by Marcel Hundscheid/Speed-O-Graphica.com
Düsseldorfer Automobil- und Motorsport Club 05 (DAMC05) held the inaugural edition of the Nürburgring Classic at the Nürburgring over the 16th to the 18th of June. The event brought a magnificent collection of historic motor machines to the historic circuit in celebration of its 90th birthday.
Sit back and take a minute to taste the track-side atmosphere seen during the very first edition of this brand new European historic racing event.
The Nürburgring Classic offered spectators three days of historic motorsport, including races and demonstrations. Several German historic motorsport organisations participated in the weekend, including the FHR – Drivers Association of Historic Motorsports, the German Touring Car Classics featuring former DTM cars, pre-war vehicles and the Youngtimer Trophy.
Highlights included a three-hour race, the ADAC-Eifelrennen, featuring the FHR Long Distance Cup and Youngtimer Trophy using both the Nordschleife as the Grand Prix track. This was born from the Eifelrennen, which was the opening race held in 1927.
Another highlight of the weekend was the presence of the Deutsche Tourenwagen Classics (German Touringcar Classics) featuring former DTM and STW touring cars.
Other races included Formula Junior and Historic Grand Prix cars, Historic Formula 2, the Battle of the Dwarfs with tiny Fiat 500s, Minis, NSUs etc. and the Historic Touring Car Trophy (HTGT).
As well as the on-track action, spectators were treated with demonstrations of historic motor cycles, cars from the pre-war period and much more.
We thoroughly enjoyed this first running of the Nürburgring Classic and look forward to it growing and developing over the coming years. Until it returns in 2018, enjoy these photos from 2017’s inaugural Nürburgring Classic.
Images by Marcel Hundscheid/Speed-O-Graphica.com
Race results Nürburgring Classic 2017:
FHR 100 miles Trophy race 1
1 Wolfgang Kaufmann Kremer-Porsche 935 K3
2 Felix Haas Cheetah G601 + 0.805
3 Markus Jörg Daren Mk.3 + 1:05.086
FHR 100 miles Trophy race 2
1 Wolfgang Kaufmann Kremer-Porsche 935 K3
2 Felix Haas Cheetah G601 + 0.448
3 Kammermann/Weinzierl BMW M1 Procar + 33.824
A Gentle Drivers Trophy race 1
1 Mike Martin Ferrari 330 GTO
2 Markus Jörg Lotus 11 + 1.046
3 Oliver Hartmann Lotus 17 + 1:21.352
A Gentle Drivers Trophy race 2
1 Mike Martin Ferrari 330 GTO
2 Markus Jörg Lotus 11 + 0.284
3 Oliver Hartmann Lotus 17 + 1:09.807
ADAC Eifelrennen – Longdistance FHR
1 Heinz Schmersal/Mike Stursberg Ford Escort RS1600
2 Kersten Jodexnis/Robin Chranowski Porsche 911 S/R + 1:57.012
3 Luco Sanchez/Pedro Sanchez Porsche 911 ST + 3:04.622
ADAC Eifelrennen – Youngtimer Trophy
1 Edgar Salewsky/Wolfgang Destree Porsche 911 RSR
2 Achim Heinrich/Peter Heinrich BMW M1 + 3:21.915
3 Heiko Hammel-Matthias Wasel Porsche 911 RSR + 3:29.551
Deutsche Tourenwagen Classics (German Touringcar Classics)
1 Jörg Hätscher Mercedes-Benz C-Klasse ITC
2 Thorsten Stadler Mercedes-Benz C-Klasse DTM + 0.635
3 Richard Weber BMW E30 M3 DTM + 16.190
Historic Formula 2 race 1
1 Jeremy Wheatly Surtees TS15
2 Robert Simac March 712M + 0.270
3 Alain Lagache March 712M + 15.451
Historic Formula 2 race 2
1 Robert Simac March 712M
2 Alain Lagache March 712M + 11.428
3 Luciano Arnold Brabham BT36 + 12.782
HT & GT
1 Georg Nolte/Frank Stippler Ford GT40
2 Sebastian Glaser Ford Escort RS1600 BDA + 2.652
3 Heinz Schmersal/Mike Stursberg Ford Escort RS1600 + 3.582
Battle of the Dwarfs race 1
1 Walter Kaufmann/Gregor Nick Austin Mini Cooper
2 Herbert Wein Jr./Herbert Wein Sr. Austin Mini Cooper S + 0.684
3 Thomas Berg Austin Mini Innocenti + 16.722
Battle of the Dwarfs race 2
1 Walter Kaufmann/Gregor Nick Austin Mini Cooper
2 Wein-Wein Austin Mini Cooper Mk.II + 13.893
3 Wein-Wein Austin Mini Cooper S + 19.781
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