500 km race on the Nürburgring in 1962

Fiat-Abarth 850TC

The third 500 km race on the Nürburgring , also III. International ADAC 500km race, Nürburgring , took place on September 2, 1962 on the Nordschleife of the Nürburgring and was the twelfth round of the sports car world championship of that year.

The race

In addition to the 1000 km race on the Nürburgring , there was another world championship run on the Nordschleife in 1962 . The 500 km race was only part of the GT and touring car classification . Fastest driver in training was Hans Herrmann , who on a plant - 1000 Bialbero Fiat Abarth the race track in a time of 10: 25.600 minutes rounded. During the race the car broke down after an axle break. Still, there was a victory for Abarth. Team mate Eberhard Mahle won by more than nine minutes over Tommy Spychiger , who also drove a factory Abarth.

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	GT 1.0	86	Abarth	Eberhard Mahle	Fiat-Abarth 1000 Bialbero	22nd
2	GT 700	83	Abarth	Tommy Spychiger	Fiat-Abarth 700 Bialbero	22nd
3	GT 1.0	96	Günther Selbach	Günther Selbach Jürgen Wagner	Fiat-Abarth 1000	22nd
4th	GT 1.0	91	Holland & Scott	Keith Holland John Glyde Walker	GSM Delta	21st
5	GT 700	82	Peter Therstappen	Peter Therstappen	Fiat-Abarth 700	21st
6th	T 850	65	Abarth	Marsilio Pasotti	Fiat-Abarth 850TC	21st
7th	GT 700	84	Abarth	Willy King	Fiat-Abarth 700 Bialbero	21st
8th	GT 1.0	95	Octagon	Mike Reid	Austin-Healey Sebring Sprite	21st
9	T 700	30th	Anton Fischhaber	Anton Fischhaber	BMW 700S	21st
10	T 850	45	Abarth	Manfred Hönig Teodoro Zeccoli	Fiat-Abarth 850TC	21st
11	T 850	48	Scuderia Sant Ambroeus	Paolo Renier Giani Morini Prada	Fiat-Abarth 850TC	21st
12	GT 1.0	92	John Milne	John Williamson John Milne	Austin-Healey Sebring Sprite	20th
13	T 850	47	Scuderia Sant Ambroeus	Mario Saruggia Giorgio Pianta	Fiat-Abarth 850TC	20th
14th	T 850	55	Alfred Kling	Kurt Geiss Alfred Kling	DKW Junior	20th
15th	T 1.0	73	Anselm von Oertzen	Anselm von Oertzen Heinz Meier	Auto Union 1000	20th
16	T 700	29	Ludwig Hammer	Ludwig Hammer Ulrich Deussen	BMW 700S	20th
17th	T 1.0	69	Blez International	John Aley	Morris Mini Cooper	20th
18th	T 700	35	Klaus Bongard	Klaus Bongard Gustav-Dieter Edelhoff	BMW 700S	20th
19th	T 700	39	Ulrich Therstappen	Ulrich Therstappen Marie-Rose Tibesar	BMW 700S	20th
20th	GT 1.0	90	George Kennedy	George Palmer	GSM Delta	20th
21st	T 600	16	Gerhard Wiedemann	Gerhard Wiedemann Heinz Gilges	NSU Prince	20th
22nd	T 600	11	Gerhard Bodmer	Gerhard Bodmer	Glass Isar T600	20th
23	T 1.0	71	Peter Marx	Peter Marx Kurt Härtner	Panhard Dyna	20th
24	T 600	24	Karl-Heinz Panowitz	Karl-Heinz Panowitz	NSU Prince	20th
25th	GT 700	80	Scuderia Sant Ambroeus	Fulvio Sestilli Angela Fontana	Fiat-Abarth 700	20th
26th	T 600	18th	Josef Kremer	Josef Kremer	NSU Prince	19th
27	T 850	50	Malou Racle	Malou Racle Monika Wallraf	DKW Junior	19th
28	T 700	43	Nürburgring racing community	Wolfgang Knöppel Günter Besier	BMW 700S	19th
29	T 700	40	Christian Schmarje	Christian Schmarje Paul Kunheim	BMW 700S	19th
30th	T 600	14th	Werner Müller	Werner Müller	NSU Prince	19th
31	T 850	63	Jochen Kühling	Jochen Kühling Winfried von Wrede	Renault Dauphine	19th
32	T 850	57	Franz-Josef Oebel	Franz-Josef Oebel	Renault Dauphine	19th
