24-hour race on the Nürburgring in 1978

Route of the Nordschleife 1967–1982.

The 24-hour race at the Nürburgring in 1978 , also known as the 7th International ADAC 24-hour race , was the 7th edition of the 24-hour race at the Nürburgring and took place from October 7th to 8th, 1978.

The race

Fritz Müller and Herberth Hechler achieved a hat trick in the 7th edition of the 24-hour race at the Nürburgring . The two were supported by the team's chief mechanic, Franz Gschwendtner , who only drove the Porsche Carrera RS during training sessions . The race started at 4 p.m. Edgar Dören was able to assert himself at the start and kept the lead for around 4 hours before he was overtaken by Wolfgang Walter / Werner Prinz and Fritz Müller / Herberth Hechler. Shortly before the end of the 7th hour of the race, the Edgar Dören, Wolf-Dieter Mast and Roman Feitler team retired due to an engine defect. Fritz Müller and Herberth Hechler were able to overtake Wolfgang Walter and Werner Prinz and did not give up the lead. Walter and Prinz were able to drive the fastest lap of the race, but they dropped out a little later because of ignition problems on their Porsche.

The VW Schulz-TM Automobiltechnik RG Essen team fielded the only diesel-powered vehicle in this race, a VW Golf. If there were other entries, the ADAC would have announced a separate class for diesel vehicles, but this did not materialize. The Golf drove in the class up to 1600 cm³ and took 33rd place overall and 6th place in the class.

In the class over 2000 cc won for the second consecutive year the trio Dietmar Hackner, Johann Weisheidinger and Heinz-Jürgen Mählenhoff in an Opel Commodore GS / E .

13 Simca Rallye took part in the strongest class of the race with 28 starters, the class up to 1300 cc; However, only two finished. The class was won by the trio Hartmut Müller, Gerhard Hennemann and Karl-Ernst Brune, who finished 23rd overall.

