1000 km race on the Nürburgring in 1978

The Porsche 935 / 77A of the Max Moritz team came second in the race (photo from 1977)

The 24th 1000 km race on the Nürburgring , also 1000 km Nürburgring, Nürburgring Nordschleife , took place on May 28, 1978 and was the seventh round of the sports car world championship of that year.

The race

The organizers received 88 entries for the fifth sports car world championship round of the season. In the end, 67 racing cars started the race. From the pole position went Toine Hezemans into the race. In practice on his Porsche 935 / 77A, he achieved a time of 7: 36.200 minutes on his fastest lap.

After a race distance of 1004.740 km, the three racing drivers Hans Heyer , Klaus Ludwig and Toine Hezemans were waved off as winners.

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	chassis	Round
1	Size 5 + 2.0	3	Weisberg Gelo team	Hans Heyer Klaus Ludwig Toine Hezemans	Porsche 935 / 77A	44
2	Size 5 + 2.0	8th	Jägermeister-Max-Moritz team	Manfred Schurti Jacky Ickx	Porsche 935 / 77A	44
3	Size 5 + 2.0	4th	Porsche Kremer Racing	Bob Wollek Henri Pescarolo	Porsche 935 / 77A	44
4th	Size 5 + 2.0	12	Konrad Racing	Volkert Merl Ralf-Dieter Schreiber Franz Konrad	Porsche 935	44
5	Size 5 + 2.0	7th	Liqui Moly Equipe	Reinhold Joest Jürgen Barth	Porsche 935 / 77A	44
6th	Size 5 2.0	34	BMW fold	Markus Höttinger Hans-Joachim Stuck	BMW 320i	44
7th	Size 5 2.0	29	BMW fold	Ronnie Peterson Dieter Quester	BMW 320i	43
8th	Size 5 + 2.0	11	Konrad Racing	Franz Konrad Volkert Merl Clemens Schickentanz	Porsche 935 / 77A	42
9	Size 5 2.0	26th	BMW Belgium	Patrick Nève Harald Grohs	BMW 320i	42
10	Size 5 + 2.0	10	Jagermeister Racing Team	Anton Fischhaber Romain Feitler	Porsche 934	40
11	Size 5 + 2.0	9	Jagermeister Racing Team	Eckhard Schimpf Edgar Dören Romain Feitler	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	40
12	Size 5 2.0	25th	BMW Italia - Osella	Vittorio Brambilla Giorgio Francia	BMW 320i	40
13	Size 5 + 2.0	17th	Guida Monaci	Maurizio Micangeli Carlo Pietromarchi	De Tomaso Pantera	40
14th	T / GT + 2.0	48	North German Automobile Club e. V.	Gerhard Happel Götz from Tschirnhaus	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	40
15th	T / GT + 2.0	43	Porsche Kremer Racing	Jürgen Konrad Georg Freiberger	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	40
16	Size 5 + 2.0	14th	Västkuststugan	Kurt Simonsen Jan Lundgårdh	Porsche 935	39
17th	Size 5 + 2.0	19th	Klaus Drees	Klaus Drees Peter Hähnlein	Porsche 935	39
18th	T / GT + 2.0	41	Scuderia Basilea	Peter Zbinden Edi Kofel	Porsche 934	39
19th	T / GT + 2.0	52	Wolfgang Walter	Wolfgang Walter Werner Prince	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	39
20th	T / GT 2.0	96	Eggenberger Motorsport	Kurt König Heinz Weltrowski	BMW 320i	38
21st	T / GT + 2.0	54	Karl-Josef Römer	Karl-Josef Römer Knut Jäger	Porsche 911 Carrera RS	38
22nd	T / GT + 2.0	49	North German Automobile Club e. V.	Matthias Lkörper Joachim Oppermann Kurt Beise	Porsche 911 Carrera	38
23	T / GT + 2.0	45	Autohaus Max Moritz GmbH	Jürgen Lässig Hermann-Peter Duge	Porsche 911 Carrera RS	37
24	T / GT 2.0	101	MSTC Erbach DMV Club 199	Hans Weißgerber Richard Bremmekamp	BMW 2002	37
25th	T / GT + 2.0	50	MSC-Adenau e. V. in ADAC	Helmut Gries Karl-Ernst Brune Ludwig Dreeser	Porsche 911 Carrera RS	37
26th	T / GT + 2.0	62	Abex-Pagid Racing	Johann Weisheidinger Dietmar Hackner	Opel Commodore	37
27	T / GT 2.0	83	MSC-Adenau e. V. in ADAC	Fred Rosterg Wilhelm Hahne	Ford Escort RS2000	36
28	T / GT + 2.0	55	Pallvano-Corse	Angelo Pallavicini Marco Vanoli Peter Bernhard	Porsche 934	36
29	T / GT + 2.0	60	Automobilclub Rübenach e. V. in ADAC	Axel Sonntag Werner Dittert	Opel Commodore	36
30th	T / GT 2.0	73	Automobilclub Rübenach e. V. in ADAC	Klaus Bieler Hagen Arlt	VW Scirocco	36
31	T / GT 2.0	98	Rhein-Ruhr Racing Team	Dieter Hegel's Winni Vogt	BMW 2002	36
32	T / GT 2.0	79	KWS Motorsport	Manfred Webs Peter Heckler	Ford Escort RS2000	36
33	T / GT 2.0	84	Scuderia Colonia e. V. in ADAC	Günter Wohlfahrter Peter Krause Herbert Müller	Ford Escort RS2000	35
34	T / GT 2.0	85	Cavallo matras	Herbert Kummle Wilfried Vogt	Ford Escort RS2000	34
35	T / GT 2.0	78	KWS Motorsport	Werner Schommers Berthold Doll	Ford Escort RS2000	34
