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ADAC Nürburgring 36 hours

Nürburgring Nordschleife (?), BRD

Date: 9/6/1973 to: 10/6/1973
Track length: 22.835 m
Attendance: unknown
Entries accepted: unknown
Starters: 120
Finishers: 65

Pole position: unknown
Fastest lap:

Distance: 36 hours
Average speed: unknown
Weather: drizzle, rain
Ruleset: Group 1-4?
Car info:  

 

A nice field, including a prototype, 270 HP 3.6 litre Steinmetz Commodore. Initially, the BMW CSL of Czadek/Scheid/Weyer took the lead but it had to retire, just like a bunch of Porsches. The Commodore took over and led for 11 hours, until Christmann spun in the rain, damaging the rear - and its front was damaged by a passing competitor. Frequent pit stops were needed, but just as the Commodore even had operational lights on all ends the clutch gave up. Now the lead was contested between the BMW 2002 of Kern/Ickenroth/Clever and the Porsche of Müller and Friedrich. It was decided when Ickenroth crashed in heavy rain at the Nordkehre.
Much attention was drawn on the 7th overall and group 1 winner, the DNRT Opel Ascona. The competition, especially Alfa Romeo, was suspicious about the car and entered a protest. The car was taken apart but no irregularities were found. Rien Frankenhout had the last word: “You guys are lucky - this is the slowest of our three cars...” He was right - their Manta and Commodore were quite a little faster...
Second in Group 1 was the BMW of Döring/Samson/Kuhn, who had an eventful race: three crashes into the guard-rail, half a meter of BMW missing but still running at the finish.

Touring cars and GT’s
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 Carrera RSR		 Hans Müller, D
Lothar Friedrich, D
? Freddy Link, CH
 2808? B6 GT 191 laps        
2 2    
Porsche 911 E		 Wolfgang Kauwertz, D
Friedhelm Coenen, D
Peter Sieben, D
   B6 GT 189        
3 1    
Ford Capri RS 2600		 Lothar Pinske, D
Klaus Ludwig, D
Claude Lobo, F
   V6 Group 2 +2000 187        
4 2    
Ford Capri RS 2600		 Udo Fahron, D
Hans-Günther Stoffel, D
Heinz-Hans Heicker, D
   V6 Group 2 +2000 184        
5 3    
Porsche 911		 Alfred Stenpass, D
Bernard Schmitz-Moormann, D
Schneider
   B6 GT 180        
6 4    
Alpine A 110		 Abendroth
Karl Lübbering, D
   L4 GT 180        
7 1   Dutch National Racing Team
Opel Ascona 19SR		 Huub Vermeulen, NL
Loek Vermeulen, NL
Fred Frankenhout, NL
 1897 L4 Group 1 2000 179 61      
8 1    
BMW 3.0 Si		 Eberhard Samson, D
Helmut Döring, D
Helmut Kuhl, D
 2985 L6 Group 1 +2000 178        
9 2    
Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV		 Reckmann
Bernhard Niehaus, D
Niehaus, D
 1962 L4 Group 1 2000 178        
10 3    
Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV		 Klaus Zahn, D
? Frank Mayr, D
Peters
 1962 L4 Group 1 2000 177        
  1    
BMW 2002 TI		 Baumann
? Bernd Sieg, D
Pfeiffer
 1990 L4 Group 2 2000          
  1    
BMW 1602		 Helmut Güllich, D
Horst Honrath, D
Pasman
 1573 L4 Group 2 1600          
  1    
NSU 1200 TT		 Manfred Kilian, D
Josef Hansen, D
Helmut Eisenreich, D
   L4 Group 2 1300          
  1    
NSU 1000 TTS		 Friedrich Strassen, D
Heinz Sälzer, D
Günther Kutz, D
 996 L4 Group 2 1150          
  1    
Opel Ascona 16S		 Hans Musäus, D
Gerhard Dix, D
Fellenzer
 1584 L4 Group 1 21600          
  1    
Fiat 128 coupé 1300		 Jürgen Kazenmaier, D
? Helmut Bross, D
Dieter Hacheney, D
 1290 L4 Group 1 21300          
  1    
Fiat 128 coupé 1100		 Belse
Matthias Loerper, D
de Viller
 1116 L4 Group 1 21150          
  1    
Autobianchi A112 Abarth		 Welland
Dieter Erdmann, D
Heinz
 982 L4 Group 1 21000          
DNF     Dutch National Racing Team
Simca Rallye 2		 Arthur van Dedem, NL
Jim Vermeulen, NL
Aloys Mattijssen, NL
 1294 L4 Group 1 1300         Wheel
DNF   1 Steinmetz Automobiltechnik
Opel Commodore GS/E		 Werner Christmann, D
Urs (Robert) Eberhard, D
Klaus Miersch, D
 3600 L6 Prototype         Clutch/gearbox
DNF      
BMW 3.0 CSL		 Walter Czadek, D
Werner Scheid, D
Willi Weyer, D
 3003 L6 Group 2 +2000         Valve rocker
DNF      
Porsche 911		 Hans Hargarten, D
   B6 GT         Bearings
DNF      
Porsche Carrera RSR		 Heinz Gellert, D
Jürgen von Bergmann
 2808? B6 GT         Oil cooler
DNF      
BMW 2002 TI		 Dieter Kern, D
Ottmar Ickenroth, D
Elmar Helmut Clever, D
 1990 L4 Group 2 2000         Accident (35th hour)