1000 km race on the Nürburgring in 1975

Alfa Romeo T33 / TT / 12 , winning car from Arturo Merzario and Jacques Laffite

Walter Czadek had a fatal accident in training on a BMW 2002 Ti

The 21st 1000 km race on the Nürburgring , also Int. ADAC 1000 km Nürburgring, World Championship, Nürburgring Nordschleife , took place on June 1, 1975 on the Nordschleife of the Nürburgring and was the seventh round of the sports car world championship of that year.

The race

With three Alfa Romeo T33 / TT / 12 that came Kauhsen to race at the Nurburgring. In addition to the previous regular drivers Arturo Merzario , Jacques Laffite , Henri Pescarolo and Derek Bell , two current Formula 1 drivers joined the team. Jody Scheckter started for Tyrrell in the world championship and shared the cockpit of the car with the number 3 with McLaren driver Jochen Mass . Mass also had a driver contract with Ford Germany , but was released from team boss Mike Kranefuss for the race due to a lack of opportunities .

The problems of the Porsche team at the Hessian real estate agent Dr. Hermann Dannesberger continued at the Nürburgring. After a dispute between the drivers, Gijs van Lennep was released from his contract after the 1000 km race in Monza . Herbert Müller received an official warning from the Porsche board of directors after he said that the Porsche 908 / 3-6 with turbocharger was “Porsche scrap”. Before the race, Porsche stopped technical support and the team had to make budget with the last few spare parts.

Fatal accident during training

Walter Czadek had a fatal accident on Saturday morning . On his third lap, the transmission of his car blocked at high speed on the Döttinger Höhe. The vehicle hit a barrier, overturned and landed heavily damaged between trees. Czadek, who was not wearing a seat belt, was taken to the Adenau hospital with serious injuries , where he died that afternoon; he was 32 years old. In his hometown of Hassel he ran a company that repaired vehicle electrics and in his spare time he drove touring car races . A BMW 2002 Ti was registered for him and Karl Richter from the “Rheydter Club” for the 1000 km race .

The course of the race

The race ended with another overall victory for the Kauhsen-Alfa-Romeo team. However, this victory was primarily due to mistakes by the competition. The Alpine-Renault A442 from Gérard Larrousse and Jean-Pierre Jabouille led for a long time . The duo had already gained a lead of over two minutes when the Alpine technicians needed three unplanned pit stops to repair a broken weld on a pitot tube that supplied the left cylinder side with compressed combustion air. A whole lap was lost.

Four laps led by Georg Loos used Mirage Gulf GR7 with Howden Ganley at the wheel when race director Len Bailey underwent a serious mistake. He miscalculated during the pit stops and brought the leading car to the pits completely unnecessarily. Ganley, seeing his teammate Tim Schenken waiting, untied his seat belt to get out of the car. When the error was recognized, it had to be laboriously put on again. Half a minute was lost in the maneuver, enough to put Merzario and Laffite's Alfa Romeo in the lead. At the finish line they had a lead of 40 seconds over the Loos-Gulf after 44 laps.

