The season started in april 1973 with a 2 heat race at the Nürburgring. In total there were four races in Germany and two races were held in Italy: Imola and Misano. And Silverstone was again on the calender.
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PORSCHE CARS
Private entry:
Bernd Becker Porsche 910/8 chassis 018 (car also used in 1972)
Reinhold Joest Porsche 908/03 chassis 008 (car also used in 1972)
Molykote Racing
Hans Deffland Porsche 910 – chassis 001
This is the ex Rudi Lins-Gerhard Koch sportscar from the 1968 championship. In 1969 Richard Gerin raced it.
Motorsportclub Stuttgard
Vic Elford Porsche 917/30 TC chassis 001 (some more info)
Felder Racing Team
Helmut Kelleners Porsche 917/30 TC chassis 001
Rinzler Motorracing Inc
Georg Follmer Porsche 917/10 TC chassis 003
This car raced in the first race Nurburgring and was then send overseas to participate in the CanAm serie
Charlie Kemp Porsche 917/10 chassis 001 ( Kaushen Racing car)
Willy Kaushen Racing Team
Willy Kaushen Porsche 917/10 TC chassis 015
New chassis, see 1972 article on Porsche 917/10 TC chassis 002
Günther Steckkönig Porsche 917/10 chassis 001 ( see photo below Norisring and Silverstone)
Wilson Fittipaldi ( see B/W photo below)
Racing Team AAW
Leo Kinnunen Porsche 917/10 TC chassis 004 (used also in 1972)
Lasse Servio Porsche 917 Spyder 021 ( car from 1971)
Boeri Helmets Racing Team
Ernst Kraus Porsche 917/10 TC chassis 016
Gelo Racing Team
Georg Loos Porsche 917/10 TC chassis 017
Jurgen Barth Porsche 917 Spyder 026
Ex Neuhaus car from 1971 and Kraus car from 1972.
Porsche Club Romans (Toblerone?)
Bernard Chenevieve Porsche 908/03 chassis 013 ( more info?)
Autofox Racing
Abert Pfuhl Porsche 917 Spyder chassis 007
ex-Gesipo car from 1971/1972; see article 1971 on Porsche Spyder
McLAREN CARS
Felder Racing Team
Helmut Kelleners McLaren M20 chevrolet chassis 1
Two M20 were produced to race in the CanAm. This is the third M20 built and painted in orange with sponsor Weisburg.
Read more on the M20 here.
Michel Weber McLaren M8F Chevrolet chassis 72-02
The Kelleners car from 1972
Eve Escorts
Kaye Griffiths McLaren M8E-Chevrolet Chassis 80-08
See the 1971 McLaren article
This is the 1971 VDS car. End of the season iit was upgraded to M8E specifications and a Morand turbocharged Chevy engine and sold to Kaye Griffiths. In 1973 raced in the interserie. For 1974, there was sponsoring from John Bonham, Led Zepeplin drummer. The car was painted in the Zeppelin album cover. End of 1974, the car was sold to John Harper. Still in the latest livery, seen in 2009 Historics at Monterey.
Gerhard Dean McLaren M8E – Chevrolet chassis 80-07
Ex-Gelo car from 1971
Rolf Götz McLaren M8E - chevrolet chassis 80-07
Raced only in Silverstone
Gelo Racing Team
Willy Green McLaren M8F -Chevrolet chassis 72-03 ( used also in 1972)
Silverstone race:
VDS racing team
Teddy Pilette McLaren M8F-chevrolet chassis 72-06 (used also in 1972)
Private:
Siegfried Rieger Mclaren M8C – Chevrolet chassis M12-60-03 (used also in 1972)
John Jordan McLaren M6B- Chevrolet chassis 50-16
This car was bought in 1968 by John Woolfe Racing. In the 1970 Interserie it races with Vic Elford and Alistair Cowin. In 1972 it as sod to John Jordan, who raced it in the Britisch Libre Competition. For 1973, he entered an Interserie event.
LOLA CARS
Motorsportclub Stuttgard
Helmut Bross Lola T290- Ford
Yellow livery, used in Interserie in 1973 and in the European 2L championship in 1974
Roger St John Hart
Nick Cussons Lola T70 MK3B GT -Aston Martin chassis SL73/101 ( also raced in 1972)
Formel- Rennsport Club
Joe Kretschi Lola T70 MK3 GT- V8 Chevrolet chassis SL73/151
Constructed by Sbarro; ex Florian Vetsch car
Georg Fisher Lola T70 MK3B-Chevrolet chassis SL76/147
More info on this car can be read here
Jorg Obermoser Racing
Roland Heiler Lola T 292-BMW chassis HU 57 (?)
