10th - 12th July 2014

10th - 12th July 2014
WE WELCOME THESE CARS:
SCHEDULE:
Epoch I:
monoposto racecars until 1982
Wednesday: Welcome Evening at Schloss Pichlarn
Epoch II:
Sports- and GT-cars, racing two-seaters,
sports-prototypes and rallye-cars until 1952
Thursday: 1) one warm-up run and two competition runs onto the Stoderzinken (8.4 km)
“Schladming Evening”
Epoch III:
Sports- and GT-cars, racing two-seaters,
sports-prototypes and rallye-cars from
1953 until 1982
The ENTRY FEE for one team including four evening events
and starter package with team garments etc., excl. accommodation is € 2.000,Last day of registration: 31st of March 2014.
Friday:
2) Airfield Niederöblarn: 3 runs, 15 minutes
each on a 1.5 km circuit
3) Dachstein-road: onw warm-up run and two
competition runs (5.18 km)
“Gröbming Evening” at the classic-tent
Saturday: 4) one mountain-sprint from Moosheim to
Gröbming (2.26 km)
5) Chopard Grand Prix (5 laps)
“Night of the Champions” at the classic-tent
T
he “CHOPARD RACECAR-TROPHY” is an independent competition, that takes place on the three Ennstal-Classic days (Thursday until
Saturday), on three settings in and around Gröbming – where the paddock is situated. The owners of historic race- and rallye-cars are
Ennstal-Classic GmbH, Kirchplatz 15, A-8962 Gröbming, Tel. +43(0)3685/ 23270, Fax: DW 9, office@ennstal-classic.at
Besuchen Sie unsere Homepage www.racecar-trophy.com
able to drive their jewels in a beautiful surrounding and at the same time experience the legendary aura of the Ennstal-Classic – including
the evening events, packed in a sporty “quadrathlon” with the last competition on Saturday at the Ennstal-Classic finale in Gröbming.
What happened
at the
premiere in 2013
Airfield Niederöblarn: the participants drove three 15 minute intervals. It was extremely hot and the cars
were put to their boarders. The McLaren, the Porsche 908 and the Chevron BMW reached a top speed of
approximately 200 km/h on the 750m long runway. The owner of the fabulous Ferrari 121LM drove this
most aggressive Ferrari of all times with impressive pep and sensitiveness – a feast for the eyes. Exactly
this car was driven by Phil Hill / Maglioli at the disaster-race from Le Mans in 1955. They dropped out but
another car – a Triumph TR 2 driven in the Chopard Racecar-Trophy by ALLESAUTO chief editor Enrico
Falchetto – finished the race in Le Mans on the 14th place.
TV-star Christian Clerici was a unique show with his Plymouth. He is a pureblood
racer and infiltrated the event with his very good mood. A McLaren M12GT
Coupé – anonymous driver, co-driver Dieter Eissner-Eisenstein – has been a
highlight on the airfield in Niederöblarn with its power.
JOHANN Kofler drove his natural finish Sunbeam from 1930 - that has never
been restored - until the break linkage lost its tension.
FRANZ Grossauer and Ulli Glöckner – Sunbeam Supersport 1926 – won the
Epoch I thanks to their precision. Impressive in this epoch: Peter Jäger / Kurt
Renner on BMW 328.
IT felt like at the airfield races of the 1960s in Aspern, Klagenfurt or Innsbruck.
Or at the European mountain-championship races in Trento-Bondone, Gaisberg or
Roßfeld… Right before the race started the participants made smalltalk – the drivers still talked to each other at that time, they did not sit alone in front of a computer or had PR agents who told them what so say.
DIETER Quester talked to Klaus Bischof – who keeps the driving Porsche-museum moving
and drove a wonderful Porsche 908/03. The participants waited expectantly at the bottom
of the beautiful Dachstein-toll road for the start. It was a hot summer day and the parking
space at the cable car was packed. But the road owners, the mayor as well as the police and
the firefighters helped to make the mountain-challenge flow smoothly. Not even the thunderstorm right before the third run has been a disturbing factor.
THE Abarth 1000SP – small like a toy – belonged to father and son Jodl and had
to be administered during the competition. Abarth have always been divas – and
now, after decades, more than ever.
DIETER Quester, the racer without expiration date drove a works BMW Chevron from
1972. He was in lead in Epoch II until the last regularity test Moosheim-Gröbming. But
he lost his position due to a mistake at the Stirling Moss roundabout. His co-driver
Anja Schiemann said: “I am innocent!”. Dieter was in a suicidal mood.
NORBERT Schmitz-Koep took part with a fantastic Maserati 4CL monopostoracecar, which already started at the Tripolis GP in 1939.A piece of history from a
time where there were no electronic devices, no carbon, no crush zone, no KERS,
no DRS or HANS systems.
Racing was a game of life or death. The owner personified the long extinct species
of the “gentleman driver” who travels with his own mechanic, wears leather gloves
and demonstrates his “voiturette” with joy and style.
AND the OSCAR for courage goes to … Peter Schleifer. He drove the Stoderzinken
mountain-challenge with his 800 HP CanAM Lola – most people thought it was impossible. But with outrageous discipline “Mr. CanAm” proved the opposite and drove
up. Unfortunately there were problems with the oil pressure afterwards and he had to
change cars and take his Cobra.
ALEXANDER Deopito made no mistakes and won together with his wife Elisabeth in his
spectacular Lancia 037 Rallye Evo2 from 1982 in Epoch II.
Overall tenor: The Chopard Racecar-Trophy has a bright future.