1000 km race on the Nürburgring in 1977

The winning car of the Gelo Racing Team race

The 23rd 1000 km race on the Nürburgring , also 1000 km Nürburgring, Nürburgring Nordschleife , took place on May 29, 1977 and was the sixth round of the sports car world championship of that year.

The race

The organizer received 86 entries for the fourth sports car world championship run of the season. In the end, 57 racing cars started the race. Porsche works driver Jacky Ickx started the race from pole position . In practice on his Porsche 935/77 he achieved a time of 7: 31.900 minutes on his fastest lap and was thus more than four seconds faster than his brand colleague Rolf Stommelen in the customer Porsche 935.

After a race distance of 1004.740 km, the three racing drivers Tim Schenken , Rolf Stommelen and Toine Hezemans were waved off as winners.

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	chassis	Round
1	Size 5 + 3.0	3	Gelo Racing Team, Georg Loos KG	Tim Schenken Rolf Stommelen Toine Hezemans	Porsche 935	44
2	Size 5 + 3.0	4th	Vaillant Kremer team	Bob Wollek John Fitzpatrick	Porsche 935 K2	43
3	Size 5 2.0	26th	BMW Junior Team	Marc Surer Manfred Winkelhock	BMW 320i	43
4th	Size 5 + 3.0	5	Vaillant Kremer team	Franz Konrad Paul Keller	Porsche 935	42
5	Size 5 + 3.0	6th	Vaillant Kremer team	Dieter Schornstein Götz from Tschirnhaus	Porsche 934/5	41
6th	Size 5 + 3.0	7th	Jägermeister-Max-Moritz-Team	Manfred Schurti Helmut Kelleners	Porsche 935	41
7th	T / GT + 3.0	32	Schiller Racing Team	Claude Haldi Reinhold Joest	Porsche 934	40
8th	Size 5 3.0	15th	Hahn Sportwagen GmbH	Klaus Utz Armin Jahn	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	40
9	Size 5 3.0	18th	Kenneth glue	Kurt Simonsen Kenneth Leim	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	40
10	Size 5 3.0	16	Jägermeister-Max-Moritz-Team	Eckhard Schimpf Anton Fischhaber	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	39
11	T / GT 3.0	36	Autohaus Max Moritz GmbH	Gerhard Fetzer Dietrich Krumm	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	39
12	T / GT 3.0	37	Autohaus Max Moritz GmbH	Jürgen Lässig Hermann-Peter Duge	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	39
13	Size 5 + 3.0	8th	Jägermeister-Max-Moritz-Team	Jürgen Barth Edgar Dören	Porsche 934/5	37
14th	T / GT 3.0	35	Jägermeister-Max-Moritz-Team	Hans Habermann Romain Feitler	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	37
15th	T / GT 3.0	40	Valvoline Racing	Matthias Lkörper Kurt Beise	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	37
16	T / GT + 3.0	34	Franz-Josef Rieder	Franz-Josef Rieder Horst Hoier	Porsche 930	37
17th	T / GT 3.0	39	Wolfgang Walter	Wolfgang Walter Werner Prince	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	37
18th	T / GT 2.0	76	Bergisch-Gladbach racing community	Ottmar Ickenroth Richard Bremmekamp	BMW 2002	37
19th	Size 5 + 3.0	14th	Citta dei Mille	Girolamo Capra Gabriele Gottifredi Angelo Cogato ("Archimede")	Porsche 934	36
20th	T / GT 2.0	88	Eichberg Racing	Herbert Kummle Peter Prang	Ford Escort RS1800	36
21st	T / GT 2.0	87	Ford Berkenkamp Racing	Dieter Selzer Karl Mauer	Ford Escort RS	36
22nd	T / GT 3.0	46	Abex Pagid Valvoline Racing Team	Johann Weisheidinger Dietmar Hackner Heinz Jürgen Mählenhoff	Opel Commodore GS / E	35
23	T / GT 3.0	45	Gordon Spice	Chris Craft Gordon Spice	Ford Capri	35
24	T / GT 3.0	42	Valvoline Racing	Axel Sonntag Werner Dittert	Opel Commodore	35
25th	Size 5 + 3.0	10	Schultz Group	Klaus Drees Wolfgang Kauwertz	Porsche 934/5	35
26th	T / GT 3.0	44	AC Radevormwald / ADAC "Team Fuffu"	Michael Lehmacher Udo Lohmann	Opel Commodore GS / E	35
27	T / GT 2.0	70	IFM Electronic Efector	Peter Kuhlmann Peter Ochs	BMW 2002	34
28	T / GT 2.0	80	Haribo L. Racing Team	Tripo Gölz Lothar Moll Egon Timmer Bodo Eichner	BMW 2002	34
29	T / GT 2.0	64	Valvoline Racing	Peter Valder Axel Sunday Josef Wilhelmy	VW Golf	31
30th	T / GT 2.0	63	Kamei car extras	Bernd Renneisen Wolfgang Wolf	VW Golf	30th
31	T / GT 2.0	73	Franz Prentzel	Wolfgang Dimmendaal Franz Prentzel	BMW 2002	30th
Failed
32	Size 5 + 3.0	9	Josef Brambring	Leo Kinnunen Jürgen Neuhaus Albrecht Krebs	Porsche 935	19th
