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|name = Helmut Fath
|nationality = [[Germany|German]]
|nationality = {{flagicon|GER}} [[Germany|German]]
|GP Active years = [[1956 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1956]] - [[1969 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1969]]
|GP Active years = [[1956 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1956]] - [[1969 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1969]]
|GP Teams = [[BMW Motorrad|BMW]] URS
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|GP Last win = [[1969 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1969]] [[Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix|Belgian Sidecar Grand Prix]]
|GP Last win = [[1969 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1969]] [[Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix|Belgian Sidecar Grand Prix]]
|GP Last race = [[1969 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1969]] [[Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix|Belgian Grand Prix]]<ref>http://www.motorsportstatistik.com/Rennsportstatistik-Deutschland/WM-Piloten%20Deutschland/Fath/Fath.htm</ref>
|GP Last race = [[1969 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1969]] [[Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix|Belgian Grand Prix]]<ref>http://www.motorsportstatistik.com/Rennsportstatistik-Deutschland/WM-Piloten%20Deutschland/Fath/Fath.htm</ref>
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| TT Contested = 6 ([[1958 Isle of Man TT|1958]] - [[1969 Isle of Man TT|1969]])
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'''Helmut Fath''' (born 24 May 1929 in [[Ursenbach]], died 19 June 1993 in [[Heidelberg]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Helmut Fath memorial|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=13103937|publisher=Find a grave|accessdate=1 February 2011}}</ref> ), was a [[Germans|German]] [[sidecar]] racer and engineer. He won the [[Sidecar World Championship]] in 1960 and 1968.<ref>http://www.iomtt.com/TT-Database/competitors.aspx?ride_id=1880</ref> His early racing was on [[BMW R50]] sidecars with a chassis of his own design, but after a bad accident in 1961 took time off only to return with his own design URS four-cylinder machine and win the title in 1968.<ref>http://www.superside.com/history.php</ref> The URS engine was also used in solo competition as well as powering Horst Owesle/Peter Rutherford to the 1971 World Sidecar Championship.<ref>http://theracingline.net/racingcircuits/racingcircuits/Netherlands/index.html</ref>
'''Helmut Fath''' (born 24 May 1929 in [[Ursenbach]], died 19 June 1993 in [[Heidelberg]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Helmut Fath memorial|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=13103937|publisher=Find a grave|accessdate=1 February 2011}}</ref> ), was a [[Germans|German]] [[sidecar]] racer and engineer. He won the [[Sidecar World Championship]] in 1960 and 1968.<ref>http://www.iomtt.com/TT-Database/competitors.aspx?ride_id=1880</ref> His early racing was on [[BMW R50]] sidecars with a chassis of his own design, but after a bad accident in 1961 took time off only to return with his own design URS four-cylinder machine and win the title in 1968.<ref>http://www.superside.com/history.php</ref> The URS engine was also used in solo competition as well as powering Horst Owesle/Peter Rutherford to the 1971 World Sidecar Championship.<ref>http://theracingline.net/racingcircuits/racingcircuits/Netherlands/index.html</ref>


Revision as of 21:33, 26 January 2012

Helmut Fath
NationalityGermany German
Motorcycle racing career statistics
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
Active years1956 - 1969
First race1956 Belgian Sidecar Grand Prix
Last race1969 Belgian Grand Prix[1]
First win1960 French Sidecar Grand Prix
Last win1969 Belgian Sidecar Grand Prix
Team(s)BMW URS
Championships2
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
11 N/A N/A
Isle of Man TT career
TTs contested6 (1958 - 1969)
TT wins1
First TT win1960 Sidecar TT
Last TT win1960 Sidecar TT
TT podiums2

Helmut Fath (born 24 May 1929 in Ursenbach, died 19 June 1993 in Heidelberg[2] ), was a German sidecar racer and engineer. He won the Sidecar World Championship in 1960 and 1968.[3] His early racing was on BMW R50 sidecars with a chassis of his own design, but after a bad accident in 1961 took time off only to return with his own design URS four-cylinder machine and win the title in 1968.[4] The URS engine was also used in solo competition as well as powering Horst Owesle/Peter Rutherford to the 1971 World Sidecar Championship.[5]

References

  1. ^ http://www.motorsportstatistik.com/Rennsportstatistik-Deutschland/WM-Piloten%20Deutschland/Fath/Fath.htm
  2. ^ "Helmut Fath memorial". Find a grave. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
  3. ^ http://www.iomtt.com/TT-Database/competitors.aspx?ride_id=1880
  4. ^ http://www.superside.com/history.php
  5. ^ http://theracingline.net/racingcircuits/racingcircuits/Netherlands/index.html

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