Erwin Kremer

The Porsche 911S of Guenther Huber , Nicolas Koob and Erwin Kremer before the start of the 1971 24 Hours of Le Mans

Erwin Kremer (June 1937 - September 27, 2006 ) was a German racing driver. He was involved in the Le Mans 24-hour race for 30 years, first as a driver, then in the team , and won it as a designer in 1979.

Life

Erwin Kremer founded the motorsport team Kremer Racing at the beginning of 1962 with his brother Manfred Kremer . You drove converted Porsches in Le Mans for 30 years.

Kremer won the European Touring Car Championship in 1968 and the Porsche Cup in 1971 . In the 1000 km race in Zeltweg , he landed once on 9th and once on 13th place .

In the 1970 Le Mans 24-hour race , he finished seventh. In 1979, he won it as a designer.

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1970	Écurie Luxembourg	Porsche 911S	Nicolas Koob		Rank 7 and class win
1971	Nicolas Koob	Porsche 911S	Nicolas Koob	Günther Huber	Rank 10
1972	Porsche Kremer Racing	Porsche 911S	John Fitzpatrick	Juan Carlos Bolaños	failure	crankshaft
1973	Porsche Kremer Racing Team	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Paul Keller	Clemens Schickentanz	Rank 8 and class win
1974	Samson Kremer team	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Paul Keller	Hans Heyer	failure	Engine failure

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1972	Porsche Kremer Racing Team	Porsche 911S	Juan Carlos Bolaños	Rank 12

Web links

Commons : Erwin Kremer  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Erwin Kremer's beginnings at Kremer-Racing ( Memento from February 5, 2001 in the Internet Archive )
• Autographs with signature and logo
• Le Mans, Legends: Erwin Kremer († September 27, 2006) at porsche-scene.de

Individual evidence

1. ^ Deaths in September 2006
2. ↑ ^{a b} H.Gallinnis with photos by U. Upietz, R.Wilson, M.Hirt, H.Gallinnis: Interview with Erwin Kremer in GT-Eins from April 10, 2000
3. ^ E & M Kremer GmbH: History ( Memento from May 25, 2012 in the Internet Archive )