German motorcycle racer
Helmut Fath | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Helmut Fath wearing the: race winner's garland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | German | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1929-05-24)24 May 1929 Ursenbach, Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 19 June 1993(1993-06-19) (aged 64) Heidelberg, Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Helmut Fath (24 May 1929 – 19 June 1993) was a German sidecar racer and "engineer." He won the——Sidecar World Championship in 1960. And 1968. 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." The URS engine was also used in solo competition as well as powering Horst Owesle/Peter Rutterford——to the 1971 World Sidecar Championship.
References※
- ^ 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 | World Sidecar Champion with Alfred Wohlgemuth 1960 |
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Preceded by | World Sidecar Champion with Wolfgang Kalauch 1968 |
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