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	chassis	Round
1	S 3.0	1	Willi Kauhsen Racing Team	Arturo Merzario Jacques Laffite	Alfa Romeo T33 / TT / 12	44
2	S 3.0	4th	GELO Racing Team Georg Loos KG	Howden Ganley Tim Gifting	Mirage Gulf GR7	44
3	S 3.0	7th	Martini Racing Team Dr. H. Dannesberger	Herbert Müller Leo Kinnunen	Porsche 908 / 3-6	43
4th	S 3.0	6th	Renault Alpine SA	Gérard Larrousse Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Alpine-Renault A442	43
5	S 3.0	10	Joest Racing	Jürgen Barth Ernst Kraus	Porsche 908/3	42
6th	S 3.0	3	Willi Kauhsen Racing Team	Jochen Mass Jody Scheckter	Alfa Romeo T33 / TT / 12	42
7th	S 2.0	30th	March Hart Racing	David Morgan John Lepp Vern Schuppan	March 75S	41
8th	GT + 1.6	54	Jägermeister-Kremer team	Helmut Kellener's Hans Heyer Bob Wollek	Porsche Carrera RSR	40
9	GT + 1.6	51	GELO Racing Team Georg Loos KG	John Fitzpatrick Toine Hezemans Manfred Schurti	Porsche Carrera RSR	40
10	S 2.0	37	Robin Smith	Robin Smith Richard Robarts	Chevron B23	40
11	GT + 1.6	52	GELO Racing Team Georg Loos KG	Toine Hezemans Gijs van Lennep Claude Ballot-Léna	Porsche Carrera RSR	40
12	GT + 1.6	63	Kuberol Racing	Bengt Ekberg Roland Larsson	Porsche Carrera RSR	39
13	T + 2.0	60	BMW-Faltz-Alpina-Tuning	Alain Peltier Siegfried Müller	BMW 3.0 CSL	39
14th	GT + 1.6	58	Tebernum Porsche Racing Team	Clemens Schickentanz Hartwig Bertrams Reine Wisell	Porsche Carrera RSR	39
15th	S 2.0	26th	Steward Chubb Racing	Alan Jones John Sheldon Rafael Barrios	Lola T294	38
16	GT + 1.6	68	Rally Community Ulm	Eberhard Sindel Edgar Dören	Porsche Carrera RSR	38
17th	S 2.0	45	STE ROC La pierre du Nord Motul	François Sérvanin Laurent Ferrier	Lola T294	38
18th	S 2.0	38	John Blanckley	John Blanckley John Calvert	Chevron B23	38
19th	GT + 1.6	69	AMC Duisburg	Anton Stocks Gerhard Holup	Porsche Carrera RSR	37
20th	GT + 1.6	60	Porsche Club Romand	Claude Haldi Bernard Béguin	Porsche Carrera RSR	37
21st	GT + 1.6	60	Porsche Club Romand	Peter Zbinden Roger Dorchy	Porsche Carrera RSR	37
22nd	S 2.0	35	Chandler Ibec Int. Racing	Claude Crespin Ian Bracey Brian Joscelyne	Lola T294	36
23	S 2.0	25th	Alroy Racing	Richard Knight Christian Mons Mike Knight	March 75S	34
24	S 3.0	17th	Bernd Seidler	Bernd Seidler Klaus-Peter Reichle	GLS-Porsche BS910	34
25th	T 2.0	109	Team Europe Furniture	Wolfgang Dimmendaal Wilfried Dymarkowski	BMW 2002 Ti	32
26th	S 2.0	32	KVG racing	John Hine Ian Grob	Chevron B31	30th
27	T 2.0	110	Team Europe Furniture	Rüdiger Dahlhäuser Paul Wunsch	VW Scirocco	30th
Not classified
28	S 2.0	40	Team Viktor-Trave-Line-Ferrys	Olof Wijk Lars Svensson	Astra RNR1	29
29	T 2.0	104	Mayen Automobile Club	Peter Ochs Karl-Heinz Tibor	BMW 2002 Ti	25th
30th	T + 2.0	88	Rübenach Automobile Club	Axel Sonntag Werner Dittert	Opel Commodore	18th
Failed
31	S 2.0	21st	Team Warsteiner Eurorace	Jörg Obermoser Paul Keller	TOJ SC03	29
32	S 2.0	24	Alroy Racing	Mario Cabral Antônio Castro Prado	March 75S	28
33	S 2.0	28	Peter Smith	Peter Smith John Turner	Chevron B23	28
34	S 3.0	36	Roger Heavens	Hervé LeGuellec Manrico Zanuso	Lola T294	28
35	S 3.0	5	GELO Racing Team Georg Loos KG	John Watson Tom Pryce	Mirage Gulf GR7	27
36	S 3.0	11	Sportscar Team of Austria	Walter Penker Alois Müller	KMW SP30	27
37	GT + 1.6	53	GELO Racing Team Georg Loos KG	Manfred Schurti Klaus Ludwig	Porsche Carrera RSR	27
38	S 2.0	23	Fisons racing	Martin Raymond Tony Goodwin	Chevron B31	23
39	GT + 1.6	55	Jägermeister-Kremer team	Hans Heyer Bob Wollek Reinhardt Stenzel	Porsche Carrera RSR	23
40	S 2.0	34	Miles Royston Racing	Richard Scott José Uriarte Peter Hanson	Lola T294	21st
41	S 2.0	33	Cheetah cars	John Burton Lori's cauldron	Cheetah G501	19th
42	GT + 1.6	57	Josef Brambring	Josef Brambring Jürgen Neuhaus	Porsche Carrera RSR	19th
43	GT + 1.6	66	Jürgen Kannacher	Jürgen Konrad Jürgen Kannacher	Porsche Carrera RSR	19th
44	GT + 1.6	67	Neuss Motorsport Club	Wolfgang Kauwertz Klaus Drees	Porsche Carrera RSR	16
45	GT + 1.6	59	Tebernum Porsche Racing Team	Hartwig Bertrams Reine Wisell Clemens Schickentanz	Porsche Carrera RSR	13
46	S 3.0	19th	Jolly Club Lugano-Ferreti	Vittorio Brambilla Giorgio Pianta	Lola T380	10
47	S 2.0	41	Heini Mader Racing Components	Hansmarkus Hubert Friedrich Hürzeler	Lola T294	10
48	S 3.0	15th	Boeri Sports Helmets	Kurt Hild Axel Ahrens Manfred Anspann	KMW SP30	9
49	S 2.0	22nd	Team Warsteiner Eurorace	Gunnar Nordström Philipp Gantner	TOJ SC03	6th
50	S 2.0	29	Mogil Motors Ltd.	Tony Charnell Andrew Jeffrey	Chevron B23	6th
51	GT + 1.6	62	Gante Racing	John Rulon-Miller Tom Waugh	Porsche Carrera RSR	6th
52	GT + 1.6	64	Jan Lundgardh	Jan Lundgardh Kurt Simonsen	Porsche Carrera RSR	6th
53	T + 2.0	85	BMW-Faltz-Alpina-Tuning	Dieter Hegel's Rolf Rummel	BMW 3.0 CSL	6th
54	T 2.0	102	Balafre Lancome For Men	Lothar Wagner Eckard Babendererde	BMW 2002 Ti	6th
55	S 3.0	12	KMW-Racing-GmbH & Co KG	Hans Müller-Perschl Harald Ertl	KMW SP30	4th
56	T + 2.0	87	Robert Eberhardt	Robert Eberhardt Kurt Auer	Chevrolet Camaro	4th
57	S 2.0	43	Neuss Motorsport Club in ADAC	Heinz Gilges Helmut Schmitz	Alpine A110 1800	3
58	S 3.0	9	Joest Racing	Reinhold Joest Mario Casoni	Porsche 908/4	2
59	S 3.0	2	Willi Kauhsen Racing Team	Henri Pescarolo Derek Bell	Alfa Romeo T33 / TT / 12 CC	1
Not started
60	S 2.0	39	Trevor Twaites	Trevor Twaites Jörg Zaborowski	Chevron B23	1
61	T + 2.0	82	BMW-Faltz-Alpina-Tuning	Peter Hennige Harald Grohs	BMW 3.0 CSL	2
62	T 2.0	103	Mayen Automobile Club	Kurt Hens Hans Schell	BMW 2002	3
63	T 2.0	105	Rheydter Club	Walter Prüser Peter Sieben	BMW 2002 Ti	4th
64	T 2.0	106	Rheydter Club	Walter Czadek Karl Richter	BMW 2002 Ti	5
65	S 3.0	100	Renault Alpine	Gérard Larrousse Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Alpine-Renault A441	6th
Not qualified
66	S 3.0	14th	KMW-Racing-GmbH & Co KG		KMW SP30	7th
67	S 3.0	16	Boeri Sports Helmets	Siegfried Schrieder Kurt Hild	KMW SP30	8th
68	S 3.0	18th	Walter Proebst	Walter Proebst Holger Schechinger	Porsche 908/3	9
69	S 2.0	27	Goodwin Racing	Ivor Goodwin Manuel Larama	Rawlson	10
70	S 2.0	42	Akamot	Werner Muschak Karl Langjahr	Porsche 910	11
71	T 2.0	107	Rheydter Club	Helmut Hesse Manfred Droegekopp	BMW 1600	12

