July 4, 1972

Rolf Stommelen exits the hairpin in his Eifelland-March 721

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July 4, 1972

Helmut Marko leads Tim Schenken before retiring with serious damage to his left eye after a stone smashed his visor

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July 2, 1972

Helmut Marko was blinded in one eye at Clermont Ferrand

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