1000 km race on the Nürburgring in 1979

The Gelo Racing Team won the race with a Porsche 935/77 (photo from 1977)

The 25th 1000 km race on the Nürburgring , also 1000 km Nürburgring, Nürburgring Nordschleife , took place on June 3, 1979 on the Nordschleife of the Nürburgring and was the eighth race of the sports car world championship of that year.

The race

The organizer received 109 entries for the fifth sports car world championship round of the season. In the end, 48 racing cars started the race. From the pole position went Rolf Stommelen into the race. In practice on his Porsche 908/3 TC, he achieved a time of 7: 32.200 minutes on his fastest lap and was thus more than five seconds faster than his brand colleague Klaus Ludwig in the Porsche 935 / 77A .

After a race distance of 1004.740 km, the three racing drivers Manfred Schurti , John Fitzpatrick and Bob Wollek were waved off as winners.

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	chassis	Round
1	Group 5	6th	Gelo Racing	Manfred Schurti John Fitzpatrick Bob Wollek	Porsche 935 / 77A	44
2	Group 5	2	Porsche Kremer Racing	Klaus Ludwig Axel Plankenhorn	Porsche 935 K3	44
3	Group 5	9	Gelo Racing	Brian Redman Henri Pescarolo	Porsche 935 / 77A	43
4th	Group 5	7th	Sekurit Racing	Dieter Schornstein Edgar Dören Götz von Tschirnhaus	Porsche 935 / 77A	43
5	Group 5	1	Liqui Moly Joest	Volkert Merl Derek Bell Rolf Stommelen	Porsche 935 / 77A	41
6th	Group 5	25th	Jaegermeister	Eckhard Schimpf Hans-Georg Bürger	BMW 320	41
7th	GT	44	Max Moritz car dealership	Jürgen Lässig Gerhard Holup Hermann-Peter Duge	Porsche 934	40
8th	GT	45	Hahn sports car	Klaus Utz Armin Jahn	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	40
9	Group 5	8th	Jan Lundgårdh	Jan Lundgårdh Eberhard Braun	Porsche 935 / 77A	39
10	GT	47	Angelo Pallavicini	Angelo Pallavicini Enzo Calderari Marco Vanoli	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	39
11	GT	52	Simca NS Motorsport	Wolfgang Walter Werner Prince Ludwig Nice	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	38
12	S 2.0	114	Peter Groh	Peter Groh Roland Binder	Lola T390	37
13	GT	46	North German Automobile Club	Jürgen Oppermann Joachim Oppermann	Porsche 911 Carrera RS	36
14th	GT	40	Thierry Perrier	Thierry Perrier Roger Carmillet	Porsche 911 Carrera RS	36
15th	GT	53	North German Automobile Club	Matthias Lkörper Karl-Josef Römer	Porsche 911 Carrera RS	36
16	T	84	KWS Motorsport	Rolf Rosenkranz Hans-Günter Stoffel	Ford Escort RS 2000	36
17th	T	89	Yale stacker	Heiner Müller Lothar vom Stein Peter Biewald	BMW 2002	35
18th	Group 5	23	Lancia Corse	Riccardo Patrese Walter Röhrl	Lancia Beta Montecarlo	34
19th	T	85	Berkenkamp Ford	Mathias Schneider Holger Soltwedel Winfried Maiworm	Ford Escort	34
20th	Group 5	82	AC Bad Honnef	Hans-Joern Ley Josef Rietmann	VW Golf GTI	34
21st	T	75	Wilhelmy Racing	Kurt Hens Hans Schell Peter Stern	BMW 2002	34
