1000 km race on the Nürburgring 1983

Route of the Nordschleife in 1983

The 29th 1000 km race on the Nürburgring , also Bitburger Pils ADAC 1000 Kilometres, Nürburgring , took place on May 29, 1983 on the Nordschleife of the Nürburgring and was the third race of the sports car world championship of that year.

The race

The endurance race on the Nürburgring, which was held for the first time in 1953, was held for the last time on the Nordschleife in 1983. The construction of the new Grand Prix circuit, which opened in 1984, had already had an impact on the route. The previous pit systems with the Dunlop tower, the start and finish house and the entire start and finish loop had disappeared . At the entrance to the Hatzenbach section, the existing small pit area was enlarged in order to accommodate all racing teams in the 1000 km race. The vehicles started the race from Döttinger Höhe, the finish line was a few 100 meters after the Hohenrain Passage. The construction site reduced the length of the route to 20.832 kilometers.

The safety requirements of Formula 1 had made the construction of the Grand Prix track necessary and during training it became clear to those involved that the time for the fast Group C sports cars on the Nordschleife was also up. Almost all drivers reported difficult conditions on the uneven mountain-and-valley track. The two Formula 1 drivers Riccardo Patrese and Michele Alboreto had big problems in the factory - Lancia LC2 , which according to Patrese was hardly drivable. "Our car is not drivable here, even if you take your foot off the accelerator on the straight, it is already sideways."

Two serious accidents overshadowed the race. In the 20th round of the Leading crashed Stefan Bellof in the plant - Porsche 956 and Walter Brun in Sehcar SH C6 separated heavy. Bellof had tried to pass the jumping hill at Pflanzgarten at full throttle. The Porsche took off, overturned in the air, and hit the guardrail the wrong way round. The wreck, which had lost its stern, did not come to a standstill until 400 meters after the Pflanzgarten. Bellof was able to get out of the wrecked car completely unharmed. Walter Brun had less luck with his accident in the cauldron. The car was completely destroyed and Brun had to go to hospital in Adenau with a broken arm, cuts and a concussion . The race was canceled and restarted after the damage had been repaired.

The winning duo Jochen Mass and Jacky Ickx had technical problems . After the restart, Mass came to the pits with a broken rear wishbone. The fast work of the Porsche mechanics and a battered engine in Bob Wollek and Stefan Johansson's Joest -956 saved the Porsche works drivers the overall victory. At the finish they had a 4-minute lead over the Joest car after a driving time of 5: 26: 34.630 hours.

