German racing championship 1973

Dieter Glemser won the DRM championship in 1973

The 1973 German Racing Championship was the second season of the German Racing Championship (DRM).

championship

Nine races were held in the 1st and 2nd divisions. The first race took place on April 29th at the Nürburgring and the last race of the season was the Sauerland hill climb on October 7th.

Two races from other international championships were also rated in the DRM. The participating drivers also received points in the DRM rating. The 1000 km race on the Nürburgring 1973 of the sports car world championship was the first additional race. The second race was organized by the European Touring Car Championship .

Dieter Glemser secured the title on a Zakspeed - Ford Escort RS 1600 with one point ahead of his brand colleague Hans Heyer on a works Ford Capri RS 2600 .

Race calendar and results

round		Racetrack	date	Pole position	Fastest lap	winner	vehicle
1	Division I.	International Eifel Race Nürburgring	April 29	Toine Hezemans	Clemens Schickentanz	Toine Hezemans	BMW 3.0 CSL
	Division II					Dieter Glemser	Ford Escort RS 1600
2	Division I.	Mainz-Finthen airfield race Mainz-Finthen	June 1st	Hans Heyer	Hans Heyer	Hans Heyer	Ford Capri RS 2600
	Division II			Dieter Basche	Dieter Basche	Dieter Basche	BMW 2002 TI
3	Division I.	Airfield race Diepholz Diepholz	15th June	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Rolf Stommelen	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR
	Division II			Helmuth Koinigg	Harald Menzel	Helmuth Koinigg	Ford Escort RS 1600
4th	Division I.	Grand Prix of Germany Nürburgring	5th of August	Harald Menzel	Harald Menzel	Harald Menzel	BMW 3.0 CSL
	Division II					Dieter Glemser	Ford Escort RS 1600
5	Division I.	Kassel-Calden airfield race Kassel-Calden	August 19th	Harald Menzel	Harald Menzel	Harald Menzel	BMW 3.0 CSL
	Division II					Dieter Glemser	Ford Escort RS 1600
6th	Division I.	Prize of the Nations Hockenheimring	26th of August	Harald Menzel	Clemens Schickentanz	Hans Heyer	Ford Capri RS 2600
	Division II			Dieter Glemser	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Hans-Joachim Stuck	BMW 2002 TI
7th	Division I.	International Eifel Cup Race Nürburgring	September 2nd	Harald Menzel	Harald Menzel	Harald Menzel	BMW 3.0 CSL
	Division II					Dieter Glemser	Ford Escort RS 1600
8th	Division I.	200 miles from Nuremberg Norisring	the 9th of September	Günter Steckkönig	Reinhardt Stenzel	Hans Heyer	Ford Capri RS 2600
	Division II			Helmut Kelleners	Dieter Glemser	Dieter Glemser	Ford Escort RS 1600
9	Division I.	Sauerland Mountain Prize Sauerland	October 7th	Hans Heyer	Reinhardt Stenzel	Reinhardt Stenzel	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR
	Division II					Helmut Kelleners	BMW 2002 TI
Race together with the DRM
10		1000 km race on the Nürburgring Nürburgring	May 27th	François Cevert Jean-Pierre Beltoise	François Cevert	Jacky Ickx Brian Redman	Ferrari 312PB
11		Grand Prix of Touring Cars (6-hour race) Nürburgring	8th of July	Hans-Peter Joisten Niki Lauda	Niki Lauda	Hans-Joachim Stuck Chris Amon	BMW 3.0 CSL

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	MAY	THE	ONLY2	CHEESE	HOC	ONLY3	NOR	SOW	ONLY4	ONLY5	Points
1	Dieter Glemser	Division II	1 20	2 15		1 20	1 20	DNF 0	1 20	1 20	2 15	DNF 0	DNF 0	130
2	Hans Heyer	Division I.	DNF 0	1 20	2 15	2 15	2 15	1 20	2 15	1 20	5 8	DNA 0	10 1	129
3	Dieter Basche	Division II	2 15	1 20	3 12	2 15	2 15	2 15	4 10	3 12	5 8	DNF 0	DNF 0	122
4th	Harald Menzel	Division I.	DNF 0		2 15	1 20	1 20	DNF 0	1 20	DNF 0	3 12		2 15	102
5	Günter Steckkönig	Division I.	4 10	3 12	5 8	3 12	5 8	3 12	3 12	DNF 0	4 10	12 15	DNF 0	99
6th	Clemens Schickentanz	Division I.	2 15	2 15	3 12		DNF 0	2 15		2 15	7 4	12 15		91
7th	Klaus Fritzinger	Division I.	3 12	DNF 0	4 10	11 0	3 12	7 4	4 10	3 12	6 6	DNF 0	10 1	67
8th	Hartmut Kautz	Division II	5 8	5 8	4 10	17 0	3 12	DNF 0	2 15	DNF 0	4 10		DNF 0	63
9	Helmut Kelleners	Division II	DNF 0	7 4		4 10		3 12		2 15	1 20	17 0	DNF 0	61
10	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Division I.		DNF 0	DNF 0							DNF 0	1 20	40
		Division II					DNF 0	1 20		DNF 0
10	Karl-Ludwig Weiss	Division I.	7 4	4 10		6 6	7 4	8 (3)	8 3	5 8	10 1		5 8	40

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 were awarded additional points. The best result was counted in the championship.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Touringcarracing - website: German racing championship 1973. On: touringcarracing.net , accessed on February 26, 2019 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Touringcarracing - Internet site: 1973 German racing championship. From: touringcarracing.net , accessed February 26, 2019 .