33	T 500	7th	Johannes Ortner	Johannes Ortner	Steyr-Puch 500D	19th
34	T 1.0	75	Nikolaus Killenberg	Nikolaus Killenberg	Auto Union 1000	19th
35	T 500	1	Heinz Liedl	Heinz Liedl	Steyr-Puch 500D	19th
36	T 500	8th	Tartaruga	Peter Scherrer Rico Steinemann	Steyr-Puch 500D	19th
37	T 500	3	Hannes Haering	Hannes Haering	Steyr-Puch 500D	19th
38	T 500	2	Sepp Liebl	Sepp Liebl	Steyr-Puch 500D	18th
39	T 600	12	Georg Bialas	Georg Bialas	NSU Prince	18th
40	T 600	21st	Hans Menzel	Hans Menzel	NSU Prince	18th
Failed
41	T 700	41	Nürburgring racing community	Heinz Schreiber Heinrich Hülbüsch	BMW 700S	20th
42	T 700	33	Walter Schneider	Walter Schneider Gerhard Koch	BMW 700S	19th
43	T 1.0	74	Gustav Bontemps	Gustav Bontemps Norbert Ullemeyer	Auto Union 1000	19th
44	T 1.0	70	Andrew Hedges	HP Hoffmann Max Scheerle	Austin Mini Cooper	17th
45	T 850	54	Gosta Karlsson	Gösta Karlsson Ingemar Johansson	Saab 96	15th
46	T 500	4th	OASC	Fritz Schlögl	Steyr-Puch 500D
47	T 500	6th	Go-kart sports club Carinthia	Gert Koenig	Steyr-Puch 500D
48	T 600	17th	Dietrich Krumm	Dietrich Krumm	NSU Prince
49	T 600	20th	Scuderia Sant Ambroeus	Gianni Mainardi Gianni Mannelli	NSU Prince
50	T 600	23	Leonardo Cirincione	Leonardo Cirincione	NSU Prince
51	T 700	31	Heinz Winz	Heinz Winz	BMW 700S
52	T 700	32	OASC	Ule Oberhammer	BMW 700S
53	T 700	37	Hans-Dieter Blatzheim	Hans-Dieter Blatzheim Karlheinz Hermann	BMW 700S
54	T 700	42	Nürburgring racing community	Jürgen Zink Josef Maassen	BMW 700S
55	T 700	44	Yvan Pillonel	Yvan Pillonel Michael Finquel	BMW 700S
56	T 850	51	Blez International	Jean Aley Daphne Freeman	Morris Mini Cooper
57	T 850	52	Bjorn Rothstein	Bjorn Rothstein	Saab 96
58	T 850	53	Kurt Simonsen	Kurt Simonsen	Saab 96
59	T 850	58	Friedhelm Slowick	Paul Polzin Friedhelm Slowick	Saab 96
60	T 850	59	Giuseppe Dalla Torre	Giuseppe Dalla Torre	Fiat-Abarth 850TC
61	T 850	60	Wolf-Dieter Mantzel	Wolf-Dieter Mantzel	DKW Junior
62	T 850	61	Francesco Ghezzi	Francesco Ghezzi	Fiat-Abarth 850TC
63	T 850	64	Günter Schreiber	Kurt Pfnier	DKW Junior
64	T 1.0	67	Philip Cadman	Rona Pearson	Austin Mini Cooper
65	T 1.0	68	Dieter Mohr	Dieter Mohr	Morris Mini Cooper
66	T 1.0	76	Xavier Boulanger	Xavier Boulanger Emmanuel Trojan	Auto Union 1000
67	GT 1.0	85	Abarth	Hans Herrmann	Fiat-Abarth 1000 Bialbero
68	GT 1.0	87	Abarth	Herbert Linge	Fiat-Abarth 1000 Bialbero
69	GT 1.0	94	John Anstead	Eduardo Ribeiro	Austin-Healey Sprite
70	GT 1.0	102	Peter Jackson	Clive Baker	Austin-Healey Sebring Sprite
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71	T 600	15th	Joachim Kamusin	Joachim Kamusin Siegfried Müller senior	NSU Prince	1
72	T 600	19th	Rolf Scheel	Rolf Scheel	NSU Prince	2
73	T 600	22nd	Ernst Hamberger	Ernst Hamberger	NSU Prince	3
74	T 700	34	Hans Schulz	Jonny Janus Helfried Vogel	BMW 700S	4th
75	T 700	36	Andres Juan Molins	Andres Juan Molins	BMW 700S	5
76	T 850	49	Scuderia Sant Ambroeus	Mario Acquati	Fiat-Abarth 850TC	6th
77	T 1.0	72	Hans Bohlmeier	Hans Bohlmeier	Auto Union 1000	7th
78	GT 1.0	93	Michael Ducker	Michael Ducker Michael Brunt	Austin-Healey Sprite	8th
79	GT 1.0	97	Claude Bobrowski	Claude Bobrowski	Fiat-Abarth 1000	9
80	GT 1.0	99	OASC	Walter Poeltinger Eddy Merinsky	Fiat-Abarth 1000	10
81	GT 1.0	100	Ecurie Francorchamps	Léon Dernier	Fiat-Abarth 1000	11
82	T 850	46	Abarth		Fiat-Abarth 850TC	12

