1000 km race on the Nürburgring in 1980

The Porsche 908/4 Turbo successfully used by Joest Racing at the Nürburgring in 1980

The 26th 1000 km race on the Nürburgring , also 1000 km Nürburgring, Nürburgring Nordschleife , took place on May 25, 1980 and was the sixth round of the sports car world championship of that year.

The race

The organizer received 103 entries for the sixth sports car world championship round of the season. Ultimately, 74 racing cars took up the race. From the pole position went Rolf Stommelen into the race. In practice on his Porsche 908/4 Turbo, he achieved a time of 7: 26,000 minutes on his fastest lap and was thus more than a second faster than his brand colleague Bob Wollek in the Porsche 935/80 .

After a race distance of 1004.740 km, the two German racing drivers Rolf Stommelen and Jürgen Barth were flagged as winners.

Results

Final ranking

Porsche 935 from Fitzpatrick, Barbour and Plankenhorn

Nelson Piquet in the BMW M1 during training in the Südkehre

Lancia Beta Montecarlo

Item	class	No.	team	driver	chassis	Round
1	S + 2.0	31	Liqui Moly Joest Racing	Rolf Stommelen Jürgen Barth	Porsche 908/4 Turbo	44
2	Group 5	6th	Porsche Kremer Racing	John Fitzpatrick Axel Plankenhorn Dick Barbour	Porsche 935 K3 / 80	44
3	GTX + 2.0	201	BMW Motorsport	Hans-Joachim Stuck Nelson Piquet	BMW M1	44
4th	Group 5	14th	Lancia Corse	Riccardo Patrese Hans Heyer	Lancia Beta Montecarlo	44
5	Group 5	3	Gelo Racing	Bob Wollek Manfred Schurti	Porsche 935/80	44
6th	Group 5	15th	Lancia Corse	Eddie Cheever Piercarlo Ghinzani	Lancia Beta Montecarlo	43
7th	Group 5	5	Vegla Racing	Dieter Schornstein Harald Grohs	Porsche 935 / 77A	42
8th	S + 2.0	38	Peter Hoffmann Racing	Peter Hoffmann Norbert Dombrowski	McLaren M8F	41
9	Group 5	20th	GS sport	Hans-Georg Bürger Bernd Brutschin	BMW 320i	41
10	Group 5	18th	Jaegermeister	Eckhard Schimpf Anton Fischhaber Mario Ketterer	BMW 320i	40
11	Group 5	4th	Weralit Racing Team	Edgar Dören Jürgen Lässig Gerhard Holup	Porsche 935 K3	40
12	GT	74	Angelo Pallavicini	Angelo Pallavicini Herbert Müller	Porsche 934	39
13	GT	76	Armin Jahn	Armin Jahn Klaus Utz	Porsche 911SC	39
14th	Group 5	23	Jolly Club	Manfred Mohr Martino Finotto	Lancia Beta Montecarlo	38
15th	S 2.0	53	John Blanckley	Rolf Götz John Blanckley	Chevron B31	38
16	Group 5	17th	Willy F Racing	Preben Kristoffersen Kurt Simonsen	BMW 320i	38
17th	T	121	Berkenkamp Ford	Dieter Selzer Gunter Braumüller Lili Reisenbichler	Ford Escort RS2000	37
18th	S 2.0	55	Rally Community Ulm	Eugen Grupp Ralf Walter	Lola T297	36
19th	T	128	Format kitchens	Herbert Kummle Karl Mauer	Ford Escort	36
20th	T	116	Brauneiser racing technology	Franz-Joseph Bröhling Peter Prang Axel Felder	Ford Escort	36
21st	T	114	Lothan Mich	Toni Ochs Karl-Heinz Schäfer	Opel Kadett	36
22nd	GT	78	North German Automobile Club	Matthias Lkörper Karl-Josef Römer Joachim Oppermann	Porsche 930	36
23	T	110		Klaus Ligensa Horst Bonefeld	VW Scirocco	36
24	T	113	Toboggan sport	Michael Degenhardt Christoph Esser Wilfried Esser	Opel Kadett	35
25th	T	117	Brauneiser racing technology	Axel Felder Paul Hulverscheid Franz-Joseph Bröhling	Ford Escort	35
26th	Group 5	16	Giuseppe Piazzi	Giuseppe Piazzi Leandro La Vecchia	Fiat X1 / 9	35
27	T	125	AC Bad Honnef	Hans-Joern Ley Josef Rietmann	VW Golf GTI	35
28	T	124	Colonia	Günter Wohlfahrter Karl Pathe	Ford Escort	35
29	T	118	KWS Motorsport	Hartmut Bauer Helmut Gall	Ford Escort	34
30th	T	115	Mendener Automobil Sport	Jörg Helmig Franz-Josef Ruether Fritz Möller	Opel Ascona	34
31	T	122	Berkenkamp Ford	Gunter Braumüller Dieter Selzer Bernd Mangold	Ford Escort	33
