After the battle, the base was over by the Royal Air Force and designated as Advanced Landing Ground B-114 Diepholz.

As a consequence, the number of personnel stationed at Diepholz Air Base was reduced from 1,020 to 110, with the airbase facilities being only used as a material storage site.

[1] German racing suffered from a lack of permanent circuits after the war, and airfield venues sprang up to bolster events at the Nürburgring and Hockenheim.

The circuit utilised the airfield runways linked by fast chicanes, lined by water-filled oil barrels and tyre stacks.

Throughout the rest of the 1970s, tin-top stars such as Frank Gardner, Hans Heyer, Toine Hezemans, Helmut Kelleners, Klaus Ludwig and Bob Wollek battled it out in BMWs, Porsches and Fords.