Callaway Competition

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Callaway Competition GmbH
legal form GmbH
founding 1985 as Wöhr & Ciccone
Seat Leingarten , Germany
management Ernst Wohr
Number of employees 9
Branch Motorsport , vehicle tuning
Website www.callaway-competition.de
As of December 31, 2017

Callaway Competition is a German company in vehicle construction and tuning as well as a motorsport team . The company is the German offshoot of the US vehicle manufacturer Callaway Cars and thus specializes in Corvette vehicles.

Companies

In 1985 the company was founded under the name Wöhr & Ciccone . Specialized in the production of vehicle bodies and repairs as well as the conversion to racing cars, Wöhr & Ciccone took over the European sales of Callaway Cars in 1988. In 1994 the racing department was founded.

Callaway Competition is the only team that has so far participated in all ADAC GT Masters races since the racing series was founded in 2007. In 2009 Callaway won the team championship and Toni Seiler won the amateur driver championship in 2009 and 2010 . In 2013 Diego Alessi and Daniel Keilwitz won the drivers' championship.

Sporting successes

  • 2007: FIA GT3 European Championship (1st team ranking)
  • 2007: FIA GT3 European Championship (2nd in the drivers' championship)
  • 2008: FIA GT3 European Championship (2nd in the team classification)
  • 2008: FIA GT3 European Championship (1st in the drivers' championship)
  • 2009: FIA GT3 European Championship (1st in the drivers' championship)
  • 2009: ADAC GT Masters (2nd in the drivers' championship)
  • 2009: ADAC GT Masters (1st in the amateur classification)
  • 2009: UAE GT Championship (1st in GTA classification)
  • 2010: FIA GT3 European Championship (1st in the drivers' championship)
  • 2010: FIA GT3 European Championship (2nd in the team classification)
  • 2010: ADAC GT Masters (1st in the amateur classification)
  • 2010: UAE GT Championship (1st in GTA ranking)
  • 2010: UAE GT Championship (1st in GTB ranking)
  • 2011: UAE GT Championship (1st in GTA classification)
  • 2011: UAE GT Championship (1st in GTB classification)
  • 2012: ADAC GT Masters (2nd in the team classification)
  • 2012: ADAC GT Masters (2nd in the drivers' championship)
  • 2012: 24 h Barcelona (class win SP8)
  • 2013: 24 h Nürburgring (class win SP8)
  • 2013: ADAC GT Masters (2nd in the team classification)
  • 2013: ADAC GT Masters (1st in the drivers' championship)
  • 2014: ADAC GT Masters (3rd in the drivers' championship)
  • 2014: ADAC GT Masters (2nd in the team classification)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Annual financial statements as of December 31, 2017 in the electronic Federal Gazette
  2. [1] callaway-competition.de: The company (accessed on April 30, 2016)
  3. [2] adac-gt-masters.de: Callaway Competition (accessed April 30, 2016)