1985 German Production Car Championship

The Volvo 240 Turbo driven by Per Stureson in the DTM.

The 1985 German Production Car Championship was the second season of the German Production Car Championship (DPM). The first run took place on March 24, 1985 on the Belgian Circuit Zolder . The last run was on September 22nd at the Nürburgring . A total of 11 races were held in Germany and Belgium .

In contrast to 1984, the championship was advertised internationally, so that not only German drivers were entitled to points.

The overall winner was the Swede Per Stureson in the Volvo 240 Turbo with 117.5 points.

The German Production Car Championship was ended at the end of the 1985 season and renamed the German Touring Car Championship (DTM) at the beginning of 1986 . The two DPM championships in 1984 and 1985 are therefore officially part of the DTM.

Starting field

The following drivers started the season:

No.	driver	team	vehicle	Race weekend
1	Volker Strycek	BMW Gubin Sport	BMW 635 CSi	all
2	Olaf Manthey	Massa-Real Racing Team	Rover Vitesse	all
3	Harald Grohs	Obermaier	BMW 635 CSi	all
4th	Winfried Vogt	Linder racing	BMW 323i	1-7, 9
5	Kurt Koenig	Franken Autotechnik	BMW 635 CSi	all
6th	Peter Oberndorfer	Marko RSM	Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV / 6	all
7th	Volker Weidler			1
	Franz Klammer			2-9
8th	Manuel Reuter	Ford Racing HWRT Tuning	Ford Sierra XR4Ti	7-9
9	Robert Walterscheid-Müller	FHS motorsport	BMW 635 CSi	1-3
	Manuel Reuter	Ford Racing HWRT Tuning	Ford Sierra XR4Ti	4th
	Heinz-Otto Fritzsche	Mantzel Opel Tuning	Opel Monza 3.0E	6-9
10	Roberto Ravaglia	Team Schnitzer	BMW 635 CSi	1, 2
	Peter Kröber	ISA Racing GmbH	Volvo 240 Turbo	2, 4, 8, 9
11	Gerhard Berger	Team Schnitzer	BMW 635 CSi	1
12	Markus Oestreich			2
13	Heinz-Otto Fritzsche	Mantzel Opel Tuning	Opel Monza 3.0E	1, 2, 4
14th	Roland Asch	ABR Ringhausen racing	Ford Mustang 5.0 GT	all
15th	Helmut Döring			1-5
	Klaus Ludwig		Ford Sierra XR4Ti	6-9
16	Peter John	American Car Service	Chevrolet Camaro Z28	all
17th	Fritz Mueller	Müller-Bräu team	BMW 635 CSi	1, 7, 9
19th	Hermann Behrens	Nissan Motor Germany GmbH	Nissan Silvia RS US12	1, 2, 4-7, 9
20th	Heinz-Friedrich Peil	Kissling Motorsport	Volvo 240 Turbo	all
21st	Per Stureson	IPS Motorsport	Volvo 240 Turbo	all
22nd	Walter Nussbaumer	Kamei crew	BMW 635 CSi	all
23	Axel fields	Auto Budde team	BMW 635 CSi	1
	Walter Mertes	Private	Rover Vitesse	4-7
24	Jochen Felder	Pontus Racing	BMW 528i	1
	Per-Gunnar Andersson	M & L Racing Sweden	Volvo 240 Turbo	4-9
25th	Werner Felder	Bergisch Gladbach racing community	BMW 528i	1
26th	Alfons Hohenester	Private	VW Golf GTI	1
	Ralf-Werner Müller	Scuderia Avus Berlin	Opel Manta GT / E	9
27	Rolf Goering	Bäuerle colors team	BMW 635 CSi	1, 9
	Johannes Wollstadt	Autohaus Wollstadt GmbH	BMW 323i	3, 4
28	Wolfgang Offermann	Kissling Motorsport	Opel Manta GT / E	2, 3
	Heinz Voehringer	Private	Fiat Ritmo 130 TC Abarth	4-9
30th	Peter Mamerow	Ulrich Mönninghoff RT	Chevrolet Camaro Z28	2, 8, 9
31	Reinhold Gröpper	Private	Ford Mustang 5.0 GT	2, 4, 8, 9
32	Fritz Möller	Private	BMW 635 CSi	9
33	Reinhold Gröpper	Private	VW Scirocco GTI	1, 5
34	Volker Anhalt	Private	MG Metro Turbo	2, 4, 5
35	Leopold Gallina	Private	Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.3-16	5, 6
	Manfred Burkhard	HWRT Auto Tuning	Ford Escort RS Turbo	8, 9
36	Werner Busch	Alfa + Co Tuning Busch	Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV / 6	1, 2, 7, 8
37	Richard Friedrich Jr.	MC & A telecommunication systems	Mitsubishi Starion Turbo A183	1, 3
38	Axel Kaczmarek	Gerhard Harmel	BMW 635 CSi	1
39	Harald Kühn	Private	Ford Capri III 3.0 S.	7, 8
41	Klaus-Emil Röckel	Private	Opel Monza 3.0E	1, 2, 6, 7
42	Herbert Schürg	König Motorsport AG	Fiat Ritmo 130 TC Abarth	2-9
44	Fritz Möller	Private	BMW 635 CSi	1
45	Peter Mamerow	Private	VW Golf GTI	1, 7
47	Per-Gunnar Andersson	M & L Racing Sweden	Volvo 240 Turbo	1, 2
50	Peter Elgaard	Private	BMW 635 CSi	all
52	Josef Gerold	Linder racing	BMW 323i	2-9
54	Jochen duration	Team Isert	BMW 323i	8, 9
59	Beate Nodes	Team Ford grave	Ford Escort RS Turbo	7-9
60	Michael head	Private	Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV / 6	5, 9
61	Leopold Gallina	Private	Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.3-16	9
62	Bert Moritz	SRP Moritz Tuning	Chevrolet Camaro Z28	9
63	Henny Hemmes	Dutch National Racing Team	Chevrolet Camaro Z28	9
65	Klaus Niedzwiedz	HWRT Ford Tuning	Ford Sierra XR4Ti	3-5
	Walter Prüser	Rheydter Club for Motorsport	BMW 323i	7th
?	Gottfried Eckle	Private	VW Golf GTI	2, 5, 8
?	Albert Unkmeier	Private	Fiat Ritmo 130 TC Abarth	4th
?	Richard Hamann	Private	BMW 323i	5
?	A. Merchant	Private	VW Golf GTI	5
?	Jörg van Ommen	Private	Ford Sierra XR4Ti	6th
?	Holger Bean	Private	Volvo 240 Turbo	6th
?	Nils-Carl Nielsen	Private	BMW 323i	6th
?	Horst Hahne	Private	VW Golf GTI	6th
?	Klaus-Peter Frieske	Private	VW Scirocco	6th

