KEEPING THE SPIRIT ALIVE SINCE 1999
Kurt Adolff
5/11/1921
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Adolff had enjoyed competition on home soil driving Mercedes 170 saloons along with Fritz Riess and Karl Kling. But his performances with the 2-litre Veritas RS sports between 1950 and 1952 brought him to the fore, his results including two third places at the Nurburgring.
In 1953 Kurt joined Ecurie Espadon, handling Swiss driver Rudi Fischer's Ferrari. After bringing it into a distant fourth place in the Eifelrennen, he retired the same car in that year's Grand Prix.
Adolff subsequently competed in hill-climbs with a Jaguar.
(c) 'Who is Who' by Steve Small, 2000
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Harry Merkel 1918 - 1995
Harry Merkel tried but failed to qualify Willi Krakau's BMW Eigenbau in the 1952 German Grand Prix. He also competed in sports car racing and hill climbs. -
Erwin Bauer 1912 - 1958
Formula One driver for the Veritas team who died in the 1958 ADAC 1000 because he failed to notice the chequered flag and continued at racing pace. Coming across a slower car, his Ferrari slid wide and crashed into trees. -
Ludwig Fischer 1917 - 1991
Ludwig Fischer raced mainly in German Formula 2 during the 1950s and early 1960s,. He also competed in hillclimbing and Formula Junior. -
Theo Helfrich 1913 - 1978
Helfrich contested the 1952, 53 and 54 German Grands Prix. He took second at Le Mans in 1952 with Helmut Niedermayr. -
Helmut Niedermayr 1915 - 1985
Niedermayr drove an AFM-BMW in the 1952 German Grand Prix at the Nurburgring. That year he finished second at le Mans in a Mercedes-Benz 300SL with Theo Helfrich. Later that summer he crashed into the crowd at the Grenzlandring killing 14 spectators and injuring 40 more.