Nürburgring 4h 1976


Let's go backwards through the entry list again. Small cars first...
20th overall for this NSU TTS of Michalak/Strassen. In the background the Group 1 Fiat of Lothar Moll. Brauer/Huth in their Simca, result unknown.
The result of this 128 Berlina is unknown too. 17th overall for Degenhardt/Döring in the NSU TTS.
The Team Menden (TM) Scirocco of Hinze and Mohr, finishing 28th.
This is a weird entry - not because of the car, the mk1 Ascona was not a bad looking car at all - but because the car still had the old-style wings, clearly illegal under Group 2/76.
An 80 GT for Nowak and Abt - result unknown. A fourth place for this Alfa GTV with Ciadri/Perego.
The Swedes were back again. The 1975 front spoiler looked quite a bit better than this one...
A non-finisher: Bergmeister's immaculate Spiess Scirocco.
Bremmekamp/Ickenroth finished an incredible second overall with this BMW 2002.
Another neat 2002, quite a new car from Faltz-Alpina. Result unknown.
Handley and Poole took Jody Scheckter aboard after a small sum was paid by the organizer. But after seven laps it was over.
A steady performer in 1976 was this Alfetta of Bigliazzi/Dini. But this race only brought an 18th place overall.
The deafening Mazda RX3 of Markey and Palmer finished in 27th spot.
There was still a Capri left in the ETCC - but the new rules left it uncompetitive. 30th overall for Hinz and Siller. Not all CSL's were Luigi cars: this is the Juma BMW of Belgians Joosen/Corbisier/Berndtson. They finished 10th overall.
But the stars of the race were the Luigi BMW's once again. The #1 car (Stuck/Xhenceval/Dieudonné) retired, but the #2 car had a dominant victory, driven by de Fierlant, De Wael and Formula 1 star Gunnar Nilsson.

Race result

1976 Pictures

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