Dieter L. Scharnagl

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Dieter Ludwig Scharnagl (born May 6, 1941 in Friedberg , Bavaria ; † November 5, 2015 in Altötting ) was a German motorsport journalist.

Life

The former tax officer began his journalistic career in 1973 at the Sportfahrer magazine published by Axel Springer Verlag as a freelance journalist and photographer . His specialty was national and international rallying , which he reported on from 1973 to 1979 for trade magazines, daily newspapers and the German press agency . His abbreviation at the time was "DiLuScha".

From 1980 to 1998 he was head of the sports press at Audi AG and from 1999 to 2007 he was editor-in-chief of the association magazine of the German Motor Sport Federation in Frankfurt / Main. There he was also jointly responsible for the association's press and public relations work.

In addition, Scharnagl was involved as a book author, editor and photographer of motorsport books and, together with colleagues Peter M. Lill and Kuno Messmann, wrote two books about the two-time rally world champion Walter Röhrl , with whom he had also been close friends since 1974.

Works (excerpt)

  • Walter Röhrl, How I win rallies (1979), by Peter M. Lill and Dieter L. Scharnagl
  • Rally yearbook 1980/81
  • Rally Yearbook 1981/82
  • Rally yearbook 1982/83
  • Rally yearbook 1983/84
  • Walter Röhrl, Safe and Sporty Driving (1985), by Kuno Messmann and Dieter L. Scharnagl
  • Rally Yearbook 1984/85
  • Rally yearbook 1985/86
  • Rally Yearbook 1986/87
  • Rally yearbook 1987/88
  • Rally yearbook 1988/89
  • Rally Yearbook 1989/90
  • Racing yearbook 1989/90
  • Cockpit 1 1994/95 , Dieter L. Scharnagl (text), Ferdi Kräling (photos)
  • Cockpit 2 1995/96 , Dieter L. Scharnagl (text), Ferdi Kräling (photos)
  • Cockpit 3 1996/97 , Dieter L. Scharnagl (text), Ferdi Kräling (photos)
  • DMSB Automobilsport 2001 , Dieter L. Scharnagl and Claus-Peter Andorka
  • DMSB Motorradsport 2001 , Dieter L. Scharnagl and Claus-Peter Andorka
  • Dahoam - The lower Altmühltal from Eichstätt to Kelheim (2013), Hubert Haupt and Dieter L. Scharnagl. HH Printmedia Bavaria, ISBN 9783000424922
  • Milon Circuit Training Plus (2014), Hubert Haupt and Dieter L. Scharnagl. Delius Klasing Verlag (Sport), Bielefeld, ISBN 9783667101198

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Harald Rast: Author Dieter L. Scharnagl is dead. In: donaukurier.de. Donaukurier , November 6, 2015, accessed on November 6, 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Scharnagl, Dieter L.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Scharnagl, Dieter Ludwig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German motorsport journalist
DATE OF BIRTH May 6, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Friedberg , Bavaria , German Empire
DATE OF DEATH 5th November 2015
Place of death Altötting , Bavaria , Germany