36	Size 5 + 2.0	18th	Meccarillos Racing Team	Herbert Müller Claude Haldi	Porsche 935	34
37	T / GT 2.0	72	Renngemeinschaft Sieglar e. V. in ADAC	Mathias Bungard Heinz-Hans Heicker	Opel Kadett GT / E	32
38	T / GT + 2.0	58	Kurt Hild	Kurt Hild Hans Habermann Wolf-Peter Mast	Porsche 911 Carrera RS	31
39	T / GT 2.0	70	Postert Toyota team	Karl-Heinz Gürthler Bruno Schmitz-Moormann Axel-Rainer Haoben	Toyota Celica	31
40	T / GT 2.0	46	Jagermeister Racing Team	Gerhard Holup Edgar Dören	Porsche 934	30th
Failed
41	T / GT 2.0	89	IFM Electronic Efector	Rolf Rummel Karl-Heinz Hintz	BMW 2002	28
42	T / GT 2.0	103	Valvoline Racing	Kurt Hens Heinz Weiler Peter Stern	BMW 2002	28
43	T / GT + 2.0	63	Hahn Sportwagen GmbH	Klaus Utz Armin Jahn	Porsche 911 Carrera RS	26th
44	Size 5 2.0	28	BMW Sweden	Olofsson Bo Emanuelsson is different	BMW 320i	25th
45	T / GT 2.0	81	Ford Berkenkamp Racing	Holger Soltwedel Mathias Schneider	Ford Escort RS2000	25th
46	Size 5 2.0	27	BMW Switzerland	Freddy Kottulinsky Markus Hotz	BMW 320i	23
47	Size 5 + 2.0	1	Weisberg Gelo team	Toine Hezemans Klaus Ludwig John Fitzpatrick	Porsche 935 / 77A	22nd
48	Size 5 2.0	31	Degenhardt / Schäfer	Michael Degenhardt Karl-Heinz Schäfer	NSU Prinz 1200 TT	22nd
49	T / GT 2.0	91	Klaus Breitenbach	Klaus Breitenbach Wolfgang Wolf	VW Scirocco	21st
50	T / GT 2.0	95	Herbert Herler	Herbert Herler Ottmar Ickenroth	BMW 2002	20th
51	T / GT + 2.0	47	Wrangler Racing Team	Eberhard Sindel Preben Kristoffersen	Porsche 934	19th
52	T / GT 2.0	71	Kilian tuning	Manfred Kilian Heinz Gilges Jürgen Reinke	Audi 80	16
53	T / GT 2.0	82	Sportcars Club of Stuttgart e. V.	Edgar Weisert Jürgen Falk Jochen Duration	Ford Escort RS2000	16
54	T / GT 2.0	76	Wolfgang Jacobs	Wolfgang Jacobs Hans-Werner Hilger	VW Scirocco	13
55	T / GT 2.0	97	IFM Electronic Efector	Peter Kuhlmann Franz Prentzel	BMW 2002 Tii	13
56	T / GT + 2.0	40	Kenneth glue	Kenneth Leim Otto Koehler Lella Lombardi	Porsche 934	11
57	T / GT + 2.0	57	Müllerbräu-Valvoline-Racing	Fritz Müller Herbert Hechler	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	10
58	Size 5 + 2.0	16	Jolly Club	Giancarlo Galimberti Gabriele Gottifredi Girolamo Capra	Porsche 935 / 77A	8th
59	Size 5 + 2.0	2	Weisberg Gelo team	John Fitzpatrick Hans Heyer Toine Hezemans	Porsche 935 / 77A	7th
60	T / GT + 2.0	44	"Schulz Group"	Franz-Josef Rieder Horst Hoier	Porsche 930	7th
61	T / GT 2.0	80	Ford Berkenkamp Racing	Dieter Selzer Karl Mauer Günther Braumüller	Ford Escort RS2000	7th
62	Size 5 + 2.0	6th	Toyota Germany	Rolf Stommelen Harald Ertl	Toyota Celica Turbo	4th
63	Size 5 2.0	30th	Wagner / Denzel	Lothar Wagner Jörg Denzel	BMW 320i	4th
64	T / GT 2.0	92	"EPN" automobile sport	Walter Prüser Peter Sieben	BMW 320i	4th
65	Size 5 + 2.0	5	Porsche Kremer Racing	Dieter Schornstein Louis Krages ("John Winter")	Porsche 935 / 77A	3
66	T / GT 2.0	90	Auto Budde Racing	Rainer Zweibäumer Heiner Müller	BMW 2002	3
67	T / GT 2.0	94	Renngemeinschaft Sieglar e. V. in ADAC	Alexander Nickisch Jochen Schramm Dieter Walterscheid	VW Scirocco	0
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68	Size 5 2.0	32	Mayen Automobile Club	Ludwig Nett Klaus Wey	Simca 1100	1
69	T / GT + 2.0	42	Weisberg Gelo team	Karl Kammerhuber Axel Felder Peter Döring	Porsche 911 SC	2
70	T / GT + 2.0	51	Valvoline Germany	Siegfried Duke Robert Kupitsch Klaus-Emil Röckel	Opel Commodore GS / E	3
71	T / GT + 2.0	56	Ingolf Bedrich	Ingolf Bedrich Werner Linge	Ford Capri S.	4th
72	T / GT + 2.0	59	Klaus-Emil Röckel	Klaus-Emil Röckel Martin Heinz	Opel Commodore GS / E	5
73	T / GT 2.0	77	Axel fields	Axel Felder Peter Döring Helmut Döring	Ford Escort RS2000	6th
74	T / GT 2.0	87	MSC "Dumeklemmmer" Ratingen e. V. in ADAC	Karl-Heinz Dalemans Wolfgang Hansen	NSU Prinz 1200 TT	7th
75	T / GT 2.0	88	Hanno Schumacher	Hanno Schumacher Hans Schell	BMW 2002	8th
76	T / GT 2.0	100	Renngemeinschaft Holstein e. V. in ADAC	Kurt Schwarzin Hans-Wilhelm slot reader	BMW 2002	9
77	T / GT 2.0	102	Valvoline Racing	Rudolf Beck Theo Körner	BMW 2002	10
78	T / GT 2.0	104	Joachim Scheefeldt	Joachim Scheefeldt Albert Mertens	BMW 2002	11
Not qualified
79	T / GT 2.0	86	KWS Motorsport	Rudolf Dötsch Hartmut Bauer	Ford Escort	12
80	T / GT 2.0	105	Hilde Schmidt	Jens Schmidt Gerhard Tappe Hilde Schmidt	BMW 2002	13

