Harald Grohs
German racing driver (born 1944)
Harald Grohs (born 1944) is a racing 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.
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Career as driver
- 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 injured, but shocked
- 1997 retires from Porsche Carrera 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
- 1997 Grohs Motorsport founded
Racing record
Complete World Sportscar Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
- Footnotes
- ^ a b c d No drivers' Championship.
- ^ a b In 1976 and 1977 the World Championship was divided into two series that ran simultaneously but separately: The World Sportscar Championship and the World Championship for Makes.
Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results
Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
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1976 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | BMW 3.5 CSL | Gr.5 | 299 | 10th | 4th |
1979 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Porsche 935 | Gr.5 +2.5 | 196 | DNF | DNF |
1980 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Porsche 935 | Gr.5 | 312 | 8th | 1st |
1981 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Porsche 935-K2 | Gr.5 | 320 | 10th | 3rd |
1982 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Porsche 935J | Gr.5 | - | DNS | DNS |
1983 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Sehcar C830-Porsche | C | - | DNS | DNS |
1985 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | BMW M1 | B | 32 | DNF | DNF |
1988 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Porsche 962C | C1 | 371 | 8th | 8th |
1989 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Porsche 962C | C1 | 78 | DNF | DNF |
1990 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Porsche 962C | C1 | 140 | DNF | DNF |
1993 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Porsche 964 Carrera 2 | GT | 8 | DNF | DNF |
1998 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Porsche 911 GT2 | GT2 | 164 | DNF | DNF |
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Complete European Formula Two Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pos. | Pts |
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1980 | URD Rennwagenbau | March 792 | Hart | THR | HOC Ret | NÜR | VAL | PAU | SIL | ZOL | MUG | ZAN | PER | MIS | HOC | NC | 0 |
Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | Pos. | Pts |
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1984 | Valier Motorsport | BMW 635 CSi | ZOL 1 | HOC DSQ | AVU 7 | AVU Ret | MFA 2 | WUN 2 | NÜR Ret | NÜR 2 | NOR 18 | NÜR 1 | DIE 1 | HOC Ret | HOC DNS | ZOL 1 | NÜR 8 | 3rd | 147 | |||||||||
1985 | Vogelsang Automobil Motorsport | BMW 635 CSi | ZOL 1 | WUN 8 | AVU 18 | MFA 4 | ERD 7 | ERD 7 | DIE 3 | DIE 11 | ZOL Ret | SIE 12 | NÜR 2 | 3rd | 96 | |||||||||||||
1986 | Ford Rennsport HWRT | Ford Sierra XR4 TI | ZOL Ret | HOC | NÜR Ret | AVU Ret | MFA | WUN Ret | NÜR | ZOL 12 | NÜR | 33rd | 7 | |||||||||||||||
1987 | Valier Motorsport | BMW M3 | HOC 1 | ZOL Ret | NÜR 3 | AVU 3 | MFA 4 | NOR Ret | NÜR Ret | WUN 1 | DIE 4 | SAL Ret | 5th | 102 | ||||||||||||||
1988 | Valier Motorsport | BMW M3 | ZOL 1 4 | ZOL 2 20 | HOC 1 3 | HOC 2 3 | NÜR 1 9 | NÜR 2 10 | BRN 1 21 | BRN 2 Ret | AVU 1 2 | AVU 2 3 | MFA 1 11 | MFA 2 13 | NÜR 1 Ret | NÜR 2 5 | NOR 1 7 | NOR 2 8 | WUN 1 11 | WUN 2 18 | SAL 1 C | SAL 2 C | HUN 1 Ret | HUN 2 Ret | HOC 1 17 | HOC 2 21 | 10th | 162 |
1989 | Valier Motorsport | BMW M3 Evo | ZOL 1 | ZOL 2 | HOC 1 18 | HOC 2 12 | NÜR 1 | NÜR 2 | MFA 1 16 | MFA 2 19 | AVU 1 11 | AVU 2 Ret | NÜR 1 14 | NÜR 2 14 | NOR 1 DNQ | NOR 2 DNQ | HOC 1 DNQ | HOC 2 DNQ | DIE 1 16 | DIE 2 8 | NÜR 1 Ret | NÜR 2 DNS | HOC 1 Ret | HOC 2 DNS | 22nd | 43 | ||
1990 | Valier Motorsport | BMW M3 Evo | ZOL 1 20 | ZOL 2 Ret | HOC 1 | HOC 2 | NÜR 1 10 | NÜR 2 Ret | AVU 1 | AVU 2 | MFA 1 | MFA 2 | WUN 1 | WUN 2 | NÜR 1 | NÜR 2 | NOR 1 20 | NOR 2 Ret | DIE 1 Ret | DIE 2 DNS | NÜR 1 | NÜR 2 | 33rd | 1 | ||||
BMW M3 Sport Evo | HOC 1 21 | HOC 2 Ret |
Complete Super Tourenwagen Cup results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Pos. | Pts |
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1995 | BMW Team Isert | BMW 318is | ZOL 1 19 | ZOL 2 8 | SPA 1 8 | SPA 2 8 | ÖST 1 18 | ÖST 2 11 | HOC 1 Ret | HOC 2 DNS | NÜR 1 19 | NÜR 2 20 | SAL 1 | SAL 2 | AVU 1 | AVU 2 | NÜR 1 | NÜR 2 | 19th | 94 |
References
- ^ "All Results of Harald Grohs". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved June 20, 2018.
External links
- https://web.archive.org/web/20051227103043/http://www.grohs-motorsport.de/web/index.html
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Preceded by | Porsche Carrera Cup Germany champion 1996 | Succeeded by |