1980 - Interserie

The 1980 INTERSERIE championship

Participating teams, drivers and cars

PORSCHE

Liqui Moly Joest Racing – “Martini Racing”
         Reinhold Joest             Porsche 936  chassis 004  “908/30
                                                  a small history
                                              Porsche 908/03 T chassis 008
                                                   - team with Rolf Stommelen in the 1000 km Nurburgring race 

       
         Volkert Merl                Porsche 908/03 T chassis 008
                                                  some more information: here
                                              Porsche 908/03 T chassis 012
                                                  - team with Siegfried Brunn in the 1000 km Nurburgring race

Deutsch Brothers Racing Team 
         Heribert Werginz           Deutsch Special Porsche 908/0218
                                                  already active from 1975

TOJ Racing cars

AC Mayen
          Norbert Przybilla      Toj SC302  chassis 16
           - see article about Toj, cars from Germany. Przybilla would go on to race this machine in 1980 and 1981
           - team with G.Walz in the 1000 km Nurburgring race

Kurt Hild
            Toj SC306 Ford

Kurt Lotterschmid
           Toj SC205 BMW (photo below, car #50)

Hans Forster
            Toj SC206 BMW (photo below # 69 at Most)

Hubert Striebig
            Toj SM 01 BMW
               entered the car after the 24h Le Mans and 1000 km Dijon 1980

Horts Deutsch
            Toj SC 206 BMW

SAUBER

Peter Hoffmann
             Sauber C5  chassis 002
                Teamed with N.Dombrowski in Nurburgring 1000 km

Altmann Racing Team
      Werner Wenk              Sauber C5- BMW chassis 001

CHEVRON

Rolf Götz        Chevron B31 – BMW   chassis 75-05
                        ex Martin Raymond car from 1978

MSC Schorndorf “Gottlieb Daimler”

Georg Moritz                Chevron B23- BMW   chassis B21  72-12
                                        Car owned by him in 1974
                                      Info article 

LOLA

 Roland Binder               
           Lola T390-BMW   chassis HU5  (see article)

Eugen Grupp
           Lola T297-BMW   chassis HU92 
                 raced the car also in 1979

Formelrennsportclub der Schweiz
            Max Sigrist           Lola T290 (296 ?)-BMW

            Urs Neukomm      Lola T212 – BMW

Peter Kübler                  Lola T296- Ford   -chassis T294 HU 76

Pino Logrippo                 Lola T390 -BMW  chassis HU5 (see article)

Ruedi Jauslin                 Lola T286 - Ford chassis HU50
                                     car from previuos year

URD Rennwagenbau

Siegfried Maier                 URD 679 BMW
         Car from 1975

Helmut Bross                    URD 680 BMW

URD Rennwagenbau
       Harald Grohs                     URD 679 BMW

Other cars entered

Werner Grissmann
                                 BMW M1

Peter Hoffman            McLaren M8F Chevrolet  chassis 72-02
                                    Car used in previous years

Tecno Eigenbau
          Karl Langjahr             Tecno- Porsche Turbo
                         Car raced from 1976

Peter Hardt
           Karl-Adolf Kneip       KMW SP30- Porsche

Siegfried Rieger          
           Rieger SP 5000 (McLaren M8C-Chevrolet)

Torino Corsi

            Vittorio Brambilla
            Lela Lombardi                Osella PA8 – BMW

Racing Team UAMK Praha

      Miran Velkoborský      MTX-2   - Spyder chassis 03
            - more info see 1977 article

      Miroslav Adamek
                            Brixner BS 1300
                              = NSU Brixner created by German tuner Willy Brixner from Heilbronn.
                                see also

Formelrennsportclub der Schweiz
      Peter Paul Dürig          Martin BM9 – BMW
          - Brian Martin Racing Development car developed from chassis BM7/1. He raced the car aleardy in 1979 and contued to race it in 1980 until 1982 in interserie, hill climb events. In 1983 he switched to a Chevron B36.

Peter Hardt                        Landar R8  750901 (info )

Interserie 1980 - the races and results

25.5.1980  1000 km Nurburgring -interserie race

1. Rolf Stommelen- Jurgen Barth        Porsche 908/3 T - 7 laps
   2. N.Dombrowski – Peter Hoffmann   McLaren M8F Chevrolet
   3. Volkert Merl- Siggi Brun                 Porsche 908/30
   4. Kurt Hild- K.Lotterschmid              Toj SC306 Ford
   5. Viitorio Brambilla- L.Lombardi       Osella PA8 BMW
   6. Max Sigrist                                      Lola T290 BMW
   7. Rolf Götz – John Blanckley            Chevron B31- BMW

20.7.1980  Interserie Zeltweg

1. Volkert Merl             Porsche 908/03 T 24 laps
   2. Kurt Hild                Toj SC 306 Ford
   3. Kurt Lotterschmid Toj SC205 BMW
   4. Werner Wenk          Sauber C5 BMW
   5. Roland Binder        Lola T390 BMW
   6. Max Sigrist            Lola T290 BMW
   7. N.Pzrybilla             Toj SC302 Ford

31.8.1980  Interserie Most

1. Reinhold Joest Porsche 908/30 31 laps
   2. Volkert Merl           Porsche 908/03 T    
   3. N.Pzrybilla             Toj SC302 Ford
   4.N.Pzrybilla Toj SC302 Ford
   5. Peter Hoffmann      Mclaren M8F Chevrolet
   6. Eugen Grupp          Lola T297 BMW
   7. Hans Forster           Toj SC206- BMW

7.9.1980  ADAC Hessen Cup Hockenheim

1. Peter Hoffmann          Mclaren M8F Chevrolet 40 laps
   2. Volkert Merl           Porsche 908/03 T   
   3. Kurt Lotterschmid Toj SC205 BMW
   4. Eugen Grupp          Lola T297 BMW
   5. Helmut Bross         URD 690C BMW
   6. Pino Logrippo        Lola T390 BMW
   7. Hans Forster           Toj SC206- BMW

5.10.1980  ADAC Hessen Cup Kassel-Calden

1. Volkert Merl              Porsche 908/03 T 40 laps
   2. Ruedi Jauslin         Lola T286 Ford
   3. Kurt Lotterschmid Toj SC205 BMW
   4. Kurt Hild                Toj SC306 Ford
   5. Eugen Grupp          Lola T297 BMW
   6. N.Pzrybilla             Toj SC302 Ford
   7. Georg Moritz         Chevron B23

Interserie 1980 - overall championship standings

1. Kurt Lotterschmid      TOJ SC205 BMW 90                90 points
2. Volkert Merl               Porsche 908/3 Turbo              89,5      
3. Eugen Grupp              Lola T297 BMW                     64,5      
4. Peter Hoffmann           McLaren M8F Chevrolet         50      
5. Kurt Hild                     TOJ S306 Ford                     49      
6. Norbert Przybilla          TOJ SC302 Ford                   48       
7. Hans Forster                TOJ SC206 BMW                  42           
8. Reinhold Jöst               Porsche 936                         30            
9. Max Sigrist                   Lola T290 BMW                    25       
10. Roland Binder               Lola T390 BMW                    22