Hermann Böhm (racing driver)
Hermann Böhm (born May 14, 1916 in Nuremberg ; † February 22, 1983 there ) was a German motorcycle racer .
Career
Boehm began his motorsport career in 1934 as a passenger in the NSU - team of Hans Schumann . One of the successes of this year was the first place in the sidecar class up to 600 cm³ at the Eifel race on the Nürburgring . From 1936 he started as a driver of sidecar machines until 1938 races with sidecars were banned due to serious accidents and Böhm switched to solo machines.
After the Second World War , when sidecar races were allowed again, Böhm initially drove dirt track races. Together with his co-driver Karl Fuchs, he was twice German master on the road on NSU, in 1947 in both the class up to 600 cm³ and up to 1200 cm³ and in 1948 up to 600 cm³. When NSU only competed in the solo classes (125 cm³ and 250 cm³) from 1952, Böhm / Fuchs switched to Norton and came second in the German championship.
In October 1951, Böhm set a world record for sidecars with a flying start at 248 km / h over one kilometer on a section of the A 9 Munich - Ingolstadt often used for record drives on an NSU trailer with a supercharged engine (500 cm³) . During this and other of his record drives, the sidecar was not occupied by a co-driver, but weighed down with lead plates .
Hermann Böhm ended his racing career at the end of the 1952 season. He was awarded the “ Silver Laurel Leaf ” for his services to motorsport . He died on February 22, 1983 in his hometown of Nuremberg. Hermann-Böhm-Strasse in the Nuremberg- Dutzendteich district as well as Hermann-Böhm-Strasse in Hockenheim were named after him.
statistics
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- 1934 - German 600 cm³ team master on NSU (as co-driver of Hans Schumann )
- 1935 - German 600 cm³ team master on NSU (as co-driver of Hans Schumann)
- 1947 - German 350 cm³ team master on NSU (with co-driver Karl Fuchs)
- 1948 - German 350 cm³ team master on NSU (with co-driver Karl Fuchs)
- 1950 - German 350 cm³ team master on NSU (with co-driver Karl Fuchs)
Race wins
year | class | machine | Co-driver | run | route |
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1937 | Carriages (600 cm³) | NSU | Karl Fuchs | All about bulkheads | Schottenring |
1948 | Carriages (600 cm³) | NSU | Farmer | All about bulkheads | Schottenring |
1949 | Carriages (600 cm³) | NSU | Karl Fuchs | Grand Prix of Germany | Grenzlandring |
1950 | Carriages (600 cm³) | NSU | Karl Fuchs | Eilenriederennen | Eilenriede |
Carriages (600 cm³) | NSU | Karl Fuchs | Dieburger triangle race | Dieburger triangle | |
Carriages (600 cm³) | NSU | Karl Fuchs | Grand Prix of Germany | Solitude | |
Carriages (600 cm³) | NSU | Karl Fuchs | Hamburg city park race | Hamburg city park | |
1952 | Carriages (500 cm³) | NSU | Karl Fuchs | Dieburger triangle race | Dieburger triangle |
References
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- Günter Geyler on the website www.eggersdorfer.info
- Thora Hornung: 50 years of the Nürburgring. Görres-Verlag, Koblenz 1977
Web links
- Günter Geyler: Hermann Böhm. www.eggersdorfer.info, accessed on June 27, 2014 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Bohm, Hermann |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German motorcycle racer |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 14, 1916 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Nuremberg |
DATE OF DEATH | February 22, 1983 |
Place of death | Nuremberg |