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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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. -
Josef Peters 1914 - 2001
Drove a Veritas-BMW in the early 1950s and retired from his only World Championship outing in the 1952 German Grand Prix at the Nurburgring. -
Bernd Nacke 1921
German racing driver who raced in the German Grand Prix in 1952 and 1953. Had some success with BMW and Borgward in sports cars. He retired in 1954 after crashing heavily in the Carrera Panamericana. -
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. -
Hans Klenk 1919 - 2009
Raced an ex-Karl Kling Veritas in the 1952 German Grand Prix. Driving with Kling in a Mercedes they took second in the Mille Miglia, then won the Carrera Panamericana.