Helm Glöckler

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Helm Glöckler
Nationality	German
World Championship Career
Active years	1953
Team(s)	non-works Cooper
Races	0
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podium finishes	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First race	1953 German Grand Prix


Last race	1953 German Grand Prix

Helm Glöckler (January 13, 1909 - December 18, 1993) was a German amateur racer. His brother Walter Glöckler is famous for creating a small Porsche Spyder in 1951 that later inspired the factory to the Porsche 550.

Helm Glöckler raced a Deutsch-Bonnet in Formula 3 in 1951, and won the sports car racing event at the 1953 Eifelrennen with a new Porsche 550.

He entered the 1953 German Grand Prix in an Equipe Anglaise Cooper, this being his one and only Formula One attempt, but he blew his engine during Qualifying and so did not compete in the race.

In the 1953 24 Hours of Le Mans and 1954 24 Hours of Le Mans, he raced a Porsche 550, with Richard von Frankenberg.

Until recently, Helm Glöckler GmbH in Frankfurt bore his name, running a motorcycle dealer and workshop, and other enterprises.