1978 Deutsche Rennsportmeisterschaft
12 March 1978 - "Bergischer Löwe"
Zolder - 24 laps, 102.816 km
Division 1
1 Toine Hezemans NL Porsche 935 22m43.4
2 Bob Wollek F Porsche 935 14 laps
3 John Fitzpatrick GB Porsche 935 14
4 Claude Bourgoignie B Porsche 935 14
5 Henry van Oorschot NL Porsche 935 14
6 Reihold Jöst D Porsche 935 13
7 Volkert Merl D Porsche 935 13
8 Dieter Schornstein D Porsche 935 13
9 "John Winter" D Porsche 935 13
10 Klaus Drees D Porsche 935 13
Race stopped after 14 laps due to rain
Fastest Lap: Toine Hezemans (Porsche) 1m34.6, 153.03 kph
Pole Position: Toine Hezemans (Porsche) 1m33.0
Division 2 - 24 laps, 102.816 km
1 Manfred Winkelhock D BMW 320 T 39m31.4
2 Hans Heyer D Ford Escort RS 24 laps
3 Harald Grohs D BMW 320i 24
4 Harald Ertl A BMW 320 T 24
5 Armin Hahne D Ford Escort RS 24
6 Markus Höttinger A BMW 320i 24
7 Albrecht Krebs D BMW 320i 24
8 Walter Brun CH BMW 320 T 23
9 Bernd Ringshausen D Ford Escort RS 22
10 Patrick Neve B BMW 320i 21
Fastest Lap: Manfred Winkelhock (BMW) 1m37.5, 158.18 kph
Pole Position: Harald Ertl (BMW) 1m37.4
02 April 1978 - Internationales 300 KM Rennen
Nürburgring - 7 laps, 159.845 km
Division 1
1 Bob Wollek F Porsche 935 53m53.5
2 Toine Hezemans NL Porsche 935 7 laps
3 Klaus Ludwig D Porsche 935 7
4 Reinhold Jöst D Porsche 935 7
5 Franz Konrad A Porsche 935 7
6 John Fitzpatrick GB Porsche 935 7
7 Volkert Merl D Porsche 935 7
8 Edgar Dören D Porsche 935 7
9 "John Winter" D Porsche 935 7
10 Anton Fischhaber D Porsche 911 T 7
Fastest Lap: Bob Wollek (Porsche) 7m37.9, 179.53 kph
Pole Position: Bob Wollek (Porsche) 7m34.5
Division 2
1 Harald Ertl A BMW 320 T 57m00.6
2 Hans Heyer D Ford Escort RS 7 laps
3 Markus Höttinger A BMW 320i 7
4 Armin Hahne D Ford Escort RS 7
5 Manfred Winkelhock D BMW 320 T 7
6 Albrecht Krebs D BMW 320i 7
7 Walter Brun CH BMW 320 T 7
8 Wolfgang Wolf D Ford Escort RS 6
9 Armin Siefener D Ford Escort RS 6
10 Heinz Weiler D BMW 1602 6
Fastest Lap: Harald Ertl (BMW) 8m04.6, 169.64 kph
Pole Position: Harald Ertl (BMW) 8m03.2
21 April 1978 - Internationales Avus Rennen
Avus, Berlin - 15 laps, 121.65 km
Division 1
1 Toine Hezemans NL Porsche 935 31m23.7
2 Manfred Schurti FL Porsche 935 15 laps
3 John Fitzpatrick GB Porsche 935 15
4 Klaus Ludwig D Porsche 935 15
5 Bob Wollek F Porsche 935 15
6 Reinhold Jöst D Porsche 935 15
7 Dieter Schornstein D Porsche 935 15
Fastest Lap: Toine Hezemans (Porsche) 2m03.4, 236.60 kph
Pole Position: Bob Wollek (Porsche) 2m05.6
Division 2
1 Harald Ertl A BMW 320 T 35m35.0
2 Hans Heyer D Ford Escort RS 15 laps
3 Markus Höttinger A BMW 320i 15
4 Armin Hahne D Ford Escort RS 15
5 Jürgen Weiler D Ford Escort RS 14
6 Thomas Datzmann D Ford Escort RS 14
7 Gustav Fischer D BMW 320i 14
8 Kurt König D BMW 320i 13
9 Werner Boller D Ford Escort RS 13
