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7. Internationales Flugplatz-Rennen Mainz-Finthen

Mainz-Finthen, BRD

Date: 19/6/1971 to: 20/6/1971
Track length: 2.150 m
Attendance: 10.000
Entries accepted: unknown
Starters: 16 (1); 21 (3); 14 (4); 10 (8)
Finishers:

Pole position: Menzel (5)
Fastest lap: Sommer in 1.00,4 (5)

Distance: 30 laps, 64,5 km
Average speed: 121,0 (5)
Weather: Rain, especially during the bigger classes
Ruleset: Group 1-4/70
Car info: 1971 Cars

 

Rennen 1
The only Honda could not take part in the fight for the lead - not that there was any fight, the field spread apart quite soon. Siebert lapped all the others at least once.

Rennen 2
More excitement here, where Rack could fend of attacks from Schmidt and Krenzer.

Rennen 3
13 NSU’s, 7 Abarths and a lonely Imp - after the start, Pfeiffer, Weiss, Hessel and Von Kerkerinck (all in Abarths) disappeared, three-wheeling through the curves. Weiss took the lead and inched away, winning in front of Pfeiffer.

Rennen 4
The fight between Mineif (Fiat 128) and Boden (NSU TT) looked over before it had begun; Mineif broke his gear lever in practice, so he had to start from behind. None withstanding this, he stormed through the field, finding himself second in lap 26 and closing in on Boden. Boden countered and increased his pace - it looked like he could save his lead to the finish, but then he lost it on the last curve. Mineif passed and Boden could only finish second, losing valuable points in the championship.

Rennen 5
The 1300 class was always something special. Gleich, joint championship leader so far, had only practised fast enough for row two but stormed into the lead anyway, followed by Menzel in the Escort. After many laps, Menzel finally slipped through and won, while Gleich did not seem to be able (or wanting?) to fight back.

Rennen 6
Two Zakspeed Escorts in row 1, while Struckmann started dead last. The Escorts went in front, and soon it became apparent that Sommer would win here. Struckmann had to give up with a broken valve rocker. Entertainment was provided by a VW Beetle, enthusiastically driven by Dieter Götting in midfield.

Rennen 7
Some top entries here, but the race turned out to be tame; Schmarje was way ahead of the others, with Schüler (Kadett) finishing a fine second in front of Krebs (BMW). Ertl (Alfa Romeo) had a sort of Rallycross race, mixing tarmac with grass all the time.

Rennen 8
Jochen Mass was one of the two remaining leaders of the championship without defeat so far. In the streaming rain, Mass went ahead of the 10-car field, and soon his only serious opponent Fröhlich became gearbox problems, sidelining him after a while. So Mass won, with two laps in hand over the second place Commodore...

Rennen 9
The GT’s under 1300 cc had the last championship contender in its ranks: “Sigi Rolls”. He would have won his class, even on 2 cylinders, since his comrades would have lined up behind him in any case. But when his engine broke down altogether, Haug took over and won the class in front of Bohnenkamp. The other classes were won by Schäfer (Alpine 1600) and Theissen (VW-Porsche), the latter after Kaiser retired.

Rennen 10
Curt Wetzel was again the only one to fight the Porsches, not Fröhlich like last year but Gerlach. The latter won the race.

Rennen 1: Touring cars under 700 cc
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    
Steyr-Puch 650 TR		 Heinz Jürgen Siebert, D
 692 B2 TC 700 30 laps, 38.08,1        
2 2    
Steyr-Puch 650 TR		 Jürgen Haas, D
 692 B2 TC 700 29 laps, 37.55,7        
3 3    
Steyr-Puch 650 TR		 Walter Rödleithner, D
 692 B2 TC 700 29 laps, 38.45,7        
4 4    
Steyr-Puch 650 TR		 Heinz Koch, D
 692 B2 TC 700 28 laps, 37.44,8        
5 5    
Honda		 Siegwart Naske, D
     TC 700 28 laps, 38.32,2        
7 7    
Steyr-Puch 650 TR		 Franz Eichhammer, D
 692 B2 TC 700 26        

Rennen 2: Touring cars 700-850 cc
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    
Abarth 850 TC		 Bernd Rack, D
 847 L4 TC 850 30 laps, 37.40,5        
2 2    
Abarth 850 TC		 Karl-Heinz Schmidt, D
 847 L4 TC 850 30 laps, 37.43,5        
3 3    
Abarth 850 TC		 Rolf Krenzer, D
 847 L4 TC 850 30 laps, 38.49,3        
4 4    
Austin Mini Seven		 Michael Pollmann, D
 848 L4 TC 850 29 laps, 38.09,7        
5 5    
Abarth 850 TC		 Gotthelf Wirsig, D
 847 L4 TC 850 29 laps, 38.20,1        

