The Nürburgring in 1983

The 1983 1000 km of Nürburgring was an endurance race held at the Nürburgring Nordschleife. It was Round 3 of the 1983 FIA World Endurance Championship. The race was the last international race to be held at the Nordschleife until the 2015 FIA WTCC Race of Germany, and the following year, the new GP-Strecke track was completed and all international racing was held on that section of the track. It was also the race where West German driver Stefan Bellof recorded a then-record 6:11.13 around the track in his factory backed Rothmans Porsche 956, which was unofficially beaten in 2018.^[1]

Official results

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tyres	Laps
					Engine
1	C	1	Rothmans Porsche	Jochen Mass Jacky Ickx	Porsche 956	D	44
					Porsche Type-935 2.6L Turbo Flat-6
2	C	8	Sorga S.A. / Joest Racing	Bob Wollek Stefan Johansson	Porsche 956	D	44
					Porsche Type-935 2.6L Turbo Flat-6
3	C	14	Canon Racing GTi Engineering	Keke Rosberg Jan Lammers Jonathan Palmer	Porsche 956	?	43
					Porsche Type-935 2.6L Turbo Flat-6
4	C	18	Obermaier Racing	Axel Plankenhorn Hans Heyer Jürgen Lässig	Porsche 956	D	42
					Porsche Type-935 2.6L Turbo Flat-6
5	C	51	Scuderia Sivava Motor	Oscar Larrauri Massimo Sigala	Lancia LC1	D	40
					Lancia 1.8L Turbo I4
6	C	11	John Fitzpatrick Racing	John Fitzpatrick David Hobbs	Porsche 956	G	39
					Porsche Type-935 2.6L Turbo Flat-6
7	B	106	Edgar Dören	Edgar Dören Helmut Gall Jürgen Hamelmann	Porsche 930	?	37
					Porsche 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
8	B	113	Autax Motor	Klaus Utz Claude Haldi	Porsche 924 Carrera GTS	?	37
					Porsche 2.5L water-cooled I4
9	T	122	Herbst Tuning	Franz-Josef Bröhling Axel Felder Jochen Felder	Ford Escort RS 2000	?	36
					Ford 1.8L I4
10	B	110	Georg Memminger	Georg Memminger Heinz Kuhn-Weiss Günter Steckkönig	Porsche 930	D	36
					Porsche 3.3L Turbo Flat-6
11	C Jr	63	Scuderia Jolly Club	Carlo Facetti Martino Finotto	Alba AR2 Giannini	P	36
					Giannini Carma FF 1.9L Turbo I4
12	T	140	Hopf	Altfrid Heger Hartmut Bauer	Ford Escort RS	?	35
					Ford 1.6L I4
13	B	109	Wuppertal Motor Club	Wolf-Georg von Staerh Ulli Richter	Porsche 924 Carrera GTS	?	35
					Porsche 2.5L water-cooled I4
14	T	129	Andy Middendorf	Andy Middendorf Erhard Hassel Werner Lehnhoff	Ford Escort RS	?	35
					Ford 1.6L I4
15	T	124	Langenfeld Motor Sport Club	Joachim Scheefeldt Olaf Manthey Uwe Reich	Ford Escort RS	?	35
					Porsche 3.3L Turbo Flat-6
16	B	111	Probst & Mentel	Helge Probst Norbert Haug Wolfgang Walter	Porsche 928 S	?	31
					Porsche 4.7L V8
17	B	108	Peter Reuter	Peter Reuter Franz-Richard Friebel Hermann-Peter Duge	Porsche 930	?	28
					Porsche 3.3L Turbo Flat-6
18 DSQ	B	112	Mich Tuning	Karl-Heinz Schäfer Karl-Heinz Gürthler	Opel Ascona 400	D	36
					Opel 2.4L S4
19 DNF	C	4	Martini Lancia	Riccardo Patrese Michele Alboreto	Lancia LC2	D	35
					Ferrari 268C 2.6L Turbo V8
20 DNF	C	6	Scuderia Mirabella	Giorgio Francia Piercarlo Ghinzani Paolo Barilla	Lancia LC2	M	29
					Ferrari 268C 2.6L Turbo V8
21 DNF	T	125	Langenfield Motorsport Club	Wilfred Eichen Walter Mertes Olaf Manthey	Ford Escort II	D	27
					Ford 1.4L I4
22 DNF	C	2	Rothmans Porsche	Derek Bell Stefan Bellof	Porsche 956	D	19
					Porsche Type 935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
23 DNF	C	35	Brun Motorsport	Hans-Joachim Stuck Walter Brun	Sehcar SH C6	D	19
					BMW M88 3.5L Turbo I6
24 DNF	C	56	Jürgen Kannacher	Rolf Götz Peter Kroeber	URD C81	?	19
					BMW M88 3.5L Turbo I6
25 DNF	T	127	HWRT Auto Tuning	Günther Braumüller Dieter Selzer Andreas Schall	Ford Escort RS	D	16
					Ford 1.6L I4
26 DNF	B	101	Brun Motorsport	Harald Grohs Leopold Von Bayern	BMW M1	M	14
					BMW M88 3.5L I6
27 DNF	B	103	Jens Winther	Frank Jelinski Jens Winther Wolfgang Braun	BMW M1	D	12
					BMW M88 3.5L I6
28 DNF	T	131	Krautol Faruben	Martin Wagenstetter Kurt Hild	BMW 320i	D	11
					BMW M10 2.4L S4
29 DNF	T	132	Essen-Werdener Automobil Club	Frederich Burgmann Harald ten Eicken	BMW 320i	M	11
					BMW M10 2.4L S4
30 DNF	T	139	Mich Tuning	Volker Strycek Fred Michael Gubbin	BMW 320i	G	8
					BMW M10 2.4L S4
31 DNF	T	128	HWRT Auto Tuning	Wilhelm Kern Norbert Brenner Jörg van Ommen	Ford Escort	D	6
					Ford 1.2L I4
32 DNF	T	123	Herbst Tuning	Udo Schneider Franz-Josef Bröhling	Ford Escort	A	5
					Ford 1.2L I4
33 DNF	T	136	Peter Langenbach	Herbert Schmitz Peter Langenbach Bernd Denter	Audi 80 Coupe	?	4
					Audi 1.8L I4
34 DNF	T	134	Mich Tuning	Wolfgang Holzem Rainer Müller	Opel Ascona B	D	3
					Opel 2L S4
35 DNF	T	121	Herbst Tuning	Axel Felder Udo Schneider Jochen Felder	Ford Escort	A	2
					Ford 1.2L I4
36 DNS	B	105	Racing Team Jürgensen GmbH	Hans Christian Jürgensen Edgar Dören Vic Elford	BMW M1	M
					BMW M88 3.5 L I6
37 DNS	T	130	Langenfeld Motor Sport Club	Bernd Bonn Uwe Reich Erwin Derichs	Renault R5 Turbo	M
					Renault1.4 L C-Type I4 Turbo
38 DNS	T	135	Volker Imhof	Volker Imhof Wilfried Gollombeck Günter Filthaut	Opel Kadett	G
					Opel 1.8L I4

Notes

• Pole position: #2 Rothmans Porsche (Stefan Bellof) - 6:11:13
• Fastest lap: #2 Rothmans Porsche (Stefan Bellof) - 6:25:91

References