Although the two-wheelers returned to the Norisring, from then on there were mixed races with interruptions in the following 15 years, but in 1976 the two-wheelers finally came to an end. The entire elite once again did the honors, providing pilots such as the multiple world champions Giancomo Agostini from Italy, the Briton Phil Read, Patrick Fernandez from France or another Briton, Pat Hennen, for a worthy farewell performance.