Interseries
The Interserie was a European series of sports car races that was launched as a "counterpart" to the North American CanAm series.
championship
The distinguishing feature of the Interseries was and is that different types of racing vehicles are used, some of which were no longer allowed to start elsewhere. Typical examples are the Porsche 917 and Ferrari 512S , which were only used in the sports car world championship until 1971.
The first race took place on June 28, 1970 at the Norisring , Nuremberg . The winner of this race and also later overall winner of the 1970 season was Jürgen Neuhaus from Wuppertal in a Porsche 917K. 1975 was the last year of the old style interseries. As the racing cars could not be financed, the number of participants became smaller and smaller, which led to a decline in public interest.
Originally, the racing cars were based on vehicles from FIA groups 5 , 6 and 7 or the later group C of the racing car series . Later, racing cars were mostly used as vehicles, in which the monoposto base was supplemented with wheel or full fairings and the engines were replaced with durable Cosworth or Judd units. Former Le Mans vehicles, Formula 3000 and Formula 1 racing cars were used, the latter mostly from the stocks of Arrows , Minardi or Jordan .
Known racing drivers from other racing series who were temporarily active in the interseries are Manuel Reuter , Klaus Ludwig , Hans-Joachim Stuck and Bernd Schneider . Otherwise, well-heeled amateurs drove there in high-performance vehicles for the joy of motorsport.
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Title holder
Web links
- Official homepage ( Memento from October 15, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- Overview of all masters up to 2002
- Norisring history