Rallycross History

FIA European Rallycross Cup for Drivers 1978

Final standings after 9 of 9 rounds

Overall

Pos	Nation	Driver	Car										Total
1		Martin Schanche	TC Ford Escort RS 1800 BDA	6	15	15	0	20	20	20	20	15	131
2		Andy Bentza	GT Lancia Stratos HF 3.0	12	5	20	15	0	12	20	20	10	114
3		Åke Andersson	GT Porsche Carrera 3.0	10	10	10	10	0	10	15	15		80
4		Stig Emilsson	TC VW 1303 S Turbo	8	2	12	--	12	8	10	0	20	72
5		Jos Fassbender	GT Renault-Alpine A310 V6	15	6	3	1	0	1	8	8	15	57
6		Piet Kruythof	GT Renault-Alpine A110 1.8					20		2	12	20	54
7		Piet Dam	TC BMW 320 2.0	10	6	4	--	0	10	12	2	10	54
8		Per-Inge Walfridsson	TC Volvo 343 Turbo			6	20	10		15			51
9		Antero Laine	TC SAAB 96 V4 2.0	2	20		15			6		8	51
10		Johnny Lindahl	GT Porsche Carrera 3.0			8	4	15	6			6	39
11		Jochi Kleint	TC VW Golf GTI 1.6	12	3		10	2				12	39
12		Rolf Nilsson	GT Porsche Carrera 3.2			15		8	15				38
13		Franz Wurz	TC Fiat Abarth 131 mirafiori	4			4	15	12	2			37
14		Martti Kangas	GT Porsche Carrera 3.0		2	6	2	6	8		10	1	37
15		John Welch	TC Ford Escort RS 1800 BDA					8	15		12		35
16		Lars Nyström	TC VW 1303 S Turbo	20	8	2	3						33
17		Heinz Bubetz	GT Porsche Carrera 3.0	20	4		0	1		6			31
18		Cees Kruythof	GT Renault-Alpine A310 1.9					12	3	3		12	30
19		Per Engseth	TC Volvo 343 Turbo	3	12	3	6			4			28
20		Herbert Grünsteidl	TC VW Golf GTI 2.0	15	4							6	25
21		Einar Sande	GT Porsche Carrera 3.2	3	7.5		0				6	8	24.5
22		Olle Arnesson	GT Porsche Carrera 3.5				20	2	2				24
23		Anders Hultqvist	TC VW 1303 S Turbo			20							20
23		Wout Couwenberg	GT Porsche Carrera 3.2						20				20
25		Kees Hendriks	TC Ford Escort RS 1800 BDA						6		8	2	16
26		John Taylor	TC Ford Escort RS 1800 BDA								15		15
27		Per Eklund	GT Porsche Carrera 3.0			2	12						14
28		Wil Teurlings	TC VW Golf GTI 1.9	1				4		8	1		14
29		John Smith	TC Ford Escort RS 1800 BDA					6	2		6		14
30		Hubert Katzian	TC VW Golf GTI 2.0		1		12						13
31		Trevor Hopkins	TC Ford Escort RS 1800 BDA							3	10		13
32		Börje Carlsson	GT Porsche Carrera 3.0			12							12
32		Bruno Saby	GT Renault-Alpine A110 1.6							12			12
34		Cor Langel	GT Porsche Carrera 3.0					10			2		12
35		Arne Stenshorne	GT Porsche Carrera 3.0	6	1.5	1		3					11.5
36		Herbert Breiteneder	TC VW 1302 S 2.0		10								10
36		Stig Blomqvist	TC SAAB 99 Turbo			10							10
36		Bertrand Lenoir	GT Porsche Carrera 2.7							10			10
39		Göran Lundgren	GT Porsche Carrera 3.0	8									8
39		Björn Waldegård	TC Ford Escort RS 1800 BDA			8							8
39		Matti Kallio	TC Ford Escort RS 1800 BDA				8						8
39		Esa Ekroos	GT Porsche Carrera 2.8				8						8
43		André Albers	GT Porsche 911 Turbo		3							4	7
44		Timo Mäkelä	GT Renault-Alpine A110 1.8				6						6
45		Rik Van Mechgelen	GT Porsche Carrera 3.0	4								2	6
46		François Monten	TC VW 1303 S 2.0					3				3	6
47		Sune Jansson	GT Porsche Carrera 3.0			4	0						4
47		Fons Peeters	GT Renault-Alpine A310 1.8					4					4
47		Wim Van Herck	TC Ford Escort RS 1800 BDA						4				4
47		Luc Noyen	GT Renault-Alpine A110 1.8						4				4
47		Raymond Touroul	GT Porsche Carrera 3.0							4			4
47		Bruce Rushton	TC Ford Escort RS 1800 BDA								4		4
47		Paul Northall	GT Triumph TR7 2.0								4		4
47		Jan Lammers	TC VW Golf GTI 2.0									4	4
55		Stig Dahlman	GT Porsche Carrera 3.0				3						3
55		Jan de Rooy	TC Toyota Corolla 2.0						3				3
55		Rod Chapman	TC Ford Escort RS 1800 BDA								3		3
55		John Greasley	GT Porsche Carrera 3.3								3		3
55		Bent Sørensen	GT Porsche Carrera 3.3									3	3
60		Bart Luijbregts	GT Porsche Carrera 3.2	2									2
60		Timo Virtanen	TC VW 1302 S 2.0				2						2
62		Tinus Korevaar	TC BMW 320 2.0						1			1	2
63		Günther Roschko	GT Porsche 911 S 2.0	1									1
63		Giorgio Berutti	GT Fiat 124 Abarth		1								1
63		Bert Andersson	TC VW 1303 S Turbo			1							1
63		Antero Nikkinen	TC VW 1300 Custom 2.0				1						1
63		Pierrot Moens	TC VW Golf GTI 1.8					1					1
63		Göran Johansson	TC SAAB 99 Turbo							1			1
63		Philippe Wambergue	GT Renault-Alpine A310 V6							1			1
63		Harry Theunis	GT Renault-Alpine A110 1.8								1		1
71		Osvaldo Galatini	GT Lancia Fulvia HF 1600		0.5								0.5