Race calendar and results

round		Race (track)	date	distance	Pole position	Fastest lap	winner	vehicle
1	Run	Bergischer Löwe Circuit Zolder	March 24th	102.288 km	Roberto Ravaglia	Roberto Ravaglia	Harald Grohs	BMW 635 CSi
2	Run	Airfield race Wunstorf Wunstorf Air Base	5th of May	101,000 km	Per Stureson	Peter John	Per Stureson	Volvo 240 Turbo
3	Run	AVUS race AVUS	12th of May	105.430 km	Heinz-Friedrich Peil	Roland Asch	Klaus Niedzwiedz	Ford Sierra XR4Ti
4th	Run	Mainz-Finthen airfield race Mainz-Finthen airfield	2th of June	103,500 km	Winfried Vogt	Per Stureson	Winfried Vogt	BMW 323i
5	Run 1	Airfield race Erding Erding Air Base	June 9th	50,800 km	Kurt Koenig	Klaus Niedzwiedz	Per-Gunnar Andersson	Volvo 240 Turbo
	Run 2			50,800 km		Per-Gunnar Andersson	Heinz-Friedrich Peil	Volvo 240 Turbo
6th	Run 1	Airfield race Diepholz Diepholz Air Base	21 July	49,400 km	Heinz-Friedrich Peil	Per-Gunnar Andersson	Heinz-Friedrich Peil	Volvo 240 Turbo
	Run 2			52,000 km		Per-Gunnar Andersson	Klaus Ludwig	Ford Sierra XR4Ti
7th	Run	Westfalenpokal race Circuit Zolder	18th of August	102.288 km	Per-Gunnar Andersson	Peter John	Klaus Ludwig	Ford Sierra XR4Ti
8th	Run	Airport race Siegerland Siegerlandring	September 8th	100,200 km	Klaus Ludwig	Per-Gunnar Andersson	Klaus Ludwig	Ford Sierra XR4Ti
9	Run	Super sprint Nürburgring	September 22	106.015 km	Klaus Ludwig	Peter John	Klaus Ludwig	Ford Sierra XR4Ti

Championship results

Point system

Points were awarded to the first 18 classified drivers in the following number. In races with two runs, half the number of points was awarded per run. There was one deletion result :

space	1.	2.	3.	4th	5.	6th	7th	8th.	9.	10.	11.	12.	13.	14th	15th	16.	17th	18th
Points	20th	18th	16	15th	14th	13	12	11	10	9	8th	7th	6th	5	4th	3	2	1

Driver ranking

A total of 50 drivers made it into the points classification.

