German racing championship 1974

Dieter Glemser here at the 1000 km race on the Nürburgring

The German Racing Championship 1974 was the third season of the German Racing Championship (DRM).

championship

There were eight races in the 1st and 2nd division. The first race took place on April 28th at the Nürburgring and the last race of the season took place at the Hockenheimring on September 29th.

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 1974 of the sports car world championship was the first additional race. The second race was the Touring Car Grand Prix of the European Touring Car Championship .

Dieter Glemser won his second championship title in a row in the Ford Escort RS 1600 with 137 points.

Race calendar and results

round		Racetrack	date	Pole position	Fastest lap	winner	vehicle
1	Division I.	International Eifel Race Nürburgring	April 28	Toine Hezemans	Toine Hezemans	Rolf Stommelen	Ford Capri RS 3100
	Division II					Dieter Glemser	Ford Escort RS 1600
2	Division I.	Mainz-Finthen airfield race Mainz-Finthen	2th of June	Reinhardt Stenzel	Reinhardt Stenzel	Reinhardt Stenzel	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR
	Division II			Dieter Glemser	Dieter Glemser	Jörg Obermoser	BMW 2002 TI
3	Division I.	Rheinpokalrennen Hockenheimring	June 9th	Rolf Stommelen	Reinhardt Stenzel	Hans Heyer	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR
	Division II			Dieter Glemser	Jörg Obermoser	Jörg Obermoser	BMW 2002 TI
4th	Division I.	Airfield race Diepholz Diepholz	June 21st	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Hans-Joachim Stuck	BMW 3.0 CSL
	Division II			Toine Hezemans	Jörg Obermoser	Toine Hezemans	Ford Escort RS 1600
5	Division I.	Grand Prix of Germany Nürburgring	4th of August	John Fitzpatrick	John Fitzpatrick	Rolf Stommelen	Ford Capri RS 3100
	Division II			Dieter Glemser	Jörg Obermoser	Dieter Glemser	Ford Escort RS 1600
6th	Division I.	Prize of the Nations Hockenheimring	August 25	Rolf Stommelen	Klaus Ludwig	Klaus Ludwig	Ford Capri RS 3100
	Division II			Dieter Glemser	Jörg Obermoser	Jörg Obermoser	BMW 2002 TI
7th	Division I.	Norisring Trophy Norisring	September 15th	Toine Hezemans	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Hans-Joachim Stuck	BMW 3.0 CSL
	Division II			Dieter Glemser	Jörg Obermoser	Dieter Glemser	Ford Escort RS 1600
8th	Division I.	Prize from Baden-Württemberg Hockenheimring	September 29th	Klaus Ludwig	Reinhardt Stenzel	Reinhardt Stenzel	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR
	Division II					Dieter Glemser	Ford Escort RS 1600
Race together with the DRM
9		1000 km race on the Nürburgring Nürburgring	May 19th	Gérard Larrousse Henri Pescarolo	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Jean-Pierre Jarier Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Matra MS670C
10		Grand Prix of Touring Cars (6-hour race) Nürburgring	July 14th	Hans-Joachim Stuck Ronnie Peterson	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Dieter Glemser Toine Hezemans Niki Lauda	Ford Capri RS 3100
						Hans Heyer Klaus Ludwig	Ford Escort RS 1600

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	HOC1	THE	ONLY2	HOC2	NOR	HOC3	ONLY3	ONLY4	Points
1	Dieter Glemser	Division II	1 20	4 10	3 12	DNF 0	1 20	2 15	1 20	1 20	11 0	1 20	137
2	Jörg Obermoser	Division II	2 15	1 20	1 20	2 15	3 12	1 20	2 15	2 15	DNF 0	DNF 0	132
3	Klaus Ludwig	Division I.	4 10	2 15	4 10	5 8	2 15	1 20		2 15			113
		Division II							DNF 0			1 20
4th	Rolf Stommelen	Division I.	1 20		2 15	3 12	1 20	2 15	5 8				90
5	Hans Heyer	Division I.	14 0		1 20	4 10	2 15	3 12	4 10		16 0	1 20	87
6th	Reinhardt Stenzel	Division I.	DNF 0	1 20	3 12	7 4	4 10	DNF 0	DNF 0	1 20	DNF 0		66
7th	Helmut Kelleners	Division II	3 12	2 15	DNF 0	3 12	DNF 0	DNF 0	DNF 0	4 10	18 0	2 15	64
8th	Karl-Heinz Becker	Division II	4 10	9 2	5 8	6 6	DNF 0	4 10	3 12	6 6			54
9	Wolfgang May	Division II	DNA 0	3 12	2 15	5 8		3 12	DNF 0	DNA 0			47
10	Albrecht Krebs	Division I.	DNA 0	7 4		10 1							42
		Division II					4 10		DNF 0	3 12		2 15
10	Werner Schommers	Division I.	3 12	4 10	9 2	DNF 0	DNF 0	5 8	NC 0	4 10		DNF 0	42

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 1974. On: touringcarracing.net , accessed on February 27, 2019 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Touring car racing - website: 1974 German racing championship. On: touringcarracing.net , accessed February 27, 2019 .