Hans Heyer

Born	(1943-03-16) 16 March 1943 (age 69)
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	German
Active years	1977
Teams	ATS
Races	1 (no legal starts)
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Career points	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First race	1977 German Grand Prix
Last race	1977 German Grand Prix

Hans Heyer (born March 16, 1943 in Mönchengladbach, Germany) is a racing driver from Wegberg, the site of the Grenzlandring, a former high speed race track oval. He mainly raced touring cars, being popular with the fans for his rather funny style.

Hans Heyer driving a Ford Capri at the Nürburgring in 1973.

Heyer driving a Ford Escort in 1974.

Very unusual for his Western German origin, Heyer's sign is his so-called Tirolerhut, a hat from Tyrol or Bavaria which would fit better to drivers from these Alpine regions, like Hans-Joachim Stuck or Niki Lauda.

Living close to the Netherlands and not yet allowed to race in Germany at the age of 16, he started his career there in 1959 with Karts and won the 1962 Dutch Championship.

For many years, Heyer was associated with Zakspeed, racing their Group 2 Ford Escorts in the European Touring Car Championship (champion 1974) and the Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft (champion 1975 and 1976). Heyer attempted two European F2 races in 1976, finishing sixth at Hockenheim, but non-qualifying the race after.

In 1980 he won the DRM again, this time for Lancia in a Group 5 Lancia Monte Carlo Turbo, a car he also helped developing. He crashed his 480 hp car badly at the Norisring in Nuremberg, rolling several times. He escaped unhurt, but returned immediately to the wreck to recover his famous hat. In the following medical exam, the doctor was said to have been more nervous than Hans was.

Heyer was also successful in sportscar racing, winning the 1984 12 Hours of Sebring in a Porsche 935.

In his single attempt at Formula One, he entered the 1977 German Grand Prix on July 31, 1977 with the second Penske car of the new German team ATS. With little experience in single seaters and a bad car, he did not qualify. This did not stop him from racing, however; as he was well known with the marshals at Hockenheim, they looked the other way when he put his car at the end of the starting grid and joined the race anyway, to the surprise of everyone. His Formula One career didn't last long, though, for after 10 laps the car's gearbox broke down, and he was disqualified from this race, as well as disqualified from starting the next. But Heyer had his 15 minutes of fame – as well as one more story to tell.

Heyer retired in 1989 after 999 races in 30 years.

In 2004, Volkswagen director Kris Nissen found out about the number and invited Hans Heyer (and his hat) to drive his 1000th race in the ADAC Volkswagen Polo Cup at the Norisring against youngsters.

His son Kenneth Heyer is also a racing driver, currently involved in the ADAC GT Masters series driving a Ford GT for the Swiss Matech team.

Complete Formula One results[link]

(key)

* Started illegally after failing to qualify.

External links[link]

• Hans Heyer Website
• Website with Results
• Profile on F1 Rejects

Jürgen Barth 2010, enjoying a Chinese meal in Zhuhai, China.

Jürgen Barth 1980, driving a Porsche 908 at the Nürburgring

Jürgen Barth (born December 10, 1947 in Thum, Saxony) is a German engineer and a former racecar driver. He is the son of Formula One driver and sports car racer Edgar Barth.

Barth started out as an engineer but became one of the most successful drivers in sports car racing. He won the Le Mans 24 Hours in 1977 in a Porsche 936, with Jacky Ickx and Hurley Haywood, and in 1980 he won the 1000km Nürburgring with Rolf Stommelen.

Barth is co-author of the book about Porsche's racing history, Das große Buch der Porschetypen, and later would help in the creation of the BPR Global GT Series.

Jürgen Barth at Le Mans[link]

• 1971: Porsche 911 S − with René Mazzia (8th)
• 1972: Porsche 911 S − with Sylvain Garant and Michael Keyser (13th)
• 1973: Porsche Carrera RSR − with Georg Loos (10th)
• 1974: Porsche Carrera RSR − with Franz Pesch (not finished, engine failure)
• 1975: Porsche 908/03 − with Reinhold Jöst and Mario Casoni (4th)
• 1976: Porsche 936 Spider − with Reinhold Jöst and Mario Casoni (not finished, engine failure)
• 1977: Porsche 936/77 − with Jacky Ickx and Hurley Haywood (1st)^[1]
• 1978: Porsche 936/78 − mit Jacky Ickx und Bob Wollek (2nd)^[2]
• 1979: Porsche 936 − with Jacky Ickx and Brian Redman (disqualified)
• 1980: Porsche 924 Carrera Turbo − with Manfred Schurti (6th)
• 1981: Porsche 924 Carrera GTP 944 LM − with Walter Röhrl (7th)
• 1982: Porsche 956 − with Hurley Haywood and Al Holbert (3rd)^[3]
• 1993: Porsche Carrera RSR − with Joël Gouhier and Dominique Dupuy (15th)

References[link]

Harald Grohs (born 1944) is a race driver and team owner from Essen, Germany.

Grohs took part in more than 50 24 Hours endurance racing races, mainly 24 Hours of Le Mans and 24 Hours Nürburgring.

Career as driver[link]

• 1973 first races in a Porsche 911, four wins, invited to race BMW for Team Faltz
• 1974 German Renault 5 Cup, 6 wins, 2nd in championship
• 1975 Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft (DRM) for BMW for Team Faltz, first wins, but also a bad crash on the Nürburgring, wins 9 Hours of Kyalami with Jody Scheckter

• 1976 International races for BMW, with Hans Joachim Stuck, Ronnie Peterson, Gunnar Nilsson, Jody Scheckter, 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-Group 5-spec BMW 320, against the "BMW-Junior-Teams"

• 1978 Worst crash of his career, rolling seven times on the Nürburgring Nordschleife, escaping inijured, but shocked

• 1997 retires from Porsche Cup and other circuit racing, except occasional starts on the old Nürburgring

• 1999 Another entry in the 24 Hours of Nürburgring, his 50th "marathon" overall

Career as team owner[link]

• 1997 Grohs Motorsport founded

External links[link]

• http://www.grohs-motorsport.de/web/index.html

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Gary Wilkinson

Born	(1966-04-07) April 7, 1966 (age 46)
Sport country	England
Professional	1987 – Present
Highest ranking	5 (1991/1992)
Highest break	139 (1991)[clarification needed]
Tournament wins
Non-ranking	1

Gary Wilkinson (born April 7, 1966) is an English professional snooker player.

Career[link]

Wilkinson turned professional in 1987, and climbed the rankings to reach the no. 5 spot in the world within four seasons.^[1] He failed to sustain these results and has never won a ranking tournament, losing in the final of the 1991 British Open and the 1992 Scottish Masters as well as four semi-finals. He spent a decade in the top 32, but without reaching a ranking semi-final after 1992. He has made ten appearances in the World Championship, meaning that he has come through qualifying eight times, a record only bettered by John Parrott. His best runs were to the quarter-finals in 1991 and 1995. After dropping off the main tour he played in the PIOS whilst aldo working as a tournament assistant for World Snooker. Wilkinson did capture one major title, however when he became the World Matchplay Champion for 1992.^[2]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Gary Wilkinson at CueTracker.net: Snooker Results and Statistic Database

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