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11. Grosser Preis der Tourenwagen

Nürburgring Nordschleife, BRD

Date: 12/7/1970
Track length: 22.835 m
Attendance: unknown
Entries accepted: unknown
Starters: 93
Finishers: 47

Pole position: Hezemans/Galli in 9.25,8
Fastest lap: de Adamich in 9.28,0

Distance: 6 hours
Average speed: 137,7 kmh
Weather:
Ruleset: Group 2/70
Car info: 1970 Cars

 

While Opel had its debut of the big Commodore, the 3-liter BMW coupé was a on-starter since it was thought that the car was too heavy for the circuit. Two years later, things were quite different...

Stommelen’s Capri had been in trouble during practice, but nonetheless he went side-by-side with de Adamich in the Südkehre, only to stop a few kilometres further down the road. After three laps, the order was de Adamich, Hezemans, Glemser, Kauhsen with the new Steinmetz Commodore and Schüler. We had already lost Krebs and Christmann. More trouble for Ford: Werner lost time in the pits, Glemser’s car had a broken generator. Kauhsen got into trouble too; first the brakes, then gearbox troubles, then he had an excursion - he reached the pits only to withdraw.
The order remained the same for a while, de Adamich and Hezemans 32 seconds in front of Glemser, then Schüler, Schulze and Zeccoli, followed by the three Mazda’s.

In lap 8, Hezemans crashed at the Karussell, but was unhurt. Glemser’s battery was empty now, which was another retirement for Ford, so de Adamich and Schüler were in the lead, unchallenged.
After three hours, Fontaine retired the last works Capri, the Zakspeed Escort GT retired with a broken gearbox, Basche/Stuck had an engine failure with their BMW and von Hohenzollern retired with a broken engine mount.

After three hours the order was de Adamich, Schüler and one lap behind Katayama, Zeccoli and Katakura, the only change the next few hours being “Christine” who passed Katakura into third. An unscheduled stop did not lose the lead for de Adamich, who passed the finish just a little too early so he had to do one more lap. The last minutes of the race were tragic, since Herbert Schulze blew a tire on his last lap, left the road near Hatzenbach and crashed into a tree.

Division 1, 2 and 3
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
1 1 27 Autodelta S.p.A.
Alfa Romeo 2000 GTAm		 Andrea de Adamich, I
Gianluigi Picchi, I
 1985 L4 Div. 3 37 laps, 6:08.35,7 2 9.26,7    
2 2 33 Alfa Romeo Deutschland
Alfa Romeo 2000 GTAm		 Hans Hessel, D
Gerhard Schüler, D
 1985 L4 Div. 3 37 laps, 6:09.02,2        
3 3 28 Autodelta S.p.A.
Alfa Romeo 2000 GTAm		 Teodoro Zeccoli, I
Christine Beckers ("Christine"), B
 1985 L4 Div. 3 36        
4 4 30 Mazda Racing Team
Mazda Familia R100 M10A coupé		 Yoshimi Katayama, J
Yves Deprez, B
 2 x 491 eq. 1964 R2 Div. 3 36        
5 5 32 Mazda Racing Team
Mazda Familia R100 M10A coupé		 Masami Katakura, J
Toshinori Takechi, J
 2 x 491 eq. 1964 R2 Div. 3 36        
6 6 31 Mazda Racing Team
Mazda Familia R100 M10A coupé		 Julien Vernaeve, B
Clive Baker, GB
 2 x 491 eq. 1964 R2 Div. 3 35        
7 1    
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior		 Carlo Truci, I
Carlo Facetti, I
 1290 L4 Div. 2 35        
8 2 63 Alpina
BMW 1600		 Bernd Henne, D
Detlef Basche, D
 1600 L4 Div. 2 34        
9 7 47 BMW Alpina Essen
BMW 2002		 Thomas Fervers, D
Bernhard Niehaus, D
 1990 L4 Div. 3 34        
10 3 69  
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior		 Peter Marx, D
Wolfgang Kirch, D
 1290 L4 Div. 2 34        
11 8 22 Koepchen BMW Tuning
BMW 2002		 Hans Heyer, D
Clemens Schickentanz, D
 1990 L4 Div. 3 34        
12 1 102 Escuderia La Coruna Spain
Abarth 1000 TCR		 Johann Abt, D
Willi Sommer, D
 982 L4 Div. 1 34        
13 4 77 Scuderia Brescia Corse
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior		 Sandro Uberti, I
Carlo Zuccoli, I
 1290 L4 Div. 2 33        
14 2 103 Team Viktor Sweden
Abarth 1000 TCR		 Olof Wijk, S
Björn Steenberg, S
 982 L4 Div. 1 33        
15 5 75  
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior		 Gerhard Hennemann, D
Rudolf Strobl, D
 1290 L4 Div. 2 33        
CL 3    
NSU 1000 TTS		 Unknown
 996 L4 Div. 1          
CL   122  
NSU 1200 TT		 Werner Schruf, D
Thomas Bossert, D
 1148 L4 Div. 2          
CL 4 98 Firma Wisski-Tuning
NSU 1000 TTS		 Peter Wisskirchen, D
Gerd Knötzinger, D
 996 L4 Div. 1          
CL 5 100 AZNP Mladá Boleslav
Skoda 100 L		 Jaroslav Bobek, CS
John Haugland, N
 988 L4 Div. 1          
CL 6 99 AZNP Mladá Boleslav
Skoda 100 L		 Václav Bobek, CS
Oldrich Horsák, CS
 988 L4 Div. 1          
    92  
Daf 55		 Werner Geller, D
Herbert Schnater, D
 1148 L4 Div. 2          
       
