500 km race on the Nürburgring in 1964

Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero

The fifth 500 km race on the Nürburgring , also known as the 5th International ADAC 500km Race, Nürburgring , was held on the Nordschleife of the Nürburgring on September 6, 1964 and was the 15th race of the sports car world championship and the eighth race of the German circuit championship this year.

The race

For the third time after 1962 and 1963 , a further championship race was held in addition to the 1000 km race as part of the sports car world championship on the Nordschleife . The race was part of the German Circuit Championship, which had its fifth season in 1964.

Approved were prototypes , GT - and Touring cars whose engine capacity could exceed 1.3 liters. For the overall victory, a duel between two factories developed - Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero and another Bialbero used by Scuderia Lufthansa. After a driving time of 4: 19: 33.8 hours and an average speed of 116.00 km / h, Hans Herrmann and Klaus Steinmetz won in the factory car with a lead of 27 seconds over Ernst Furtmayr and Hans-Dieter Dechent in the Lufthansa car.

The German racing car designer and racing team owner Willi Martini reported an armada of racing vehicles . Of the ten cars registered, nine took part in the race. In addition to an NSU Prinz and an Auto Union Junior , drivers started with self-made prototypes. This also included the Martini Austin-Cooper driven by Kurt Louis . A Mini Cooper was given an aerodynamic body that tried to save as much weight as possible. Cooper co-founder John Cooper appeared for the race to take a closer look at the construction. The use of the car ended after 14 laps due to an accident. The best Martini car to cross the finish line was the Auto Union Junior, which came in 25th overall.

A Honda S 600 with a 630 cm³ engine, which competed in the Gran Turismo class up to 1000 cm³ and was driven by Denis Hulme, had its international racing debut . At the Le Mans start of the 86 participants, however, the small car initially stopped as one of three and as the race progressed it was initially relatively slow, but reliable. After about a third of the distance, the Honda increased the pace, won three to four places per lap and was class winner. He drove 21 laps in 4: 30: 12.6 hours, which corresponds to an average speed of 106.36 km / h. The class victory and 13th place in the overall ranking were favored by the failure or frequent pit stops by the faster Marcos and by engine malfunctions in Kurt Geiss' Abarth 1000.