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	chassis	Round
1	C.	1	Porsche Racing International	Jochen Mass Jacky Ickx	Porsche 956	44
2	C.	8th	Joest Racing	Bob Wollek Stefan Johansson	Porsche 956	44
3	C.	14th	Canon Racing	Keke Rosberg Jan Lammers Jonathan Palmer	Porsche 956	43
4th	C.	18th	Obermaier Racing	Axel Plankenhorn Hans Heyer Jürgen Lässig	Porsche 956	42
5	C.	51	Sivama Racing	Oscar Larrauri Massimo Sigala	Lancia LC1	40
6th	C.	11	John Fitzpatrick Racing	John Fitzpatrick David Hobbs	Porsche 956	39
7th	B.	106	Edgar Dören	Edgar Dören Helmut Gall Jürgen Hamelmann	Porsche 930	37
8th	B.	103	Autax engine	Klaus Utz Claude Haldi	Porsche 924 Carrera GTS	37
9	T	122	Autumn tuning	Franz-Josef Bröhling Axel Felder Jochen Felder	Ford Escort RS 2000	36
10	B.	110	Georg Memminger	Georg Memminger Heinz Kuhn-Weiss Günter Steckkönig	Porsche 930	36
11	C Junior	63	Jolly Club	Carlo Facetti Martino Finotto	Alba AR2	36
12	T	140	Hops	Altfrid Heger Hartmut Bauer	Ford Escort RS	35
13	B.	109	Wuppertal Motor Club	Wolf-Georg von Staerh Ulli Richter	Porsche 924 Carrera GTS	35
14th	T	126	Andy Middendorf	Andy Middendorf Erhard Hassel Werner Lehnhoff	Ford Escort RS	35
15th	T	124	Langenfeld Motor Sport Club	Joachim Scheefeldt Olaf Manthey Uwe Reich	Ford Escort RS	35
16	B.	111	Probst & Mentel	Helge Probst Norbert Haug Wolfgang Walter	Porsche 928S	31
17th	B.	108	Peter Reuter	Peter Reuter Franz-Richard Friebel Hermann-Peter Duge	Porsche 930	28
Disqualified
18th	B.	112	Tuning me	Karl-Heinz Schäfer Karl-Heinz Gürthler	Opel Ascona 400	36
19th	T	131	Krautol colors	Martin Wagenstetter Kurt Hild	BMW 320i	11
Failed
20th	C.	4th	Martini Racing	Riccardo Patrese Michele Alboreto	Lancia LC2	35
21st	C.	6th	Scuderia Mirabella	Giorgio Francia Piercarlo Ghinzani Paolo Barilla	Lancia LC2	29
22nd	T	125	Langenfeld Motor Sport Club	Wilfred Eichen Walter Mertes Olaf Manthey	Ford Escort II	27
23	C.	2	Porsche Racing International	Stefan Bellof Derek Bell	Porsche 956	20th
24	C.	35	Brun Motorsport	Hans-Joachim Stuck Walter Brun	Sehcar SH C6	20th
25th	C.	56	Jürgen Kannacher	Rolf Götz Peter Kroeber	URD C81	19th
26th	T	127	HWRT Auto Tuning	Günther Braumüller Dieter Selzer Andreas Schall	Ford Escort RS	16
27	B.	101	Brun Motorsport	Leopold of Bavaria Harald Grohs	BMW M1	14th
28	B.	103	Jens Winther	Frank Jelinski Jens Winther Wolfgang Braun	BMW M1	12
29	T	132	Essen-Werden automobile club	Friedrich Burgmann Harald ten Eicken	BMW 320i	11
30th	T	139	Tuning me	Volker Strycek Fred Michael Gubbin	BMW 320i	8th
31	T	128	HWRT Auto Tuning	Wilhelm Kern Norbert Brenner Jörg van Ommen	Ford Escort	6th
32	T	123	Autumn tuning	Udo Schneider Franz-Josef Bröhling	Ford Escort	5
33	T	136	Peter Langenbach	Herbert Schmitz Peter Langenbach Bernd Denter	Audi 80 Coupe	4th
34	T	134	Tuning me	Wolfgang Holzem Rainer Müller	Opel Ascona B.	3
35	T	121	Autumn tuning	Axel Felder Udo Schneider Jochen Felder	Ford Escort	2
Not started
36	B.	105	Racing Team Juergensen GmbH	Hans-Christian Juergensen Edgar Dören Vic Elford	BMW M1	1
37	T	130	Langenfeld Motor Sport Club	Bernd Bonn Uwe Reich Erwin Derichs	Renault R5 Turbo	2
38	T	135	Volker Imhof	Volker Imhof Wilfried Gollombeck Günter Filthaut	Opel Kadett	3
39	C.	3T	Porsche Racing International	Stefan Bellof Jacky Ickx Jochen Mass	Porsche 956	4th

¹ engine failure during training ² not started ³ not started ⁴ training car

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
40	C.	5	Martini Racing	Piercarlo Ghinzani Alessandro Nannini	Lancia LC2
41	C.	12	Joest Racing	Hans Heyer Thierry Boutsen Keke Rosberg	Porsche 956
42	C.	49	Grid racing	Emilio de Villota	Grid S1
43	C.	52	Sivama Racing	Luigi Moreschi Joe Castellano	Lancia LC1
44	B.	102	Kurt Koenig	Kurt Koenig	BMW M1
45	B.	104	Obermaier Racing	Helmut Lenz	BMW M1
46	B.	107	Excelsior	Dirk Vermeersch Mike van Hooydonk	Porsche 930
47	B.	129	Jürgen Falk	Jürgen Falk Ulrich Bebion Eberhard Risch	Ford Escort RS
48	B.	133	Tuning me	Friedrich Schütte Hans-Günter Stoffel Volker Strycek	Opel Kadett GT / E
49	T	137	Karl-Ernst Brune	Wolfgang Balzar Gerhard Hennemann Karl-Ernst Brune	Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTAm
50	T	138	Rummel mineral oil forwarding company	Lothar Wagner Jörg van Ommen	Ford Escort RS

Class winner

class	driver	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
C.	Jochen Mass	Jacky Ickx		Porsche 956	Overall victory
C junior	Carlo Facetti	Martino Finotto		Alba AR2	Rank 11
B.	Edgar Dören	Helmut Gall	Jürgen Hamelmann	Porsche 930	Rank 7
T	Franz-Josef Bröhling	Axel fields	Jochen Felder	Ford Escort RS 2000	Rank 9

Racing data

• Registered: 50
• Started: 35
• Valued: 17
• Race classes: 4
• Spectators: 25,000
• Race day weather: Light rain in the middle of the race, otherwise dry
• Route length: 20.832 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 5: 26: 34.630 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 44
• Total distance of the winning team: 922.272 km
• Winner's average: 168.923 km / h
• Pole position: Stefan Bellof - Porsche 956 (# 2) - 6: 11.130 = 202.073 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Stefan Bellof - Porsche 956 (# 2) - 6: 25.910 = 194.333 km / h
• Racing series: 3rd round of the sports car world championship in 1983

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

• Results

Previous race Silverstone 1000km race 1983

Sports car world championship

Succession race 1983 24 Hours of Le Mans