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	8th	1	Müllerbräu-Valvoline-Racing	Fritz Müller Herbert Hechler Franz Gschwendtner	Porsche Carrera RS	142
2	5	30th	KWS Motorsport	Helmut Döring Hartmut Bauer Manfred Mohr	Ford Escort RS 2000	137
3	8th	3	North German Automobile Club	Matthias Loerper Joachim Oppermann Karl-Josef Römer	Porsche Carrera	136
4th	4th	71	ABEX Pagid Racing team	Alfons Hohenester Franz Schneider Peter Seikel	Audi 80 GTE	132
5	5	27	Ford Berkenkamp Racing	Matthias Schneider Holger Soltwedel	Ford Escort RS 2000	132
6th	4th	66		Hans-Jörn Ley Josef Rietmann Kurt Beise	VW Golf GTI	131
7th	8th	4th		Knuth Mentel Helge Probst Heinz Gilges	Porsche Carrera RS	130
8th	6th	12	ABEX Pagid Racing Team	Dietmar Hackner Johann Weisheidinger Heinz-Jürgen Mählenhoff	Opel Commodore GS / E	129
9	5	43	Valvoline Racing	Johannes Habitz Armin Duwe Horst Hoier	Opel Kadett GT / E	128
10	4th	58	Toyota Tuning Thönnes	Max Janitschek Karl-Heinz Schäfer Karl-Heinz Gürthler	Toyota Celica GT	126
11	5	42		Dieter Kraft Gerd Mende Edmund Gastes	Opel Kadett GT / E	126
12	5	29	KWS Motorsport	Berthold Doll Norbert Schommer Peter Valder	Ford Escort RS 2000	126
13	3	96		Hartmut Müller Gerhard Hennemann Karl-Ernst Brune	Alfa Romeo 1300 GTJ	126
14th	5	34		Erwin Menzefricke Ekkehard victory	Ford Escort RS 2000	126
15th	9	168	Big Pack Backpack Team	Peter Wicks Bernd Wicks	Renault R5 Alpine	124
16	4th	64	AC old district Schwelm	Rafael Lunau Gerhard Kliem Friedrich-Wilhelm Kliem	VW Golf GTI	124
17th	3	98		Martin Weber Jörn Ahrendt Herbert Lingmann	Alfasud Ti	124
18th	9	174	BMC Wuppertal	Lothar Probsthain Hans-Günther Agosti Hans-Otto Dissmann	Renault R5 Alpine	123
19th	9	166	Scuderia Basilea	Werner Dietrich Rolf Madoerin René Hollinger	Renault R5 Alpine	123
20th	4th	69	MSC Adenau	Franz-Josef Müller Herbert Zimmer Norbert Hoffmann	Audi 80 GTE	123
21st	5	31	KWS Motorsport	Peter Heckler Manfred Webs Fred Rosterg	Ford Escort RS 2000	123
22nd	3	95		Hans Motte Peter-Rudolf watchmaker Leo Wissen	Alfa Romeo 1300 GTJ	122
23	6th	17th	Valvoline racing community Düren	Jürgen Wirtgen Voita Hoschna Robert Rupitsch	BMW 3.0 CSi	122
24	5	44	Valvoline racing community Düren	Wolfgang Offermann Heinz Schreiber Rolf Pietsch	Opel Kadett GT / E	122
25th	9	166	Scuderia Basilea	Rolf Fuhrer Stefan Märki Stefan Lüscher	Renault R5 Alpine	121
26th	2	139		Franz-Josef Hackmann Walter Saller Alfred Lampa	VW Polo	121
27	4th	63	Team Schmidt vehicle technology	Marco Antonio Tolama Santiago Fernandez	VW Golf GTI	121
28	2	140	Automobilsportcenter Hameln-Misczyk Tuning	Harald Wester Ulrich Sieling Paul Hulverscheid	Fiat 128 Coupe	121
29	6th	19th	MS Racing Team Münster	Otto's son Jürgen W. Bonk Bernhard Schmitz-Moormann	BMW 3.0 CSi	121
30th	5	32		Herbert Paffen T. Mercks Jerome Bury	Ford Escort RS 2000	121
31	6th	10		Philippe de Leneer T. Mercks Jerome Bury	Audi 100 5E	121
32	6th	20th		Klaus-Emil Röckel Kurt-Wilhelm Gestle Hans Schäfer	Opel Commodore GS / E	121
33	4th	75	VW Schulz-TM Automobiltechnik RG Essen	Jürgen Ilgner Klaus Hofmann Heinz-Jürgen Hoffknecht	VW Golf Diesel	121
34	2	131	MSC election decision	Wolfgang Kudrass Heinz Pütz Richard Westerhausen	Audi 50 GL	119
35	3	105	Oberberg racing community	Hermann Bongen Rolf Bongen Willi Kleesattel	Audi 50 LS	118
36	4th	61	Veytal tuning	Michael Sanden Helmut Sanden	VW Golf GTI	117
37	2	132		Michael Martick Josef Reip	Audi 50 GL	117
