Helmut Fath

Helmut Fath
Nationality German
Motorcycle racing career statistics
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
Active years 1956 - 1969
First race 1956 Belgian Sidecar Grand Prix
Last race 1969 Belgian Grand Prix[1]
First win 1960 French Sidecar Grand Prix
Last win 1969 Belgian Sidecar Grand Prix
Team(s) BMW URS
Championships 2
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
11 N/A N/A
Helmut Fath
Nationality German
Motorcycle racing career statistics
Isle of Man TT career
TTs contested 6 (1958 - 1969)
TT wins 1
First TT win 1960 Sidecar TT
Last TT win 1960 Sidecar TT
Podiums 2

Helmut Fath (born 24 May 1929 in Ursenbach, died 19 June 1993 in 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 Rutherford to the 1971 World Sidecar Championship.[5]

References

  1. ^ http://www.motorsportstatistik.com/Rennsportstatistik-Deutschland/WM-Piloten%20Deutschland/Fath/Fath.htm
  2. ^ "Helmut Fath memorial". Find a grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=13103937. Retrieved 1 February 2011. 
  3. ^ http://www.iomtt.com/TT-Database/competitors.aspx?ride_id=1880
  4. ^ http://www.superside.com/history.php
  5. ^ http://theracingline.net/racingcircuits/racingcircuits/Netherlands/index.html

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