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The Eifelrennen was an annual motor race, organised by ADAC Automobile Club from 1922 to 2003, held in Germany's Eifel mountain region. Like other races of its time it was first held on public roads. In 1927 it was moved to the newly-built Nürburgring.

History

Starting from 1922, the first races were held on a 33 km long combination of public roads around Nideggen, Wollersheim, Vlatten, Heimbach, Hasenfeld and other villages in the Eifel mountains, similar to the Targa Florio which was a very important race at that time, and popular in Germany due to two wins by Mercedes (still without Benz then).

In 1922, all vehicles were allowed, cars, motorbikes, and even bicycles with supporting engines. Over 100 entrants showed up to compete in the 10-lap event. The track was not paved, and muddy after heavy rains. From 1924 to 1926, the races for 2 and 4 wheels were held on separate days, and classes were introduced. Still, several fatal accidents happened. Even spectator stands collapsed, caused by stormy weather.

The unsatisfying safety situation led to the construction of the Nürburgring circuit in that area, which was inaugurated on Saturday, 18 June 1927 by the 5. Eifelrennen weekend, starting with motorcycle races. On Sunday, Rudolf Caracciola won the first car race on a Mercedes-Benz S.

The Südschleife was used instead of the Nordschleife from 1928 until 1931 and from 1958 until 1968.

The connection between the motorcycle and car races was discontinued in 1974, when organisers, drivers and German motorcycle Grand Prix riders disagreed on the best way to make the track safe for both kinds of racing – with straw bales or without? As a result, international contenders for the motorcycle World Championships boycotted the races, leaving the GP wins to rather unknown Germans (even to German fans) who decided to ride anyway.

After the modern Grand Prix track was built at the Nürburgring in 1984 and F2 was replaced with F3000, the Eifelrennen was discontinued as it always was associated with the long Nordschleife.

Later, the trademark was given to a standard rounds of the Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft and STW touring car racing on this short GP track. Often two separate races were held, thus two winners.

The last Eifelrennen was held in early May 2003 when several races were held, including an VLN endurance race on the full length combined course (25.9 km) in preparation for the 24 Hours Nürburgring race three weeks later.

Currently there are no major race series cooperating with the ADAC to host a weekend as Eifelrennen.

ADAC Eifelrennen winners (motorcycles)

Deutsche Tourist-Trophäe (German Tourist Trophy)

1922: Sixtus Meyer, Harley-Davidson 1000 ccm
1923: No race
1924: Franz Bieber, BMW; Robert "Robby" Jecker, Harley-Davidson (1000cc)
1925: Paul Weyres
1926
1927: Toni Ulmen

ADAC Eifelrennen winners (automobiles)

1922: Kurt C. Volkhart, Steiger^[1]
1923: No race
1924: Wetzka / Haide, Austro-Daimler
1925
1926: Felten, Mannesmann

ADAC Eifelrennen winners (automobiles) on the Nürburgring

1966, 1967 and 1970 winner Jochen Rindt during the 1970 race.

