Kurt Koenig
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 Germany
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| First race: | Hockenheim 1984 | ||||||||
| Last race: | Hockenheim 1993 | ||||||||
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| 1984 König, 1985 Maass, 1986?, 1987 Maass, 1988–1989 Auto Maass, 1990 Auto, Test & Tuning, 1991 Clim Air, 1993 Auto Maass (all BMW) | |||||||||
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| Podiums: | 2 | ||||||||
| Overall wins: | - | ||||||||
| Points: | 486, 5 | ||||||||
Kurt König (born January 13, 1954 ) is a German entrepreneur and former racing car driver .
Career
König began his career in mountain races and drove in the VW Golf Cup for a number of years. In 1978 he was the best two-liter driver in the European Touring Car Championship.
In 1978 he moved to the German racing championship, in which he finished 34th in the overall ranking. He stayed in this series until 1982. His greatest success was eleventh place in the overall standings in the 1981 season. In 1981 he was runner-up in the German Racing Trophy.
Occasionally he competed in the FIA World Endurance Championship in 1982, 1984 and 1985. In 1981 he and Peter Oberndorfer clinched class victory in the GT class with a BMW M1 at the 1000 km race on the Nürburgring.
From 1984 he competed as a private driver with a BMW 635 and later with a BMW M3 in the DTM, which was called the German Production Car Championship until 1985. In this series he stayed at the start from 1992 to 1993. When BMW withdrew from this series, he also withdrew from the DTM. His greatest success was the 3rd place in the overall standings in the 1986 season, in which he also achieved his only victory in this series.
In 1987 he took part in a round of the World Touring Car Championship. After the 1993 season he ended his active career.
Trivia
Kurt König is married and has two children. König is the managing director of a car dealership in Schwabach .
statistics
Career stations
- 1978 : German racing championship (34th place)
- 1979 : German racing championship (38th place)
- 1980 : German racing championship (28th place)
- 1981 : German racing championship (11th place)
- 1981: World Championship for Drivers and Makes (342th place)
- 1982 : German racing championship
- 1982: FIA World Endurance Championship
- 1983: IMSA Camel GTO
- 1984: FIA World Endurance Championship
- 1984 : German Production Car Championship (5th place)
- 1985: FIA World Endurance Championship
- 1985 : German Production Car Championship (13th place)
- 1986 : German Touring Car Championship (3rd place)
- 1986 : German Touring Car Championship (3rd place)
- 1987 : World Touring Car Championship
- 1987 : German Touring Car Championship (7th place)
- 1988 : German Touring Car Championship (19th place)
- 1989 : German Touring Car Championship (31st place)
- 1990: Porsche Carrera Cup Germany (13th place)
- 1990 : German Touring Car Championship (24th place)
- 1991 : German Touring Car Championship
- 1993 : German Touring Car Championship (16th place)
Le Mans results
| year | team | vehicle | Teammate | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
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| 1985 |
 Claude Haldi
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BMW M1 |
Altfrid Heger
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Harald Grohs
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failure | Gearbox damage |
Web links
- Kurt König in the DTM database at motorsport-total.com
- Kurt König in the database at driverdb.com
- Kurt König on Hello, how are you? (Page 117)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | King, Kurt |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German automobile racing driver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 13, 1954 |