Hockenheim 6 hour race in 1977

Kremer Racing Porsche 935K2 with start number 4, here with Bob Wollek at the wheel in the 1000 km race at the Nürburgring in 1977 . With partner John Fitzpatrick , Wollek won the race with this car

The third-placed BMW 320i from Marc Surer and Eddie Cheever

The 6-hour race at Hockenheim in 1977 , also Int. ADAC racing final, Hockenheim , took place on October 9th at the Hockenheimring and was the 16th round of the sports car world championship of this year.

The race

In the mid-1970s, the operators of the Hockenheimring at the time tried to establish a second German sports car world championship run on the Palatinate race track alongside the traditional long-distance race on the Nürburgring's Nordschleife . After Formula 1 switched to the Hockenheimring after Niki Lauda's serious accident at the 1976 German Grand Prix , the officials hoped to get the 1000 km race on their track. However, this endeavor came at an inopportune time for professionals. In 1977, the sports car races had long since lost their importance compared to the single-seater formula. 100,000 spectators and more at the events have long been a thing of the past. In addition, due to the large starting fields, the effort for the respective organizers was at least as great as in the Formula 1 races. Poor utilization therefore inevitably led to a considerable financial loss, which promptly occurred in Hockenheim.

In order to stand out from the other 1000 km races, the officials decided to hold the race in two races of 3 hours each. This solution was not well received by spectators and journalists, because in the second run they soon lost track of the added race ranking. The race itself was won by Bob Wollek and John Fitzpatrick in a Porsche 935 from Kremer Racing , which won the first race. The particular absurdity of this racing format was evident in the factory Porsche 935 owned by Jacky Ickx and Manfred Schurti . The car was parked in the pits on the 72nd lap of the first run due to an overheated cylinder. At this point the Porsche was in the lead. Usually the car had therefore failed. To the surprise of the audience, the duo started the second run with the engine cool and clearly won it. However, the car did not make it into the overall standings.

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	Size 5	4th	Vaillant Kremer team	Bob Wollek John Fitzpatrick	Porsche 935K2	167
2	Size 5	7th	JMS Racing	Claude Ballot-Léna Jean-Louis Lafosse	Porsche 935	159
3	Size 5	41	BMW Motorsport GmbH	Marc Surer Eddie Cheever	BMW 320i	158
4th	Size 5	5	Vaillant Kremer team	Claude Haldi Werner Christmann Bob Wollek	Porsche 935	157
5	Size 5	16	Vaillant Kremer team	Volkert Merl Peter Hähnlein Franz Konrad	Porsche 935	153
6th	Size 5	14th	Valvoline Racing	Eberhard Sindel Günter Steckkönig	Porsche 935	153
7th	Size 5	17th	Jägermeister Max Moritz Team	Edgar Dören Eckhard Schimpf Gerhard Holup	Porsche 934/5	151
8th	Size 5	6th	Vaillant Kremer team	Dieter Schornstein Alain Peltier	Porsche 934/5	150
9	GT	22nd	Scuderia Basilea	Peter Zbinden Edi Kofel	Porsche Carrera RSR	149
10	GT	10	Angelo Pallavicini	Angelo Pallavicini Enzo Calderari	Porsche 934	147
11	Size 5	3	Gelo Racing Team Georg Loos KG	Tim Schenken Hans Heyer Rolf Stommelen Toine Hezemans	Porsche 935	146
12	GT	27	Autohaus Max-Moritz-GmbH	Gerhard Fetzer Dietrich Krumm	Porsche Carrera RS	145
13	GT	25th	Jägermeister Max Moritz Team	Anton Fischhaber Hans Habermann Eckhard Schimpf	Porsche Carrera RSR	144
14th	Size 5	21st	Kenneth glue	Kenneth Leim Lella Lombardi	Porsche Carrera RSR	144
15th	Size 5	50	Jan Lundgardh	Jan Lundgardh Kurt Simonsen	Porsche 911	135
Not classified
16	Size 5	42	BMW fold	Manfred Winkelhock Harald Grohs	BMW 320i	150
Failed
17th	Size 5	1	Martini Racing	Jacky Ickx Manfred Schurti	Porsche 935/77	156
18th	Size 5	15th	Porsche Kremer Racing	Franz Konrad Reinhold Joest	Porsche 935	148
19th	Size 5	2	Gelo Racing	Rolf Stommelen Toine Hezemans	Porsche 935	124
20th	GT	28	Hahn-Sportwagen-GmbH	Klaus Utz Armin Jahn	Porsche Carrera RSR	122
21st	Size 5	1	Max Moritz car dealership	Harald Ertl Jürgen Barth Edgar Dören	Porsche 935	112
22nd	T	47	Kamei car extras	Bernd Renneisen Wolfgang Wolf	VW Golf	77
23	GT	48	Weidensee Automobile Club	Heinz Tubbesing	Fiat X1 / 9	28
24	GT	26th	Max Moritz car dealership	Jürgen Lässig Hermann-Peter Duge	Porsche Carrera RS	23
25th	GT	29	Hahn-Sportwagen-GmbH	Rolf Blind Heinz Blind Leo owner	Porsche Carrera RSR	10
26th	GT	12	Hans-Christian Juergensen	Hans-Christian Juergensen Wolfgang Sell	Porsche 934	7th
Not qualified
27	T	44		Kurt Mayer	BMW 2002	1
28	T	45		Rudolf Gülker	BMW 2002	2
29	T	46		Helmut Hesse	BMW 2002	3
30th	T	49		Paul Wunsch Horst Führer	VW Scirocco	4th

¹ not qualified ² not qualified ³ not qualified ⁴ 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.

Item	class	No.	team	driver	chassis
31	GT	8th	Jolly Club	Giampiero Moretti Giorgio Beautiful Giorgio Pianta	Porsche 934
32	GT	9		Willy Braillard Jean-Pierre Gaban	Porsche 934

Class winner

class	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
Size 5	Bob Wollek	John Fitzpatrick	Porsche 935K2	Overall victory
GT	Peter Zbinden	Edi Kofel	Porsche Carrera RSR	Rank 9
T	no participant in the finish

Racing data

• Registered: 32
• Started: 26
• Valued: 15
• Race classes: 3
• Spectator: unknown
• Race day weather: warm and dry
• Route length: 6.789 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 6:04:07, 100 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 167
• Total distance of the winning team: 1120.103 km
• Winner's average: 184.574 km / h
• Pole position: Bob Wollek - Porsche 935K2 (# 4) - 2: 02.200 = 200.331 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Jacky Ickx - Porsche 935/77 (# 1) - 2: 03.200 = 198.379 km / h
• Racing series: Round 16 of the 1977 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 .

Web links

• Race results

Previous race 6 Hours of Brands Hatch 1977

Sports car world championship

Successor to the 6-hour race at Vallelunga in 1977