1000 km race on the Nürburgring in 1973

Introductory lap to the 1000 km race 1973, in front Francois Cevert, Matra-Simca MS670B (No. 4), and Jacky Ickx, Ferrari 312P (No. 1)

Jacky Ickx on his victory run

François Cevert in Matra

The 19th 1000 km race on the Nürburgring , also the 19th international ADAC 1000 km race on the Nürburgring, Nürburgring Nordschleife , took place on May 27, 1973. The race was the seventh round of the sports car world championship of that year and the eleventh round of the German racing championship in 1973

The race

The race was held over 44 laps of the 22.835 km long Nordschleife. The fastest in training was François Cevert in the Matra-Simca MS 670B with a time of 7: 12.8 minutes ahead of Jacky Ickx , Ferrari 312P (7: 15.5 minutes), and Rolf Stommelen in the Alfa Romeo 33 TT 12 .

After the start of the race, Cevert kept the lead. Henri Pescarolo overtook Rolf Stommelen on the second Matra , drove into the south bend in third place, but retired on the first lap with a connecting rod damage. The Cevert / Beltoise team also had to give up the race on lap 12 with engine failure. On the same lap, the Stommelen / de Adamich Alfa Romeo retired with a defective valve after the same damage had stopped Clay Regazzoni in the second factory Alfa on lap two.

Despite these failures, the race was exciting at times, especially when Arturo Merzario in the second Ferrari attacked and overtook the leading Jacky Ickx, contrary to the strategy of the Ferrari race director. After a refueling stop on lap 39, Merzario had to give the car to Carlos Pace , who finished the race in second. Merzario then decided not to take part in the award ceremony.

Third overall, the John Burton / John Bridges team won the sports car class in a Chevron B23 Ford-Cosworth. Paul Keller / Jürgen Neuhaus / Clemens Schickentanz came in eleventh place as winners of the GT class with a Porsche 911 Carrera RSR. John Fitzpatrick / Gerry Birrell in a Ford Capri RS were the winners of the touring car class up to 3 liters displacement and sixth in the overall classification . Toine Hezemans / Dieter Quester in a BMW 3.0 CSL won the touring car class over 3 liters as ninth .

23 of 49 vehicles that started crossed the finish line; 59 cars were registered.

