Ernst Riedelbauch

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Ernst Riedelbauch (born March 7, 1922 in Röslau-Grün ; † July 12, 1997 there ) was a German motorcycle racer .

Career

Ernst Riedelbauch started in 1950 as a driver with a pre-war BMW for the first time in a motorcycle race. In 1952 he became a licensed driver, but it wasn't until 1954 when he bought a 500- feather bed Norton from Hans Bartl that he was successful. With this machine he took sixth place in the internationally strong field mountain race. In the same year he won a BMW in Wunsiedel and the Schleizer Dreieckrennen .

In 1955, Riedelbauch won the Dieburger Dreiecksrennen , in Schleiz and on the Halle-Saale loop . That was enough for him to win the German runner-up championship in the 500 cc class behind BMW works driver Walter Zeller and ahead of Peter Knees in a private BMW. At the 1955 Grand Prix of Nations on the fast track in Monza , Italy , Riedelbauch took sixth place in a BMW and thus achieved the only World Championship point of his career.

Ernst Riedelbauch was German champion in the 500 cc class in 1956 with good placements in Hockenheim , the Stuttgart Solitude , the Norisring in Nuremberg and the AVUS race in Berlin ahead of Alois Huber (BMW) from Traunstein .

Riedelbauch ended his career at the season-ending 1957 and all of its then allowed to plastic - recycling company in devote Roeslau Green. He died of a July 12, 1997 at the age of 75 of cancer .

statistics

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Race wins

year class machine run route
1954 500 cc BMW Schleizer triangle race Schleizer triangle
1955 500 cc BMW Dieburger triangle race Dieburger triangle
500 cc BMW Halle-Saale loop race Halle-Saale loop
500 cc BMW Schleizer triangle race Schleizer triangle
1956 500 cc BMW Motorrace Tubbergen Circuit Tubbergen
500 cc BMW Circuit van Zandvoort

In the motorcycle world championship

season class motorcycle run Victories Podiums Points Result
1955 500 cc BMW 1 - - 1 26th
total 1 - - 1

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personal data
SURNAME Riedelbauch, Ernst
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German motorcycle racer
DATE OF BIRTH March 7, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Röslau -Green
DATE OF DEATH July 12, 1997
Place of death Röslau -Green