German racing championship 1978

Harald Ertl won the DRM title in 1978 with a BMW 320 Turbo (photo shows BMW Art Car)

The 1978 German Racing Championship was the seventh season of the German Racing Championship (DRM).

championship

There were 11 races in the 1st and 2nd division. The first race took place on March 12th in Zolder and the last race of the season took place at the Nürburgring on October 1st.

The Austrian Harald Ertl won the championship in a BMW 320 Turbo 1.4 with 162 points.

Race calendar and results

round		Racetrack	date	Pole position	Fastest lap	winner	vehicle
1	Division I.	Bergischer Löwe Zolder	March 12th	Toine Hezemans	Toine Hezemans	Toine Hezemans	Porsche 935 / 77A
	Division II			Harald Ertl	Manfred Winkelhock	Manfred Winkelhock	BMW 320 Turbo 1.4
2	Division I.	International 300 km race Nürburgring	2nd of April	Bob Wollek	Bob Wollek	Bob Wollek	Porsche 935 / 77A
	Division II			Harald Ertl	Harald Ertl	Harald Ertl	BMW 320 Turbo 1.4
3	Division I.	International Eifel Race Nürburgring	April, 30th	Toine Hezemans	Toine Hezemans	Toine Hezemans	Porsche 935 / 77A
	Division II			Hans Heyer	Manfred Winkelhock	Markus Höttinger	BMW 320i
4th	Division I.	International AVUS race AVUS	May 21	Bob Wollek	Toine Hezemans	Toine Hezemans	Porsche 935 / 77A
	Division II			Harald Ertl	Walter Brun	Harald Ertl	BMW 320 Turbo 1.4
5	Division I.	Mainz-Finthen airfield race Mainz-Finthen	18th of June	John Fitzpatrick	John Fitzpatrick	Bob Wollek	Porsche 935 / 77A
	Division II			Markus Höttinger	Markus Höttinger	Markus Höttinger	BMW 320i
6th	Division I.	Zandvoort Trophy Zandvoort	2nd July	Toine Hezemans	John Fitzpatrick	John Fitzpatrick	Porsche 935 / 77A
	Division II			Harald Ertl	Hans Heyer	Manfred Winkelhock	BMW 320i
7th	Division I.	Kassel-Calden airfield race Kassel-Calden	16th of July	Toine Hezemans	John Fitzpatrick	Bob Wollek	Porsche 935 / 77A
	Division II			Harald Ertl	Hans Heyer	Harald Ertl	BMW 320 Turbo 1.4
8th	Division I.	Grand Prix of Germany Hockenheimring	29th of July	Klaus Ludwig	Klaus Ludwig	Klaus Ludwig	Porsche 935 / 77A
	Division II			Hans Heyer	Harald Ertl	Harald Ertl	BMW 320 Turbo 1.4
9	Division I.	Westphalia Cup Zolder	20th of August	Manfred Schurti	Toine Hezemans	Manfred Schurti	Porsche 935 / 77A
	Division II			Hans Heyer	Hans Heyer	Markus Höttinger	BMW 320i
10	Division I.	200 miles from Nuremberg Norisring	17th of September	Toine Hezemans	Klaus Ludwig	Manfred Schurti	Porsche 935 / 77A
	Division II			Hans Heyer	Hans Heyer	Harald Ertl	BMW 320 Turbo 1.4
11	Division I.	Super sprint Nürburgring	October 1	Toine Hezemans	Toine Hezemans	Bob Wollek	Porsche 935 / 77A
	Division II			Hans Heyer	Hans Heyer	Hans Heyer	Ford Capri III 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	AVU	MAY	ZAN	CHEESE	HOC	ZOL2	NOR	ONLY3	Points
1	Harald Ertl	Division II	4 10	1 20	5 8	1 20	7 4	2 15	1 20	1 20	4 10	1 20	2 15	162
2	Toine Hezemans	Division I.	1 20	2 15	1 20	1 20	5 8	2 15	2 15	3 12	15 0	DNF 0	2 15	140
3	Bob Wollek	Division I.	2 15	1 20	4 10	5 8	1 20	9 2	1 20	6 6	DNF 0	3 12	1 20	131
4th	John Fitzpatrick	Division I.	3 12	6 6	2 15	3 12	2 15	1 20	3 12	4 10	2 15	DNF 0	DNA 0	117
4th	Klaus Ludwig	Division I.		3 12	3 12	4 10	3 12	3 12	4 10	1 20	9 2	2 15	3 12	117
4th	Markus Höttinger	Division II	6 6	3 12	1 20	3 12	1 20	3 12	DNF 0	2 15	1 20	DNF 0	DNF 0	117
7th	Hans Heyer	Division II	2 15	2 15	3 12	2 15	8 3	12 0	3 12	DNF 0	3 12	DNF 0	1 20	101
8th	Manfred Schurti	Division I.	11 0	DNF 0	8 3	2 15	4 10	13 0	5 8	2 15	1 20	1 20	5 8	99
9	Armin Hahne	Division II	5 8	4 10	4 10	4 10	DNF 0	4 10	4 10	DNF 0	2 15	2 15	DNF 0	88
10	Manfred Winkelhock	Division II	1 20	5 8	18 0	DNF 0		1 20	2 15	DNF 0	8 3	DNF 0		48

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. ↑ Touringcarracing - Internet site: German Racing Championship 1978. On: touringcarracing.net , accessed on March 6, 2019 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} Touringcarracing - Internet site: 1978 German racing championship. From: touringcarracing.net , accessed March 6, 2019 .