Harald Grohs (born 1944) is a race driver and team owner from

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. Grohs took part in more than 50 24 Hours endurance racing races, mainly

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and

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Career as driver

*1973 first races in a

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, four wins, invited to race BMW for Team Faltz *1974 German

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Cup, 6 wins, 2nd in championship *1975

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(DRM) for BMW for Team Faltz, first wins, but also a bad crash on the

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, wins 9 Hours of Kyalami with

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*1976 International races for BMW, with

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Ronnie Peterson Bengt Ronnie Peterson (; 14 February 1944 – 11 September 1978) was a Swedish racing driver. Known by the nickname 'SuperSwede', he was a two-time runner-up in the Formula One World Drivers' Championship. Peterson began his motor racing car ...

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, John Fitzpatrick. "''Only Stuck and Petersson were a little faster, but partnered with Petersson, we could never finish a race.''" *1977 National DRM races with an FIA-

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-spec

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, against the "BMW-Junior-Teams" *1978 Worst crash of his career, rolling seven times on the

Nordschleife, escaping injured, but shocked *1997 retires from

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and other circuit racing, except occasional starts on the old

*1999 Another entry in the

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, his 50th "marathon" overall

Career as team owner

*1997 ''Grohs Motorsport'' founded

Racing record

Complete World Sportscar Championship results

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) ;Footnotes:

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Complete European Formula Two Championship results

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft results

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

Complete Super Tourenwagen Cup results

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

References

External links

* https://web.archive.org/web/20051227103043/http://www.grohs-motorsport.de/web/index.html {{DEFAULTSORT:Grohs, Harald 1944 births Living people German racing drivers 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers 24 Hours of Daytona drivers Racing drivers from North Rhine-Westphalia Porsche Supercup drivers World Sportscar Championship drivers Long Distance Series drivers Nürburgring 24 Hours drivers BMW M drivers Team Joest drivers