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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
82	T 500	5	Go-kart sports club Carinthia	Hans Götz Stefan Papp	Steyr-Puch 500D
83	T 700	38	Isar Racing	Manfred Behnke	BMW 700S
84	T 850	56	Helmut Zick	Helmut Zick	Fiat-Abarth 850TC
85	T 850	62	Alexander Lord God	Alexander Lord God	Renault Dauphine
86	T 1.0	66	Alfred Kling	Peter Falk Alfred Kling	Auto Union 1000
87	GT 1.0	88	Abarth	Helmut Zick	Fiat-Abarth 1000
88	GT 1.0	89	Abarth	Willy King	Fiat-Abarth 1000
89	GT 1.0	103	rouge	Tommy Weber William McCowen	Marcos Mini GT

Class winner

class	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
GT 1.0	Eberhard Mahle		Fiat-Abarth 1000 Bialbero	Overall victory
GT 700	Tommy Spychiger		Fiat-Abarth 700 Bialbero	Rank 2
T 1.0	Anselm von Oertzen	Heinz Meier	Auto Union 1000	Rank 15
T 850	Marsilio Pasotti		Fiat-Abarth 850TC	Rank 6
T 700	Anton Fischhaber		BMW 700S	Rank 9
T 600	Gerhard Wiedemann	Heinz Gilges	NSU Prince	Rank 21
T 500	Johannes Ortner		Steyr-Puch 500D	Rank 33

Racing data

• Registered: 89
• Started: 70
• Rated: 40
• Race classes: 7
• Spectator: unknown
• Race day weather: warm and dry
• Route length: 22.810 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 4: 07: 46.400 hours
• Overall laps of the winning team: 22
• Total distance of the winning team: 501.820 km
• Winner's average: 121.500 km / h
• Pole position: Hans Herrmann - Fiat-Abarth 1000 Bialbero (# 85) - 10: 25.600 = 131.260 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Eberhard Mahle - Fiat-Abarth 1000 Bialbero (# 86) - 10: 39,000 = 128.507 km / h
• Racing series: Round 12 of the 1962 World Sports Car Championship

Web links

• Race results

Predecessor race RAC Tourist Trophy 1962

Sports car world championship

Succession race 400-km race at Bridgehampton in 1962, the first race