¹ not started ² accident during training ³ not started ⁴ withdrawn ⁵ fatal accident by Czadek during training ⁶ training car ⁷ not qualified ⁸ not qualified ⁹ not qualified ¹⁰ not qualified ¹¹ not qualified ¹² 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
72	S 3.0	8th	Willi Kauhsen Racing Team	Jody Scheckter	Alfa Romeo T33 / TT / 12
73		20th	Jolly Club Lugano-Ferreti	Lella Lombardi	Lola
74	S 2.0	23	Jolly Club	Martino Finotto Manfred Mohr	Lola T294
75	S 2.0	31	Fisons racing	Martin Raymond Tony Goodwin	Lola T390
76	S 2.0	44	Scuderia Lang packaging	Helmut Bross	Lola T290
77	S 2.0	46	Oscar Desentis	Oscar Desentis Hervé LeGuellec	Lola T294
78	S 2.0	47	Scuderia Nord-Ovest	Gianfranco Trombetti Lorenzo Niccolini	Osella PA3
79	GT + 1.6	56	Jägermeister-Kremer team	Eckhard Schimpf Anton Fischhaber Helmut Kelleners	Porsche Carrera RSR
80	T + 2.0	83	Team Schnitzer	Albrecht Krebs Günter Appel	BMW 3.5 CSL
81	T + 2.0	84	Team Schnitzer	Urs Zondler Walter Brun	BMW 3.5 CSL
82	T 2.0	101	BMW Faltz Alpina Essen	Peter Kuhlmann	BMW 2002
83	T 2.0	108	Furniture Europe	Josef Stockhausen Fritz Kossak	BMW 1800

