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42. Int. ADAC-Eifelrennen

Nürburgring Nordschleife, BRD

Date: 29/4/1979
Track length: 22.835 m
Attendance: 70.000
Entries accepted:
Starters: 19 (Div. 1); 30 (Div. 2)
Finishers: 18 (Div. 1); 24 (Div. 2)

Pole position: Ludwig in 7.31,7 (Div. 1); Heyer in 7.44,4 (Div. 2)
Fastest lap: Ludwig in 7.37,3 (Div. 1); Heyer in 7.46,3 (Div. 2)

Distance: 7 laps
Average speed: 177,2 kmh (Div. 1); 172,45 kmh (Div. 2)
Weather: Overcast, cool
Ruleset: Group 2-4 and 5
Car info: 1979 Cars

Pictures

Division 1
The Kremer dominance seemed to be continued when Ludwig clocked pole and told the reporters that he had to lift on places he went flat out - so fast was his car, stopping the clocks at 7.31,7. In the race, he dominated followed by the usual suspects Wollek, Fitz, Schurti and Stommelen, and increasing his lead each lap. Then, he met an Opel which had to be lapped - but had a fight with a classmate as well. It ended in a spin for Ludwig, and 30 seconds behind, in fifth he set off in the hunt for the lead - but he stranded at second place, with a windshield full of oil it seemed clever to accept second place. Stommelen finished third after a battle with the other two Loos cars.
Surer drove the new BMW M1 in this race, the car homologated in Group 4 with special permission; Surer won the Rennsporttrophäe with ease
An interesting experiment was a slightly overbored Capri, which was piloted by Hezemans, to see if a Capri could stand up against the Porsches, especially when it would rain. And perhaps to steal the show a little from BMW’s M1. It took a while before Hezemans got used to the Capri, but he could beat the M1 and that was what mattered.

Division 2
Heyer had a fine weekend, pole and an easy win; Winkelhock finished a strong second after he and Grohs had beaten Ertl off the line, but Ertl passed Winkelhock with such a speed that Winkelhock couldn’t believe his eyes: “Awesome!”. But when his windscreen received first water and then oil it was soon over for the white Zakspeed Capri: Ertl retired with a blown engine. Grohs was not fully used to the turbo power in his HAT BMW, and even made place for Winkelhock, but a fine third at the finish was a great result anyway.
Höttinger did not start; his works engine lost two turbos in practice, and they withdrew instead of an all-nighter for a third turbo and probably an early retirement in the race.

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 51 Gelo Sportswear Team
Porsche 935-77A		 Bob Wollek, F
 3120 tc B6 Division 1 7 laps, 54.06,6 2 7.33,6    
2 2 54 Porsche Kremer Racing
Porsche 935 K3		 Klaus Ludwig, D
 3163 tc B6 Division 1 7 laps, 54.16,6 1 7.31,7 7.37,3  
3 3 66 Liqui Moly Equipe
Porsche 935-77A		 Rolf Stommelen, D
 2994 tc B6 Division 1 7 laps, 54.20,0 3 7.35,6    
4 4 53 Gelo Sportswear Team
Porsche 935-77A		 John Fitzpatrick, GB
 2994 tc B6 Division 1 7 laps, 55.35,4 4 7.35,8    
5 5 55 Porsche Kremer Racing
Porsche 935-77A		 Axel Plankenhorn, D
 2994 tc B6 Division 1 7 laps, 55.37,8 10 7.59,1    
6 6 52 Gelo Sportswear Team
Porsche 935-77A		 Manfred Schurti, FL
 2994 tc B6 Division 1 7 laps, 55.41,0 5 7.41,4    
7 7 67 Liqui Moly Equipe
Porsche 935-77A		 Volkert Merl, D
 2994 tc B6 Division 1 7 laps, 56.23,8 7 7.55,8    
8 8 69 Sachs Sporting
Ford Capri III Turbo		 Toine Hezemans, NL
 1485 tc L4 Division 1 7 laps, 56.49,1 6 7.54,7    
9 1 82 BMW Motorsport GmbH
BMW M1		 Marc Surer, CH
 3498 L6 Division 1/Group 2-4 7 laps, 57.06,3 8 7.55,9    
10 9 57 Sekurit Racing Team
Porsche 935-77A		 Dieter Schornstein, D
 2994 tc B6 Division 1 7 laps, 57.25,7 11      
11 10 68 Paul Mahlke
Porsche 935		 Ralf-Dieter Schreiber, D
 2857 tc B6 Division 1 7 laps, 57.46,8 12      
12 2 71 Autohaus Max Moritz
Porsche 934		 Edgar Dören, D
 2993 tc B6 Division 1/Group 2-4 7 laps, 59.08,8 13      
13 3 72 Autohaus Max Moritz
Porsche 934		 Jürgen Lässig, D
 2993 tc B6 Division 1/Group 2-4 7 laps, 1:00.26,4 14      
14 4 73 Autohaus Max Moritz
Porsche 934		 "Harry Hirsch", D
 2993 tc B6 Division 1/Group 2-4 6 18      
15 5 83 Müller-Bräu Team Valvoline
Porsche Carrera RSR		 Fritz Müller, D
 2994 B6 Division 1/Group 2-4 6 15      
16 6 78 Norddeutscher Automobilclub
Porsche Carrera RSR		 Jürgen Oppermann, D
 2994 B6 Division 1/Group 2-4 6 16      
17 7 85  
Porsche Carrera RSR		 Wolfgang Walter, D
 2994 B6 Division 1/Group 2-4 6 17      
18 8 79 Norddeutscher Automobilclub
Porsche Carrera RSR		 Matthias Loerper, D
 2994 B6 Division 1/Group 2-4 6 19      
DNF   70  
Porsche 935		 Claude Haldi, CH
 2857 tc B6 Division 1 3 9 7.57,3    

