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XXV. ADAC 1000 KM Rennen

Nürburgring Nordschleife, BRD

Date: 3/6/1979
Track length: 22.835 m
Attendance:
Entries accepted: 80
Starters: 48
Finishers: 22

Pole position: Stommelen in 7.32,2 = 181,791 kmh
Fastest lap: Stommelen in 7.41,9 = 177,974 kmh

Distance: 44 laps
Average speed: 168,588 kmh
Weather: Hot and humid
Ruleset: Group 1-6/76
Car info: 1979 Cars

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The 25th 1000 km race wasn’t as exciting as was hoped for. There were no Group 1 cars this year, but a handful of sportscars was added of which one was in the top-ten (on pole really!), but the Joest-Porsche 908 retired early.
There were some star drivers entered, like Redman and Pescarolo (Loos), Bell (Liqui Moly) and Lammers (Zakspeed), but still it looked more like a long-distance DRM race with some teams missing.
Harald Ertl had built his dream-Group 5 car, a Lotus Europa with Zakspeed turbo engine, and drove it together with Heyer.

The Kremer-K3 took the lead after the start, with Wollek second. But both soon ran into tire troubles, though when the Joest-908 retired the Wollek car was in the lead with the second Loos car following - until that car retired. The Kremer car, seemingly unhampered by broken engine mounts, came up through the field and even took the lead again but after the pit stop it was Fitzpatrick in the lead, with 10 seconds in hand from Ludwig. The run to the flag was exciting at last, Ludwig coming very close to the tail of Fitz on the last straight. Ludwig radioed for permission to increase the turbo boost (granted), he came aside with the Loos car and then... a big bang and in a could of smoke Ludwig crossed the line in second place, 400 metres after Fitzpatrick!

Division 1 was won by the atmo-Jägermeister car of Schimpf/Bürger after all five Zakspeed-entered cars (two Capris, one Lotus and two Group 2 Escorts) retired. The Lancia had been in the lead of the class for five hours until the engine expired.


