Nürburgring 500 Kilometres 1972

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Event: Int. ADAC 500 km Eifelpokal Rennen Nürburgring		Date: 3.9.1972
Track: Nürburgring Nordschleife (Germany), 22.835 kms	Organiser: ADAC
Nürburgring 500 Kilometres
European 2-litre Sports Car Championship for Makes (round 7) Deutsche Automobil-Rennsport-Meisterschaft (round 13) Campeonato de España de Conductores de Velocidad en Circuito para Vehiculos de Gran Turismo-Sport (round 10)

Weather:	unknown
Start time:	10:00
Grid:	unknown
Distance:	2 x 250 kilometres
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	85
Practiced:	unknown
Started:	54
Finished:	unknown
Classified:	24

Classes:	Start	Class
Group 5 & 7 - Sports 2000	35	17
Group 5 & 7 - Sports 1600	9	2
Group 4 - Grand Touring 2000	6	3
Group 4 - Grand Touring 1600	4	2

Photo Gallery Entered Cars Technical Data Appearance Race Results Grid Race 1 Results Race 2 Results Qualifying Qualifying 2 Lap Times

Pre-race sessions:
2 qualifying sessions held for a total of 255 minutes on 1-2/9

Winners:
Overall:	48	Lola T290 Ford	Jean-Louis Lafosse
Group 5 & 7 - Sports 1600:	55	SAR - Ford	John Blanckley
Group 4 - Grand Touring 2000:	71	Porsche 911 S	Hans Hargarten
Group 4 - Grand Touring 1600:	85	Alpine A110 Renault	Jean-Luc Thérier
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	41	Lola T290 Chevrolet	Vic Elford (GB)
Pole Positions:
Overall:	2	Chevron B21 Ford	John Burton	7:50.600
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Chevron (19), Lola (10), Porsche (8), Alpine (4), Abarth-Osella (2), NSU (2)
Top engines by numbers:	Ford (25), Porsche (8), Renault (4), NSU (4), BMW (3), Chevrolet (3)
Top car types by numbers:	Chevron B21 (12), Lola T290 (7), Chevron B19 (4), Alpine A110 (4), Porsche 911 (4)
Driver nationalities:	GB (25), D (16), B (4), F (3), NZ (2), CH (2), E (2)
Team nationalities:	GB (23), D (16), CH (6), B (3)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (81%), rear-engined (16%), front-engined (3%)
Oldest known drivers:	Vic Elford (37), Jean-Pierre Adatte (33), Derek Bell (31)
Youngest known drivers:	Peter Smith (19), Max Cohen-Olivar (27), Jean-Luc Thérier (27)

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