10 Günther Hildenbrand D BMW 2002 TI 13
Fastest Lap: Walter Brun (BMW) 2m19.3, 209.59 kph
Pole Position: Harald Ertl (BMW) 2m16.7
30 April 1978 - Internationales Eifelrennen
Nürburgring - 7 laps, 159.845 km
Division 1
1 Toine Hezemans NL Porsche 935 55m14.5
2 John Fitzpatrick GB Porsche 935 7 laps
3 Klaus Ludwig D Porsche 935 7
4 Bob Wollek F Porsche 935 7
5 Franz Konrad A Porsche 935 7
6 Volkert Merl D Porsche 935 7
7 Claude Haldi CH Porsche 935 7
8 Manfred Schurti FL Porsche 935 7
9 Klaus Drees D Porsche 935 7
10 Dieter Schornstein D Porsche 935 7
Fastest Lap: Toine Hezemans (Porsche) 7m40.5, 178.51 kph
Pole Position: Toine Hezemans (Porsche) 7m35.1
Division 2
1 Markus Höttinger A BMW 320i 56m50.7
2 Eddie Cheever USA BMW 320i 7 laps
3 Hans Heyer D Ford Escort RS 7
4 Armin Hahne D Ford Escort RS 7
5 Harald Ertl D BMW 320 T 7
6 Walter Brun CH BMW 320 T 7
7 Bo Emanuelsson S BMW 320i 7
8 Helmut Bross D BMW 320i 7
9 Dieter Hegels D BMW 2002 TI 6
10 Lothar Wagner D BMW 320i 6
Fastest Lap: Manfred Winkelhock (BMW) 8m02.9, 170.23 kph
Pole Position: Hans Heyer (Ford) 8m00.6
18 June 1978 - Flugplatzrennen Mainz-Finthen
Mainz-Finthen - 50 laps, 107.5 km
Division 1
1 Bob Wollek F Porsche 935 41m49.9
2 John Fitzpatrick GB Porsche 935 50 laps
3 Klaus Ludwig D Porsche 935 50
4 Manfred Schurti FL Porsche 935 50
5 Toine Hezemans NL Porsche 935 49
6 Franz Konrad A Porsche 935 48
7 Dieter Schornstein D Porsche 935 48
8 Rolf Stommelen D Toyota Celica 46
9 Peter Schem D Porsche Carrera RSR 43
10 Klaus Böhm D Porsche Carrera RSR 42
Fastest Lap: John Fitzpatrick (Porsche) 49.1s, 157.64 kph
Pole Position: John Fitzpatrick (Porsche) 50.1s
Division 2
1 Markus Höttinger A BMW 320i 44m36.6
2 Wolfgang Wolf D BMW 320i 50 laps
3 Albrecht Krebs D BMW 320 T 48
4 Gustav Fischer D BMW 320i 47
5 Sepp Manhalter A BMW 2002 TI 46
6 Werner Boller D Ford Escort RS 44
7 Harald Ertl A BMW 320 T 37
8 Hans Heyer D Ford Escort RS 37
NC Michael Kopf D BMW 2002 TI 34 laps
NC Dieter Alzen D Ford Escort RS 34 laps
Fastest Lap: Markus Höttinger (BMW) 52.1s, 148.56 kph
Pole Position: Markus Höttinger (BMW) 58.2s
02 July 1978 - Zandvoort Trophy
Zandvoort - 25 laps, 105.65 km
Division 1
1 John Fitzpatrick GB Porsche 935 45m08.29
2 Toine Hezemans NL Porsche 935 25 laps
3 Klaus Ludwig D Porsche 935 25
4 Claude Bourgoignie B Porsche 935 24
5 Volkert Merl D Porsche 935 24
6 Henny Hemmes NL Chevrolet Camaro 22
7 Antony Suykerbuyk Porsche 935 21
8 Hans Grossmann D Porsche 911 T 21
Fastest Lap: John Fitzpatrick (Porsche) 1m45.28, 144.51 kph
Pole Position: Toine Hezemans (Porsche) 1m26.98
Division 2
1 Manfred Winkelhock D BMW 320i 45m57.23
2 Harald Ertl A BMW 320 T 25 laps
3 Markus Höttinger A BMW 320i 25
4 Armin Hahne D Ford Escort RS 24
5 Walter Nussbaumer D BMW 320i 24
6 Walter Brun CH BMW 320 T 24