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	P 1.3	130	Abarth	Hans Herrmann Klaus Steinmetz	Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero	22nd
2	GT 1.3	97	Scuderia Lufthansa	Ernst Furtmayr Hans-Dieter Dechent	Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero	22nd
3	GT 1.3	100	Abarth	Kurt Ahrens	Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero	22nd
4th	P 1.3	125	Richard Jacobs	Andrew Hedges Alan Foster	MG Midget	22nd
5	P 1.0	120	Abarth	Anton Fischhaber	Fiat-Abarth 1000	22nd
6th	P 1.3	126	Richard Jacobs	Keith Greene Alan Foster	MG Midget	22nd
7th	T 1.0	58	Bernd Wucherpfennig	Christian Schmarje Bernd Wucherpfennig	Austin Mini-Cooper S.	21st
8th	T 1.3	72	Gerhard Bodmer	Gerhard Bodmer	Glass 1204 TS	21st
9	T 1.0	51	Abarth	Jochen Neerpasch	Fiat-Abarth 1000 Berlina	21st
10	T 1.3	73	Tartaruga	John Terry	Austin Mini Cooper	21st
11	P 1.3	128	John Milne	John Milne Alan Foster	MG Midget	21st
12	T 850	27	Erich Bitter	Erich Bitter	Saab 96	21st
13	GT 1.0	88	Jack Brabham	Denny Hulme	Honda S600	21st
14th	GT 1.3	98	Friedheim Theissen	Friedheim Theissen Ludwig Hammer	Glass 1204 TS	21st
15th	T 850	30th	Abarth	Fritz Jüttner	Fiat-Abarth 850TC	21st
16	T 1.0	68	Gustav Bontemps	Gustav Bontemps	DKW F12	21st
17th	GT 1.0	92	Fixo-Flex	Kurt Geiss	Fiat-Abarth 1000	21st
18th	T 850	45	Gerd Raschig	Gerd Raschig	DKW F11	20th
19th	T 1.0	56	Waldemar Warmbold	Waldemar Warmbold	Auto Union Junior	20th
20th	T 1.3	84	Otto Lux	Karl Herd Otto Lux	Glass 1204 TS	20th
21st	T 1.0	59	William Kelly	William Kelly Philip Wicks	Morris Mini Cooper	20th
22nd	T 1.3	78	Continental American	John Nibert Jim Smith	Morris Mini Cooper	20th
23	T 700	10	Feigl	Jürgen Lenk Carl Kramer	BMW 700S	20th
24	GT 1.0	86	Marcos	John Sutton	Marcos GT	20th
25th	GT 1.0	70	Willi Martini	Heinz-Dieter Werner Heinz Gilges	Martini	20th
26th	T 1.0	66	Martyn Ryan	Martyn Ryan RM Wilson	Austin Mini Cooper	20th
27	T 1.0	55	William Shepherd	John Williamson William Shepherd	Austin Mini Cooper	20th
28	T 1.3	95	Aloyse Kridel	Aloyse Kridel	Alfa Romeo Giulietta	20th
29	P 850	111	Willi Martini	Hans-Dieter Blatzheim Dieter Mohr	Martini	20th
30th	GT 1.3	75	Hoehreich MRRC	Heinrich Oestreich Richard Höhfeld	Glass 1204 TS	20th
31	T 600	4th	Roland Heck	Roland Heck Werner Müller	NSU Prince	20th
32	T 850	31	Abarth	Salvatore Calascibetta	Fiat-Abarth 850TC	19th
33	T 700	12	Jürgen Graehser	Jürgen Graehser Jürgen Zink	BMW 700S	19th
34	T 700	19th	Manfred Berthold	Manfred Berthold Eckhard Schimpf	BMW 700S	19th
35	T 1.0	57	Friedrich Noenen	Karl-Heinz Reiter Friedrich Noenen	DKW Junior	19th
36	T 850	37	Lars Thaung	Lars Thaung Olle Johansson	Saab 96	19th
37	P 1.0	117	diva	Peter Jackson Michael Brandon	Diva GT	19th
38	T 600	6th	Willi Martini	Gerhard Wiedemann Heinrich Hülbüsch	NSU Prince	19th
39	T 700	17th	Wilfried Zahn	Wilfried Zahn Kurt Henninger	BMW 700S	19th
40	T 850	28	Erich Bitter	Hans-Peter Koepchen	Fiat-Abarth 850TC	19th
41	T 700	14th	Erich Bitter	Willi Deutsch Werner Brinkmann	BMW 700S	19th
42	GT 1.0	85	Marcos	Michael Forsdyke	Marcos Gullwing	19th
43	T 1.0	60	Pat Gautot	Pat Gautot Wim de Jonghe	Opel Kadett	19th
44	T 1.0	65	Raymond Schweich	Raymond Schweich Jacques Winandy	Morris Mini Cooper	19th
45	T 1.3	83	Otto Lux	Horst Rack	Glass 1204 TS	19th
46	P 850	112	Willi Martini	Dieter Mohr Anselm von Oertzen	Martini	19th
47	GT 1.0	87	Marcos	Raymond Nash	Marcos Fastback	19th
48	T 600	1	Rhein-Ruhr Racing	Hans Boehm Lothar Köttgen	NSU Prince	19th
49	T 600	5	Thomas Ammerschläger	Thomas Ammerschläger Axel Bonin	NSU Prince	18th
50	T 1.0	64	Peter Ochs	Peter Ochs	Auto Union Junior	18th
51	T 600	3	Langenfeld Motor Sport Club	Peter Lux Helmut Becker	NSU Prince	18th
Failed
52	GT 1.3	96	Mike Garton	Mike Garton	Austin-Healey Sprite	18th
53	P 1.0	124	Paul Emery	Jeremy Delmar-Morgan Mike Walton	Mike Walton	18th
54	P 850	113	Willi Martini	Georg Bialas Heinrich Hülbüsch	Martini	16
55	P 1.0	116	diva	Peter Brayshaw Tim Lalonde	Diva GT	16
56	T 850	44	Langenfeld Motor Sport Club	Wilfried Oetelshoven Friedrich Noenen	DKW F11	15th
57	T 850	34	Wolfgang Jordis	Wolfgang Jordis	Renault Dauphine	14th
58	P 1.3	131	Willi Martini	Kurt Louis	Martini Austin-Cooper	14th
59	T 850	40	Kurt Pfnier	Kurt Pfnier	DKW F11	13
60	T 850	39	Peter Ruby	Peter Ruby	DKW F11	12
61	P 850	121	Willi Martini	Christian Kubon Heinz Gilges	Martini	12
62	T 700	18th	Hilversum Racing	Johann Koster Freek Dudok van Heel	BMW 700S	11
63	T 1.0	53	Abarth	Giuseppe Virgilio	Fiat-Abarth 1000 Berlina	11
64	T 1.0	63	Tartaruga	JC Thurston	Morris Mini Cooper	11
65	T 700	11	Feigl	Günther Lehmann	BMW 700S	9
66	T 850	43	Fixo-Flex	Alfred Kling	DKW Junior	9
67	T 850	46	Leonardo Cirincione	Leonardo Cirincione	Fiat-Abarth 850TC	9
68	P 1.0	122	Willi Martini	Peter Otto	Martini	9
69	T 1.0	61	Scuderia Sant Ambroeus	Mario Saruggia Arturo Merzario	Fiat-Abarth 1000 Berlina	7th
70	T 1.3	80	Willi Martini	Dieter Mohr Horst Eiteneuer	Morris Mini Cooper S.	7th
71	T 1.3	81	BMC Germany	Karl-Heinz Becker	Morris Mini Cooper S.	7th
72	T 1.0	62	Dieter Fröhlich	Paul Polzin Dieter Fröhlich	Auto Union Junior	6th
73	T 700	15th	Hubert Hahne	Hubert Hahne Klaus Miersch	BMW 700S	5
74	T 850	26th	Hugo Schumacher	Hugo Schumacher Jean-Jacques Bovy	DKW F11	5
75	T 850	41	Hermann Wiese	Hermann Wiese Heinrich Wiese	DKW F11	5
76	T 600	2	Colonia	Hans Braun Josef Kremer	NSU Prince	3
77	T 1.0	71	Tartaruga	RF bunting	Austin Mini Cooper	3
78	T 850	38	Radbourne Racing	Charles Gunther John Anstead	Fiat-Abarth 850TC	2
79	P 1.0	118	John Miles	John Miles John Edmund Miles	Diva GT	2
80	T 850	35	Hannelore Werner	Hannelore Werner Manfred Roesner	Auto Union Junior	1
81	T 1.0	67	Wolf-Dieter Mantzel	Wolf-Dieter Mantzel Heinrich Schütz	DKW F12	1
82	GT 1.0	89	Christopher McLaren	Christopher McLaren	Marcos Fastback	1
83	T 850	33	Manfred Hartung	Manfred Hartung	Fiat-Abarth 850TC	1
84	T 1.3	74	John Fitzpatrick	John Fitzpatrick Ulrich Therstappen	Austin Mini Cooper	1
85	T 1.3	76	Sussex Racing	Mike Renny	Morris Mini Cooper	1
86	P 850	110	Abarth	Tommy Spychiger	Fiat-Abarth 850	1
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87	T 850	29	Andrea Saltari	Andrea Saltari	Fiat-Abarth 850TC	1
88	T 850	32	Graz Racing	Hellfried von Kiwisch	Fiat-Abarth 850TC	2
89	GT 1.0	90	Abarth	Klaus Steinmetz	Fiat-Abarth 1000	3