Jan Van Hool Racing ( originally: Marcel van Hool)
Freddy Grainal Lola T290 chassis HU 17
First owner
Jolly Club – Ecurie Bonnier
Mario Casoni Lola T280/2 – Ford chassis HU4
This T280 was sold new to Portuguese privateer racer Carlos Gaspar, who raced it with considerable success on the Iberian Peninsula. It is believed to have been subsequently sold to the Jolly Club and raced in international events during the 1973. In the following years, chassis HU04 was also raced by Jorg Zaborowski and eventually by Ray Mallock in the Thundersports Series during the early 1980s. In Mallock's colours, the car was displayed for many years in the fabulous Rosso Bianco museum before it was acquired by the current, French owner in 2007. Following a restoration to full running order, it has since been raced in the Classic Endurance Racing events and at the 2010 Le Mans Classic.
Team Pierre Robert
Rolf Skogkarg Lola T212- Ford SL 210/14 ( see 1970)
Ex Terry Crocker car, used in the Interserie 1970.
Dorset Food Products
Tony Birchenhough Lola T290- Ford HU 22
The works assisted Barclays International entry, chassis HU22 was driven by Guy Edwards in 1972. It was then sold to Dorset Foods and driven by Tony Birchenhough, Brian Joscelyne and Lee Kaye in 1973 events and this continued into 1974, when Claude Crespin joined the driving group, and 1975, when Ian Bracey became a regular driver. Each year the car was updated at the Lola factory to the latest specification and different chassis plates were added to ensure it gained the best possible prize money. The car was raced at Le Mans in 1976 and in 1978 until 1980 and continued to race in Internationals right up to 1983.
It was then sold to Nick Mason and stored until brought back to Le Mans for demonstration runs in 1992 and 1993. Tony Birchenough, head of the Dorset Racing Associates, now cares for the car and it appeared at the Le Mans Classic in 2002, 2004 and 2006.
Photo: Race Nurburgring : Birchenhough in front of B.Becker Porsche 910
Private entry:
Egmont Dursch Lola Special Chevrolet SL73/105 ( see also 1971 and 1972)
Walter Lehman Lola T282- Ford
CHEVRON CARS
Private
“Yogi” (Eugenio Renna) Chevron B21-Ford
Real name:. Aka also “Amphicar”.
He drove his car also in the 2L championship, in the 6h Vallelunga, 1000 km Monza and the Targa Florio.
Peter Groh Chevron B8- BRM chassis 56 ( same car used in 1972)
Michel Dupont Chevron B23 chassis 10 A - see extra information
Paul Blancpain Chevron B23- Ford chassis 10A
Is the Michel Dupont car.
Jorg Zaborowski Chevron B21- Ford chassis 71-03 (same car used in 1972)
Martin Raymond Chevron B21/23 – Ford chassis 72-26 (ex John Gray from 1972)
Intertech Steering Wheels
Trevor Twaites Chevron B21/23 – Ford chassis 72-02 (same car used in 1972)
Ecurie Dinol
Christine Beckers Chevron B21/23
Same car as raced in the 24h LeMans 1973
Team 4711 Sir Irish Moss
Henk Bosman Chevron B21
He acquired the car in 1973. It was an ex-Red Rose Chevron. This team owned 3 Chevron cars; one was 21-72-08, the other was 21-72-19. It may be the original yellow-livered Tergal car driven by John Hine and John Bridges.
KMW PORSCHE
Heinz Müller – Perschl SP 30
Gerd Biechteler SP 30
Kurt Hild SP30
Herald Link ( see photo below, Norisring #10)
Eberhard Braun
BEHNKE- CONDOR PORSCHE
Msc Gottlieb Daimler
Georg Moritz Behnke Condor Porsche MK III – chassis 8 (see #83 photo below)
extra info
Vereniging Suddeutscher Automobilsport
Manfred Anspann Behnke Condor Porsche C 011 (see #82, white car, photo below)
OTHER CARS
Stefan Sklenar March 717 – Chevrolet chassis 01
car, originally from 1970, used by Sklenar in 1972
Hepworth Racing
David Hepworth BRM P167 chassis 01 (see 1972)
Herbert Muller Racing
Herbert Muller Ferrari 512M chassis 1044
Gianpiero Moretti Ferrari 512 S chassis 1032
Jorg Obermoser Racing
Jorg Obermoser GRD S73 BMW chassis 055
The G.R.D. (Group Racing Developments) was founded in late 1971 by a group of ex. Lotus employees when it stopped producing racing cars for sale to customers. Main man was Mike Warner who set up his own facilities in Norfolk (East of England), capable of producing high quality Formula 3 and Sports cars. The Swiss Jo Maquart was hired as the designer, and the experienced John Miles, a former official Lotus driver was the main test driver. Several names immediately became famous behind the wheel of the “well-born” GRDs: Roger Williamson, Torn Walkinshaw, Andy Sutcliffe, Alan Jones, Dave Walker, Tony Brise, Jorg Obermoser (who would later build the TOJ prototypes based on the GRD) , the Japanese Tetsuo Ikuzawa and Hirochi Kazato or the Portuguese Jorge Pinhol, who raced in F3 in England (GRD 372) in 1972 without much success.