7 Siegfried Müller jr. D Ford Escort RS 24
8 Gustav Fischer D BMW 320i 23
9 Peter Kuhlmann D BMW 2002 TI 23
10 Jürgen Galle D BMW 2002 TI 23
Fastest Lap: Hans Heyer (Ford) 1m48.31, 140/46 kph
Pole Position: Harald Ertl (BMW) 1m30.37
16 July 1978 - Flugplatzrennen Kassel-Calden
Kassel-Calden - 40 laps, 105.84 km
Division 1
1 Bob Wollek F Porsche 935 37m29.7
2 Toine Hezemans NL Porsche 935 40 laps
3 John Fitzpatrick GB Porsche 935 40
4 Klaus Ludwig D Porsche 935 40
5 Manfred Schurti FL Porsche 935 40
6 Reinhold Jöst D Porsche 935 39
7 Volkert Merl D Porsche 935 39
8 "John Winter" D Porsche 935 38
9 Dieter Schornstein D Porsche 935 38
10 Hans-Christian Jürgensen D Porsche 934 35
Fastest Lap: John Fitzpatrick (Porsche) 54.9s, 173.51 kph
Pole Position: Toine Hezemans (Porsche) 54.3s
Division 2
1 Harald Ertl A BMW 320 T 40m07.9
2 Manfred Winkelhock D BMW 320 T 40 laps
3 Hans Heyer D Ford Escort RS 40
4 Armin Hahne D Ford Escort RS 40
5 Walter Brun CH BMW 320 T 39
6 Gustav Fischer D BMW 320i 37
7 Bernd Ringshausen D Ford Escort RS 36
8 Helmut Hesse D BMW 2002 TI 33
9 Kurt Schäfer D BMW 2002 TI 33
10 Friedich Winkelmann D Renault Alpine 33
Fastest Lap: Hans Heyer (Ford) 57.9s, 164.52 kph
Pole Position: Harald Ertl (BMW) 57.0s
29 July 1978 - Großer Preis von Deutschland
Hockenheimring - 20 laps, 135.78 km
Division 1
1 Klaus Ludwig D Porsche 935 41m59.8
2 Manfred Schurti FL Porsche 935 20 laps
3 Toine Hezemans NL Porsche 935 20
4 John Fitzpatrick GB Porsche 935 20
5 Claude Haldi CH Porsche 935 20
6 Bob Wollek F Porsche 935 19
7 Henri van Oorschot NL Porsche 935 19
8 Volkert Merl D Porsche 935 19
9 Dieter Schornstein D Porsche 935 19
10 Claude Bourgoignie B Porsche 935 19
Fastest Lap: Klaus Ludwig (Porsche) 2m04.5, 196.25 kph
Pole Position: Klaus Ludwig (Porsche) 2m01.7
Division 2 - 19 laps, 128.991 km
1 Harald Ertl A BMW 320 T 42m50.3
2 Markus Höttinger A BMW 320i 19 laps
3 Harald Grohs D BMW 320i 18
4 Wolfgang Wolf D BMW 320i 18
5 Helmut Bross D BMW 320i 18
6 Gustav Fischer D BMW 320i 17
7 Franz Albert A BMW 2002 T 17
8 Willi Hatje D BMW 2002 TI 17
9 Werner Haug D Ford Escort RS 16
10 Gerhard Lipp D Toyota Celica 16
Fastest Lap: Harald Ertl (BMW) 2m12.4, 184.57 kph
Pole Position: Hans Heyer (Ford) 2m08.9
20 August 1978 - Westfalen Pokal
Zolder - 24 laps, 102.816 km
Division 1
1 Manfred Schurti FL Porsche 935 38m36.5
2 John Fitzpatrick GB Porsche 935 24 laps
3 Henri van Oorschot NL Porsche 935 24
4 Volkert Merl D Porsche 935 24
5 Dieter Schornstein D Porsche 935 23
6 "John Winter" D Porsche 935 23
7 Antony Suykerbuyk Porsche 935 22
8 Edgar Dören D Porsche 934 22
9 Klaus Ludwig D Porsche 935 21
10 Marco Vanoli CH Porsche Carrera RSR 21
Fastest Lap: Toine Hezemans (Porsche) 1m34.2, 163.72 kph
Pole Position: Manfred Schurti (Porsche) 1m31.4