Rennen 3: Touring cars 850-1000 cc
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    
Abarth 1000 TCR		 Karl-Ludwig Weiss, D
 982 L4 TC 850 30 laps, 34.09,3        
2 2    
Abarth 1000 TCR		 Bernd Pfeifer, D
 982 L4 TC 850 30 laps, 34.42,1        
3 3    
Abarth 1000 TCR		 Hans Hessel, D
 982 L4 TC 850 30 laps, 34.47,5        
4 4    
Abarth 1000 TCR		 Josef von Kerckerinck, D
 982 L4 TC 850 29        
5 5    
Abarth 1000 TCR		 Horst Ranke, D
 982 L4 TC 850 29        

Rennen 4: Touring cars 1000-1150 cc
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    
Fiat 128 Berlina		 Manfred Mineif, D
 1148 L4 TC 1150 30 laps, 35.21,3        
2 2    
NSU 1000 TT		 Peter Boden, D
   L4 TC 1150 30 laps, 35.29,7        
3 3    
NSU 1000 TT		 Heinrich Moster, D
   L4 TC 1150 29        
4 4    
NSU 1000 TT		 Heinz Tubbesing, D
   L4 TC 1150 29        
5 5    
NSU 1000 TT		 Dieter Ankele, D
   L4 TC 1150 28        

Rennen 5: Touring cars 1150-1300 cc
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   Zakspeed
Ford Escort 1300 GT		 Harald Menzel, D
 1298 L4 TC 1300 30 laps, 32.05,0        
2 2    
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior		 Dieter Gleich, D
 1290 L4 TC 1300 30 laps, 32.20,8        
3 3   Spiess
NSU 1200 TT		 Siegfried Spiess, D
 1296? L4 TC 1300 30 laps, 32.51,3        
4 4    
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior		 Dieter Weizinger, D
 1290 L4 TC 1300 30 laps, 32.53,3        
5 5    
NSU 1200 TT		 Dieter Bilz, D
 1296? L4 TC 1300 29        

Rennen 6: Touring cars 1300-1600 cc
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   Zakspeed
Ford Escort TC		 Willi Sommer, D
 1594 L4 TC 1600 30 laps, 31.59,8        
2 2   Zakspeed
Ford Escort TC		 Werner Schommers, D
 1594 L4 TC 1600 30 laps, 32.35,1        
3 3    
BMW 1600/2		 Hans-Peter Joisten, D
 1573 L4 TC 1600 30 laps, 32.49,6        
4 4    
BMW 1600/2		 Helmut Rösser, D
 1573 L4 TC 1600 30 laps, 32.58,4        
5 5    
BMW 1600/2		 Manfred Reeb, D
 1573 L4 TC 1600 29        
16 16    
BMW 1600/2		 Dieter Hegels, D
 1573 L4 TC 1600          
DNF      
VW 1302 S		 Dieter Götting, D
 1584 B4 TC 1600 ca. 15        
DNF     Alpina
BMW 1600/2		 Walter Struckmann, D
 1573 L4 TC 1600         Valve rocker

Rennen 7: Touring cars 1600-2000 cc
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   Wooding
Ford Escort RS 1600		 Christian Schmarje, D
 1700? L4 TC 2000 30 laps, 32.56,0        
2 2   Steinmetz Automobiltechnik
Opel Kadett 1900		 Gerhard Schüler, D
   L4 TC 2000 30 laps, 33.20,0        
3 3   Jürgen Grähser
BMW 2002		 Albrecht Krebs, D
 1990 L4 TC 2000 30 laps, 33.45,9        
4 4    
BMW 2002		 Peter-Henner Merz, D
 1990 L4 TC 2000 30 laps, 33.47,2        
5 5   Alfa Romeo Hähn
Alfa Romeo 2000 GTAm		 Harald Ertl, A
 1999 L4 TC 2000 30 laps, 33.52,1        
DNF     Team Schnitzer Motul
BMW 2002		 Bepp Mayer, D
 1990 L4 TC 2000          