1978 was an exceptional year for the ERC. Although the series was run for the first time with two different Divisions (TC = Touring Car Division and GT = GT Division), the FIA awarded just one European Cup, to the highest placed driver of both categories. Therefore, it was Martin Schanche who claimed his first European title, while Andy Bentza officially became his runner-up. However, the ERC round organisers kept two different standings, one for each Division, and inside the Rallycross scene Andy Bentza is rated as the 1978 European Champion of the GT category ever since.

Round 1 - March 19, 1978 - Leruring - Melk - Austria
Round 2 - April 23, 1978 - Rallypista Santo Spirito - Gropello-Cairoli - Italy
Round 3 - May 21, 1978 - Ring Knutstorp - Kågeröd - Sweden
Round 4 - May 28, 1978 - Keimolan Moottoristadion - Vantaa - Finland
Round 5 - June 25, 1978 - Duivelsbergcircuit - Maasmechelen - Belgium
Round 6 - August 20, 1978 - Eurocircuit - Valkenswaard - Netherlands
Round 7 - September 3, 1978 - Circuit de Lohéac - Lohéac - France
Round 8 - September 9, 1978 - Lydden Circuit - Wootton - Great Britain
Round 9 - October 1, 1978 - Estering - Buxtehude - Germany

Points allocation for each Division

Place	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Points	20	15	12	10	8	6	4	3	2	1

Half points if less than 15 starters in a Division!

The scores of all 9 rounds to count!

Data: Eddi Laumanns
Tables: Eddi Laumanns and Frank Van Rooy
Final Editing: Frank Van Rooy

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