Later, Obermoser bought the largest part of GRD to start his own cars: Toy Racing cars.
300 km Nurburgring (1.4.1973)
Coppa Orro di Shell Imola (1.5.1973)
1.W.Kaushen Porsche 917/10 TC
2. L.Kinnunen Porsche 917/10 TC
3. Georg Loos Porsche 917/10 TC
4. E.Kraus Porsche 917/10 TC
5. R.Joest Porsche 908/03
Heat 1 (30 laps)
1. W.Kaushen
2. L.Kinnunen
3. H.Kelleners McLaren M20
Heat 2 (30 laps)
1. W.Kaushen
2. L.Kinnunen
3. G.Loos
Martini International Super Sports car - Silverstone (20.5.1973)
1. L.Kinnunen Porsche 917/10 TC
2. W.Kaushen Porsche 917/10 TC
3. G.Loos Porsche 917/10 TC
3. E.Kraus Porsche 917/10 TC
5. W.Green McLaren M8F
Heat 1 (35 laps)
1. Kinnunen
2. Kaushen
3. Loos
Heat 2 (35 laps)
1. Kaushen
2. Kinnunen
3. Loos
Interserie 200 Meilen Norisring (24.6.1973)
Start heat 1:
L.Kinnunen Porsche 917/10 TC
2. G.Loos Porsche 917/10 TC
3. R. Joest Porsche 908/03
4. W.Kaushen Porsche 917/10 TC
5. J. Barth Porsche 917 Spyde
Heat 1 (70 laps)
1. L.Kinnunen
2. G.Loos
3. W.Kaushen
Heat 2 (70 laps)
1. L.Kinnunen
2. E. Kraus
3. G.Loos
Südwestokal Hockenheim (15.7.1973)
1. Vic Elford Porsche 917/30 TC
2. G.Loos Porsche 917/10 tC
3. E.Kraus Porsche 917/10
4. R.Joest Porsche 908/03
5. J.Barth Porsche 917 Spyder
Heat 1 (20 laps)
1. W.Kaushen
2. V.Elford
3. G.Loos
Heat 2 (20 laps)
1. V.Elford
2. L.Kinnunen
3. G.Loos
Elford (Porsche 917/30) in front of H.Bosman (Chevron B21)
Top left: Kaushen - Elford - Loos // Top right: #1 Kinnunen , Boeri: Kraus, #3 Kelleners
Second left : #14 H.Muller, #9Joest, #44 A.Pfuhl, #23 J.Barth, #47 L.Servio, #20 G.Fisher
Second right: Kinnunen, Elford, Kaushen
Below: #3 Kelleners in font of E.Kraus, H.Müller, J.Barth, R.Joest
Trofeo Riviera Adriatica Misano (19.8.1973)
1. L. Kinnunen Porsche 917/10 TC
2. E.Kraus Porsche 917/10 TC
3. R. Joest Porsche 908/03
4. W.Kaushen Porsche 917/10 TC
5. H.Kelleners Porche 917/10 TC
Heat 1 (40 laps)
1. L.Kinnunen
2. E.Kraus
3. R.Joest
Heat 2 (40 laps)
1. L.Kinnunen
2. W.Kaushen
3. E.Kraus
ADAC Baden-Würtenberg und Hessen Hockenhein (30.9.1973)
1. L.Kinnunen Porsche 917/10 TC
2. G.Loos Porsche 917/10 TC
3. E.Kraus Porsche 917/10 TC
4. W.Kaushen Porsche 917/10 TC
5. H.Kelleners Porsche 917/10 TC
Heat 1 (20 laps)
1. L.Kinnunen
2. G.Loos
3. H.Kelleners
Heat 2 (20 laps)
1. W.Kaushen
2. L. Kinnunen
3. E. Kraus
Champion 1973: Leo Kinnunen 127500 pts
2. Willy Kaushen 117000
3. Georg Loos 81600
4. Ernst Kraus 77400
5. Reinhold Joest 52100
6. Helmut Kelleners 46000
7. Teddy Pilette
8. Jurgen Bath
9. Bernd Becker
10. Gerd Biechteler