Rennen 8: Touring cars over 2000 cc
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 1 235 Ford Köln
Ford Capri RS 2600		 Jochen Mass, D
 2873 V6 TC 3000 30 laps, 32.59,4        
2 2    
Opel Commodore GS 2800		 Hans-Wilhelm Ridder, D
   L6 TC 3000 28        
3 3   Irmscher
Opel Commodore GS 2800		 Günter Heymanns, D
 2998 L6 TC 3000 27        
4 1   Klaus Behrmann
Mercedes 300 SEL 6.3		 Klaus Behrmann, D
 7200? V8 TC +3000 26        
5 4    
Opel Commodore		 Klaus Rufa, D
   L6 TC 3000 25       Accident?
6 5    
Ford Capri		 Franz-Josef Klasen, D
   V6 TC 3000 24        
DNF     Ford Odenthal
Ford Capri RS 2600		 Waltraud Odenthal, D
 2873 V6 TC 3000         Injection pump belt
DNF     Steinmetz Automobiltechnik
Opel Commodore GS 2800		 Dieter Fröhlich, D
 2998 L6 TC 3000         Gearbox
DNF      
Mercury Cougar		 Hans-H. Schmidt, D
   V8 TC +3000          
DNF      
Chevrolet Camaro		 Fritz Schulz, D
   V8 TC +3000          

Rennen 9 (?): GT’s under 2000 cc
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    
VW-Porsche 914/6		 Friedhelm Theissen, D
 1991 B6 GT 2000 30 laps, 32.59,1        
2 2    
Porsche 911 T		 Wilhelm Siegle, D
 1991 B6 GT 2000 30 laps, 32.59,4        
3 3    
Porsche 911 T		 Peter Rumpfkeil, D
 1991 B6 GT 2000 30 laps, 34.00,2        
4 4    
Porsche 911 T		 Helmut Hinse, D
 1991 B6 GT 2000 30 laps, 34.02,4        
5 5    
VW-Porsche 914/6		 Michael Martin, D
 1991 B6 GT 2000 29 laps, 33.12,1        
  6    
Porsche 911 T		 Reinhold Ernst, D
 1991 B6 GT 2000 29        
  1    
Alpine A 110 1600S		 Manfred Schäfer, D
 1600 L4 GT 1600 29 laps, 33.24,9        
  2    
Alpine A 110 1600S		 Hans Schulze-Schwering, D
 1600 L4 GT 1600 29 laps, 33.28,1        
  3    
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA		 Thomas Betzler, D
 1570 L4 GT 1600 29 laps, 33.24,9        
  1    
Alpine A 110 1300S		 Werner Haug, D
 1289 L4 GT 1300 29 laps, 34.04,9        
  2    
Alpine A 110 1300S		 Wilhelm Bohnenkamp, D
 1289 L4 GT 1300 29 laps, 34.10,0        
  3    
Alpine A 110 1300S		 Siegfried Gerlinger, D
 1289 L4 GT 1300 28        
  4    
Alpine A 110 1300S		 Kurt Schwaibold, CH
 1289 L4 GT 1300 28        
  5    
Matra Djet 6		 Friedhelm Harting, D
 1255? L4 GT 1300 27        
  4    
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA		 Günther Kutz, D
 1570 L4 GT 1600 27        
  6    
Alpine A 110 1300S		 Wolfgang Krasser, D
 1289 L4 GT 1300          
  7    
Opel GT		 Peter Pütz, D
   L4 GT 2000          
DNF      
VW-Porsche 914/6		 Peter Kaiser, D
 1991 B6 GT 2000          
DNF      
Alpine A 110 1600S		 Dieter Kern, D
 1600 L4 GT 1600          

Rennen 10 (?): GT’s over 2000 cc
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    
Porsche 911 S/T		 Frank Gerlach, D
   B6 GT +2000 30 laps, 33.18,9        
2 2    
Chevrolet Corvette Convertible		 Curt Wetzel, D
   V8 GT +2000 30 laps, 34.03,3        
3 3    
Porsche 911 S		 Gerhard Denu, D
   B6 GT +2000 30 laps, 34.03,6        
4 4    
Porsche 911 S		 Hartmut Jacques, CH
   B6 GT +2000 30 laps, 34.22,5        
5 5    
Porsche 911 S		 Hans-Peter Ziegler, D
   B6 GT +2000 30 laps, 34.22,5        
6 6    
Porsche 911 S		 D. Glotzbach, D
   B6 GT +2000          
7 7    
Porsche 911 S		 Helmut Henzler, D
   B6 GT +2000 29        
8 8    
Porsche 911 S		 Hans Hargarten, D
   B6 GT +2000          
9 9    
Porsche 911 S		 Jürgen Krzikalla, D
   B6 GT +2000          
10 10    
Shelby GT350		 Günther Ohler, D
   V8 GT +2000