Calli Hufstadt
Karl-Heinz "Kalli" Hufstadt (born January 11, 1941 in Mönchengladbach ; † January 28, 2004 there ) was a German motorsport commentator and at times also a racing driver.
Career
Kalli Hufstadt happened to be the then Bundeswehr captain in 1968 to comment on an airfield race and thus found his new job. As a track spokesman, he commented on all races of the old and new DTM and ITC as well as the newer Formula 1 races at the Nürburgring and the Hockenheimring until his death from a heart attack .
From 1972 to 1980 he held the post of press spokesman at BMW and in 1976 and 1977 also drove touring car races for the Bavarian automobile company.
In October 1981, Kalli Hufstadt set several speed records for motorcycles at the time on a modified Suzuki GSX 1100 together with other drivers on the high-speed route from Nardo in Italy, including over 1,000 kilometers with an average speed of 233.250 km / h.
Varia
He traditionally opened the morning of race day by playing the song Morning Has Broken on a harmonica. In order to create an honorable memory for him, the course speaker tower of the EuroSpeedway Lausitz was named after him in 2006 .
Web links
- Quartet Infernal: Motorcycle world records in Nardò 1981 - report on the KÜS website
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b "Kalli Hufstadt, the" voice of the DTM "is dead" , www.dtm.com, accessed on August 25, 2016
- ↑ a b "DTM and ITR mourn Kalli Hufstadt" , www.motorsport.com, accessed on August 25, 2016 (English)
- ↑ "Four in one stroke" in: MOTORRAD issue 24/1981, PDF file
- ↑ " Kalli Hufstadt Tower inaugurated at Lausitzring" , ww.dtm.com, accessed on August 25, 2016
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hufstadt, Calli |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hufstadt, Karl-Heinz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German motorsport commentator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 11, 1941 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mönchengladbach |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 28, 2004 |
| Place of death | Mönchengladbach |