32	T	81	Guild Kölsch	Herbert Herler Hanno Schumacher Johann Weisheidinger	Opel Monza	33
33	T	126	Wahlscheid Motor Sports Club	Heinrich Sprungmann Gerhard Mennecken	VW Golf GTI	30th
Not classified
34	T	119	KWS Motorsport	Detlef Deege Thomas from Löwis Rolf Rosenkranz	Ford Escort	27
Failed
35	Group 5	19th	Jan Odor	Richard Jenvey Lawrie Hickman	Lotus Esprit S1	37
36	T	111	Secula Veltman	Wolfgang Walter Werner Prince	Opel Ascona	30th
37	S 2.0	51	Enzo Osella	Vittorio Brambilla Lella Lombardi	Osella PA8	29
38	Group 5	12	Preston Henn	Brian Redman Preston Henn John Paul	Porsche 935 K3	27
39	T	129	Roedler Sport	Wolfgang Offermann Michael Dagenhardt Wolf-Dieter Mantzel	Opel Kadett	26th
40	Group 5	11	Jaegermeister	Erich Schiebler Anton Fischhaber Rick Koehler	Porsche 935	22nd
41	T	93	Yale stacker	Kurt Hens Peter Biewald Hans Schell	BMW 2002	22nd
42	T	94	Bergisch-Gladbach racing community	Jürgen Möhle Richard Bremmekamp Ernst Thierfelder	BMW 2002	22nd
43	T	103	Karl-Ernst Brune	Karl-Ernst Brune Gerhard Hennemann	Alfa Romeo GTV	22nd
44	GTX + 2.0	204	Z & W Enterprises	Pierre Honegger Ernesto Soto	Mazda RX-7 GTP	22nd
45	T	105	KWS Motorsport	Rudolf Dötsch Helmut Gall	Ford Escort	21st
46	S + 2.0	36	Kurt Hild	Kurt Hild Kurt Lotterschmid	TOJ 306S	19th
47	GT	86	Yale stacker	Helge Probst Knuth Mentel Wolfgang Walter	Porsche 911SC	19th
48	Group 5	22nd		Peter Ernst Rainer Zweibäumer	BMW 320i	18th
49	T	82		Walter Loeffler Hugo Nueckel Günter Filthaut	Opel Monza	18th
50	T	131	Veytal tuning	Helmut Sanden Michael Sanden	VW Golf GTI	18th
51	Group 5	1	Zakspeed Racing	Klaus Ludwig Jochen Mass	Ford Capri Turbo	16
52	T	95	Yale stacker	Heiner Müller Michael Middelhaufe	BMW 2002	15th
53	S + 2.0	33	Siegfried Brunn	Volkert Merl Siegfried Brunn	Porsche 908/3	14th
54	GT	87	Karl-Heinz Becker	Karl-Heinz Becker Theo Koerner	Mazda RX-7	14th
55	T	96	Erbach MSTC	Hans Weissgerber Hermann-Josef Nett	BMW 2002	13
56	T	99		Joachim Scheefeldt Robert Heckenbach Werner Lungstrass	BMW 2002	12
57	T	102	OBI Germany	Bernd Knipper Wolfgang Balzar	Alfa Romeo GTV	12
58	T	104	Valvoline Germany	Peter Valder Paul Strohle	BMW 320i	12
59	S + 2.0	39	Jörg Obermoser	Norbert Przybilla Klaus Walz	TOJ SC302	11
60	Group 5	8th	Claude Haldi	Claude Haldi Derek Bell Bernard Béguin	Porsche 935	10
61	T	84	Berkenkamp Ford	Lili Reisenbichler Mathias Schneider	Ford Capri	10
62	T	107	IFM Electronic	Hagen Artl Peter Kuhlmann Klaus Bieler	Audi 80	8th
63	S 2.0	57	Formula Racing Club, Zurich	Urs Neukomm	Lola T212	7th
64	S 2.0	58	Formula Racing Club, Zurich	Max Sigrist	Lola T298	7th
65	S + 2.0	40		Peter Hardt Karl-Adolf Kneip	KMW SP30	6th
66	S 2.0	60		Roland Binder	Lola T390	6th
67	S + 2.0	41		Karl Langjahr	EB-Porsche Spyder	5
68	S + 2.0	42		Siegfried Rieger	McLaren M8	5
69	T	108	Window man racing	Hans-Werner Hilger Wolfgang Jacobs	VW Scirocco	3
70	Group 5	24	Jan Lundgårdh	Jan Lundgårdh Kennerth Persson	Porsche 935 L1	2
71	T	91		Werner Struck Kennerth Persson Josef Kaufmann	Ford Escort RS	1
72	S + 2.0	37	Peter Hoffmann	Norbert Dombrowski Peter Hoffmann	Clean C5	0
73	T	109	Sieglar racing community	Klaus Bornschein Jochen Schramm Alexander Nickisch	VW Scirocco	0
74	T	123	Valvoline Germany	Kurt Müller Dieter Kraft Alexander Guettes	Ford Escort	0
Not started
75	T	98	Valvoline Germany	Rudolf Beck Helmut Kreinberg	BMW 2002	1
76	T	112		Franz-Josef Ruether Jörg Helmig Fritz Möller	Opel Kadett	2
Not qualified
77	T	83		Kurt Woitech Johannes Scheid	Opel Commodore	3
78	T	100		Frank Schmidt Jens Schmidt Hilde Schmidt	BMW 2002	4th
79	T	101		Hans Schell Kurt Hens Heinz Weiler	BMW 2002	5
80	T	130		Hans Wöltje Kämena Jürgen Galle	BMW 320i	6th