Overall result
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 6 Gelo Racing Team
Porsche 935-77A
Manfred Schurti, FL
John Fitzpatrick, GB
Bob Wollek, F
3300 tc B6 Group 5/Div. 2 44 laps, 5:57.35,1 5 7.44,3    
2 2/2 2 Porsche Kremer
Porsche 935 K3
Klaus Ludwig, D
Axel Plankenhorn, D
2994 tc B6 Group 5/Div. 2 44 laps, 5:57.46,8 2 7.37,6    
3 3/3 9 Gelo Racing Team
Porsche 935-77A
Brian Redman, GB
Henri Pescarolo, F
(John Fitzpatrick, GB)
  B6 Group 5/Div. 2 43 4 7.43,0    
4 4/4 7 Sekurit Racing Team
Porsche 935-77A
Dieter Schornstein, D
Edgar Dören, D
Götz von Tschirnhaus, D
  B6 Group 5/Div. 2 43 8 7.55,9    
5/NRF 5/5 1 Liqui Moly Joest Racing
Porsche 935-77A
Volkert Merl, D
Derek Bell, GB
Rolf Stommelen, D
  B6 Group 5/Div. 2 41 10 8.04,2    
6 6/1 25 Jägermeister Racing Team
BMW 320
Ekkehard Schimpf, D
Hans-Georg Bürger, D
(Toni Fischhaber, D)
1990 L4 Group 5/Div. 1 41 13 8.26,2    
7 1 44 Autohaus Max Moritz
Porsche 934
Jürgen Lässig, D
Gerhard Holup, D
Hermann-Peter Duge, D
2993 tc B6 Group 4 40 14 8.35,6    
8 2 45 Hahn Sportwagen GmbH
Porsche Carrera RSR
Klaus Utz, D
Armin Jahn, D
2994 B6 Group 4 40 20 8.49,9    
9 7/6 8  
Porsche 935-77A
Jan Lundgårdh, S
Eberhard Braun, D
  B6 Group 5/Div. 2 39        
10 3 47  
Porsche Carrera RSR
Angelo Pallavicini, CH
Enzo Calderari, CH
Marco Vanoli, CH
2994 B6 Group 4 39 28 9.19,6    
11 4 52 Simca NS Motorsport
Porsche Carrera RSR
Wolfgang Walter, D
Werner Prinz, D
Ludwig Nett, D
2994 B6 Group 4 38 25 9.12,2    
12 1/1 114  
Lola-BMW T390
Peter Groh, D
Roland Binder, D
1990 L4 Sports -2000 37 11 8.19,5    
13 5 46 Norddeutscher Automobilclub
Porsche Carrera RS
Jürgen Oppermann, D
Joachim Oppermann, D
2994 B6 Group 4 36 24 9.06,7    
14 6 40  
Porsche Carrera
Thierry Perrier, F
Roger Carmillet, F
  B6 Group 4 36        
15 7 53 Norddeutscher Automobilclub
Porsche Carrera
Matthias Loerper, D
Karl-Josef Römer, D
  B6 Group 4 36        
16 1 84 KWS Autotechnik Team
Ford Escort RS 2000
Rolf Rosenkranz, D
Hans-Günther Stoffel, D
1993 L4 Group 2 36        
17 2 89 Yale Stapler Team
BMW 2002
Heiner Müller, D
Lothar von Stein, D
Peter Paul Biewald, D
1990 L4 Group 2 35        
18 8/2 23 Lancia Squadra Corse
Lancia Beta Montecarlo
Riccardo Patrese, I
Walter Röhrl, D
1425 tc L4 Group 5/Div. 1 34 7 7.55,5   Oil pipe
19/NRF 3 85 Ford Berkenkamp Racing
Ford Escort RS 2000
Matthias Schneider, D
Holger Soltwedel, D
Winfried Maiworm, D
1993 L4 Group 2 34        
20/NRF 9/3 82 AC Bad Honnef
VW Golf GTI
Hans-Jörn Ley, D
Josef Rietmann, D
1588 L4 Group 5/Div. 1 34        
21 4 75 Auto-Wilhelmy Racing Team
BMW 2002
Kurt Hens, D
Hans Schell, D
Peter Stern, D
1990 L4 Group 2 34        
22 2/2 118  
Rex-Ford SP1
Norbert Dombrowski, D
Peter Hoffmann, D
1996 L4 Sports -2000 34 22 9.05,00    
23 3/3 116  
Lola-Ford T297
Eugen Grupp, D
Jörg Zaborowski, D
1996 L4 Sports -2000 34        
24 5 66 Renngemeinschaft Bergisch Gladbach
BMW 2002
Hans Weissgerber, D
Hermann Josef Nett, D
Richard Bremmekamp, D
1990 L4 Group 2 32        
25 6 77 Renngemeinschaft Sieglar
Audi 80
Hagen Arlt, D
Klaus Bieler, D
1596 L4 Group 2 32        
26/NRF   3 Gelo Racing Team
Porsche 935-77A
Bob Wollek, F
John Fitzpatrick, GB