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	chassis	Round
1	S 3.0	1	Ferrari SEFAC Spa	Jacky Ickx Brian Redman	Ferrari 312PB	44
2	S 3.0	2	Ferrari SEFAC Spa	Carlos Pace Arturo Merzario	Ferrari 312PB	44
3	S 2.0	19th	Red Rose Racing	John Burton John Bridges	Chevron B23	40
4th	S 3.0	3	Porsche Club Romand	Claude Haldi Bernard Chenevière	Porsche 908/03	40
5	S 3.0	6th	Martini Racing Team	Gijs van Lennep Herbert Müller	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	40
6th	T 3.0	76	Ford Germany	John Fitzpatrick Gerry Birrell	Ford Capri RS	39
7th	S 2.0	37	Peter Smith	Peter Smith David Welpton	Chevron B21	38
8th	S 2.0	38	Squadra Tartaruga	Walter Frey Peter Ettmüller	Chevron B19	38
9	T + 3.0	69	BMW Motorsport GmbH	Toine Hezemans Dieter Quester	BMW 3.0CSL	38
10	S 2.0	32	Martin Raymond	Martin Raymond Peter Humble	Chevron B23	38
11	GT + 1.6	55	Porsche Kremer Racing	Paul Keller Jürgen Neuhaus Clemens Schickentanz	Porsche Carrera RSR	38
12	GT + 1.6	54	Porsche Kremer Racing	Clemens Schickentanz Paul Keller Günter Steckkönig	Porsche 911 Carrera	38
13	GT + 1.6	59	Gelo Racing	Georg Loos Jürgen Barth	Porsche 911 Carrera	38
14th	GT + 1.6	49	Anton Fischhaber	Anton Fischhaber Leopold Prince of Bavaria	Porsche Carrera RSR	37
15th	GT + 1.6	50	Kuberol Racing	Bengt Ekberg Kurt Simonsen Roland Larsson	Porsche 911 Carrera	37
16	GT + 1.6	52	Europe furniture	Eberhard Sindel Wilhelm Siegele	Porsche Carrera RSR	36
17th	T 2.0	85	Koepchen tuning	Helmut Kellener's Teddy Pilette	BMW 2002Tii	35
18th	S 2.0	24	Bernd Becker	Bernd Becker Elmar Clever	Porsche 910	35
19th	GT + 1.6	51	Lothar Wagner	Lothar Wagner Eckard Babendererde	Porsche 911S	33
20th	T 2.0	82	Koepchen tuning	Heinrich Hirth Günther Mors	BMW 2002Tii	32
21st	T 3.0	78	indicator	Klaus Ludwig Lothar Pinske	Ford Capri RS	32
22nd	S 2.0	27	Viktor	Olof Wijk Tommy Brorsson	Astra RNR1	32
23	S 2.0	41	Dorset Racing Associates	Brian Joscelyne Lee Kaye Tony Birchenhough	Lola T212	30th
Failed
24	T 3.0	75	Ford Germany	Dieter Glemser Jochen Mass	Ford Capri RS	23
25th	S 2.0	28	Jolly Club	Manfred Mohr Martino Finotto Dieter Basche	AMS 273	14th
26th	S 3.0	4th	Equipe Matra-Simca	François Cevert Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Matra-Simca MS670B	12
27	S 3.0	8th	Autodelta SpA	Rolf Stommelen Andrea de Adamich	Alfa Romeo 33TT12	12
28	S 3.0	12	Jolly Club	Giorgio Pianta Mario Casoni	Lola T280 / 2	6th
29	GT + 1.6	66	Martini Racing Team	George Follmer Willi Kauhsen	Porsche 911 Carrera	6th
30th	S 2.0	18th	Tony Goodwin	Tony Goodwin Tommy Johnson Ed McDonough Edward Negus	Dulon LD10	5
31	T + 3.0	68	BMW Motorsport GmbH	Hans-Joachim Stuck Chris Amon	BMW 3.0CSL	5
32	S 3.0	9	Autodelta SpA	Clay Regazzoni Carlo Facetti	Alfa Romeo 33TT12	2
33	S 3.0	5	Equipe Matra-Simca	Henri Pescarolo Gérard Larrousse	Matra-Simca MS670B	1
34	S 2.0	17th	Jack Wheeler	Jack Wheeler Martin Davidson	Daren Mk.3	1
35	S 2.0	21st	Michel Dupont	Michel Dupont Paul Blancpain	Chevron B23
36	S 2.0	29	Ember Racing	John Hine Peter Hanson	Chevron B23
37	S 3.0	30th	Ember Racing	John Quick William de Selincourt	Chevron B21
38	S 2.0	31	HIRE Racing	José Juncadella Mike Hailwood	Chevron B23
39	S 2.0	33	Intertech	Brendan McInerney Trevor Twaites	Chevron B23
40	S 2.0	34	Roger Haevens Racing	Roger Haevens Hervé LeGuellec	Chevron B23
41	S 2.0	39	Ian Harrower	Ian Harrower James Bell	Chevron B23
42	GT + 1.6	48	Porsche Club Romand	Peter Zbinden Serge Bolomey Klaus Fritzinger	Porsche 911 Carrera
43	GT + 1.6	72	Juan Carlos Bolaños	Juan Carlos Bolaños Carlos Nicastro	Porsche 911 Carrera
44	GT + 1.6	62	Europe furniture	Horst Klauke Franz-Josef Rieder Eckhard Schimpf	Porsche 911S
45	GT + 1.6	64	Alfa Romeo Germany	Dieter Gleich Dieter Weizinger	Alfa Romeo Montreal
46	T + 3.0	71	Alpina	Hans-Peter Joisten Helmut Rösser	BMW 3.0CSL
47	T + 3.0	72	Robert Eberhardt	Robert Eberhardt Kurt Auer	Chevrolet Camaro
48	T 2.0	81	Reydther Club	Friedheim Theissen Walter Prüser	BMW 2002
49	T 2.0	84	Hans-Lothar Koch	Hans-Lothar Koch Hans-Joachim Goerke	BMW 2002Ti
Not started
50	S 3.0	10	Joest Racing	Reinhold Joest Mario Casoni	Porsche 908/03	1
51	S 2.0	22nd	Ecurie Bonnier Team BP	Santos Mendoza Carlos Santos	Lola T292	2
52	S 2.0	23	Ecurie Bonnier Team BP	Carlos Caspar Jorge Pinhol	Lola T292	3
53	S 2.0	40	Hans Baumhardt	Hans Baumhardt Tom Pryce	Royale RP17	4th
54	T + 1.6	53	Hans-Peter Zeigler	Hans-Peter Ziegler Bernd Ziegler	Porsche 911 Carrera	5
55	GT + 1.6	57	Grindelwald Racing	Heinrich Keller Cox cooker	De Tomaso Pantera	6th
56	GT + 1.6	58	M. Weismann	Günther Steckkönig Klaus Fritzinger	Porsche 911 Carrera	7th
57	GT + 1.6	65	Werner Christmann	Werner Christmann Helmut Hinse	Porsche 914/6	8th
58	GT + 3.0	70	BMW Alpina	Brian Muir Niki Lauda	BMW 3.0CSL	9
59	T 2.0	83	Alfa Romeo Germany	Dieter Weizinger Wilhelm Bisterfeld	Alfa Romeo Giulia GTAm	10