¹ not started ² not started ³ not qualified ⁴ not qualified ⁵ not qualified ⁶ 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
81	Group 5	10		Adrian Yates-Smith Mike Wilds	Porsche 911
82	Group 5	21st	GS sport	Hans-Georg Bürger Bernd Brutschin	BMW 320i
83	S + 2.0	32	Liqui Moly	Reinhold Joest Jürgen Barth	Porsche 908/80
84	S + 2.0	34	German Brothers	Olof Wijk Walter Lechner Rainer Rahardt	German special
85	S + 2.0	35	German Brothers	Rainer Rahardt Olof Wijk Walter Lechner	KMW SP6
86	S 2.0	52		David Mercer Mike Chittenden	Vogue SP2
87	S 2.0	54	BMW Zol	François Sérvanin Laurent Ferrier	Chevron B36
88	S 2.0	56		Helmut Bross Peter Stürtz	Lola
89	S 2.0	59	OMS Racing	Oscar Bubeck	Osella PA6
90	GT	72	Richard Cleare	Richard Cleare Tony Dron	Porsche 934
91	GT	73	Alméras Freres	Jean-Marie Alméras Jacques Alméras	Porsche 934
92	GT	75	Formula Racing Club, Zurich	Peter Zbinden Edi Kofel	Porsche 934
93	GT	77		Armin Siefener Bernd Schiller	Porsche 930
94	T	85	KWS Motorsport	Rudolf Dötsch Helmut Gall	Ford Capri
95	T	92	East Belgium Racing	Leon Closhe Emmanuel Remion Axel Hueweller	Fiat 131
96	T	97	Valvoline Germany	Peter Stern Norbert Lehmann	BMW 2002
97	T	105	Schulz TM automotive technology	Friedhelm Croes Werner Horn	Audi 80
98	T	106	Schulz TM automotive technology	Heinz-Jürgen Hoffknecht Michael Eschmann	Audi 80
99	T	120	KWS Motorsport	Rolf Rosenkranz	Ford Escort RS2000
100	T	127		Alfred Kunze Detlef Ringhoff	VW Golf GTI
101	T	132	Karl-Heinz Gürthler	Karl-Heinz Gürthler Karl-Heinz Schäfer Fred Michael Gubbin	BMW 320i
102	GTX + 2.0	202	Cassani Racing	Christian Danner Peter Oberndorfer	BMW M1
103	GTX + 2.0	203	Jürgen Kannacher	Jürgen Kannacher Jürgen Lässig	BMW M1

Class winner

class	driver	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
Sports car over 2 liters	Rolf Stommelen	Jürgen Barth		Porsche 908/4 Turbo	Overall victory
Sports car up to 2 liters	Rolf Götz	John Blanckley		Chevron B31	Rank 15
Group 5	John Fitzpatrick	Axel Plankenhorn	Dick Barbour	Porsche 935 K3 / 80	Rank 2
GT	Angelo Pallavicini	Herbert Mueller		Porsche 934	Rank 12
Touring car	Dieter Selzer	Gunter Braumüller	Lili Reisenbichler	Ford Escort RS2000	Rank 17
GTX over 2 liters	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Nelson Piquet		BMW M1	Rank 3

Racing data

• Registered: 103
• Started: 74
• Rated: 33
• Race classes: 6
• Spectators: 60,000
• Weather on race day: unknown
• Route length: 22.835 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 5: 52: 15,100 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 44
• Total distance of the winning team: 1004.740 km
• Winner's average: 171.140 km / h
• Pole position: Rolf Stommelen - Porsche 908/4 Turbo (# 31) - 7.26.000 - 183.02 km / h
• Fastest race lap: John Fitzpatrick- Porsche 935 K3 / 80 (# 6) - 7.34.300 - 180.951 km / h
• Racing series: 6th round of the 1980 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, the 6-hour race at Silverstone in 1980

Sports car world championship

Succession race 1980 24 Hours of Le Mans