German racing championship 1977

Rolf Stommelen won the DRM title in 1977

The German Racing Championship 1977 was the sixth season of the German Racing Championship (DRM).

championship

Ten races were held in the 1st and 2nd divisions. The first race took place on March 13th for the first time in the DRM not on the Nürburgring , but in Zolder . It was also the first DRM race that was not driven on a German racetrack. From the 1977 season races outside of Germany were held regularly and the racing series also became popular with international audiences. The last race of the season took place at the Nürburgring on October 2nd.

From 1977 only Group 5 racing cars were allowed, which were divided into divisions 1 and 2 depending on the cubic capacity. In the 2nd division only vehicles with a maximum displacement of two liters were permitted. All racing cars with more cubic capacity started in the 1st division. For older racing cars in groups 2 and 4 there were exemptions so that they could continue to be used.

Rolf Stommelen won the championship title with a Porsche 935 with 160 points.

Race calendar and results

round		Racetrack	date	Pole position	Fastest lap	winner	vehicle
1	Division I.	Bergischer Löwe Zolder	March 13th	Manfred Schurti	Manfred Schurti	Manfred Schurti	Porsche 935
	Division II			Marc Surer	Harald Ertl	Marc Surer	BMW 320i
2	Division I.	International 300 km race Nürburgring	27th of March	Rolf Stommelen	Rolf Stommelen	Rolf Stommelen	Porsche 935
	Division II			Ronnie Peterson	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Hans-Joachim Stuck	BMW 320i
3	Division I.	International Eifel Race Nürburgring	1st of May	Bob Wollek	Bob Wollek	Bob Wollek	Porsche 935 K2
	Division II			Albrecht Krebs	Marc Surer	Hans-Joachim Stuck	BMW 320i
4th	Division I.	Kassel-Calden airfield race Kassel-Calden	8th of May	Rolf Stommelen	Bob Wollek	Bob Wollek	Porsche 935 K2
	Division II			Albrecht Krebs	Albrecht Krebs	Peter Hennige	BMW 2002 Turbo
5	Division I.	Mainz-Finthen airfield race Mainz-Finthen	May 22	Rolf Stommelen	Bob Wollek	Rolf Stommelen	Porsche 935
	Division II			Albrecht Krebs	Hans Heyer	Hans Heyer	Ford Escort II RS
6th	Division I.	200 miles from Nuremberg Norisring	3rd of July	Rolf Stommelen	Rolf Stommelen	Rolf Stommelen	Porsche 935
	Division II			Hans Heyer	Manfred Winkelhock	Eddie Cheever	BMW 320i
7th	Division I.	Airfield race Diepholz Diepholz	24th July	Bob Wollek	Rolf Stommelen	Rolf Stommelen	Porsche 935
	Division II			Hans Heyer	Hans Heyer	Hans-Joachim Stuck	BMW 320i
8th	Division I.	Grand Prix of Germany Hockenheimring	30th July	Manfred Schurti	Bob Wollek	Bob Wollek	Porsche 935 K2
	Division II			Jacky Ickx	Jacky Ickx	Jacky Ickx	Porsche 935 / 2.0 "Baby"
9	Division I.	Westphalia Cup Zolder	August 14th	Rolf Stommelen	Bob Wollek	Bob Wollek	Porsche 935 K2
	Division II			Hans Heyer	Manfred Winkelhock	Manfred Winkelhock	BMW 320i
10	Division I.	Super sprint Nürburgring	October 2nd	Manfred Schurti	Manfred Schurti	Rolf Stommelen	Porsche 935
	Division II			Klaus Ludwig	Klaus Ludwig	Klaus Ludwig	BMW 2002 Turbo

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	ZOL1	ONLY1	ONLY2	CHEESE	MAY	NOR	THE	HOC	ZOL2	ONLY3	Points
1	Rolf Stommelen	Division I.		1 20	2 15	2 15	1 20	1 20	1 20	2 15	2 15	1 20	160
2	Bob Wollek	Division I.	2 15	3 12	1 20	1 20	2 15	DNF 0	2 15	1 20	1 20	2 15	152
3	Manfred Winkelhock	Division II	3 12	4 10	DNF 0	3 12	3 12	2 15		2 15	1 20	3 12	108
4th	Hans Heyer	Division II	2 15	2 15	4 10	DNF 0	1 20	4 10	2 15	DNF 0	11 0	2 15	100
5	Eddie Cheever	Division II	5 8	DNF 0	3 12	2 15	DNF 0	1 20		3 12	2 15		82
5	Marc Surer	Division II	1 20	3 12	2 15	4 10	2 15	8 (3)		4 10		DNF 0	82
7th	Manfred Schurti	Division I.	1 20	2 15	10 (1)	DNF 0	4 10	2 15	DNF 0	5 8	DNF 0	3 12	80
8th	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Division II		1 20	1 20				1 20				60
9	Tim donation	Division I.			4 10		3 12	4 10	3 12	3 12	8 (3)	DNF 0	56
10	Franz Konrad	Division I.	4 10	8 (3)	7 (4)	DNF 0	6 6	5 8	6 6	6 6	3 12	6 6	54

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: German racing championship 1977. On: touringcarracing.net , accessed on March 5, 2019 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} Touringcarracing - Internet site: 1977 German racing championship. From: touringcarracing.net , accessed March 5, 2019 .