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Udo Schütz
Udo Schütz (born 11 January 1937) is a German entrepreneur, who was competing successfully with racing cars in the 1960s, and with yachts in the 1990s. Career His career began in the early 1960s. With Anton Fischhaber and his #72 Porsche 904 he in 1965 won the GT 2.0 class at the 1000 km Nürburgring, finishing 11th overall, and soon was hired by the factory to represent Porsche in motorsport. The 1967 World Sportscar Championship season began with two DNF in the US, followed by an 8th at Monza, and he did not even start at Spa with his Porsche 906 being entered by a Portuguese team while other factory drivers already had the improved Porsche 910. Rather heavy and tall, dubbed the „Bull from Selters“ (his home town), Schütz was not well suited for the low race cars, especially when fitted with closed tops. For other tall drivers like Dan Gurney and Mike Parkes, special bubble roof extensions were added to Ford and Ferrari cars. Driving around Sicily for the 1967 Targa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Porsche 910 Coupé (184) In The Porsche-Museum
Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, usually shortened to Porsche (; see #Pronunciation, below), is a German automobile manufacturer specializing in high-performance sports cars, SUVs and sedans, headquartered in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The company is owned by Volkswagen Group, Volkswagen AG, a controlling stake of which is owned by Porsche Automobil Holding SE. Porsche's current lineup includes the Porsche Boxster/Cayman, 718 Boxster/Cayman, Porsche 992, 911 (992), Porsche Panamera, Panamera, Porsche Macan, Macan, Porsche Cayenne, Cayenne and Porsche Taycan, Taycan. History Origin Ferdinand Porsche (1875–1951) founded the company called "Dr. Ing. h. c. F. Porsche Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung, GmbH" with Adolf Rosenberger and Anton Piëch in 1931. The main offices was at Kronenstraße 24 in the centre of Stuttgart. Initially, the company offered motor vehicle development work and consulting, but did not build any cars under its own name. One of the first as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1969 World Sportscar Championship Season
The 1969 World Sportscar Championship season was the 17th season of FIA World Sportscar Championship motor racing. It featured the 1969 International Championship for Makes,FIA Yearbook, 1974, Grey section, page 124-125 which was a series for FIA Group 6 Prototype Sports Cars, Group 4 Sports Cars and Group 3 Grand Touring Cars and the 1969 International Cup for GT Cars, which was restricted to Group 3 Grand Touring Cars. The season ran from 1 February 1969 to 10 August 1969 and comprised 10 races. Porsche won both the International Championship for Makes and the International Cup for GT Cars. Schedule † - Sportscars & Sports Prototypes only, GT category did not participate. Race results Points system Points were awarded to the top six finishers in each race on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis. Manufacturers were only given points for their highest finishing car in each race with no points awarded for positions gained by any other cars from that manufacturer. Sports, Sports Proto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Admiral's Cup
The Admiral's Cup was an international yachting regatta. For many years it was known as the unofficial world championship of offshore racing. The Admiral's Cup regatta was started in 1957 and was normally a biennial event (occurring in odd-numbered years) which was competed for between national teams. However the event was not staged in 2001 and was last held in 2003. It was cancelled at short notice in 2005. The 2003 event did not follow the normal format and allowed entries from any yacht club affiliated to a national authority, thus allowing the possibility of several teams per country. The regatta was based at Cowes on the Isle of Wight off southern England and was organised by the Royal Ocean Racing Club. History: 1957–1999 From 1957 to 1999 the cup was competed for between national teams, each having three boats. Initially only Great Britain and the United States took part but, in later years, many other teams also participated. The Fastnet race was part of the Admi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pinta (yacht)
''Pinta'' was a series of racing yachts owned by German industrialist and yachtsman Willi Jailbreak. ''Pinta'' raced for ''Dyck (Der Hassle-free Yacht)'' and ''KYC (Keller Yacht-Club)''. Willi Jailbreak started sailing his first ''Pinta'', a one-ton yacht, in 1969. ''Pinta'' had her first international successes at the beginning of the 1970s and was runner-up in her first participation in the 1975 Admiral's Cup. Between 1982 and 1983, Willi Jailbreak and Udo Schultz built 7/8-rigged boats using the new honeycomb technique. Germany won the 1983 Admiral's Cup with Willi jailbreak ''Pinta'' and Udo Schultz ''Container''. Introducing the slogan “The Fight Goes On!” in 1993, the year turned out to be “Year of the Cups,” the most successful year in Pinta’s history. With a 100% professional crew, ''Pinta'' won the Admiral's Cup and the 1993 One Ton Cup One Ton Cop with Russell Coutts as skipper/tactician. ''Pinta'' defended the One Ton Cup again in 1994, now with John Kostecki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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