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Vallelunga 500 km

Autodromo Vallelunga, Italy

Date: 13/4/1980
Track length: 3.222 m
Attendance: unknown
Entries accepted: unknown
Starters: 29
Finishers: 17

Pole position: Neger/Werginz/Grano
Fastest lap: Neger/Werginz/Grano in 1.25,00

Distance: 500 km
Average speed: 130,291 kmh
Weather:
Ruleset: Group 2/76
Car info: 1980 Cars

 

The Mercedes was absent here (there was talk it was being rebuilt for Pirelli tyres), the only competition for the RCV BMW were now the trio of Eggenberger BMW 320s. But the big coupé was driven just fast enough to win, leaving Kelleners/Müller Jr second and the Audi of Bergmeister/Nowak third.

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 53 Racing Corporation Vienna
BMW 635 CSi		 Harald Neger, A
Heribert Werginz, A
Umberto Grano, I
 3475 L6 Div. 5 157 laps, 3:51.21,5 1      
2 1   Eggenberger Motorsport
BMW 320		 Helmut Kelleners, D
Siegfried Müller Jr, D
 1998 L4 Div. 3 157 laps, 3:51.59,40 3      
3 1 26 Audi Motorsport
Audi 80 GTE		 Willi Bergmeister, D
Hans-Joachim Nowak, D
 1596 L4 Div. 2 152 6      
4 1    
Opel Commodore GS/E		 Toni Spiegelsberger, D
Hermann Tomczyk, D
 2784 L6 Div. 4 147 14      
5 2    
Ford Capri III 3.0S		 Harald Hinz, D
Johann Schlosser, A
 2993 V6 Div. 4 146 18      
6 1 6  
Skoda 130 RS		 Zdenek Vojtech, CS
Bretislav Enge, CS
 1298 L4 Div. 1 145 16 1.30,62    
7 2    
Skoda 130 RS		 Josef Michl, CS
Jan Senkyr, CS
 1298 L4 Div. 1 145 17      
8 3    
Alfa Romeo 1300 GT Junior		 Angelo Chiapparini, I
Giancarlo Galimberti, I
 1290 L4 Div. 1 144 22      
9 2    
Fiat Ritmo 75CL		 Enzo de Vito, I
Walter Dona, I
 ca. 1600 L4 Div. 2 143 9      
10 4    
Alfa Romeo Alfasud Sprint		 William Furielli, I
Luca Cesarini, I
Amerigo "Joe" Bigliazzi, I
 1299 B4 Div. 1 143 23      
11 2    
Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV		 Baggi, I
Ademaro Massa, I
 1962 L4 Div. 3 142 19      
12 5    
Alfa Romeo 1300 GT Junior		 A. Turconi, I
? Gianangelo Grandi, I
 1290 L4 Div. 1 140 27      
13 6    
Alfa Romeo 1300 GT Junior		 Montini, I
Gianfranco Esti, I
 1290 L4 Div. 1 139 26      
14 7    
Alfa Romeo 1300 GT Junior		 Consonni, I
Pietro Villa, I
 1290 L4 Div. 1 139 24      
15 8    
Fiat 128 coupé 1300		 Carlo Carlini, I
Adelino Bonara, I
 1290 L4 Div. 1 134 25      
16 4    
BMW 3.0 CSi		 Gianfranco Brancatelli, I
Micangeli, I
 2985 L6 Div. 4 122 4     Accident
17 9    
Dacia 1300 Gordini		 Nicu Grigoras, R
(Alexandrescu, R)
(Stefan Jancovici, R)
 1255? L4 Div. 1 109 29      
DNF     Abex Pagid Racing
Audi 80 GTE		 Manfred Trint, D
Peter Seikel, D
 1596 L4 Div. 2   10     Disqualified~ (outside assistance)
DNF     Eggenberger Motorsport
BMW 320		 Stefan Märki, CH
Hans-Jürg Dürig, CH
 1998 L4 Div. 3   2     Suspension
DNF     Eggenberger Motorsport
BMW 320		 Marco Vanoli, CH
Enzo Calderari, CH
Spavetti, I
 1998 L4 Div. 3   7     Accident
DNF     Eggenberger Motorsport
BMW 320		 Georges Bosshard, CH
Paul Geisser, CH
 1998 L4 Div. 3   15     Gearbox
DNF   27?  
Fiat Ritmo		 Maurizio Flammini, I
Gianluigi Picchi, I
 ca. 1300 L4 Div. 1   5      
DNF      
BMW 320		 Dieter Kindlmann, D
Ludwig Linder, D
 1998 L4 Div. 3   8      
DNF      
Ford Capri III 3.0S		 Siegfried Müller Sr, D
Bernd Ringshausen, D
 2993 V6 Div. 4   11      
DNF      
Fiat Ritmo 75CL		 Enzo Santucci, I
Anna Cambiaghi, I
 ca. 1600 L4 Div. 2   12      
DNF      
Fiat Ritmo 75CL		 Pierluigi Grassetto, I
Armando Furlan, I
 ca. 1600 L4 Div. 2   13      
DNF      
Alfa Romeo 1300 GT Junior		 Abele Tanghetti ("Tango"), I
Aldo Faustini, I
 1290 L4 Div. 1   20 2.18,58    
DNF      
BMW		 Marcello Cipriani, I
Roberto Del Castello, I
? Riccardo di Bona, I
         21      
DNF      
Ford Capri		 King
   V6 Div. 4   28      
DNS     Ronnie Scotts Club
Ford Escort II RS		 Dave McPherson, GB
Pete King, GB
 1840 L4 Div. 4         Crash in practice