22nd	S 2.0	118	Norbert Dombrowski	Norbert Dombrowski Peter Hoffmann	Rex SP1	34
23	S 2.0	116	Eugene Grupp	Eugen Grupp Jörg Zaborowski	Lola T297	34
24	T	66	Bergisch-Gladbach racing community	Hans Weissgerber Hermann-Josef Nett Richard Bremmekamp	BMW 2002	32
25th	T	77	Sieglar racing community	Hagen Arlt Klaus Bieler	Audi 80	32
26th	Group 5	3	Gelo Racing	Bob Wollek John Fitzpatrick Manfred Schurti	Porsche 935 / 77A	31
27	T	60	Zakspeed Racing	Jochen Duration Wolfgang Boller Klaus Niedzwiedz	Ford Escort	31
Failed
28	Group 5	21st	Zakspeed Racing	Mario Ketterer Klaus Niedzwiedz	Ford Capri Turbo	27
29	T	79	Veytal tuning	Michael Sanden Wolfgang Hansen	VW Scirocco	27
30th	T	61	Zakspeed Racing	Jörg Denzel Helmut Döring	Ford Escort	26th
31	Group 5	11	Jaegermeister	Anton Fischhaber Romain Feitler Uwe Köhler	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	24
32	Group 5	20th	Zakspeed Racing	Hans Heyer Jan Lammers	Ford Capri Turbo	23
33	T	88	Cavallo Matras	Herbert Kummle Karl Mauer Winfried Vogt	Ford Escort RS	23
34	S 2.0	112	Mogil Motors	Tony Charnell Martin Raymond	Chevron B36	22nd
35	T	67	Bergisch-Gladbach racing community	Richard Bremmekamp Klaus Lindlar Hans Weissgerber	BMW 320i	20th
36	T	81	PF + Akemi team Hürth	Hans-Werner Hilger Wolfgang Jacobs	VW Scirocco	16
37	GT	42	Ecurie Biennoise	Enzo Calderari Angelo Pallavicini Willi Spavetti	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	15th
38	T	78	Kilian Tuning	Heinz Gilges Wolfgang Wolf	Audi 80	14th
39	Group 5	22nd	Zakspeed Racing	Harald Ertl Hans Heyer Harald Grohs	Lotus Europa Turbo	?
40	Group 5	24	Giuseppe Piazzi	Giuseppe Piazzi Renzo Zorzi Stanislao Sterzel	Fiat X1 / 9	?
41	GT	41	Scuderia Basilea	Peter Zbinden Edi Kofel	Porsche 934	?
42	GT	49	Valvoline Germany	Fritz Müller Alfred Spaeh	Porsche 911 Carrera RS	?
43	T	63	Dick Barbour	Dick Barbour Bob Akin Helmut Gall	Ford Escort RS2000	?
44	T	65	Bergisch-Gladbach racing community	Jürgen Möhle Norbert Philipps	BMW 2002	?
45	S + 2.0	101	Liqui Moly Joest Racing	Rolf Stommelen Reinhold Joest	Porsche 908/3 TC	?
46	S + 2.0	104	Mayen Automobile Club	Norbert Przybilla Dieter Kern	TOJ SC302	?
47	S + 2.0	105	Kurt Hild	Kurt Hild Dieter Kern	TOJ SC306	?
48	S + 2.0	106	German Brothers	Ralf Walter Franz Kaiser Kurt Lotterschmid	German special Porsche 908	?
Not started
49	Group 5	10	Paul Mahlke Racing	Ralf-Dieter Schreiber Peter Hähnlein John Lagodny	Porsche 935	1
Not qualified
50	Group 5	4th	Carlo Pietromarchi	Gianfranco Brancatelli Carlo Pietromarchi Maurizio Micangeli	De Tomaso Pantera	2
51	Group 5	26th	Richard Jenvey	Richard Jenvey David Mercer Mike Chittenden	Lotus Esprit S1	3

¹ not started ² not qualified ³ not qualified

Only in the entry list

Here you will find teams, drivers and vehicles that were originally registered for the race but did not take part for a variety of reasons.