Division 2
1 Markus Höttinger A BMW 320i 39m45.2
2 Armin Hahne D Ford Escort RS 24 laps
3 Hans Heyer D Ford Escort RS 24
4 Harald Ertl A BMW 320 T 24
5 Walter Brun CH BMW 320 T 24
6 Walter Nussbaumer D BMW 320i 23
7 Karl-Heinz Becker D BMW 320 T 23
8 Manfred Winkelhock D BMW 320 T 22
9 Albert Vanierschot B Renault Alpine 22
10 Siegfried Müller jr. D Ford Escort RS 21
Fastest Lap: Hans Heyer (Ford) 1m37.0, 158.99 kph
Pole Position: Hans Heyer (Ford) 1m34.5
17 September 1978 - 200 Meilen von Nürnberg
Norisring, Nürnberg - 44 laps, 101.2 km
Division 1
1 Manfred Schurti FL Porsche 935 38m59.0
2 Klaus Ludwig D Porsche 935 44 laps
3 Bob Wollek F Porsche 935 44
4 Dieter Schornstein D Porsche 935 42
5 Claude Haldi CH Porsche 935 42
6 Edgar Dören D Porsche 934 40
7 Hans-Joachim Stuck D BMW 320 T 39
Fastest Lap: Klaus Ludwig (Porsche) 51.8s, 159.85 kph
Pole Position: Toine Hezemans (Porsche) 50.8s
Division 2
1 Harald Ertl A BMW 320 T 41m01.6
2 Armin Hahne D BMW 320i 44 laps
3 Marc Surer CH BMW 320i 44
4 Dieter Quester A BMW 320i 43
5 Franz Albert A BMW 2002 T 43
6 Jochen Dauer D BMW 320i 43
7 Bernhard Wissler D BMW 320i 43
8 Walter Nussbaumer D BMW 320i 42
9 Sepp Manhalter A BMW 2002 T 41
10 Lothar Wagner D BMW 320i 41
Fastest Lap: Hans Heyer (Ford) 54.6s, 151.65 kph
Pole Position: Hans Heyer (Ford) 53.2s
01 October 1978 - Supersprint
Nürburgring, Start & Ziel-Schleife - 44 laps, 100.848 km
Division 1
1 Bob Wollek F Porsche 935 37m40.03
2 Toine Hezemans NL Porsche 935 44 laps
3 Klaus Ludwig D Porsche 935 44
4 Reinhold Jöst D Porsche 935 41
5 Manfred Schurti FL Porsche 935 41
6 Dieter Schornstein D Porsche 935 41
7 "John Winter" D Porsche 935 40
8 Edgar Dören D Porsche 934 39
9 Hans Grossmann D Porsche Carrera RSR 37
10 Leo Eigner D Porsche Carrera RSR 36
Fastest Lap: Toine Hezemans (Porsche) 50.02s, 164.96 kph
Pole Position: Toine Hezemans (Porsche) 48.90s
Division 2
1 Hans Heyer D Ford Capri TC 39m39.47
2 Harald Ertl A BMW 320 T 44 laps
3 Karl-Heinz Becker D BMW 320 T 43
4 Mario Ketterer D Ford Escort TC 43
5 Franz Albert A BMW 320 T 42
6 Walter Nussbaumer D BMW 320i 42
7 Peter Kuhlmann D BMW 320i 42
8 Hans-Georg Bürger D BMW 320i 41
9 Jürgen Weiler D Ford Escort RS 41
10 Dieter Erdmann D BMW 2002 TI 40
Fastest Lap: Hans Heyer (Ford) 53.09s, 155.42 kph
Pole Position: Hans Heyer (Ford) 50.70s
1978 Deutsche Rennsportmeisterschaft
1 Harald Ertl 162 pts
2 Toine Hezemans 140
3 Bob Wollek 131
4 Markus Höttinger 117
= John Fitzpatrick 117
= Klaus Ludwig 117
7 Hans Heyer 101
8 Manfred Schurti 99
9 Armin Hahne 88
10 Manfred Winkelhock 48
11 Volkert Merl 39
12 Reinhold Jöst 32
13 Dieter Schornstein 31
14 Gustav Fischer 26
15 Wolfgang Wolf 25
16 Harald Grohs 24
17 Franz Konrad 22
18 Albrecht Krebs 18
19 Karl-Heinz Becker 16
20 Eddie Cheever 15