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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
81	Size 5 + 2.0	15th	BMW Motorsport GmbH	Ronnie Peterson Hans-Joachim Stuck	BMW 320i
82	Size 5 2.0	33	Gabriele Gottifredi	Gabriele Gottifredi Manfred Mohr	VW Scirocco
83	T / GT + 2.0	53	Hans Forster	Ralf-Dieter Schreiber Hans Forster	Porsche 934
84	T / GT + 2.0	61	Meccarillos Racing Team	Claude Haldi Gérard Vial	Porsche 934
85	T / GT 2.0	74	Jolly Club Milano	Girolamo Capra Angelino Lepri	VW Scirocco
86	T / GT 2.0	75	Zender GmbH	Werner Dittert Clemens Diewald	VW Scirocco
87	T / GT 2.0	93	Heinrich Haag	Heinrich Haag Rainer Geiger	Opel Kadett GT / E
88	T / GT 2.0	99	Rhein-Ruhr Racing Team	Wilfried Schmitz Dieter Hegel	BMW 320i

Class winner

class	driver	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
Size 5 + 2.0	Hans Heyer	Klaus Ludwig	Toine Hezemans	Porsche 935 / 77A	Overall victory
Size 5 2.0	Markus Höttinger	Hans-Joachim Stuck		BMW 320i	Rank 6
T / GT + 2.0	Gerhard Happel	Götz von Tschirnhaus		Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Rank 14
T / GT 2.0	Kurt Koenig	Heinz Weltrowski		BMW 320i	Rank 20

Racing data

• Registered: 88
• Started: 67
• Rated: 40
• Race classes: 4
• Spectator: unknown
• Weather on race day: unknown
• Route length: 22.835 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 5: 55: 46,600 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 44
• Total distance of the winning team: 1004.740 km
• Winner's average: 169.445 km / h
• Pole position: Toine Hezemans - Porsche 935 / 77A (# 1) - 7.36.200 - 178.902 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Bob Wollek - Porsche 935 / 77A (# 4) - 7.45.000 - 176.787 km / h
• Racing series: 7th round of the 1978 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

Previous race 6 Hours of Silverstone 1978

Sports car world championship

Successor to the 24 Hours of Le Mans 1978