space	driver	ZOL1	WUN	AVU	MAY	EARTH		THE		ZOL2	SHE	ONLY	Points
1	Per Stureson	24	1	6th	2	16	2	7th	5	3	3	8th	117.5
2	Olaf Manthey	5	(10)	4th	3	4th	4th	DSQ	DSQ	4th	8th	5	100
3	Harald Grohs	1	8th	18th	4th	7th	7th	3	11	DNF	12	2	96
4th	Roland Asch	DNF	4th	3	14th	5		5	7th	8th	2	10	94
5	Peter Oberndorfer	12	5	7th	6th	11	5	17th	9	5	(17)	6th	90
6th	Heinz-Friedrich Peil	9	DNF	5	16	3	1	1	2	9	5	DNS	88
7th	Per-Gunnar Andersson	4th	3		8th	1	DNF	6th	12	18th	4th	11	86
8th	Peter John	6th	2	2	DNF	10	20th	DNF		2	7th	DNF	83.5
9	Volker Strycek	11	6th	17th	5	9	14th	2	4th	DNF	10	9	80
10	Winfried Vogt	DNF	11	11	1	6th	3	9	8th	DNF		4th	79
11	Klaus Ludwig							12	1	1	1	1	73.5
12	Peter Elgaard	10	DNF	8th	9	24	9	10	DNF	6th	6th	DNF	65.5
13	Kurt Koenig	3	DNF	10	DNF	8th	6th	4th	3	DNF	DNF	7th	64.5
14th	Walter Nussbaumer	13	9	9	DNF	14th	8th	DNF	DSQ	19th	11	12	49
15th	Josef Gerold		17th	14th	11	12	10	13	DNF	10	18th	DNS	36
16	Roberto Ravaglia	2	7th										30th
17th	Franz Klammer		13	13	DNF	17th	12	DNF		7th	22nd	18th	29.5
18th	Klaus Niedzwiedz			1	DNF	2	DNF						29
19th	Herbert Schürg		15th	16	13	19th	13	DNF		15th	19th	19th	20th
20th	Helmut Döring	14th	12	DNS	12	DNF							19th
21st	Hermann Behrens	27	14th		DNF	20th		15th	DNF	11		16	18th
22nd	Manuel Reuter				DNF					DNF	26th	3	16
23	Walter Mertes				7th	13	18th	DNF		DNF			15.5
24	Fritz Mueller	17th								12		13	15th
25th	Johannes Wollstadt			15th	10								13
25th	Reinhold Gröpper	20th	DNF		DNF	15th	15th				15th	14th	13
27	Richard Friedrich Jr.	7th		DNF									12
27	Peter Kröber		18th		18th						9	DNF	12
29	Heinz-Otto Fritzsche	DNF	DNF		DNF			11	10	DNF	16	DNF	11.5
30th	Gerhard Berger	8th											11
31	Holger Bean							14th	6th				9
32	Manfred Burkhard										13	17th	8th
33	Klaus-Emil Röckel	21st	16					16	13	DNF			7.5
34	Robert Walterscheid-Müller	28	21st	12									7th
35	Heinz Voehringer				DNF	22nd	16	DNF		14th	20th	20th	6.5
36	Walter Prüser									16			6th
37	Jörg van Ommen							8th					5.5
38	Beate Nodes									DNF	14th	DNF	5
39	Richard Hamann					18th	11						4.5
40	Volker Anhalt		DNF		15th	DNF	22nd						4th
40	Axel fields	15th											4th
40	Rolf Goering	23										15th	4th
43	Peter Mamerow	18th	DNF							17th	23	DNF	3
43	Harald Kühn									16	21st		3
43	Axel Kaczmarek	16											3
46	Nils-Carl Nielsen							18th	15th				2.5
46	Klaus-Peter Frieske							DNF	14th				2.5
48	Albert Unkmeier				17th								2
49	Horst Hahne							19th	16				1.5
50	Gottfried Eckle		20th			21st	17th				25th		1
51	Werner Felder	19th											0
51	Werner Busch	22nd	19th							DNF	24		0
51	Jochen Felder	24											0
51	Alfons Hohenester	29											0
51	Volker Weidler	DNF											0
51	Markus Oestreich		DNF										0
51	Wolfgang Offermann		DNF	DNS									0
51	Michael head					23	19th					21st	0
51	A. Merchant					25th	21st						0
51	Leopold Gallina					DNF		DNF				DNF	0
51	Jochen duration										DNF	DNF	0
51	Henny Hemmes											22nd	0
51	Ralf-Werner Müller											DNF	0
51	Fritz Möller											DNF	0
51	Bert Moritz											DNF	0
space	driver	ZOL1	WUN	AVU	MAY	EARTH		THE		ZOL2	SHE	ONLY	Points

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Web links

• The 1985 DTM season on the official DTM website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} DTM website: 1985: Beginning of the turbo era. From: www.dtm.com , accessed September 3, 2018 . 
2. ↑ Touringcarracing - website: German production car championship 1985. On: touringcarracing.net , accessed on September 3, 2018 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b} Touringcarracing - website: 1985 German production car championship. From: touringcarracing.net , accessed September 3, 2018 .