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Zeltweg

Österreichring, Zeltweg, Austria

Date: 3/6/1979
Track length: 5.941 m
Attendance: unknown
Entries accepted: unknown
Starters: unknown
Finishers: unknown

Pole position: Finotto/Facetti
Fastest lap: Facetti in 2.03,4

Distance: 3,5 hours
Average speed: unknown
Weather:
Ruleset: Group 2/76
Car info: 1979 Cars

 

First victory for the 530 BMW of the Austrian team Werginz/Neger/Loibnegger. Fourth on the grid, they had to wait until until Finotto/Facetti retired (cooling system), Xhenceval retired (engine) and the last BMW blew a tire. The Audi 80 of Bergmeister/Nowak finished second, only 30 seconds behind - enough said.


Division 1-5
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 19 Racing Corporation Vienna
BMW 530i
Heribert Werginz, A
Roman Loibnegger, A
Harald Neger, A
2985 L6 Div. 4 92 laps, 3:31.32,05 4      
2 1   MSC Langenfeld
Audi 80 GTE
Hans-Joachim Nowak, D
Willi Bergmeister, D
1596 L4 Div. 2 92 laps, 3:32.05,18 6      
3 2   TL Racing AB
VW Scirocco
Thomas Lindström, S
Bo Wiedesheim, S
1596 L4 Div. 2 90        
4 1   D&W Zakspeed
Ford Escort II RS
Siegfried Müller Jr, D
Walter Nussbaumer, CH
1840 L4 Div. 3 89 5      
5 2    
Ford Capri III 3.0S
Rolf Körner, D
Lothar Schörg, A
2993 V6 Div. 4 88        
6 2    
Opel Kadett GT/E
Otto Kälberer, D
Ridder, D
ca. 2000 L4 Div. 3 86        
7 1   Bohemia Crystal Liberec
Skoda 130 RS
Zdenek Vojtech, CS
Bretislav Enge, CS
1298 L4 Div. 1 84        
8 3    
Ford Escort RS 2000
Schmidt, D
Herbert Bürgmayer, D
1993 L4 Div. 3 83        
9 2    
Fiat 128
Germano Prenol ("Willer"), I
? Floriano, I
1290 L4 Div. 1 81        
10 3    
Alfa Romeo 1300 GT Junior
Fausto Danesi, I
Abele Tanghetti ("Tango"), I
1290 L4 Div. 1 80        
11 3    
Fiat Ritmo
Sandro Uberti, I
Walter Dona, I
ca. 1500 L4 Div. 2 77        
12 3    
Ford Capri III 3.0S
Bernd Herlitze, D
? Bernd Blank, D
2993 V6 Div. 4 76        
      Richard Lloyd Racing Ltd.
VW Golf
Richard Lloyd, GB
Anton Stocker, CH
1596 L4 Div. 2          
DNF     BMW Italia
BMW 3.0 CSL
Umberto Grano, I
Eddy Joosen, B
3196 L6 Div. 5   2     Accident
DNF     Luigi Racing
BMW 3.0 CSL
Raymond Van Hove, B
Jean Xhenceval, B
Pierre Dieudonné, B
3196 L6 Div. 5 40 3     Engine
DNF     Jolly Club Milano
BMW 3.0 CSL
Martino Finotto, I
Carlo Facetti, I
3196 L6 Div. 5 32 1   2.03,40 Gearbox
DNF     AZNP
Skoda 130 RS
Josef Michl, CS
Petr Samohyl, CS
1298 L4 Div. 1 11       Valve