Item	class	No.	team	driver	chassis
52	Group 5	5	Carlo Pietromarchi	Carlo Pietromarchi Roberto Marazzi Maurizio Micangeli	De Tomaso Pantera
53	Group 5	27	MacInnes	Ian Marshall Syd Fox	Lotus Esprit S1
54	Group 5	28	Willy F Racing	Preben Kristoffersen Jens Winther	BMW 320i
55	GT	43	Kenneth glue	Kenneth Leim Kurt Simonsen	Porsche 934
56	GT	48	Max Moritz car dealership	Leo owner Hermann-Peter Duge	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR
57	T	50	Valvoline Germany	Walter Löffler Hugo Nückel Peter Döring	Opel Monza
58	T	51	Willi Martini	Karl-Heinz Becker Michael Martini	BMW 3.0 CSL
59	T	54	Radevormwald automobile club	Mandred Wader Ralf Hoeffgen	Opel Commodore
60	GT	62	Dieter equal	Manfred Mohr Walter Struckmann	Alfa Romeo GTA Sprint
90	T	64	Jürgen Kannacher	Heinz-Jürgen Dahmen Jürgen Kannacher	BMW 320i
91	T	68	Poster Toyota	Karl-Heinz Gürthler Karl-Heinz Schäfer	Toyota Celica
92	T	69	Poster Toyota	Norbert Neumann	Toyota Celica
93	T	70	Mantzel / Kissling	Wolfgang Offermann	Opel Kadett
94	T	71	Hilde Schmidt	Jens Schmidt Hilde Schmidt Frank Schmidt	BMW 2002
95	T	72	Joachim Scheefeldt	Joachim Scheefeldt Robert Heckenbach	BMW 2002
96	T	73	Peter Schumacher	Peter Schumacher Theo Koerner	BMW 320i
97	T	74	RK tuning	Mathias Bungard Josef Wilhelmy	Opel Kadett
98	T	76	Wilhelmy Racing	Peter Stern Heinz Weller Kurt Hens	BMW 1600
99	T	80	Miczyk tuning	Horst Bonefeld Klaus Ligensa	VW Scirocco
100	T	83	Willi Martini	Michael Martini Karl-Heinz Becker	BMW 2002
101	T	86	Berkenkamp Ford	Dieter Selzer Holger Soltwedel Mathias Schneider	Ford Escort RS
102	T	87	Langenfeld Motor Sport Club	Günther Bochem Hermann Küppers Werner Burchartz	BMW 2002
103	S + 2.0	102	Porsche Kremer Racing	Klaus Ludwig	Porsche 908/3
104	S + 2.0	103	John Blanckley	John Blanckley	Chevron B31
105	S + 2.0	107	Peter Hoffmann	Peter Hoffmann Norbert Dombrowski	McLaren M8F
106	S 2.0	111	Lella Lombardi	Lella Lombardi Giorgio Francia	Osella PA7
107	S 2.0	113	Dieter Schulz	Dieter Schulz Wolfgang Sander	Clean C3
108	S 2.0	115	German Brothers	Kurt Lotterschmid Ralf Walter	TOJ SC206
109	S 2.0	117	De Bartdi / Ceraolo		Osella PA7

Class winner

class	driver	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
Sports car up to 2 liters	Peter Groh	Roland Binder		Lola T390	Rank 12
Group 5	Manfred Schurti	John Fitzpatrick	Bob Wollek	Porsche 935/77	Overall victory
GT	Jürgen Lässig	Gerhard Holup	Hermann-Peter Duge	Porsche 934	Rank 7
Touring car	Rolf Rosenkranz	Hans-Günter Stoffel		Ford Escort RS2000	Rank 16

Racing data

• Registered: 109
• Started: 48
• Valued: 27
• Race classes: 5
• Spectators: 120,000
• Weather on race day: unknown
• Route length: 22.835 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 5: 57: 35,100 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 44
• Total distance of the winning team: 1004.740 km
• Winner's average: 168.588 km / h
• Pole position: Rolf Stommelen - Porsche 908/3 TC (# 101) - 7.32.200 - 180.332 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Rolf Stommelen - Porsche 908/3 TC (# 101) - 7.41.900 - 177.974 km / h
• Racing series: 8th round of the 1979 World Sports Car Championship

literature

• Peter Higham: The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing. A complete Reference from Formula 1 to Touring Car. Guinness Publishing Ltd., London 1995, ISBN 0-85112-642-1 .
• Michael Behrndt, Jörg-Thomas Födisch, Matthias Behrndt: ADAC 1000 km race. HEEL Verlag, Königswinter 2008, ISBN 978-3-89880-903-0 .

Web links

• Race results

Individual evidence

Previous race, 6 Hours of Silverstone 1979

Sports car world championship

Successor to the 24 Hours of Le Mans 1979