Track length: 22.835 m
Entries accepted: 80
Starters: 48
Finishers: 22
Pole position: Stommelen in 7.32,2 = 181,791 kmh
Fastest lap: Stommelen in 7.41,9 = 177,974 kmh
Distance: 44 laps
Average speed: 168,588 kmh
Weather: Hot and humid
Ruleset: Group 1-6/76

Rolf Stommelen   (Sport Auto 7/1979)

Harald Ertl, Hans Heyer i Harald Grohs – Lotus Europa TC.  (Sport Auto 7/1979)

Rolf Stommelen i Reinhold Jöst – Porsche 908/4.  (Sport Auto 7/1979)

Rolf Stommelen i Reinhold Jöst.  (Sport Auto 7/1979)

Riccardo Patrese, Walter Röhrl – Lancia Beta Monte Carlo Turbo.  (Sport Auto 7/1979)

Manfred Schurti, John Fitzpatrick i Bob Wollek – Porsche 935/77A. (Sport Auto 7/1979)

Rolf Stommelen i Reinhold Jöst – Porsche 908/4.  (Sport Auto 7/1979)

(Sport Auto 7/1979)

(Rallye Racing 7/1979)

The 25th 1000 km race wasn’t as exciting as was hoped for. There were no Group 1 cars this year, but a handful of sportscars was added of which one was in the top-ten (on pole really!), but the Joest-Porsche 908 retired early.
There were some star drivers entered, like Redman and Pescarolo (Loos), Bell (Liqui Moly) and Lammers (Zakspeed), but still it looked more like a long-distance DRM race with some teams missing.
Harald Ertl had built his dream-Group 5 car, a Lotus Europa with Zakspeed turbo engine, and drove it together with Heyer.
The Kremer-K3 took the lead after the start, with Wollek second. But both soon ran into tire troubles, though when the Joest-908 retired the Wollek car was in the lead with the second Loos car following - until that car retired. The Kremer car, seemingly unhampered by broken engine mounts, came up through the field and even took the lead again but after the pit stop it was Fitzpatrick in the lead, with 10 seconds in hand from Ludwig. The run to the flag was exciting at last, Ludwig coming very close to the tail of Fitz on the last straight. Ludwig radioed for permission to increase the turbo boost (granted), he came aside with the Loos car and then... a big bang and in a could of smoke Ludwig crossed the line in second place, 400 metres after Fitzpatrick!
Division 1 was won by the atmo-Jägermeister car of Schimpf/Bürger after all five Zakspeed-entered cars (two Capris, one Lotus and two Group 2 Escorts) retired. The Lancia had been in the lead of the class for five hours until the engine expired.

Weather: hot, humid
Distance: 1000 kilometres
Attendance: 120000
Entered: 80
Practiced: 51
Qualified: 48
Started: 48
Finished: 22
Classified: 27
Classes:    Pract    Start    Class
Group 6 - Sports +2000    4    4   
Group 6 - Sports 2000    4    4    3
Group 5    18    15    10
Group 4 - Grand Touring    10    10    7
Group 2 - Touring    15    15    7

Pre-race sessions:
3 qualifying sessions held for a total of 420 minutes on 1-2/6
30 minute pre-race warm-up held
Winners:
Overall:    6    Porsche 935/77A    Schurti / Fitzpatrick / Wollek
Group 6 - Sports 2000:    114    Lola T390 BMW    Groh / Binder
Group 4 - Grand Touring:    44    Porsche 934    Lässig / Holup / Duge
Group 2 - Touring:    84    Ford Escort RS    Rosenkranz / Stoffel
Fastest Laps:
Overall:    101    Porsche 908/3 Turbo    Rolf Stommelen (D)    7:41.900    177.974 km/h   
Pole Positions:
Overall:    101    Porsche 908/3 Turbo    Rolf Stommelen (D)    7:32.200    181.791 km/h
Group 6 - Sports 2000    114    Lola T390 BMW    Groh / Binder    8:19.500   
Group 5    2    Porsche 935 K3    Plankenhorn / Ludwig    7:37.600   
Group 4 - Grand Touring    44    Porsche 934    Lässig / Holup / Duge    8:35.600   
Group 2 - Touring    61    Ford Escort    Denzel / Döring    9:00.600   
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:    Porsche (19), Ford (8), BMW (6), VW (3), Lola (2), Audi (2), TOJ (2)
Top engines by numbers:    Porsche (20), Ford (14), BMW (7), VW (3), Audi (2)
Top car types by numbers:    Porsche 935 (7), Ford Escort (6), Porsche 911 Carrera RSR (5)
Driver nationalities:    D (84), CH (8), GB (6), F (5), I (4), FL (2), A (2), USA (2)
Engine positions:    front-engined (39%), rear-engined (37%), middle-engined (24%)
Oldest known drivers:    Brian Redman (42), Roland Binder (40), Fritz Müller (38)
Youngest known drivers:    Wolfgang Boller (21), Jan Lammers (23), Riccardo Patrese (25)

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