Helmut Fath
| Helmut Fath | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Helmut Fath wearing the race winner's garland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | German | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
24 May 1929 Ursenbach, Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died |
19 June 1993 (aged 64) Heidelberg, Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Helmut Fath (24 May 1929, Ursenbach – 19 June 1993, Heidelberg)[2] was a German sidecar racer and engineer. He won the Sidecar World Championship in 1960 and 1968.[3] His early racing was on BMW R50 sidecars with a chassis of his own design, but after a bad accident in 1961 took time off only to return with his own design URS four-cylinder machine and win the title in 1968.[4] The URS engine was also used in solo competition as well as powering Horst Owesle/Peter Rutterford to the 1971 World Sidecar Championship.[5]
References
- ↑ "Helmut Fath". Motorsportstatistik.com. Retrieved 2012-08-06.
- ↑ "Helmut Fath memorial". Find a grave. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
- ↑ "Helmut Fath - Competitors - The official Isle of Man TT website". Iomtt.com. Retrieved 2012-08-06.
- ↑ "FIM Sidecar World Championships". Superside.com. 2009. Archived from the original on 26 September 2014. Retrieved 31 January 2009.
- ↑ "Motor Racing Circuits Database". Theracingline.net. Retrieved 2012-08-06.
External links
- http://www.classic-motorrad.de/sidecar/fath/faht.html
- http://www.classic-motorrad.de/galerie/displayimage.php?album=84&pos=65
| Sporting positions | ||
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| Preceded by Walter Schneider with Hans Strauß |
World Sidecar Champion with Alfred Wohlgemuth 1960 |
Succeeded by Max Deubel with Emil Hörner |
| Preceded by Klaus Enders with Ralf Engelhardt |
World Sidecar Champion with Wolfgang Kalauch 1968 |
Succeeded by Klaus Enders with Ralf Engelhardt |
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