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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
90	T 700	20th	Peter Marx	Peter Marx Kurt Härtner	BMW 700S
91	T 850	36	Tartaruga	John Aley Heb Mayes	DKW F11
92	T 850	42	Richard Weiland	Richard Weiland Helmut Rehberg	DKW Junior
93	T 850	50	Fiat Abarth		Fiat-Abarth 1000 Berlina
94	T 1.0	54	RW Wickson	RW Wickson Alan Hartwell	Hillman Imp
94	T 1.3	77	Laurie Goodwin	Laurie Goodwin	Ford Cortina
95	T 1.3	82	OASC	FX Schmoellerl Karl Ritter	Morris Mini Cooper
96	GT 1.0	91	Edward Cuff-Miller	Ellis Cuff-Miller	Marcos Fastback
97	GT 1.3	99	Max Ernst	Max Ernst Jean Bouquet	René Bonnet Djet
98	GT 1.3	101	Team elite	John Wagstaff	Lotus Elite
99	GT 1.3	102	Team elite	Clive Hunt	Lotus Elite
100	GT 1.3	103	John Dickinson	John Dickinson	Lotus Eleven GT
101	P 1.3	104	Capel		Lotus Elite
102	GT 1.3	105	Biennoise	Kurt Rost	René Bonnet Djet
103	GT 1.3	106	Continental American	"James Bond"	Lotus Elite
104	GT 1.3	107	Anthony Kilburn	Anthony Kilburn	Lotus Elite
105	P 850	114	Scuderia Sant Ambroeus	Ricciardo Ricci	Fiat-Abarth 850 Bertone
106	P 1.0	123	Paul Emery	Paul Emery Ron Parkes	Emery
107	P 1.3	127	diva	John Bloomfield Donald Sim	Diva GT
108	P 1.3	132	Willi Martini		Martini
109	P 1.3	133	Lotus Continental	Jean Wauters	lotus

