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Review July 1978 - Motorsport headlines 40 years ago

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Created in 2018

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Rainer Braun

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Schön und schnell - Kampfmaschine Ford Turbo Capri

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Turbo-Capri-Präsentation beim F1-GP 1978 in Hockenheim - Kranefuss, Zakowski, Stewart

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Die technischen Väter des Turbo Capri - Zakspeed-Ingenieure Helmut Barth und Bruno Bunk 1978

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Zakspeed Ford Capri Turbo (1978) - der Renn-Capri für 1978

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Ford Capri Turbo (1978) - der Gitterrohrrahmen mit Überrollkäfig des 78-er-Renn-Capris von Zakspeed

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Ford Capri Turbo (1978) - Motor mit Turbolader von KKK für den 78-er-Renn-Capri von Zakspeed

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Kämpfen bis zum Umfallen - Porsche Radrennen 78 Weissach

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Siegertypen - Jantke, Schurti, Ickx vom Team Porsche Martini

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DRM-Leader Hezemans, Gelo-Teamchef Loos 1978

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Die geistigen Väter des Turbo Capri - Erich Zakowski und Mike Kranefuss 1978

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Der Camaro-Mörder von Diepholz - Grohs mit Dame

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Erfolgreiche Verhandlung für M1-Rennserie - F1-Dirigenten Mosley, Ecclesstone mit BMW-Sportchef Neerpasch

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Ein bisschen Spaß muss sein - Camaro-Helden von Diepholz Mass, Stuck, Stommelen

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Summary

From the presentation of the Turbo Capris, the celebrity race with identical Chevrolet V8 Camaro cars on the Diepholz airfield circuit, the scandal between Piquet and Serra and much more. These are just a few of the 40-year-old motorsport headlines that racing expert Rainer Braun has compiled and commented on with an expert pen.

This article contains the following chapters

F1 World Championship: Lotus and Andretti continue to win
DRM: Big crowd at the Turbo Capri premiere
DRM: Ertl marches towards the top of the standings
Formula 3: Piquet and Serra cause a scandal
Fun race: Camaro scrap in Diepholz
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Estimated reading time: 8min

Preview (beginning of the article)

The midsummer month of July 1978 really had it all - both in terms of the heat and the racing action. There was a lot going on. For example, the much-noticed Ford presentation of the legendary Turbo Capri on the Friday before the German Formula 1 GP in Hockenheim. Under a scorching sun and more than 30° in the shade, Cologne-based Ford Sport boss Michael Kranefuss and his development partner, Zakspeed owner Erich Zakowski, unveiled the new wonder weapon for the 2-liter division in the German Racing Championship (DRM). Among the VIP guests of honor were Ford ambassador Jackie Stewart, Ford's Sport US representative Walter Hayes as well as the entire Ford Europe management and Ford board members from Cologne. Kranefuss, Zakowski and works driver Hans Heyer provided brief information on development, technology and prospects for success. Coincidentally, the schedule also included a DRM race as part of the GP Weekend, so that the practical test in the form of qualifying and the race in front of a large audience could follow immediately after the premiere. Ford and Heyer could not have achieved anything better than a clear pole position at the first attempt. And even the retirement in the race after initially taking the lead in no way diluted the good impression, because it was clear to us trade journalists that this extremely powerful car would set new standards in touring car racing. And so it did, not necessarily in the current season, but all the more so in the years that followed.

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