Year	Winner^[2]	Car^[2]	Class^[2]
1927	Rudolf Caracciola	Mercedes-Benz	Sports car
1928	Otto Spandel	Steyr	Sports car
1929	W. Bartsch	Amilcar	Sports car
1930	Heinrich-Joachim von Morgen	Bugatti	Grand Prix
1931	Rudolf Caracciola	Mercedes-Benz	Grand Prix
1932	Rudolf Caracciola	Alfa Romeo	Grand Prix
1933	Tazio Nuvolari	Alfa Romeo	Grand Prix
1934	Manfred von Brauchitsch	Mercedes-Benz	Grand Prix
1935	Rudolf Caracciola	Mercedes-Benz	Grand Prix
1936	Bernd Rosemeyer	Auto Union	Grand Prix
1937	Bernd Rosemeyer	Auto Union	Grand Prix
1938	No Race
1939	Hermann Lang	Mercedes-Benz	Grand Prix
1940 – 1948	No Race
1949	Karl Kling	Veritas	Sports car
1950	Fritz Riess	AFM-BMW	Formula 2
1951	Paul Pietsch	Veritas	Formula 2
1952	Rudi Fischer	Ferrari	Formula 2
1953	Toulo de Graffenried	Maserati	Formula 2
1954	Karl-Günther Bechem	Borgward	Sports car
1955	Juan Manuel Fangio	Mercedes-Benz	Sports car
1956	Walter Shock	Mercedes-Benz	GT
1957	Heini Walter	Porsche	GT
1958	Wolfgang Seidel	Ferrari	GT
1959	Wolfgang von Trips	Stanguellini-Fiat	Formula Junior
1960	Dennis Taylor	Lola-Ford	Formula Junior
1961	Jo Siffert	Lotus-Ford	Formula Junior
1962	Peter Warr	Lotus-Ford	Formula Junior
1963	Gerhard Mitter	Lotus-DKW	Formula Junior
1964	Jim Clark	Lotus-Ford	Formula 2, Südschleife^[3]
1965	Paul Hawkins	Alexis-Ford	Formula 2, Südschleife^[4]
1966	Jochen Rindt	Brabham-Ford	Formula 2, Südschleife^[5]
1967	Jochen Rindt	Brabham-Ford	Formula 2, Südschleife^[6]
1968	Chris Irwin	Lola-Ford	Formula 2, Südschleife^[7]
1969	Jackie Stewart	Matra-Ford	Formula 2, Nordschleife^[8]
1970	Jochen Rindt	Lotus-Ford	Formula 2, Nordschleife^[9]
1971	François Cevert	Tecno-Ford	Formula 2, Nordschleife
1972	Jochen Mass	March-Ford	Formula 2, Nordschleife
1973	Reine Wisell	GRD-Ford	Formula 2, Nordschleife
1974	No Race
1975	Jacques Laffite	Martini-BMW	Formula 2, Nordschleife
1976	Freddy Kottulinsky	Ralt-BMW	Formula 2, Nordschleife
1977	Jochen Mass	March-BMW	Formula 2, Nordschleife
1978	Alex Ribeiro	March-Hart	Formula 2, Nordschleife
1979	Marc Surer	March-BMW	Formula 2, Nordschleife
1980	Teo Fabi	March-BMW	Formula 2, Nordschleife
1981	Thierry Boutsen	March-BMW	Formula 2, Nordschleife
1982	Thierry Boutsen	Spirit-Honda	Formula 2, Nordschleife^[10]
1983	Beppe Gabbiani	March-BMW	Formula 2, shortened Nordschleife
1984	No Race
1985	Cancelled due to snow
1986	Volker Weidler	Mercedes-Benz	DTM, GP track^[11]
1987	Manuel Reuter	Ford	DTM^[12]
1988	Kurt Thiim	BMW	DTM^[13]
1988	Dany Snobeck	Mercedes-Benz	DTM^[13]
1989	Steve Soper	BMW	DTM
1989	Steve Soper	BMW	DTM
1990	Steve Soper	BMW	DTM
1990	Steve Soper	BMW	DTM
1991	Klaus Ludwig	Mercedes-Benz	DTM
1991	Klaus Ludwig	Mercedes-Benz	DTM
1992	Frank Biela	Audi	DTM
1992	Roland Asch	Mercedes-Benz	DTM
1993	Nicola Larini	Alfa Romeo	DTM
1993	Klaus Ludwig	Mercedes-Benz	DTM
1994	Klaus Ludwig	Mercedes-Benz	DTM
1994	Nicola Larini	Alfa Romeo	DTM
1995	Bernd Schneider Bernd Schneider		DTM
1996	Jörg van Ommen Manuel Reuter		DTM
1997	Laurent Aïello Laurent Aiello		STW
1998	Roland Asch Johnny Cecotto		STW
1999	Tom Kristensen Manuel Reuter		STW
2000	Manuel Reuter Manuel Reuter		DTM
2001	Laurent Aiello		DTM
2002	No Race
2003	Gianmaria Bruni	Lola T99/50-Zytek	Formula 3000
2004	Allan McNish Pierre Kaffer^[14]^[15]	Audi	LMES

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