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Early in November of 2023 Erich Zakowski passed away just a few days before his 90th birthday. The success story that the man from Niederzissen wrote is probably unique in German motorsport. From the first tuned Ford Escort racing version in 1968 to his own Formula 1 car in 1985, there were racing cars that characterised their time. The 2-litre Zakspeed Ford Escort had dominated the 1976 DRM season, but lost out to the BMW 320 in 1977. By the start of the 1978 season at the latest, it was clear that a turbo was also needed in the small Division 2 to be among the front runners. But Zakspeed’s new Gr. 5 Turbo Capri appeared only late in the season.
As BMW’s new superfast 1.5-litre turbocharged engines were blowing in rows after just a few laps at the beginning of the year, the old naturally aspirated engines were busy collecting points. Armin Hahne regularly finished fourth in the now outdated Mampe Ford Escort and even came second in the third-to-last race in Zolder ahead of Hans Heyer in the new Turbo Capri. As a reward, Zakspeed also installed a 1.5-litre turbo in the Escort for the Norisring city circuit. Hahne thanked them with second place behind the eventual champion Harald Ertl in the BMW 320 Turbo. With this final turbo boost, the Ford Escort was retired as a works car.