 Edgar Dören, D
 2993 tc B6 Division 1/Group 2-4 42 17      
12 5 74  
Porsche 934		 Hans-Christian Jürgensen, D
 2993 tc B6 Division 1/Group 2-4 40 18      
13 6 73 Autohaus Max Moritz
Porsche 934		 "Harry Hirsch", D
 2993 tc B6 Division 1/Group 2-4 37 20      
14 7 66 Liqui Moly Equipe
Porsche 935-77A/2		 Rolf Stommelen, D
 3300 tc B6 Division 1 36 4 0.51,63 0.49,82 Suspension
DNF   58 Paul Mahlke
Porsche 935		 Klaus Böhm, D
 2857 tc B6 Division 1 32 19      
DNF   72 Autohaus Max Moritz
Porsche 934		 Jürgen Lässig, D
 2993 tc B6 Division 1/Group 2-4 14 14 0.55,71    
DNF   51 Gelo Sportswear Team
Porsche 935-77A/2		 Bob Wollek, F
 3297 tc B6 Division 1 10 1 0.50,80   Engine
DNF   82 Project Four Racing
BMW M1		 Niki Lauda, A
 3498 L6 Division 1/Group 2-4 10 11 0.55,26   Engine
DNF   85 Konrad Racing
BMW M1		 Franz Konrad, A
 3498 L6 Division 1/Group 2-4 3 13 0.55,52    
DNS   84 Brun
BMW M1		 Walter Brun, CH
 3498 L6 Division 1/Group 2-4   15 0.55,74    

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 4 Rodenstock Würth Team / Schnitzer
BMW 320 Turbo 1.4		 Manfred Winkelhock, D
 1428 tc L4 Division 2 44 laps, 40.50,28 3 0.53,37 0.54,49  
2 2 6 Jägermeister Racing Team / GS
BMW 320 Turbo 1.4		 Markus Höttinger, A
 1428 tc L4 Division 2 44 laps, 41.19,75 1 0.53,32    
3 3 22  
BMW 320 Turbo 1.4		 Karl-Heinz Becker, D
 1428 tc L4 Division 2 44 laps, 41.45,70 7 0.55,02    
4 4 16 Glysantin GS Rennsport Team
BMW 320		 Hans-Georg Bürger, D
 1990 L4 Division 2 43 9 0.56,10    
5 5 8 Fruit of the Loom / GS Sport
BMW 320		 Wolfgang Braun, D
 1990 L4 Division 2 42 14 0.56,98    
6 6 17 Team Lepitre Champagne
BMW 320		 Edy Brandenberger, CH
 1990 L4 Division 2 42 11 0.56,29    
7 7 11 Team Warsteiner TBS
BMW 320 Turbo 1.4		 Albrecht Krebs, D
 1428 tc L4 Division 2 42 13 0.56,76    
8 8 24 Autohaus Krankenberg GS Tuning
BMW 320		 Michael Krankenberg, D
 1990 L4 Division 2 41 15 0.58,99    
9 1 30 Cavallo Matras
BMW 320		 Winfried Vogt, D
 1990 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 39 19      
10 2 33 Ford Berkenkamp Racing
Ford Escort II RS 2.0		 Dieter Selzer, D
 1992 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 39 18      
11 3 34 RGA Sohler Ski Racing Team
BMW 320		 Dieter Kindlmann, D
 1990 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 39 20      
12 4 26 D&W Zakspeed
Ford Escort II RS		 Hans Soldeck, D
 1840 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 39 21      
13 5 31  
BMW 2002		 Jürgen Galle, D
 1990 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 37 22      
14 6 38 Kamei Autoextras
Opel Kadett GT/E		 Otto Kälberer, D
 ca. 2000 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 37 24      
DNF   12 Immo Klein Racing
Ford Escort II RS Turbo		 Mario Ketterer, D
 1427 tc L4 Division 2 32 10 0.56,21   Blown engine
