Nürburgring 500 Kilometres 1973 - Race Results

Event: Internationales ADAC-500 km-Eifelpokalrennen		Date: 2.9.1973
Track: Nürburgring Nordschleife (Germany), 22.835 kms	Organiser: ADAC
Nürburgring 500 Kilometres
European 2-litre Sports Car Championship for Makes (round 6) Campeonato de España de Conductores de Velocidad en Circuito para Vehiculos de Gran Turismo-Sport (round 5)

(Race Results)

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time	Km/h	Reason	Pos.	Gr.
1^st	7	Arturo Merzario	Abarth-Osella PA1	Abarth Osella	22	2:50:13.8	177.05		1^st	S2.0
2^nd	32	Martin Raymond	Chevron B23 Ford	Martin Raymond	22	2:55:07.8			2^nd	S2.0
3^rd	22	Tim Schenken	Chevron B23 Ford	Escuderia Montjuich Tergal	22	2:59:26.6			3^rd	S2.0
4^th	9	Giorgio Pianta	Abarth-Osella PA1	Abarth Osella	22	3:00:21.3			4^th	S2.0
5^th	35	Peter Smith	Chevron B21 Ford	Peter Smith	22	3:05:05.3			5^th	S2.0
6^th	30	Javier Juncadella	Chevron B23 Ford	Escuderia Montjuich Tergal	22	3:05:43.7			6^th	S2.0
7^th	26	Ian Grob	Chevron B23 Ford	K.V.G. Racing	21				7^th	S2.0
8^th	16	Chris Skeaping	Chevron B23 Ford	Promoto Racing Services	21			1:Clutch	8^th	S2.0
9^th	24	Jim Busby	Lola T292 Ford	Barclays International Racing With Lola Cars	21				9^th	S2.0
10^th	34	Robin Smith	Lola T212 Ford	Robin Smith	21				10^th	S2.0
11^th	14	Christine Beckers	Chevron B21 Ford	Ecurie Dinol Total	21				11^th	S2.0
12^th	18	Bert Kuehne	March 73S BMW	STP March Racing Team	21				12^th	S2.0
13^th	74	Werner Christmann	Porsche 914/6	Hubert Engbert Ölde	21				1^st	GT2.0
14^th	83	Knut Reinecke	Alpine A110 1600 S Renault	RDK-Team					1^st	GT1.6

Did not finish:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Reason	Gr.
4	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Alpine A440 Renault	Automobiles Alpine Renault		2:Engine	S2.0
38	Reinhold Jöst	Lola T292 BMW	Jörg Obermoser Eurorace		2:Engine	S2.0
43	Helmut Bross	Lola T290 Ford	Minolta-Camera-Racing		DNF	S2.0
15	Fredy Grainal	Lola T290 Ford	Marcel van Hool		DNF	S2.0
47	Fred Stalder	Lola T290 Ford	Fred Stalder		DNF	S2.0
33	John Quick	Chevron B23 Ford	Ember Racing		DNF	S2.0
17	Henk Bosman	Chevron B21 Ford	Stichting Team 4711 Sir Irish Moss		DNF	S2.0
42	Jörg Zaborowski	Chevron B21 Ford	Jörg Zaborowski		DNF	S2.0
40	Norbert Dombrowski	Lola T212 Ford	Duckhams Oils Racing Team H. Hundt GmbH		DNF	S2.0
23	Kaye / Joscelyne	Lola T290 Ford	Dorset Foods		DNF	S2.0
59	Heinz Wechsler	Chevron B19 Ford	Duckhams Oils Racing Team H. Hundt GmbH		DNF	S1.6
52	Olof Wijk	Astra RNR1 Ford	Team Victor		DNF	S1.6
54	Bill Needham	Coldwell C14 Ford	Promoto Racing Services		DNF	S1.6
73	Peter Kuhlmann	Porsche 911	Peter Kuhlmann		DNF	GT2.0
41	Manfred Pade	Porsche 906	Manfred Pade		DNF	S2.0
84	Armin Vogt	Alfa Romeo GTA	Vogt Armin		DNF	GT1.6
55	Werner Horn	Scirocco NSU	Schmidt Tuning		DNF	S1.6
72	Dieter Franke	Porsche 911	Braun Sixtant Racing Team		DNF	GT2.0
58	Helmut Kalenborn	NSU Astamot	Helmut Kalenborn		DNF	S1.6
11	Chris Craft	Lola T292 Ford	Crowne Racing Ltd.	17	1:Engine	S2.0
2	Vic Elford	March 73S BMW	Ecurie Vic Elford	17	1:Rear suspension mounting	S2.0
10	Hervé Bayard	Lola T292 BMW	Archambeaud Racing	16	2:Engine	S2.0
45	John Burton	Chevron B23 Ford	Red Rose Racing	15	2:Head gasket	S2.0
44	Jean-Claude Andruet	Abarth-Osella PA1	Abarth Osella	15	1:Front wishborne mount; 2:DQ-outside assistance	S2.0
46	John Lepp	Chevron B23 Ford	Red Rose Racing	13	1:Gearbox oil seal	S2.0
25	Guy Edwards	Lola T292 Ford	Guy Edwards	12	1:Engine; 2:Fuel pipe	S2.0
6	Derek Bell	Abarth-Osella PA1	Abarth Osella	2	1:Engine; 2:Engine	S2.0
36	Jörg Obermoser	GRD S73 BMW	Jörg Obermoser Eurorace	1	1:Engine	S2.0
21	Gabriele Serblin	March 73S BMW	Gabriele Serblin	1	1:Gearbox input shaft	S2.0

Did not start:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Gr.
12	Michel Dupont	Chevron B23 Ford	Dupont Michel	S2.0
57	Heinz Tubbesing	Scirocco NSU	Görke-Bork	S1.6
81	Maurice Dantinne	Alpine A110 1300 S Renault	Scuderia Mille Miglia c/o Maurice Dantinne	GT1.6
8	Christian Melville	Abarth-Osella PA1	Abarth Osella	S2.0
5		Alpine A440 Renault	Automobiles Alpine Renault	S2.0

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Gr.
1	Jean-Louis Lafosse	Lola T292	Equipe Gitanes	S2.0
3	Alain Peltier	March 73S BMW	Alain Peltier	S2.0
19	Cosimo Turizio	March 73S BMW	Trivellato Racing Team	S2.0
20	Toine Hezemans	March 73S BMW	Toine Hezemans	S2.0
27	Ian Harrower	Chevron B19 Ford	Mrs K. Bell	S2.0
28	Roger Heavens	Chevron B23 Ford	Roger Heavens	S2.0
29	Roger Hurst	Rawlson CR11 Ford	Roger Hurst	S2.0
31	Mike Knight	Chevron B19	Mike Knight	S2.0
37	René Herzog	GRD S73	René Herzog	S2.0
39		Opel Ascona	Steinmetz Autosport GmbH	S2.0
51	Peter Homolla	Lotus 23	Peter Homolla	S1.6
53	John Blanckley	Scorpion JB4	Promoto Racing Services	S1.6
56	Werner Horn	Simca Seven Spider		S1.6
71	Girolamo Capra	Porsche 911	Scuderia Palladio Vicenza	GT2.0
82	Peter Brand	Alpine A110 Renault	Brand Peter	GT1.6