Frank Jelinski

Michel Maisonneuve, Boris Said III and Frank Jelinski's Callaway Corvette SuperNaturel in the Esses at the 1994 Le Mans 24-hour race

Frank Jelinski (born May 23, 1958 ) is a German automobile racing driver .

Career

Jelinski drove kart races from 1973 to 1978 . In 1979 he became German Super VW Champion. In 1980 and 1981 Jelinski was German Formula 3 champion for Bertram Schäfer Racing . In 1982 he was active with the same team in the Formula 2 European Championship ; the team used Maurer Motorsport cars privately . In 1983 he switched to the World Sports Car Series (WSC), where he stayed until 1990 and won various racing victories, including the 1000 km from Spa-Francorchamps in 1986 , the 1000 km from Dijon in 1989 and the Norisring race , the German Super Cup . In 1986 the team also won the title of world sports car champion. In 1990 he switched to the German Touring Car Championship , where he drove for Audi until the end of 1992 . At the same time, however, he continued to drive sports car races, especially in the USA, until 1995 . Jelinski has interrupted his (pre-) retirement as a racing driver for the Heilbronn motorsport team Live-Strip.com Racing and since 2006 has been regularly participating in races within the framework of the Nürburgring long-distance cup and in the 24-hour races on the Nürburgring. Frank Jelinski worked at VPA GmbH, a driving instructor training facility in Kirchheim / Teck, until the end of 2010.

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1983	Porsche Kremer Racing	Kremer CK5	Patrick Gaillard	Derek Warwick	failure	Cylinder overheated
1985	Team Labatt	Gebhardt JC853	John Graham	Nick Adams	not classified
1986	Brun Motorsport	Porsche 962C	Walter Brun	Massimo Sigala	failure	Valve damage
1987	Joest Racing	Porsche 962C	Hurley Haywood	Stanley Dickens	failure	Engine failure
1988	Blaupunkt Joest Racing	Porsche 962C	Louis Krages	Stanley Dickens	Rank 3
1989	Joest Racing	Porsche 962C	Louis Krages	Pierre-Henri Raphanel	failure	Leak in the water cooler
1990	Joest Racing	Porsche 962C	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Derek Bell	Rank 4
1991	Joest Racing	Porsche 962C	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Derek Bell	Rank 7
1993	Joest Porsche Racing	Porsche 962C	Louis Krages	Manuel Reuter	failure	Engine failure
1994	Callaway Sports Inc.	Callaway Corvette SuperNaturel	Michel Maisonneuve	Boris Said III	Disqualified
1995	Callaway Competition	Callaway Corvette SuperNaturel	Enrico Bertaggia	Johnny Unser	Rank 9

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1985	Gebhardt Motorsports	Gebhardt JC843	George Black	Jan Thoelke	failure	accident
1988	Joest Racing	Porsche 962	Louis Krages	Paolo Barilla	Rank 2
1989	Joest Racing	Porsche 962C	Bob Wollek	Jean-Louis Ricci	Rank 5
1991	Joest Porsche Racing	Porsche 962C	Louis Krages	Henri Pescarolo	Rank 4
1992	Joest Racing	Porsche 962C	Louis Krages	Bernd Schneider	failure	Engine failure

Web links

Commons : Frank Jelinski  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Frank Jelinski at Live-Strip.com Racing