Horst Stäbler

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Horst Stäbler (born March 14, 1965 in Aichtal -Neuenhaus) is a German racing driver .

Career

Stäbler began his motorsport career in 1992 in GT racing at the VLN endurance championship Nürburgring . In 1993 he was Top10 Newcomer of the Year in this series. In 1993 he first took part in the 24-hour race at the Nürburgring . Stäbler started at this event five times in his career.

At the end of 1994, Stäbler took part in the Porsche European Championship final, the Euro Trophy, and finished second overall.

In 1995, Stäbler switched to the Porsche RS Carrera Cup and the Porsche Euro Trophy. He finished the Porsche-RS-Carrera-Cup as vice-champion and the Porsche Euro-Trophy he became champion with five victories.

In 1996, Stäbler started with the German Porsche Carrera Cup and finished his debut season with a podium finish in Helsinki in ninth place overall. He was also active in club racing and took part in a race in the Global GT Championship as a guest starter.

In 1997, Stäbler stayed in the German Porsche Carrera Cup. Compared to the previous year, he did not achieve an overall placement among the top ten pilots.

In 1998 he switched to the German Touring Car Challenge . For Lauderbach Motorsport he finished 28th in the drivers' championship. Nine retirements in 16 races were the reason for his unfortunate result this season.

Stäbler has been driving a Porsche again since 1999, winning the DMSB Super-Sprint Cup in the German championship, which was first established. At the same time he drove the Porsche Euro Trophy, which he also won. That was Stäbler's most successful year to date with the German and European championship titles.

In 2007, Stäbler also founded his own racing team, Stäbler Rennsport, which is also active in grassroots racing. In 2008 he became GT runner-up at the AvD 100 miles . In 2009, Stäbler was 3rd at the Eurospeedway in Lausitz.

Career stations

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "Driver Horst Stäbler". stäbler-rennsport.de, accessed on February 18, 2013 .
  2. ^ "Porsche Carrera Cup Germany 1997". driverdb.com, accessed February 18, 2013 .
  3. "AVD 100 miles, GT Vice Champion". auto-rennsport.de, accessed on February 18, 2013 .
  4. ^ "Porsche Super Sports Cup, Eurospeedway Lausitz". porsche.com, accessed on February 18, 2013 .

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