38	5	45	Formula Racing Club of Switzerland	Robert Baumann Hansjürg Dürig Jürgen Möhle	Alfa Romeo 2000	117
39	9	170	Air Press Racing Team	Wolfgang Krankemann Volker Strycek Fritz-Richard Friebel	Renault R5 Alpine	116
40	2	133		Herbert Niederhoff Kurt Jesse Hermann Molitor	Audi 50 LS	116
41	6th	18th	BMC Wuppertal	Hans-Günther Agosti Reinhold Packeisen Sr. Reinhold Packeisen Jr.	BMW 3.0 CSi	116
42	3	103		Frithjof Erpelding Franz Maintz	Honda Civic	115
43	2	125		Georg Baumeister Harald Engels Dirk Hamelmann	Audi 50 GL	115
44	5	47	Auto Budde Racing	Hans Weissgerber Heinrich Müller	BMW 2002 Ti	115
45	3	102	Hörmann tuning	Bernd Kausemann Rolf Odenthal	Fiat 128 Berlinetta	114
46	3	99		Walter Hillius Herbert Herler Friedrich Würges	Alfa Romeo Alfasud Ti	114
47	2	136		Michael Stephan Thomas Stephan Bernd Kleve	Autobianchi A112 Abarth	112
48	3	100	Racing Team Scharnhorst	Jürgen Voll Peter Wieseler	Fiat 128 SL Coupe	112
49	9	172		Alexander Spelten Karl-Eduard Reinders Kurt Vögtlin	Renault R5 Alpine	111
50	4th	57	Rhine. Westf. Automobil Club Düsseldorf	Klaus Bieler W. Lohmann Jr. Günter Gamalski	Toyota Celica GT	111
51	2	124		Friedrich Reysen Gerd Wachter Horst Mieritz	Autobianchi A112 Abarth	110
52	3	94	Haribo Licorice Racing Team	Hans-Günther Stoffel Sr. Hans-Günther Stoffel Jr. Bodo Eichner	Alfa Romeo 1300 GTJ	110
53	3	104		Wolfgang Richter Walter Vogel Lothar Grünwald	Honda Civic	109
54	9	169	Bendix brakes	Peter Oberndorfer Christian Danner	Renault R5 Alpine	109
55	3	91	MSC Dumeklemmer	Hugo Kempken Joachim Hagel Werner Wisinger	Simca Rally 2	109
56	3	92	Kellergeister Springbok Simca Tuning	Alfred Kurpjuhn Walter Stade Hans-Jürgen Tuke	Simca Rally 2	107
57	4th	70	MSC election decision	Dierk Meyer Axel Sunday	Audi 80 GTE	106
58	3	107		Gerd Ewertz Robert Baumann	Ford Escort RS 2000	103
59	2	126	Master "X" Hosen Racing Team	Meinhard Hellweg Friedhelm Vogt Reiner Esser	Audi 50	101
60	3	101	Kellergeister Springbok Simca Tuning	Thilo Bonkowski Ulrich Gindler	Simca Rally 2	99
61	3	84		Rainer vom Stein Paul-Detlef Juth Ralf Höffgen	Fiat 128	98
62	1	151	Ecurie Moselle CAM	Hubert Jahn Manfred Grossardt Karl-Josef Basset	Autobianchi A112 Abarth	65
Failed
63	4th	55	East Belgian Racing Team	Georges Cremer Marc Duez Willy Braillard	Toyota Trueno	110
64	5	25th	Ford Bergenkamp Racing	Dieter Selzer Wolfgang Wolf Karl Maurer	Ford Escort RS 2000	93
65	5	33	AC Radevormwald Team Fuffu	Axel Felder Peter Döring Uwe Reich	Ford Escort RS 2000	88
66	2	121	Walter Hagen and Co.	Herbert Schuster Johannes Scheid Ludwig Dreeser	Autobianchi A112 Abarth	86
67	3	81	Police Sports Club Berlin	Klaus-Peter Tolksdorf Hans-Dieter Melzer Olaf Manthey	Simca Rally 3	84
68	9	175	Renault dealer team north	Lutz Chamberlain Peter Brand Lili Reisernbichler	Renault R5 Alpine	84
69	3	86	AC Radevormwald Team Fuffu	Hans-Hermann Kempe Volker Solbach Horst Scheidereiter	Simca Rally 2	83
70	4th	56	East Belgian Racing Team	Emmanuel Remion Leopold Chlose André Hardy	Toyota Celica GT	76
71	2	138	AC Radevormwald Team Fuffu	Hans-Jürgen Pill Friedhelm Mantz Uwe Reich	Ford Fiesta	72
72	5	84	Auto Budde Racing	Heinz-Joachim Domagalla Hermann Raben Peter-Paul Biewald	BMW 2002Ti	72
73	8th	2	Team Viacom Alarmsysteme-Vettmann Tuning	Wolfgang Walter Werner Prince	Porsche Carrera RSR	68
74	4th	62	Veytal tuning	Karl-Heinz Dalemans Werner Prince	VW Golf GTi	67
75	9	171	Sports driver community Cologne	Heinz Stüber Bert Baustian Winfried Krüper	Renault R5 Alpine	65