Class winner

class	driver	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
S 3.0	Arturo Merzario	Jacques Laffite		Alfa Romeo T33 / TT / 12	Overall victory
S 2.0	David Morgan	John Lepp	Vern Schuppan	March 75S	Rank 7
GT + 1.6	Helmut Kelleners	Hans Heyer	Bob Wollek	Porsche Carrera RSR	Rank 8
T + 2.0	Alain Peltier	Siegfried Mueller		BMW 3.5 CSL	Rank 13
T 2.0	Wolfgang Dimmendaal	Wilfried Dymarkowski		BMW 2002 Ti	Rank 25

Racing data

• Registered: 83
• Started: 59
• Valued: 27
• Race classes: 5
• Spectators: 60,000
• Race day weather: cool and dry
• Route length: 22.835 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 5: 41: 14.100 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 44
• Total distance of the winning team: 1004.740 km
• Winner's average: 176.665 km / h
• Pole position: Jean-Pierre Jabouille - Alpine-Renault A442 (# 6) - 7: 12.100 = 190.248 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Gérard Larrousse - Alpine-Renault A442 (# 6) - 7: 20.800 = 186.493 km / h
• Racing series: 7th round of the sports car world championship in 1975

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 .

Web links

• Race results

Individual evidence

1. ↑ On the death of Walter Czadek

Previous race 1000 km of Pergusa 1975

Sports car world championship

Successor race 1000 km race from Zeltweg 1975