Steyr-Puch 650 TR		 Franz Eichhammer, D
 692 B2 Div. 1          
       
Fiat 850		 Wintz
 843 L4 Div. 1          
47   106 Johann Weisheidinger
NSU		 Bernd Rack, D
Johann Weisheidinger, A
   L4            
DNF     Zakspeed
Ford Escort 1300 GT		 Harald Menzel, D
Michael Kranefuss, D
 1298 L4 Div. 2          
       
Ford Escort TC		 Graham Bean, GB
 1594 L4 Div. 2          
       
Ford Mustang		 Dieter Eymann, D
   V8 Div. 3          
DNF   29  
Alfa Romeo 2000 GTAm		 Herbert Schultze, D
Reinhard Stenzel, D
 1985 L4 Div. 3 36       Fatal accident (Schultze)
DNF   26 Autodelta S.p.A.
Alfa Romeo 2000 GTAm		 Toine Hezemans, NL
Giovanni "Nanni" Galli, I
 1985 L4 Div. 3 8 1 9.25,8   Accident
DNF   7 Ford Köln
Ford Capri 2300 GT		 Rolf Stommelen, D
Rauno Aaltonen, SF
 2394 V6 Div. 3 1 3 9.27,1   Engine
DNF   15 Steinmetz Automobiltechnik
Opel Commodore GS/E		 Willi Kauhsen, D
Gerhard Koch, D
 2998 L6 Div. 3 1 5      
DNF   9 Ford Köln
Ford Capri 2300 GT		 Yvette Fontaine, B
Hannelore Werner, D
 2394 V6 Div. 3         Gearbox
DNF   8 Ford Köln
Ford Capri 2300 GT		 Dieter Glemser, D
Manfred Mohr, D
 2394 V6 Div. 3   4 9.29,0   Alternator
DNF   14 Steinmetz Automobiltechnik
Opel Commodore GS/E		 Leopold von Bayern, D
Dieter Fröhlich, D
 2998 L6 Div. 3         Brakes
DNF   34 Racing Team Jürgen Grähser
BMW 2002		 Albrecht Krebs, D
Walter Brun, CH
 1990 L4 Div. 3 <3        
DNF   21  
BMW 2002		 Paul Bergner, D
Karl-Heinz Herbst, D
 1990 L4           Accident
DNF      
BMW		 Hans-Werner Brohl, D
Bartel
                
DNF      
BMW		 Helmut Kuhl, D
Deutsch
                
DNF   61 Alpina
BMW 1602		 René Herzog, CH
Niki Lauda, A
 1600 L4 Div. 2          
DNF     Alpina
BMW 2800 CS		 Ferfried von Hohenzollern, D
Gerold Pankl, A
 2996 L6 Div. 3         Engine mounting
DNF   20 Koepchen BMW Tuning
BMW 2002		 Dieter Basche, D
Hans-Joachim Stuck, D
 1990 L4 Div. 3         Engine
DNF   48 BMW Alpina Essen
BMW 2002		 Werner Christmann, D
Willi Nolte, D
 1990 L4 Div. 3 <3        
DNS   11 Alpina
BMW 2800 CS		 Dieter Quester, A
Alex Soler-Roig, E
 2996 L6           Tyre problems
DNS   12 Alpina
BMW 2800 CS		 Gunther Huber, A
Helmut Kelleners, D
 2996 L6           Tyre problems