Class winner

class	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
P 1.3	Hans Herrmann	Klaus Steinmetz	Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero	Overall victory
P 1.0	Andrew Hedges	Alan Foster	MG Midget	Rank 4
P 850	Hans-Dieter Blatzheim	Dieter Mohr	Martini	Rank 29
GT 1.3	Ernst Furtmayr	Hans-Dieter Dechent	Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero	Rank 2
GT 1.0	Denny Hulme		Honda S600	Rank 13
T 1.3	Gerhard Bodmer		Glass 1204 TS	Rank 8
T 1.0	Christian Schmarje	Bernd Wucherpfennig	Austin Mini-Cooper S.	Rank 7
T 850	Erich Bitter		Saab 96	Rank 12
T 700	Jürgen Lenk	Carl Kramer	BMW 700S	Rank 23
T 600	Roland Heck	Werner Müller	NSU Prince	Rank 31st

Racing data

• Registered: 109
• Started: 86
• Rated: 51
• Race classes: 10
• Spectators: 25,000
• Race day weather: rain
• Route length: 22.810 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 4:19: 33.800 hours
• Overall laps of the winning team: 22
• Total distance of the winning team: 501.820 km
• Winner's average: 115.999 km / h
• Pole position: unknown
• Fastest race lap: Ernst Furtmayr - Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero (# 97) - 10: 58.700 = 124.664 km / h
• Racing series: 15th round of the 1964 World Sports Car Championship
• Racing series: 8th round of the German Circuit Championship in 1964

literature

• Wolfgang Thierack: Racing legend Willi Martini . Schneider Text Editions Ltd., 2004, ISBN 0-9541746-5-8 .

Web links

• Race results

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ams , issue 20/1964, p. 57.
2. ↑ ams , Issue 20/1964, pp. 50-52.

Predecessor race, mountain race Sierra-Montagna 1964

Sports car world championship

Successor to the 3-hour race at Monza in 1964