German racing championship 1976

Hans Heyer won the DRM championship in 1976 for the second time after 1975

The 1976 German Racing Championship was the fifth season of the German Racing Championship (DRM).

championship

Ten races were held in the 1st and 2nd divisions. The first race took place on May 2nd at the Nürburgring and the last race of the season took place at the Hockenheimring on September 26th.

This season, in addition to Group 2 and Group 4 racing cars, which were built according to the 1975 regulations, new vehicles according to the 1976 homologation were also registered. Since only Porsche offered a car according to the new regulations with the 934 , this Group 4 racing car was mainly used by teams that started in the 1st division.

For the first time from this season points were also awarded internationally and not exclusively to drivers with a German racing license.

Hans Heyer won his second championship title with a Ford Escort II RS with 160 points ahead of Klaus Ludwig . Who was also able to secure the runner-up title for the second time.

Race calendar and results

round		Racetrack	date	Pole position	Fastest lap	winner	vehicle
1	Division I.	International Eifel Race Nürburgring	2.May	Helmut Kelleners	Helmut Kelleners	Helmut Kelleners	Porsche 934
	Division II					Jörg Obermoser	BMW 2002 TI
2	Division I.	Mainz-Finthen airfield race Mainz-Finthen	23. May	Bob Wollek	Tim donation	Bob Wollek	Porsche 934
	Division II			Hans Heyer	Hans Heyer	Hans Heyer	Ford Escort II RS
3	Division I.	Rheinpokalrennen Hockenheimring	20th June	Toine Hezemans	Bob Wollek	Toine Hezemans	Porsche 934
	Division II					Hans Heyer	Ford Escort II RS
4th	Division I.	200 miles from Nuremberg Norisring	June 27th	Toine Hezemans	Toine Hezemans	Bob Wollek	Porsche 934
	Division II			Hans Heyer	Klaus Ludwig	Klaus Ludwig	Ford Escort II RS
5	Division I.	Airfield race Diepholz Diepholz	July 25th	Bob Wollek	Toine Hezemans	Toine Hezemans	Porsche 934
	Division II			Hans Heyer	Hans Heyer	Hans Heyer	Ford Escort II RS
6th	Division I.	Grand Prix of Germany Nürburgring	August 1st	Toine Hezemans	Toine Hezemans	Toine Hezemans	Porsche 934
	Division II			Klaus Ludwig	Hans Heyer	Klaus Ludwig	Ford Escort II RS
7th	Division I.	Kassel-Calden airfield race Kassel-Calden	August 22nd	Jürgen Neuhaus	Jürgen Neuhaus	Jürgen Neuhaus	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR
	Division II			Peter Hennige	Peter Hennige	Peter Hennige	BMW 2002 TI
8th	Division I.	Prize of the Nations Hockenheimring	29th August	Tim donation	Tim donation	Tim donation	Porsche 934
	Division II			Hans Heyer	Hans Heyer	Hans Heyer	Ford Escort II RS
9	Division I.	Super sprint Nürburgring	12th September	Reinhard Stenzel	Leo Kinnunen	Tim donation	Porsche 934
	Division II			Hans Heyer	Hans Heyer	Klaus Ludwig	Ford Escort II RS
10	Division I.	Prize from Hessen Hockenheimring	September 26th	Toine Hezemans	Bob Wollek	Bob Wollek	Porsche 934
	Division II			Hans Heyer	Hans Heyer	Hans Heyer	Ford Escort II RS

Championship results

Point system

Points were awarded to the first 10 classified drivers in the following number:

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	NOR	THE	ONLY2	CHEESE	HOC2	ONLY3	HOC3	Points
1	Hans Heyer	Division II	2 15	1 20	1 20	2 15	1 20	2 15		1 20	2 15	1 20	160
2	Klaus Ludwig	Division II	DNF 0	2 15	2 15	1 20	2 15	1 20		4 10	1 20	DNA 0	115
3	Bob Wollek	Division I.	3 12	1 20	2 15	1 20	DNF 0	DNF 0		2 15	3 12	1 20	114
4th	Jörg Obermoser	Division II	1 20	3 12	3 12	DNF 0	3 12	3 12		2 15	3 12	DNF 0	95
5	Tim donation	Division I.	14 0	2 15	6 6	DNF 0	2 15			1 20	1 20	4 10	86
6th	Toine Hezemans	Division I.	4 10	10 (1)	1 20	11 0	1 20	1 20			DNF 0	2 15	85
7th	Helmut Kelleners	Division I.	1 20	DNS 0	3 12	7 4	5 8	2 15		DNF 0	4 10	5 8	77
8th	Reinhardt Stenzel	Division I.	2 15	3 12	4 10	2 15	3 12	DNF 0		DNF 0	DNF 0	3 12	76
9	Werner Schommers	Division II	3 12	4 10	6 6	4 10	5 8	8 3		DNF 0	5 8	2 15	72
10	Jürgen Neuhaus	Division I.	5 8	4 10	DNA 0	4 10		5 8	1 20	DNF 0	6 6	DNF 0	62

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Touringcarracing - Website: Deutsche Rennsportmeisterschaft 1976. On: touringcarracing.net , accessed on February 28, 2019 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} Touringcarracing - Internet site: 1976 German racing championship. On: touringcarracing.net , accessed February 28, 2019 .