German racing championship 1979

Klaus Ludwig won the title in 1979 with a Porsche 935 K3 from Kremer

The German Racing Championship 1979 was the eighth 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 11th in Zolder and the last race of the season took place on the Nürburgring on September 23rd.

Klaus Ludwig won the championship title in a Porsche 935 K3 from Kremer Racing with 215 points. Hans Heyer achieved 177 points in second place.

Race calendar and results

round		Racetrack	date	Pole position	Fastest lap	winner	vehicle
1	Division I.	Bergischer Löwe Zolder	March 11	Klaus Ludwig	Klaus Ludwig	Klaus Ludwig	Porsche 935 K3
	Division II			Harald Ertl	Harald Ertl	Harald Ertl	Ford Capri III Turbo
2	Division I.	Jim Clark race at Hockenheimring	April 8th	Bob Wollek	Klaus Ludwig	Klaus Ludwig	Porsche 935 K3
	Division II			Hans Heyer	Hans Heyer Manfred Winkelhock	Hans Heyer	Ford Capri III Turbo
3	Division I.	International Eifel Race Nürburgring	April 29	Klaus Ludwig	Klaus Ludwig	Bob Wollek	Porsche 935 / 77A
	Division II			Hans Heyer	Hans Heyer	Hans Heyer	Ford Capri III Turbo
4th	Division I.	Bavaria race Salzburgring	May 20th	Klaus Ludwig	Bob Wollek	Klaus Ludwig	Porsche 935 K3
	Division II			Manfred Winkelhock	Hans Heyer	Hans Heyer	Ford Capri III Turbo
5	Division I.	Mainz-Finthen airfield race Mainz-Finthen	17th of June	Klaus Ludwig	Klaus Ludwig	Klaus Ludwig	Porsche 935 K3
	Division II			Manfred Winkelhock	Harald Ertl	Harald Ertl	Ford Capri III Turbo
6th	Division I.	200 miles from Nuremberg Norisring	June 24th	Bob Wollek	Rolf Stommelen	Klaus Ludwig	Porsche 935 K3
	Division II			Markus Höttinger	Manfred Winkelhock	Manfred Winkelhock	BMW 320 Turbo 1.4
7th	Division I.	Zandvoort Trophy Zandvoort	July 1	Klaus Ludwig	Klaus Ludwig	Klaus Ludwig	Porsche 935 K3
	Division II			Hans Heyer	Markus Höttinger	Manfred Winkelhock	BMW 320 Turbo 1.4
8th	Division I.	Airfield race Diepholz Diepholz	22nd of July	Manfred Schurti	Klaus Ludwig	Klaus Ludwig	Porsche 935 K3
	Division II			Hans Heyer	Markus Höttinger	Hans Heyer	Ford Capri III Turbo
9	Division I.	Westphalia Cup Zolder	August 19th	Klaus Ludwig	Klaus Ludwig	Klaus Ludwig	Porsche 935 K3
	Division II			Hans Heyer	Hans Heyer	Hans Heyer	Ford Capri III Turbo
10	Division I.	Hessencup Hockenheimring	September 2nd	Rolf Stommelen	Manfred Schurti	Klaus Ludwig	Porsche 935 K3
	Division II			Markus Höttinger	Markus Höttinger	Markus Höttinger	BMW 320 Turbo 1.4
11	Division I.	Super sprint Nürburgring	September 23rd	Rolf Stommelen	Klaus Ludwig	Klaus Ludwig	Porsche 935 K3
	Division II			Harald Ertl	Harald Ertl	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	HOC1	ONLY1	SAL	MAY	NOR	ZAN	THE	ZOL2	HOC2	ONLY2	Points
1	Klaus Ludwig	Division I.	1 20	1 20	2 15	1 20	1 20	1 20	1 20	1 20	1 20	1 20	1 20	215
2	Hans Heyer	Division I.										3 12		177
		Division II	2 15	1 20	1 20	1 20	2 15	21 0	2 15	1 20	1 20		1 20
3	Manfred Winkelhock	Division II	4 10	2 15	2 15	DNF 0	3 12	1 20	1 20	3 12	2 15	5 8	3 12	139
4th	Bob Wollek	Division I.	7 4	5 8	1 20	2 15	3 12	17 0	2 15	2 15	2 15	5 8	2 15	127
5	Axel Plankenhorn	Division I.	5 8	6 6	5 8	6 6	6 6	5 8	5 8	5 8	4 10	2 15	3 12	95
6th	John Fitzpatrick	Division I.	9 2	2 15	4 10	4 10	4 10	2 15	3 12	DNF 0	3 12			86
6th	Manfred Schurti	Division I.	6 6	3 12	6 6	3 12	5 8	3 12	4 10	4 10	DNF 0	4 10	DNF 0	86
8th	Markus Höttinger	Division II	3 12	6 6	DNS 0		4 10	2 15	23 0	2 15	6 6	1 20	7 4	84
9	Rolf Stommelen	Division I.	2 15	4 10	3 12	5 8	2 15	14 0	13 0	3 12	5 8	8 3	DNF 0	83
10	Harald Ertl	Division II	1 20	3 12	DNF 0	DNF 0	1 20	19 0	3 12	DNF 0	DNF 0	DNF 0	2 15	79

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 - website: German racing championship 1979. On: touringcarracing.net , accessed on March 7, 2019 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} Touringcarracing - Internet site: 1979 German racing championship. From: touringcarracing.net , accessed March 7, 2019 .