Carl Jörns

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Carl Jörns (1909)
Carl Jörns together with Friedrich Opel at the French Grand Prix in 1914 .

Carl Jörns (born December 11, 1875 in Ludwigshafen , † July 19, 1969 in Rüsselsheim ) was a German automobile racing driver . He achieved his successes exclusively on Opel racing cars.

Life

Jörns initially drove bike races, in which the Opel brothers, who at first only manufactured bicycles in addition to sewing machines, were his competitors. He won his first bike race in 1893. After Opel had also been producing cars since the end of the 19th century, the technology enthusiast Carl Jörns was employed by Opel as a driving instructor and driver from 1902.

1914: Carl Jörns with his co-driver and "lubricant" Kurt C. Volkhart and the Opel 12.3 liter racing car .

In August 1903 Jörns started his first automobile race on the Frankfurt racecourse as an Opel works driver and came third in the class up to 16  hp . A year later he celebrated his first victory. In January 1907 Carl Jörns achieved third place in a modified 34/65 hp Opel at the Kaiserpreis race in Taunus after a tough battle with the eventual winner Felice Nazzaro in a Fiat , which gave Opel the title of imperial court supplier for automobiles as the manufacturer of the best-placed German vehicle brought in.

In 1925 Jörns celebrated two victories at Rund um die Solitude in Stuttgart . Finally, Jörns ended his career in 1926 with victory in a category at the Hercules race , which he won in 1924 as the fastest overall. In his entire career he had won 288 races.

Retired in 1945, Jörns died on July 19, 1969 at the age of 94 in the Rüsselsheim City Hospital. He was married to Katharina Jörns, geb. Lankau.

Honors

literature

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ cf. Hillclimb winner 1897 to 1949 (English), list 1924–1926
  2. ↑ Cups, championships and records . Lingen-Verlag, Cologne 1967, p. 11 .
  3. ↑ Office of the Federal President
personal data
SURNAME Jörns, Carl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German racing driver
DATE OF BIRTH December 11, 1875
PLACE OF BIRTH Ludwigshafen am Rhein
DATE OF DEATH 19th July 1969
Place of death Rüsselsheim am Main