Paul-Ernst Straehle
Paul-Ernst Strähle (born September 20, 1927 in Schorndorf ; † October 27, 2010 there ) was a German entrepreneur and racing driver .
life and career
Paul-Ernst Strähle was the son of the aircraft pioneer and motor vehicle dealer Paul Strähle . In his parents' business he did a technical and commercial training. As a teenager, he wanted to become a mountaineer, but instead came to motorsport on his father's advice. His first competition, which he drove together with his father in a VW Beetle on April 22, 1951, was the Württemberg ADAC Gau Orientierungsfahrt.
In the further course of his career, Strähle took part in many rallies and reliability drives and won the Adria Rally in 1956, the 10 Hours of Messina in 1958, Liège – Rome – Liège in 1959 and the Marathon de la Route in 1960. In 1958, he was German rally champion . One of his early successes was a class win in a VW Beetle with a Porsche engine in the Mille Miglia in 1954 , which he drove two more times. Other stations were the 1000 km race on the Nürburgring and the Targa Florio . In 1955 he became German GT Champion in a Porsche. He drove all races with a Porsche; he had turned down an offer from Alfred Neubauer to switch to Mercedes-Benz .
In 1963, Strähle ended his career as an active racing driver in order to devote more time to his automobile trade. In 1966 he founded the “Strähle Autosport” team, which had been successful with Porsche vehicles for almost 30 years, and since 1977 he has dedicated himself to historic motorsport and in 2001 was one of the eight former racing drivers with whom Tobias Aichele, Managing Director of Solitude GmbH , founded the Solitude Revival association . Strähle Autosport drivers included Herbert Linge , Günter Steckkönig and Leopold Prince of Bavaria .
In 1977 Paul-Ernst Straehle was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit and in 2008 the Daimler Medal of the city of Schorndorf. He died in 2010 after a brief illness at the age of 83.
Straehle was a wine connoisseur who collected rarities. Four years after his death, the community of heirs had the wines, some of which were up to 80 years old, auctioned for charitable purposes.
statistics
Sebring results
year | team | vehicle | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
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1962 | Porsche System Engineering | Porsche 356 B Carrera Abarth GTL | Edgar Barth | Rank 9 |
Nürburgring results (1000 km race)
year | team | vehicle | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
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1956 | Erich Hoffmann | Porsche 356 | Paul Denk | failure | |
1957 | Paul-Ernst Straehle | Porsche 356 A Carrera | Paul Denk | Rank 24 and class win | |
1958 | Paul-Ernst Straehle | Porsche 356 A Carrera | Hans-Joachim Walter | 17th place and class win | |
1959 | Hans-Joachim Walter | Porsche 356 A Carrera | Hans-Joachim Walter | Rank 10 and class win | |
1960 | Paul-Ernst Straehle | Porsche 356 B Carrera Abarth GTL | Hans-Joachim Walter | Rank 10 and class win | |
1962 | Paul-Ernst Straehle | Porsche 356 B | Fritz Hahnl Jr. | Rank 13 | |
1963 | Paul-Ernst Straehle | Porsche 356 B Carrera Abarth GTL | Gerhard Koch | Rank 10 and class win |
Individual results in the sports car world championship
season | team | race car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14th | 15th | 16 | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th | 21st | 22nd |
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1954 | VW 1300 | BUA | SEB | MIM | LEM | RTT | CAP | |||||||||||||||||
43 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1955 | Porsche 356 | BUA | SEB | MIM | LEM | RTT | TAR | |||||||||||||||||
DNF | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1956 | Erich Hofmann | Porsche 356 | BUA | SEB | MIM | ONLY | KRI | |||||||||||||||||
23 | DNF | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1957 | Paul-Ernst Straehle | Porsche 356 | BUA | SEB | MIM | ONLY | LEM | KRI | CAR | |||||||||||||||
14th | 24 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1958 | Paul-Ernst Straehle | Porsche 356 | BUA | SEB | TAR | ONLY | LEM | RTT | ||||||||||||||||
16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1959 |
Porsche Hans-Joachim Walter |
Porsche 550 Porsche 356 |
SEB | TAR | ONLY | LEM | RTT | |||||||||||||||||
2 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1960 | Paul-Ernst Straehle | Porsche 356 | BUA | SEB | TAR | ONLY | LEM | |||||||||||||||||
6th | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1961 | Porsche | Porsche 356 | SEB | TAR | ONLY | LEM | PES | |||||||||||||||||
6th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1962 |
Porsche Scuderia Serenissima Paul-Ernst Strähle |
Porsche 356 | DAY | SEB | SEB | MAY | TAR | BER | ONLY | LEM | TAV | CCA | RTT | ONLY | BRI | BRI | PAR | |||||||
9 | DNF | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1963 | Porsche | Porsche 356 | DAY | SEB | SEB | TAR | SPA | MAY | ONLY | CON | ROS | LEM | MON | WIS | TAV | FRE | CCE | RTT | OVI | ONLY | MON | MON | TDF | BRI |
5 | 10 |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Waiblinger Kreiszeitung. On the death of Paul-Ernst Strähle . Retrieved July 26, 2016.
- ^ Oldtimer friends Tiefenbronn . Retrieved August 16, 2016.
- ↑ a b c auto-motor-und-sport.de. Obituary Paul-Ernst Straehle . Retrieved July 26, 2016.
- ↑ a b Program for the ADAC 1000 km race 1964. Page 12.
- ^ Solitude GmbH. About us . ( Memento of the original from July 27, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
- ↑ Stuttgarter Zeitung . Retrieved July 26, 2016.
- ↑ Stuttgarter Zeitung. Auction from the Strähle estate . Retrieved July 26, 2016.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Straehle, Paul-Ernst |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German racing driver |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 20, 1927 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Schorndorf |
DATE OF DEATH | October 27, 2010 |
Place of death | at Schorndorf |