Klaus-Joachim Kleint
Klaus-Joachim "Jochi" Kleint (born January 24, 1948 in Hamburg ) is a former German rally driver .
Career
After school he learned the family business, a Saab -Werkstatt in Hamburg , the profession of car mechanic .
He drove his first rally in 1966 in a Saab at the age of 18. In 1974 he moved to the camp of professional rally drivers.
1978 Kleint was as Volkswagen works driver with a VW Golf GTI 1600 winner of the so-called Estering -Pokals, the then unofficial German Rallycross championship. In the same year he also took part in the FIA European Rallycross Championship. However, Volkswagen Motorsport stopped this race prematurely, and Kleint landed 11th overall and 6th in the touring car division.
His greatest motorsport success the following year was winning the European rally championship in 1979 , both in an Opel Kadett GT / E and in an Opel Ascona B , together with his co-driver Gunter Wanger , and also in an Opel Ascona, third place in the rally Monte Carlo 1981.
Kleint later competed repeatedly in the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb in the USA for Volkswagen .
Today, Kleint works as an instructor for the Audi Driving Experience
literature
- Klaus Buhlamnn: The World Rally Championship. Drivers, Cars and Teams of the Wild Troop, Motorbuch Verlag, January 2004, ISBN 978-3613024151
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Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kleint, Klaus-Joachim |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kleint, Jochi |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German rally driver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 24, 1948 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |