Fritz Wiese (racing driver)

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BMW R 63 (1928)

Fritz Wiese (* 1898 or 1899 ) was a German bobsledder , motorcycle racer and motorsport official.

Career

Fritz Wiese from Hanover was a works driver at BMW in the late 1920s and early 1930s . In 1928 he took second place behind Fritz Heck ( Harley-Davidson ) in a BMW R 63 at the Gabelbach race near Ilmenau in the class up to 1000 cm³ .

In 1930 he won the title in the 1000 cm³ class of the German road championship for Munich . In 1932 he won the same category at the International AVUS Race in Berlin. His fastest lap was an average speed of 153 km / h.

At the end of his career, Wiese was a motorsport official.

statistics

title

Race wins

year class machine run route
1930 1000 cc BMW Grand Prix of Germany Nürburgring
1932 1000 cc BMW AVUS race AVUS

References

Web links

  • Photos: Fritz Wiese in a BMW [1] , [2]

Individual evidence

  1. World in Film 300/1951. In: www.filmothek.bundesarchiv.de. Film archive of the Federal Archives , March 2, 1951, accessed on March 17, 2020 .
  2. Gabelbach race 1928. (No longer available online.) Www.historischesarchiv.bmw.de, archived from the original on September 24, 2015 ; accessed on March 4, 2015 .
  3. ^ Karl Slevogt: Gabelbach-Bergrennen 1928. www.spitzerer.de, accessed on March 4, 2015 .
  4. International Avus Race 1932. (No longer available online.) Www.historischesarchiv.bmw.de, archived from the original on September 24, 2015 ; accessed on March 4, 2015 .
  5. Ernst Henne with sports functionary Fritz Wiese. (No longer available online.) Www.historischesarchiv.bmw.de, archived from the original on September 24, 2015 ; accessed on March 4, 2015 .