Andreas Klaus

Andreas Klaus in Hockenheim in 1963

Andreas Klaus (born December 15, 1937 in Friedberg / Bavaria ) is a former German motorcycle racer .

As a private driver on Norton he was German road champion in 1962 and 1963 in the class up to 350 cm³. In later years Klaus was a member of the board of the Motorsport Club Augsburg (MCA) and now lives in Friedberg as a retired master mechanic.

Life

Andreas Klaus started an apprenticeship as a motor vehicle mechanic in his parents' company in 1951 . His father, Andreas Klaus senior, was a motorcyclist himself, so he came into contact with two-wheelers at an early age. At this time Werner Haas was already active in the Augsburg area and exerted further influence. Klaus made his first attempts at driving off-road, when he was 17 years old he became the South German youth champion in motocross .

At the birth of his first son, Andreas junior, in 1964, Andreas Klaus ended his career as a racing driver, passed the master craftsman's examination in the car mechanic trade and took over the family business in 1968. He expanded the car dealership and was an authorized dealer for vehicles for the Italian Fiat group and finally handed the business over to Jürgen, the younger of his two sons, in 2002.

successes

• 1954 - South German youth champion motocross
• 1957 - German youth champion in road racing up to 250 cm³
• 1961 - German runner-up in road racing up to 350 cm³
• 1962 - German 350cc champion on Norton
• 1963 - German 350cc champion on Norton

References

literature

• ADAC Motorwelt No. 9 from September 1, 1962, report on the German Road Championship
• MOTORRAD No. 18/1963, report on German road championship
• Eggersdorfer, R./Bischoff, F./Geyler, G., SPEEDIDOLE - Part 1: 38 short biographies of German motorcycle racers, epubli-Verlag, Berlin, p. 163 ff.

Web links

• Website of the car dealership Klaus