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 7 laps, 55.36,8 1 7.44,3 7.46,3  
2 2 4 Rodenstock Würth Team / Schnitzer
BMW 320 Turbo 1.4		 Manfred Winkelhock, D
 1428 tc L4 Division 2 7 laps, 56.05,4 3 7.49,9    
3 3 5 Hohmann Automations Technik
BMW 320 Turbo 1.4		 Harald Grohs, D
 1428 tc L4 Division 2 7 laps, 56.35,5 4 7.58,8    
4 4 20 Caprez / Brun-Automaten
BMW 320 Turbo 1.4		 Walter Brun, CH
 1428 tc L4 Division 2 7 laps, 57.25,5 5 8.08,6    
5 5 8 Glysantin GS Rennsport Team
BMW 320		 Hans-Georg Bürger, D
 1990 L4 Division 2 7 laps, 57.27,2 6 8.13,7    
6 6 13  
BMW 320 Turbo 1.4		 Karl-Heinz Becker, D
 1428 tc L4 Division 2 7 laps, 58.33,1 11?      
7 7 19 Team Lepitre Champagne
BMW 320		 Edy Brandenberger, CH
 1990 L4 Division 2 6 9 8.24,6    
8 8 12 Immo Klein Racing
Ford Escort II RS Turbo		 Mario Ketterer, D
 1427 tc L4 Division 2 6 8 8.20,4    
9 9 17 Fruit of the Loom / GS Sport
BMW 320		 Wolfgang Braun, D
 1990 L4 Division 2 6 12?      
10 10 7 Jägermeister Racing Team / GS
BMW 320		 Ekkehard Schimpf, D
 1990 L4 Division 2 6 13      
11 1 30 Cavallo Matras
BMW 320		 Winfried Vogt, D
 1990 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 6 14 9.06,2    
12 2 25  
Ford Escort II RS 2.0		 Wolfgang Boller, D
 1992 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 6 15 9.06,9    
13 3 43 MSTC Erbach
BMW 2002		 Hans Weissgerber, D
 1990 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 6 16      
14 4 42 Kamei Autoextras
Opel Kadett GT/E		 Otto Kälberer, D
 ca. 2000 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 6 17      
15 5 50 Kfz. Gebrauchteile RT
Ford Escort II RS		 Dieter Alzen, D
   L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 6 23      
16 6 35 Renngemeinschaft Bergisch Gladbach
BMW 320		 Richard Bremmekamp, D
 1990 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 6 18      
17 7 44 Renngemeinschaft Sieglar
Audi 80		 Hagen Arlt, D
 1596 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 6 26      
18 8 29  
BMW 320		 Peter Schumacher, D
 1990 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 6 20      
19 9 36 RK-Tuning Köln-Opel Haus Hennef
Opel Kadett GT/E		 Mathias Bungard, D
 ca. 2000 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 6 25      
20 10 21 Kilian Tuning
Audi 80		 Heinz Gilges, D
 1596 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 6 19      
21 11 31  
BMW 2002		 Jürgen Galle, D
 1990 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 5 22      
22 12 91 Rallye Gemeinschaft Rosenheim
VW Scirocco		 Jakob Strasser, D
 1596 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 5 27      
23 13    
BMW 2002		 Peter Paul Biewald, D
 1990 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 5 28      
24 14 38  
BMW 2002		 Joachim Scheefeldt, D
 1990 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 5 32      
DNF   46  
Ford Escort II RS		 Georg Stummeyer, D
   L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 4 29      
DNF   28 Rhein-Ruhr Racing Team
BMW 320		 Dieter Hegels, D
 1990 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 4 24      
DNF   90  
BMW 320		 Matthias Mohne, D
 1990 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 1 31      
DNF   49  
VW Scirocco		 Klaus Breitenbach, D
 1596 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4 1 21      
DNF   1 Sachs Sporting
Ford Capri III Turbo		 Harald Ertl, A
 1427 tc L4 Division 2 1 2 7.49,4   Con rod
DNF   47  
BMW 2002		 Kurt Hens, D
 1990 L4 Division 2/Group 2-4   30      
DNS   6 Jägermeister Racing Team / GS
BMW 320 Turbo 1.4		 Markus Höttinger, A
 1428 tc L4 Division 2   7 8.19,3    
DNS   11 Team Warsteiner TBS
BMW 320 Turbo 1.4		 Albrecht Krebs, D
 1428 tc L4 Division 2   10 8.31,3   Crash in practice

Remarks: Both divisions started separately but in the same race.