Helmut Fath
German motorcycle racer
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| Nationality | German | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1929-05-24)24 May 1929 Ursenbach, Germany[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 19 June 1993(1993-06-19) (aged 64) Heidelberg, Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Helmut Fath (24 May 1929 – 19 June 1993)[1] 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. After a bad accident in 1961, he took time off and returned with his own design URS four-cylinder machine to 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
- ^ a b Motorrad-Marken
- ^ "Helmut Fath". Motorsportstatistik.com. Archived from the original on 8 June 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
- ^ "Helmut Fath - Competitors - The official Isle of Man TT website". Iomtt.com. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
- ^ "FIM Sidecar World Championships". Superside.com. 2009. Archived from the original on 31 January 2009. Retrieved 31 January 2009.
- ^ "Motor Racing Circuits Database". Theracingline.net. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
External links
- http://www.classic-motorrad.de/v25/stories/166-2010-fath-denkmal-ursenbach
- http://www.classic-motorrad.de/galerie/displayimage.php?album=84&pos=65
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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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1949 Oliver - Jenkinson | 1966 Scheidegger - Robinson | 1980 Taylor - Johansson | 1995 Dixon - Hetherington | 2011 Päivärinta - Hänni |
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