33	T / GT 3.0	52	Valvoline Germany	Siegfried Duke Robert Rupitsch	Opel Commodore GS / E	18th
34	T / GT 2.0	75	Team Wietis, BMW Wietis & Co.	Wolfgang Köster Rolf Krepschik	BMW 2002	18th
35	T / GT 2.0	81	Valvoline Racing	Peter Schumacher Josef Stockhausen	BMW 2002	17th
36	T / GT 2.0	62	Spit tuning	Helmut Henzler Willi Bergmeister	VW Scirocco	14th
37	Size 5 2.0	27T	BMW fold	Hans-Joachim Stuck Harald Grohs	BMW 320i	13
38	T / GT 2.0	74	Team Wietis, BMW Wietis & Co.	Helmut Kreinberg Hartmut Gambalat	BMW 2002	13
39	T / GT 2.0	77	MSTC Erbach DMV	Gert Englerth Hans Weißgerber	BMW 2002	13
40	Size 5 2.0	25th	Zakspeed Racing	Hans Heyer Armin Hahne	Ford Escort RS	12
41	T / GT 2.0	89	Ford Berkenkamp Racing	Mathias Schneider Holger Soltwedel	Ford Escort RS	12
42	Size 5 + 3.0	1	Martini Racing	Jacky Ickx Jochen Mass	Porsche 935/77	11
43	T / GT 2.0	86	KWS-Freizeit-Racing-Team 77	Rudolf Dötsch Jean-Louis Schlesser	Ford Escort	11
44	T / GT 3.0	38	Scuderia Basilea	Peter Zbinden Edi Kofel	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	10
45	T / GT 2.0	83	Heinz-Jürgen Dahmen	Heinz-Jürgen Dahmen Peter Hähnlein	BMW 2002	9
46	T / GT 2.0	79	Valvoline Racing	Kurt Hens Norbert Lehmann	BMW 1600/2	8th
47	T / GT + 3.0	33	Valvoline Germany	Eberhard Sindel Günter Steckkönig	Porsche 934	7th
48	T / GT 3.0	53	Helmut Sauter	Hubert Weis Helmut Sauter Hartmut Böhme	Opel Commodore GS / E	7th
49	Size 5 3.0	21st	Eichberg Racing	Dieter Gartmann Herbert Kummle	Ford Capri	6th
50	T / GT 2.0	71	Kneipp sanatorium "Sonnenhof"	Rudolf Gülker Wulf Schumacher	BMW 2002	5
51	T / GT 2.0	85	KWS Autotechnik team	Berthold Doll Norbert Schommer Hartmut Bauer	Ford Escort RS	5
52	T / GT 3.0	48	Bachem Opel	Rolf Koerner Hans-Wilhelm Ridder Lothar Schörg	Opel Commodore GS / E	4th
53	T / GT 2.0	69	Valvoline Auto Budde Racing	Peter Ernst Rainer Zweibäumer Lothar vom Stein	BMW 2002	4th
54	Size 5 + 3.0	2	Gelo Racing Team	Rolf Stommelen Toine Hezemans	Porsche 935	3
55	Size 5 2.0	31	Jolly Club	Umberto Grano Siegfried Müller senior Martino Finotto	Ford Escort RS2000	2
56	T / GT 2.0	78	Rudi Beck	Rudolf Beck Klaus Miebach	BMW 2002	1
57	T / GT 2.0	84	KWS-Freizeit-Racing-Team 77	Helmut Döring Hartmut Bauer	Ford Escort	1
Not started
58	T / GT 3.0	47	Valvoline Germany	Johann Weisheidinger Dietmar Hackner Heinz Jürgen Mählenhoff	Opel Commodore GS / E	1
59	T / GT 3.0	49	Opel Bachem	Hans-Wilhelm Ridder Otto Kälberer	Opel Commodore GS / E	2
60	T / GT 3.0	54	Kurt Auer	Kurt Auer Udo Schneider	Opel Commodore	3
61	T / GT 2.0	91	AC Rübenach eV. in the ADAC	Martin Stein Horst Willems	Triumph Dolomite	4th
62	T / GT 2.0	92	Valvoline Racing	Josef Wilhelmy Udo Piesack	Opel Kadett GT / E	5
Not qualified
63	T / GT 2.0	29	Dieter Fiedler	Dieter Fiedler Uwe Reich Knut Jaeger	Opel Ascona	6th
64	T / GT 3.0	43	Diermeier Ford	Harald Hinz	Ford Capri	7th
65	T / GT 3.0	50	KWS Motorsport	Herbert Stenger Helmut Schroeder Paul Smith	Ford Capri	8th
66	T / GT 3.0	51	Valvoline Germany	Werner Dittert Clemens Diewald	Opel Commodore GS / E	9
67	T / GT 2.0	65	Renngemeinschaft Sieglar e. V.	Ingolf Lucas Wilfried Schmitz Alexander Nickisch	VW Scirocco	10
68	T / GT 2.0	66	Michael Sanden	Michael Sanden Helmut Klinkhammer	Ford Escort RS	11
69	T / GT 2.0	67	Scuderia Citta dei Mille	Girolamo Capra Bruno Rebai Angelo Cogato ("Archimede")	Porsche 914/6	12
70	T / GT 2.0	68	Renngemeinschaft Sieglar e. V.	Alexander Nickisch Dieter Walterscheid Joachim Schramm	BMW 2002	13
71	T / GT 2.0	72	Valvoline Germany	Hanno Schumacher Hans Schell Horst Klauke	BMW 2002	14th
72	T / GT 2.0	82	Hilde Schmidt	Jens Schmidt Hilde Schmidt Gerhard Tappe	BMW 2002	15th
73	T / GT 2.0	90	Scuderia Colonia	Günter Wohlfahrter Karl Pathe Günter Paritschke	Ford Escort RS	16
74	T / GT 2.0	93	AC Hilden	Helmut Gries Karl-Ernst Brune Arthur Eickenberg Ludwig Dreeser	Alfa Romeo GTV	17th
75	T / GT 2.0	94	AC Hilden	Karl-Ernst Brune Helmut Gries Siegfried Schlacks Ludwig Dreeser	Alfa Romeo Alfetta	18th
76	T / GT 2.0	95	Ludwig Nieberle	Ludwig Nieberle Friedrich-Wilhelm Fricke	VW Golf GTI	19th
77	T / GT 2.0	96	Karl-Friedrich Hunold	Karl-Friedrich Hunold Werner Muschak Hermann Molitor	Opel Kadett GT / E	20th
Training run
78	Size 5 2.0	27	BMW fold	Hans-Joachim Stuck Harald Grohs	BMW 320i	21st

