Ernst Riedelbauch
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
title
- 1956 - German 500 cc champion in a BMW
Race wins
year | class | machine | run | route |
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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 |
Web links
- Günter Geyler: Ernst Riedelbauch. www.eggersdorfer.info, accessed on June 27, 2014 .
- Ernst Riedelbauch on the official website of the Motorcycle World Championship (English).
personal data | |
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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 |