Heinz Melkus
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Heinz Melkus (born April 20, 1928 in Dresden, died September 5, 2005 in Dresden) was an East-German race car driver and constructor of sport cars.
He founded the company Melkus to produce race and sport cars, his Wartburg based Melkus RS 1000 was with 101 build units the most successful one.
His sons, Peter and Sepp Melkus have resumed to build sports cars in 2006.
[edit] Track record
- 1958 German champion in Formula 3 up to 500 cc
- 1960 East German champion in Formula Junior up to 1000 cc
- 1967, 1968, 1972 East German champion in Formel 3/Class C 9/Class B 8/ E up to 1300 cc
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