André Ahrlé

The Shelby Cobra 427 owned by André Ahrlé

André Ahrlé (born June 27, 1961 ) is a German entrepreneur and former racing driver .

Racing career

André Ahrlé was active in GT and sports car racing between 1993 and 2002 . His career began in 1993 in the Porsche Carrera Cup Germany . He finished the season 13th overall. In 1995 he finished ninth overall in the Porsche Supercup and made his debut at the Le Mans 24-hour race in 1996 . He drove a Porsche 911 GT2 for the French racing team Larbre Compétition . His teammates were Patrick Bourdais and Patrice Goueslard . The trio finished the race in 20th place overall. This placement meant the sixth final place in the GT2 class, which was won by Guy Martinolle , Ralf Kelleners and Bruno Eichmann (also in a Porsche 911 GT2). By the end of his career, Ahrlé had competed four times in the 24-hour race in western France. He achieved his best placement in the final classification in 1997 when he finished tenth overall with Bruno Eichmann and Andy Pilgrim . That was second place in the GT2 class.

His greatest international success was winning the GT2 class at the 1997 Daytona 24-hour race , again on a Porsche 911 GT2, this time reported by Roock Racing . Ahrlé was part of a team of four that also included Claudia Hürtgen , Patrice Goueslard and Ralf Kelleners. In the overall ranking, the quartet came fourth. Also in the 12-hour race at Sebring Ahrlé was twice at the start.

At the beginning of the 2000s he drove a few races in the FIA GT Championship and the American Le Mans Series and retired from professional racing at the end of the 2002 season.

Historic motorsport

André Ahrlé owns a Shelby Cobra 427 , built in 1965, which was used in international sports car races by Essex Wire Corporation in the 1960s . He takes the vehicle to the start at historic motorsport events.

Entrepreneur

Andre Ahrlé was a co-founder of Bonn- based Special Security Services GmbH , a company that offered security services at concerts and sporting events. In 1999 he and his partners sold it to Deutsche Entertainment AG . Ahrlé remained a minority shareholder and was managing director of the AG for many years.

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1996	Larbre Compétition	Porsche 911 GT2	Patrick Bourdais	Patrice Goueslard	Rank 20
1997	Roock Racing	Porsche 911 GT2	Andy Pilgrim	Bruno Eichmann	Rank 10
1998	Roock Racing	Porsche 911 GT2	Robert Schirle	David Warnock	Rank 22
1999	Roock Racing	Porsche 911 GT2	Claudia Huertgen	Vincent Vosse	Rank 20

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1996	Konrad Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT2 Evo	A. Hermann	Charles Mendez	F. Konrad	K. Dolejší	failure	drive shaft
1997	917 Racing Team	Porsche 911 GT3 RS	Hervé Clément	Bernard Simmenauer			Rank 20

Web links

Commons : André Ahrlé  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• André Ahrlé at the Driver Database

Individual evidence

1. ^ Porsche Carrera Cup Germany 1993
2. ↑ Porsche Supercup 1995
3. ↑ 1997 Daytona 24 Hours
4. ^ André Ahrlé and the Shelley Cobra
5. ↑ André Ahrlé next to his Shelby Cobra ( Memento of the original from July 5, 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. 
6. ↑ André Ahrlé at the wheel of his Shelby Cobra
7. ↑ On the sale of Special Security Services GmbH to Deutsche Entertainment AG