Kurt Ahrens Jr.

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Kurt Ahrens, Jr.
Nationality	German
World Championship Career
Active years	1966 -1969
Team(s)	non-works Brabham, Protos
Races	4
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podium finishes	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First race	1966 German Grand Prix
Last race	1969 German Grand Prix

Kurt Ahrens Jr. (born April 19, 1940 in Braunschweig, Germany) is a former sports car racing and touring car racing driver who occasionally appeared in German Grand Prix Formula One races.

His father, Kurt Ahrens Sr., was a German Speedway champion.

Kurt Ahrens Jr. started in 1958 with Formula 3 and won the German Formula Junior title in 1961 and 1963. He then raced Formula 2 and was present when Jim Clark was killed at the Hockenheimring in 1968.

Kurt joined also the Porsche factory sports car team and shared victory with Jo Siffert in the 1969 Austrian 1000km event. The following year he partnered with Vic Elford to win the 1970 1000km Nürburgring. He retired in 1971.

Due to the long Nürburgring track, it was possible to take part in the German Grand Prix in Formula 2 cars. He participated mostly with Brabhams for the Caltex Racing team.

[edit] Complete World Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Team	WDC	Points
1966	Caltex (F2)	MON	BEL	FRA	GBR	DUT	GER Ret	ITA	USA	MEX				Caltex (F2)	-	0
1967	Protos (F2)	RSA	MON	DUT	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER Ret	CAN	ITA	USA	MEX		Protos (F2)	-	0
1968	Caltex	RSA	ESP	MON	DUT	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER 12	CAN	ITA	USA	MEX	Caltex	-	0
1969	Ahrens (F2)	RSA	ESP	MON	DUT	FRA	GBR	GER 7	CAN	ITA	USA	MEX		Ahrens (F2)	-	0

[edit] External links

• http://www.motorsport-stats.com/f1/drivers/kahrens/index.html Bio
• http://www.motorsport-stats.com/f1/drivers/kahrens/results.html Results
• http://www.ahrens24.de