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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
79	Size 5 + 3.0	11	Jürgen Kannacher	Gerhard Holup	Porsche 935
80	Size 5 + 3.0	12	Kannacher GT Racing	Franz Konrad	Porsche 935
81	Size 5 + 3.0	13	Jolly Club	Martino Finotto Carlo Facetti	Porsche 935
82	Size 5 3.0	17th	Max Moritz car dealership		Porsche 911 Carrera RSR
83	Size 5 3.0	20th	Citta dei Mille	Carlo Rebai Angelo Cogato ("Archimede")	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR
84	Size 5 2.0	28	Jörg Obermoser	Jörg Obermoser	BMW 320i
85	Size 5 2.0	30th	GVEA	Heinz-Jörgen Dahmen	BMW 2002
86	T / GT 2.0	61	Manfred Mohr	Manfred Mohr	VW Scirocco

Class winner

class	driver	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
Size 5 + 3.0	Tim donation	Rolf Stommelen	Toine Hezemans	Porsche 935	Overall victory
Size 5 3.0	Klaus Utz	Armin Jahn		Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Rank 8
Size 5 2.0	Marc Surer	Manfred Winkelhock		BMW 320i	Rank 3
T / GT + 3.0	Claude Haldi	Reinhold Joest		Porsche 934	Rank 7
T / GT 3.0	Gerhard Fetzer	Dietrich Krumm		Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Rank 11
T / GT 2.0	Ottmar Ickenroth	Richard Bremmekamp		BMW 2002	Rank 18

Racing data

• Registered: 86
• Started: 57
• Rated: 31
• Race classes: 6
• Spectators: 80,000
• Weather on race day: unknown
• Route length: 22.835 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 5: 58: 30,500 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 44
• Total distance of the winning team: 1004.740 km
• Winner's average: 168.153 km / h
• Pole position: Jacky Ickx - Porsche 935/77 (# 1) - 7: 31.900 = 180.672 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Rolf Stommelen - Porsche 935 (# 3) - 7: 40.100 = 178.670 km / h
• Racing series: Round 6 of the 1977 Sports Car World 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

Previous race 6 Hours of Silverstone 1977

Sports car world championship

Succession race 400-km race at Vallelunga 1977