The VI. The 1970 1000km of Nürburgring was an endurance race held at the … The Evex-Porsche 934/5 retired early in the race. This was also the third round of the FIA GT Cup. This allowed Rodriguez to get a good lead. At the second lap Siffert managed to overtake Giunti and endeavoured to regain first place. 5 Pescarolo, Nr. Some shots fro the 1000 Km of the Nurburgring in 1966. After 500 km, both Capris are still in P9 and P10. ADAC-1000-km-Rennen was the fourth round of the 1984 World Endurance Championship.

Scans of Kodachrome slides. Those Chevy V8 powered Chaparrals were extremely fast and innovative racing sports cars.
Some shots fro the 1000 Km of the Nurburgring in 1966. He was faster at the Ring and eroded Rodriguez's lead by about 1,5 seconds per lap. A crowd of approximately 250,000 in attendance came to witness the race, despite a day of rain.As for the race, victory went to the Maserati Tipo 61 of Moss and Gurney, gaining the Englishman his third win in a row in the mountains. Great photos and memories for you, the colour stood up well on the Kodachrome. Some cropping required with those cars on the track ? Porsche v Ferrari. Siffert managed to gain about 8 seconds on Rodriguez, before the pit stops. Some cropping required with those cars on the track ? Sunday’s weather was hardly any better; the field started on rain tires, the Capris in P9 and P10, P13 for the Kremer 911, leading the Alpina BMW coupé. The margin of triumph over the Porsche of Bonnier/Gendebein was 2 mins 52secs. Internationales ADAC 1000 Kilometer Rennen took place on 22 May, on the Nürburgring Nordschleife, ( West Germany ). 8 Stommelen Though the Capris got their share of problems too (oil loss of the rear axle, misfires, brake problems), they finished 7th and 8th, the Kremer Porsche came in 9th and after the retirement of the Alpina 2002 a tatty Alfa Romeo GTAm won the 2-litre class. 2 Merzario, Nr. Deutsch: Einführungsrunde zum 1000-km-Rennen auf dem Nürburgring 1973 über die Betonkehre; Nr.

A massive total of 85 racing cars were registered for this event, of which 73 arrived for practice and 67 started the long distance race on the 14.174 mile German circuit. Thanks for sharing your memories and stirring up some dormant ones in many of us. They took the first 4 positions on the grid with the pole position time only a second slower than the time set by Ickx for the At the start Rodriguez went ahead and Siffert, the pole sitter, was also overtaken by Giunti's Ferrari.

You took some excellent photographs with that 55 mm Tak lens. It's Kodachrome For the next year's race, the Nordschleife was rebuilt, which included making the surface smoother and lining the circuit with Armco and adding run-off areas wherever possible. This would be the last ever major international race on the original Nürburgring with no safety features on it. I was about to say "you couldn't have taken those pictures with a KM, because that was a seventiescamera.... no. Wonderful pictures of vintage times at Nurburgring. It took place at the Nürburgring, West Germany on 15 July 1984. Don't know why those two guys are standing on the track. 1 Ickx, Nr. Great to be able to see the cars without having to look through the advertising, too. 1960 1000 km Nürburgring. Race 1966 Nurburgring 1000Kms was part of the 1966 International Championship of Makes and was won by Jo Bonnier, Phil Hill on 1966-06-05 00:00:00 1966 Nurburgring 1000Kms | … Haldi had to pit with gear linkage problems, it will be repaired but he is never in contention again. Nürburgring 1000 km (WMC) A disappointing race for Porsche: the works car was disquaified after receiving outside assistance. Scans of Kodachrome slides. Fröhlich leaves the road in lap 4; the Alpina coupé, nearly frightening the Capris, had to retire with broken valves.

It was the fourth round of the F.I.A. The race weekend was marred by the fatal accident of Finnish driver One of the works Ferrari 512S Spyders, entered and to be driven by Jacky Ickx and Peter Schetty crashed in practice; neither driver took part in the race. 4 Cevert, Nr. Ford GT No 44, Innes Ireland. You took some excellent photographs with that 55 mm Tak lens. Bad weather in practice; fastest touring car was Glemser’s Capri, the GT section was lead by Steckkönig/Schmid, whose Strähle car came out of the Porsche works transporter. This just about proved to be fatal for Ferrari, because Ickx was considered to be the best Nürburgring driver in the world at that time, next to Qualifying was dominated by works Porsches. The German Grand Prix that year was originally supposed to be at the Nurburgring that year, but with Laine's accident being the third racing fatality at the Ring in 1970 and the deaths of 2 other Formula One drivers, the Formula One circus moved temporarily to Hockenheim, which prompted the Ring to be rebuilt. After 500 km, both Capris are still in P9 and P10. At lap 8 Siffert went ahead, but Rodriguez answered back with a best lap (new prototype record). Internationales ADAC 1000 Kilometer Rennen auf dem Nürburgring took place on 26 May … Ferrari No 1, John Surtees. Just drive right in. 3 more drivers and a motorcyclist were to die at the Ring that year- bring the total death tally for the circuit in 1970 up to a very dubious seven in one year. The only way to watch motorsports. Though the Capris got their share of problems too (oil loss of the rear axle, misfires, brake problems), they finished 7th and 8th, the Kremer Porsche came in 9th and after the retirement of the Alpina 2002 a tatty Alfa Romeo GTAm won the 2-litre class. Wonderful pictures of vintage times at Nurburgring. Cheers When pitstops came around, Rodriguez handed off his car to Kinnunen and Siffert to Redman; but the Siffert-Redman car was delayed and went back to second place. The entrance to the Nurburgring in 1966. Crowd on the hillside. Wonderful stuff, once again.