Jens Winther (racing driver)

Jens Winther (born December 25, 1938 in Roskilde ) is a former Danish racing driver .

Roskilde Ring

At the age of 15 years Jens Winther trained with his motocross - motorcycle regularly in a disused gravel pit near Roskilde . Only a few months later, this area became Denmark's first permanent motorsport race track, the Roskilde Ring .

Career in motorsport

Winthers career began in the early 1960s. For almost a decade he was active almost exclusively in his home country. In 1962 he became Danish Formula 3 champion and nine years later Danish touring car champion. He became internationally known in the 1980s for his competitions in the World Sports Car Championship . In 1982 he finished seventh in the 1000 km race on the Nürburgring and in 1984 ninth in the 1000 km race in Monza . He reached this position in 1985 in Mugello and in 1986 on the Nordschleife of the Nürburgring .

He competed four times in the Le Mans 24-hour race . After three retirements, he finished eleventh overall in 1986 .

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1983	Brun Motorsport	BMW M1	Angelo Pallavicini	Leopold Prince of Bavaria	failure	Gearbox damage
1984	Jens Winther Team Castrol	BMW M1	David Mercer	Lars-Viggo Jensen	failure	Engine failure
1985	Jens Winther Denmark	URD C83	David Mercer	Margie Smith-Haas	failure	Engine failure
1986	Jens Winther	URD C83	David Mercer	Lars-Viggo Jensen	Rank 11

literature

• Christian Moity, Jean-Marc Teissèdre, Alain Bienvenu: 24 heures du Mans, 1923–1992. Éditions d'Art, Besançon 1992, ISBN 2-909413-06-3 .

Web links

• Information about Jens Winther
• Jens Winther at the Driver Database
• Jens Winther at Racing Sports Cars

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 1000 km race on the Nürburgring in 1982
2. ^ Monza 1000 km race in 1984
3. ^ Mugello 1000 km race in 1985
4. ↑ 1000 km race on the Nürburgring 1986