¹ Accident during training ² withdrawn ³ withdrawn ⁴ not started ⁵ engine failure during training ⁶ engine failure during training ⁷ not started ⁸ not started ⁹ not started ¹⁰ not started

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
60	S 3.0	7th	Joseph Greger	Joseph Greger Kurt Hild	Porsche 910
61	S 2.0	25th	Europe furniture	Jörg Obermoser René Herzog	GRD S73
62	S 2.0	26th	Scuderia Filipinetti	Jean-Louis Lafosse Reine Wisell	Lola T292
63	S 2.0	28	Guy Edwards	Guy Edwards Jim Busby	Lola T292
64	S 2.0	35	Peter Richardson	Peter Richardson Jimmy Richardson	Chevron B23
65	S 2.0	36	Andrew Fletcher	Andrew Fletcher William Tuckett	Chevron
66	S 2.0	42	Mike Stow	Mike Stow Mike Knight	Chevron
67	GT + 1.6	56	Porsche Kremer Racing		Porsche Carrera RSR
68	GT + 1.6	61	Robert Grant	Robert Grant John Kendall	Datsun 240Z
69	GT + 1.6	63	Joseph Greger	Joseph Greger Kurt Hild	Porsche 914/6
70	T 3.0	77	Ford Germany	Hans Heyer Jody Scheckter	Ford Capri RS

Class winner

class	driver	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
Sports car up to 3000 cm³	Jacky Ickx	Brian Redman		Ferrari 312PB	Overall victory
Sports car up to 2000 cm³	John Burton	John Bridges		Chevron B23	Rank 3
GT over 1600 cm³	Paul Keller	Jürgen Heuhaus	Clemens Schickentanz	Porsche Carrera RSR	Rank 11
Touring cars over 3000 cm³	Dieter Quester	Toine Hezemans		BMW 3.0CSL	Rank 9
Touring cars up to 3000 cm³	John Fitzpatrick	Gerry Birrell		Ford Capri RS	Rank 6
Touring cars up to 2000 cm³	Helmut Kelleners	Teddy Pilette		BMW 2002Tii	Rank 17

Racing data

• Registered: 70
• Started: 49
• Rated: 23
• Race classes: 6
• Spectator: unknown
• Race day weather: warm and dry
• Route length: 22.835 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 5:36: 53,400 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 44
• Total distance of the winning team: 1004.740 km
• Winner's average: 178.944 km / h
• Pole position: François Cevert - Matra-Simca MS670B (# 4) - December 7th, 800 - 189.940 km / h
• Fastest race lap: François Cevert - Matra-Simca MS670B (# 4) - 7.20.300 - 186.705 km / h
• Racing series: 7th round of the 1973 World Sports Car Championship
• Racing series: 11 rounds for the 1973 German Racing Championship

literature

• Michael Behrndt, Jörg-Thomas Födisch, Matthias Behrndt: ADAC 1000 km race. HEEL Verlag, Königswinter 2008, ISBN 978-3-89880-903-0 .
• 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 .

Web links

Commons : 1000 km race on the Nürburgring 1973  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Race results at Racing Sports Cars

Predecessor race Targa Florio 1973

Sports car world championship

Succession race 1973 24 Hours of Le Mans