- Harald Grohs
Harald Grohs (born 1944) is a race driver and team owner from
Essen ,Germany .Grohs took part in more than 50 24 Hours
endurance racing races, mainly24 Hours of Le Mans and24 Hours Nürburgring .Career as driver
*1973 first races in a
Porsche 911 , four wins, invited to raceBMW for Team Faltz
*1974 GermanRenault 5 Cup, 6 wins, 2nd in championship
*1975Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft (DRM) forBMW for Team Faltz, first wins, but also a bad crash on theNürburgring , wins9 Hours of Kyalami withJody Scheckter *1976 International races for BMW, with
Hans Joachim Stuck ,Ronnie Peterson ,Gunnar Nilsson ,Jody Scheckter ,John Fitzpatrick . "Only Stuck and Petersson were a little faster, but partnered with Petersson, we could never finish a race."*1977 National DRM races with an FIA-Group 5-spec BMW 320, against the "BMW-Junior-Teams"
*1978 Worst crash of his career, rolling seven times on the
Nürburgring Nordschleife, escaping inijured, but shocked*1997 retires from
Porsche Cup and other circuit racing, except occasional starts on the oldNürburgring *1999 Another entry in the
24 Hours of Nürburgring , his 50th "marathon" overallCareer as team owner
*1997 "Grohs Motorsport" founded
External links
* http://www.grohs-motorsport.de/web/index.html
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