Manfred Schurti, FL
(Henri Pescarolo, F)
2857 tc B6 Group 5/Div. 2 31 3 7.38,1   Piston
27/NRF   60 Team Zakspeed
Ford Escort II RS
Jochen Dauer, D
Wolfgang Boller, D
Klaus Niedzwiedz, D
1840 L4 Group 2 31 23 9.05,9   Fuel pressure
DNF   21 Team Zakspeed
Ford Capri III Turbo
Mario Ketterer, D
Klaus Niedzwiedz, D
1427 tc L4 Group 5/Div. 1 27 9 8.02,6   Rocker
DNF   79 Veytal Tuning
VW Scirocco
Michael Sanden, D
Wolfgang Hansen, D
1596 L4 Group 2 27        
DNF   61 Team Zakspeed
Ford Escort II RS
Jörg Denzel, D
Helmut Döring, D
(Wolfgang Boller, D)
(Jochen Dauer, D)
1840 L4 Group 2 26 21 9.00,6   Fuel pressure
DNF   11 Jägermeister Racing Team
Porsche Carrera RSR
Toni Fischhaber, D
Roman Feitler, L
Uwe Köhler, D
2994 B6 Group 5/Div. 2 24 18 8.49,1    
DNF   20 Team Zakspeed
Ford Capri III Turbo
Hans Heyer, D
Jan Lammers, NL
1427 tc L4 Group 5/Div. 1 23 6 7.54,7   Rocker
DNF   88 Cavallo Matras
Ford Escort RS 2000
Herbert Kummle, D
Karl Mauer, D
Winfried Vogt, D
1993 L4 Group 2 23        
DNF   112 Mogil Motors Ltd.
Chevron-Ford B36
Tony Charnell, GB
Martin Raymond, GB
1996 L4 Sports -2000 22 15 8.40,6   Engine mounts
DNF   67 Renngemeinschaft Bergisch Gladbach
BMW 320
Richard Bremmekamp, D
Klaus Lindlar, D
Hans Weissgerber, D
1990 L4 Group 2 20        
DNF   81 P.F. Akemi Team Hürth
VW Scirocco
Hans Werner Hilger, D
Wolfgang Jacobs, D
1596 L4 Group 2 20        
DNF   42 Biennoise
Porsche Carrera RSR
Enzo Calderari, CH
Angelo Pallavicini, CH
Willi Spavetti, CH
2994 B6 Group 4 16 27 9.19,50   Engine
DNF   78 Kilian Tuning
Audi 80
Heinz Gilges, D
Wolfgang Wolf, D
1596 L4 Group 2 15        
DNF   41 Basilea
Porsche 934
Peter Zbinden, CH
Edy Kofel, CH
2993 tc B6 Group 4 14 16 8.43,30   Accident
DNF   101 Liqui Moly Joest Racing
Porsche 908/4
Rolf Stommelen, D
Reinhold Jöst, D
2142 tc B6 Sports +2000   1 7.32,2 7.41,9 Fuel leak
DNF   22 Team Zakspeed
Lotus Europa TC
Harald Ertl, A
Hans Heyer, D
(Harald Grohs, D)
1427 tc L4 Group 5/Div. 1   19 8.49,9   Electrics
DNF   49 Valvoline Deutschland
Porsche Carrera RS
Fritz Müller, D
Alfred Späh, D
2994 B6 Group 4   29 9.21,4    
DNF   104 AC Mayen
Toj-Ford SC302
Norbert Przybilla, D
Dieter Kern, D
2993 V8 Sports +2000   12 8.20,2    
DNF   24  
Fiat X 1/9 Dallara
Giuseppe Piazzi, I
Renzo Zorzi, I
Stanislao Sterzel, I
1578 L4 Group 5/Div. 1          
DNF   105  
Toj-Ford SC306
Kurt Hild, D
Dieter Kern, D
2993 V8 Sports +2000   26 9.18,5    
DNF   106  
Deutsch-Porsche Special
Ralf Walter, D
Franz Kaiser, A
Kurt Lotterschmid, D
    Sports +2000   17 8.44,2    
DNF   63 Dick Barbour
Ford Escort RS 2000
Dick Barbour, USA
Bob Akin, USA
Helmut Gall, D
1993 L4 Group 2          
DNF   65 Renngemeinschaft Bergisch Gladbach
BMW 2002
Hans-Jürgen Möhle, D
Norbert Philipps, D
1990 L4 Group 2          
DNS   10 Paul Mahlke
Porsche 935
Ralf-Dieter Schreiber, D
Peter Hähnlein, D
John Lagodny, L
  B6 Group 2         Fire
DNQ   4  
De Tomaso Pantera
Gianfranco Brancatelli, I
Carlo Pietromarchi, I
Maurizio Micangeli, I
5763 V8 Group 2     no time   Transmission
DNQ   26 Morfe Racing with Polaroof
Lotus Esprit S1
Richard Jenvey, GB
David Mercer, GB
Mike Chittenden, GB
1973 L4 Group 5/Div. 1         Fuel vaporisation