Horst Kassner

Horst Kassner (born May 12, 1937 in Schwabhausen ; † April 21, 2019 ) was a German motorcycle racer .

Career

Horst Kassner's first major success was fourth place in the 250 cm³ run for the 1954 Feldberg race on a 250 NSU - Sportmax behind Walter Reichert (NSU), Fritz Kläger (NSU) and Hubert Luttenberger ( Adler ). In the German Championship of the Year, he was fifth in the quarter liter class.

In 1957, 1959 and 1961 Kassner was German champion in the 250 cm³ class on NSU. In 1959 he was even able to become double champion, because he also won the 350 title with his Norton . His name appears twice in the Nürburgring winner lists : 1957 and 1961 and in Hockenheim he won in 1958, both on a 250cc NSU. Horst Kassner was particularly successful on the Masaryk-Ring in Brno , Czechoslovakia . He won in 1955 and 1956 on 250 cc NSU and 1958 BMW - sidecar of the Swiss Florian Camathias the was holding its Grand Prix of Czechoslovakia .

Between 1956 and 1959 Kassner was also active in the world championship in the class up to 250 cm³. In 1956, after finishing third at the Belgian Grand Prix in Spa-Francorchamps , he was fifth in the overall ranking of the quarter-liter class behind Carlo Ubbiali ( Italy ) and Luigi Taveri (Switzerland, both MV Agusta ).

His younger brother Helmut (* 1946) was also very successful. Between 1974 and 1977 he was four times German champion in the 500 cm³ class, three times on a Yamaha , once on a Suzuki . Also 1975 German champion of the 350 cc class on a Yamaha. At the Boycott Grand Prix 1974 at the Nürburgring he was winner in the classes up to 250 cm³ and 350 cm³ and second in the 500cc class. Horst Kassner's son Bernd won the German championship title in 1992 on a 250 cm³ Aprilia .

Horst Kassner died on April 21, 2019 at the age of 81.

statistics

title

• 1957 - German 250 cm³ champion on NSU
• 1959 - German 250 cm³ champion on NSU
• 1959 - German 350cc champion on Norton
• 1961 - German 250 cm³ champion on NSU

Race wins

year	class	machine	run	route
1955	250 cc	NSU	Czechoslovakian Grand Prix	Masaryk ring
1956	250 cc	NSU	Czechoslovakian Grand Prix	Masaryk ring
1957	250 cc	NSU	Eifel race	Nürburgring - Nordschleife
	250 cc	NSU	Cena města Litomyšle	Litomyšl
1958	250 cc	NSU	Rhein-Pokal race	Hockenheimring
	250 cc	NSU	Grand Prix des Frontières	Circuit de Chimay
	250 cc	NSU	Motorrace Tubbergen	Circuit Tubbergen
	250 cc	NSU	Hungarian Grand Prix	Budapest-Városliget
	250 cc	NSU		Zeltweg
	Carriages 1	BMW	Czechoslovakian Grand Prix	Masaryk ring
1959	250 cc	NSU	Prix ​​de Mouscron	Mouscron
	250 cc	NSU	Grand Prix des Frontières	Circuit de Chimay
	350 cc	Norton	Grand Prix des Frontières	Circuit de Chimay
	250 cc	NSU	Motorrace Tubbergen	Circuit Tubbergen
	350 cc	Norton	Motorrace Tubbergen	Circuit Tubbergen
1961	250 cc	NSU	Eifel race	Nürburgring- Südschleife

¹as a passenger of Florian Camathias

In the motorcycle world championship

season	class	motorcycle	run	Victories	Podiums	Points	Result
1956	250 cc	NSU	3	-	1	9	5.
1958	250 cc	NSU	2	-	-	4th	12.
1959	250 cc	NSU	1	-	-	3	13.
total			6th	-	1	5

References

Web links

• Horst Kassner on the official website of the Motorcycle World Championship (English).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Michael Sonnick, Günther Wiesinger: Mourning for the German GP driver Horst Kassner (81). www.speedweek.com, April 22, 2019, accessed April 22, 2019 .