76	4th	67	VW Schulz-TM Automobiltechnik Essen	Friedhelm Croes Werner Horn Heinz-Jürgen Hoffknecht	VW Scirocco GTi	61
77	2	137	Sports driver community Cologne	Hans-Georg Ströter Hans-Josef Nettesheim Franz Hagen	Fiat 128 SL	61
78	3	80	Haribo Licorice Racing Team	Hans Frensch Bodo Eichner Helmut Klinkhammer	Simca Rally 3	58
79	9	83		Michael Klein Hans-Rudolf Teichert Franz Hagen	Simca Rally 2	52
80	3	85		Alfred Zilles Theo Milz Harald Frings	Simca Rally 2	50
81	2	123		Erwin Reim Rolf Nobel Albert Stühmer	Autobianchi A112 Abarth	50
82	4th	65	Sorgler Tuning	Michael Eschmann Wilfried Hilgendorf Walter Piel	VW Golf GTi	47
83	2	118	ACAS AC old district Schwelm	Wolfgang Nöckel Jochen Schwarz Manfred Pusch	Autobianchi A112 Abarth	47
84	2	130	MSC Sassmannhausen	Klaus Wiedmann Dr. Ulrich Roitzheim Michael Eschmann	Audi 50	44
85	3	89		Hans-Peter Morawietz Hans-Joachim Ziegner Hans Ebke	Simca Rally 2	42
86	8th	6th	Keiper Dynavit team	Edgar Dören Wolf-Dieter Mast Romain Feitler	Porsche Carrera	40
87	4th	72		Manfred Busch Peter Gerlach	Alfa Romeo Juliet	39
88	5	41		Rudolf Duda Helmut Titz Josef Duda	Opel Kadett GT / E	36
89	6th	16	Sports driver community Cologne	Jochen-Dieter Lingen Karl Gräff Hans-Joachim Görke	Opel Commodore GS / E	36
90	4th	60	Automobilsportcenter Hameln-Misczyk Tuning	Günter Schrey Heinz Schmalgemeier Bernd Niehaus	VW Golf GTi	36
91	5	36		Karl-Albrecht Ern Udo Grylewic	Ford Escort RS 2000	32
92	2	120	Walter Hagen and Co.	Herbert Schuster Günter Bochem Heinz-Dieter Heick	Autobianchi A112 Abarth	29
93	5	35		Helmut Gall Heinz Becker	Ford Escort RS 2000	28
94	1	150		Berndpeter Aurand Dietmar Schliwinski	Autobianchi A112 Abarth	28
95	3	97		Bodo Peters Bernd Jakubik Volker Lorenz	Alfa Romeo 1300 GTJ	28
96	5	26th	Ford Berkenkamp Racing	Winfried Maiworm Bodo Jähn Jürgen Zehra	Ford Escort RS 2000	27
97	4th	68	Automobilsportcenter Hameln-Misczyk Tuning	Dr. Klaus Ligensa Wilhelm Birk Horst Bonefeld	VW Scirocco GTi	25th
98	4th	73	Hilden Automobile Club	Jürgen Josting Norbert Bormann Jochen Schramm	VW Scirocco GTi	25th
99	6th	11	Ecurie Baudouin Visetoise	Georges Simon Michel Royer	Opel Commodore GS / E	22nd
100	6th	14th	AC Radevormwald Team Fuffu	Walter Löffler Klaus Diebel Peter Döring	Opel Commodore GS / E	21st
101	3	82	Racing community Düsseldorf	Hans-Gerd Zingel Eberhard Koch Helmut Gisa	Simca Rally 2	20th
102	2	128	Veytal tuning	Helmut Händeler Klaus Adolf Thomas Schwick	Audi 50 GL	19th
103	5	46	RG Motorsport Association Bergisch-Land Solingen	Jürgen Fischer Hans-Peter Birth Anita Klietsch	BMW 2002 Ti	17th
104	2	119	PSV Wuppertal	Klaus-Peter Böck Lutz Jacob Udo Neuhoff	Autobianchi A112 Abarth	16
105	2	127		Carl Damitz Klaus Wassyl Ulrich Hillebrand	Audi 50	15th
106	2	116	MSC Stuttgart	Walter Ehrle Friedrich-Wilhelm Eicker Walter Langusch	Autobianchi A112 Abarth	11
107	3	108	MSC gasoline foxes Solingen e. V. in ADAC	Andreas Gross Horst Jüngel Dieter Rasch	Simca Rally 2	10
108	2	135		Hans Cellarius Hans Mager Dr. Rolf Schäfer	Fiat 128 AC	9
109	3	106		Klaus Arendt Klaus Buhren Werner Holzstamm	Opel Kadett Coupe	7th
110	3	87	Simcasport W. Weiden	Wolfgang Langmesser Franz-Josef Schömann Hans-Jürgen Möbuss	Simca Rally 2	3
111	2	122	Racing community MSC Langenfeld	Kurt Otto Nell Lothar Lüttmann Salvatore Messina	Autobianchi A112 Abarth	3
112	3	88		Hans-Peter Morawietz Peter Oberdieck Karl-Heinz Ben Achmed	Simca Rally 2	1
113	3	90		Rexford Swartz Wolfgang G. Marx Williams Dawson	Simca Rally 2	0