DNF   9 Team Albert Rodenstock
BMW 320 Turbo 1.4		 Franz Albert, A
 1428 tc L4 Division 2 29 12 0.56,65    
DNF   5 Hohmann Automations Technik
BMW 320 Turbo 1.4		 Harald Grohs, D
 1428 tc L4 Division 2 28 5 0.54,40   Rear suspension
DNF   20 Caprez / Brun-Automaten
BMW 320 Turbo 1.4		 Walter Brun, CH
 1428 tc L4 Division 2 22 6 0.54,45   Fuel supply
DNF   1 Sachs Sporting
Ford Capri III Turbo		 Harald Ertl, A
 1427 tc L4 Division 2 20 4 0.54,07   Ignition
DNF   18  
BMW 320		 Lothar Wagner, D
 1990 L4 Division 2 17 16      
DNF   3 Mampe Ford Zakspeed
Ford Capri III Turbo		 Hans Heyer, D
 1427 tc L4 Division 2 14 2 0.53,35   Ignition
DNF   25  
Ford Escort II RS 2.0		 Wolfgang Boller, D
 1992 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 4 17      
DNF   2 Sachs Sporting
Ford Capri III Turbo		 Jochen Dauer, D
 1427 tc L4 Division 2 3 8 0.55,94   Accidenrt
DNF   32  
BMW 320		 Kurt König, D
 1990 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 2 23      

200 Meilen
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 66 Liqui Moly Equipe
Porsche 935-77A/2		 Rolf Stommelen, D
 3300 tc B6 Division 1 70 laps, 47.19,14        
2 2 53 Gelo Sportswear Team
Porsche 935-77A		 John Fitzpatrick, GB
 3100 tc B6 Division 1 70 laps, 47.30,14 5      
3 1 4 Rodenstock Würth Team / Schnitzer
BMW 320 Turbo 1.4		 Manfred Winkelhock, D
 1428 tc L4 Division 2 70 laps, 47.57,94        
4 3 55 Porsche Kremer Racing
Porsche 935-77A		 Axel Plankenhorn, D
 2994 tc B6 Division 1 70 laps, 48.14,44        
5 4 52 Gelo Sportswear Team
Porsche 935-77A		 Manfred Schurti, FL
 2994 tc B6 Division 1 69 3      
6 5 67 Liqui Moly Equipe
Porsche 935-77A		 Volkert Merl, D
 2994 tc B6 Division 1 68 7      
7 1 83 Air Press Winddeflectors
BMW M1		 Wolfgang Schütz, D
 3498 L6 Division 1/Group 2-4 67        
8 6 58 Paul Mahlke
Porsche 935		 Klaus Böhm, D
 2857 tc B6 Division 1 66        
9 2 8 Fruit of the Loom / GS Sport
BMW 320		 Wolfgang Braun, D
 1990 L4 Division 2 65        
10 3 17 Team Lepitre Champagne
BMW 320		 Edy Brandenberger, CH
 1990 L4 Division 2 65        
11 7 57 Sekurit Racing Team
Porsche 935-77A		 Dieter Schornstein, D
 2994 tc B6 Division 1          
DNF   54 Porsche Kremer Racing
Porsche 935 K3		 Klaus Ludwig, D
 3163 tc B6 Division 1         Suspension
DNF   51 Gelo Sportswear Team
Porsche 935-77A/2		 Bob Wollek, F
 3297 tc B6 Division 1 1       Oil pressure
DNF   56 Porsche Kremer Racing
Porsche 935 K3		 Louis Krages ("John Winter"), D
 2994 tc B6 Division 1          
DNF   3 Mampe Ford Zakspeed
Ford Capri III Turbo		 Hans Heyer, D
 1427 tc L4 Division 2   9     Distributor
DNF   7 Minolta Camera Racing
Lotus Europa		 Harald Ertl, A
 1428 tc L4 Division 2         Blown engine
DNS   1 Sachs Sporting
Ford Capri III Turbo		 Harald Ertl, A
 1427 tc L4 Division 2