German racing championship 1972

Hans-Joachim Stuck won the DRM championship in 1972 (photo from 1976)

The 1972 German Racing Championship was the first season of the German Racing Championship (DRM) and replaced the German Automobile Circuit Championship (DARM).

championship

There were 10 races in the 1st and 2nd division. The first race took place on April 30th at the Nürburgring and the last race of the season was the Sauerland hill climb on October 8th.

Three races from other international championships were also counted in the DRM. The participating drivers also received points in the DRM rating. The first additional race took place as part of the sports car world championship . The second race was hosted by the European Touring Car Championship and the third race was hosted by the 2-liter European Sports Car Championship .

Hans-Joachim Stuck secured the title in a Ford Capri RS 2600 with 201 points and 50 points ahead of second-placed Klaus Fritzinger .

Race calendar and results

round		Racetrack	date	Pole position	Fastest lap	winner	vehicle
1	Division I.	International Eifel Race Nürburgring	April, 30th	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Ford Capri RS 2600
	Division II					Harald Menzel	Ford Escort RS 1600
2	Division I.	Rheydter circuit race Hockenheimring	May 14th	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Ford Capri RS 2600
	Division II			Harald Menzel	Harald Menzel	Harald Menzel	Ford Escort RS 1600
3	Division I.	Mainz-Finthen airfield race Mainz-Finthen	18th of June	Hans Heyer	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Ford Capri RS 2600
	Division II			Harald Menzel	Harald Menzel	Gerhard student	Ford Escort RS 1600
4th	Division I.	Airfield race Diepholz Diepholz	16th of July	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Ford Capri RS 2600
	Division II			Gerhard student	Jörg Obermoser	Dieter Basche	BMW 2002 TI
5	Division I.	Bergpreis Freiburg-Schauinsland Schauinsland	6th of August	Harald Menzel	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Ford Capri RS 2600
	Division II				Gerhard student	Gerhard student	Ford Escort RS 1600
6th	Division I.	Kassel-Calden airfield race Kassel-Calden	20th of August	Reinhold Joest		Klaus Fritzinger	Ford Capri RS 2600
	Division II			Christian Auer		Harald Menzel	Ford Escort RS 1600
7th	Division I.	Prize of the Nations Hockenheimring	August 27	Frank Gardner	Frank Gardner	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Ford Capri RS 2600
	Division II					Jörg Obermoser	Ford Escort RS 1600
8th	Division I.	International Eifel Cup Race Nürburgring	September 3	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Ford Capri RS 2600
	Division II					Gerhard student	Ford Escort RS 1600
9	Division I.	Rhineland-Palatinate Nürburgring Prize	September 24th	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Ford Capri RS 2600
	Division II					Harald Menzel	Ford Escort RS 1600
10	Division I.	Sauerland Mountain Prize Sauerland	8th October	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Ford Capri RS 2600
	Division II					Harald Menzel	Ford Escort RS 1600
Race together with the DRM
11		1000 km race on the Nürburgring Nürburgring	28th of May	Ronnie Peterson Tim Schenken	Rolf Stommelen	Ronnie Peterson Tim Schenken	Ferrari 312PB
12		Grand Prix of Touring Cars (6-hour race) Nürburgring	July 9	Hans-Joachim Stuck Dieter Glemser	Jochen Mass	John Fitzpatrick Hans Heyer Rolf Stommelen	BMW 2800 CS
13		Eifel Cup (500 km race) Nürburgring	September 3	John Burton	Vic Elford	Jean-Louis Lafosse	Lola T290

Championship results

Point system

Points were awarded to the first 10 classified drivers in the following number. Guest starters were not entitled to points:

space	1.	2.	3.	4th	5.	6th	7th	8th.	9.	10.
Points	20th	15th	12	10	8th	6th	4th	3	2	1

Driver ranking

The following drivers came in the first ten places in the points classification.

space	driver	group	ONLY1	HOC1	MAY	THE	SCH	CHEESE	HOC2	ONLY2	ONLY3	SOW	ONLY4	ONLY5	ONLY6	Points
1	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Division I.	1 20	1 20	1 20	1 20	1 20	2 15	1 20	1 20	1 20	1 20	8 6	DNF 0		201
2	Klaus Fritzinger	Division I.	2 15	2 15	5 8	3 12	2 15	1 20	DNF 0	3 12	2 15	3 12	DNF 0	3 24		151
3	Dieter Basche	Division II	11 0	3 12	2 15	1 20	2 15	DNF 0	DNF 0	2 15	2 15	5 8	DNF 0	4 20		120
4th	Jörg Obermoser	Division II	3 12	2 15	7 4	DNF 0	4 10	2 15	1 20	10 1	3 12	2 15	DNQ 0	13 0	7 8	112
5	Harald Menzel	Division II	1 20	1 20	10 1	DNF 0	DNF 0	1 20	DNF 0	21 0	1 20	1. 20		DNF 0		101
6th	Gerhard student	Division II	DNF 0		1 20	2 15	1 20	DNF 0	2 15	1 20	DNF 0	DNF 0				90
7th	Jürgen Barth	Division I.				4 10	4 10	4 10	2 15	6 6	DNS 0	9 2	13 0	4 20		71
8th	Hans Heyer	Division II		DNF 0	DNF 0					19 0	3 12	7 4	DNF 0	1 40		56
9	Hans-Peter Joisten	Division I.	3 12	5 10	DNF 0	7 6	12 4	DNA 0	DNF 0	5 8	7 4	6 6	28 0		DNF 0	50
10	Jochen Mass	Division I.	DNS 0									2 15	7 (8)	2 30		45

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

annotation

In the international races that were held together with the DRM, German drivers got double the number of points. The best result was counted in the championship.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Touringcarracing - website: German racing championship 1972. On: touringcarracing.net , accessed on February 26, 2019 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Touring car racing - website: 1972 German racing championship. From: touringcarracing.net , accessed February 26, 2019 .