Only in the entry list

No further reports are known for this race.

Class winner

class	driver	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
Group 9	Peter Wichs	Bernd Wichs		Renault R5 Alpine	Rank 15
Group 8	Fritz Mueller	Herbert Hechler	Franz Gschwendtner	Porsche Carrera RS	Overall victory
Group 6	Dietmar Hackner	Johann Weisheidinger	Heinz-Jürgen Mählenhoff	Opel Commodore GS / E	Rank 8
Group 5	Helmut Döring	Hartmut Bauer	Manfred Mohr	Ford Escort RS 2000	Rank 2
Group 4	Alfons Hohenester	Franz Schneider	Peter Seikel	Audi 80 GTE	Rank 4
Group 3	Hartmut Müller	Gerhard Hennemann	Karl-Ernst Brune	Alfa Romeo 1300 GTJ	Rank 13
Group 2	Franz-Josef Hackmann	Walter Saller	Alfred Lampa	VW Polo	Rank 26
Group 1	Hubert Jahn	Manfred Grossardt	Karl-Josef Basset	Autobianchi A112 Abarth	Rank 62

Racing data

• Reported: 113
• Started: 113
• Rated: 62
• Race classes: 8
• Spectator: unknown
• Race day weather: warm and dry
• Route length: 22.835 km
• Driving time of the winning team: unknown
• Total laps of the winning team: 142
• Total distance of the winning team: 3242.570 km
• Winner's average: unknown
• Pole position: unknown
• Fastest race lap: Wolfgang Walter, Werner Prinz - Porsche Carrera RSR (# 2) - 9: 18.700
• Racing series: did not belong to any racing series

literature

• Wilfried Müller, Jörg Ufer: 24h Nürburgring - The history of the first 40 races McKlein Publishing - Verlag Reinhard Klein, 2013, ISBN 978-3-927458-62-8 .

Web links

Commons : 24-hour race on the Nürburgring  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website for the 24-hour race on the Nürburgring

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Wilfried Müller, Jörg Ufer: Nürburgring 24h - The history of the first 40 races, p. 78.
2. ↑ Wilfried Müller, Jörg Ufer: Nürburgring 24h - The history of the first 40 races, p. 79.
3. ↑ Wilfried Müller, Jörg Ufer: Nürburgring 24h - The history of the first 40 races p. 265 & 266.
4. ↑ 24h race: The winners from 1970–2016 ( Memento from January 12, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Website of the ADAC 24h race. Retrieved February 1, 2018.