Manfred Kainz (racing driver)

Manfred "Mandy" Kainz (born January 31, 1972 ) is an Austrian motorcycle racer , team founder and manager of the Yamaha Austria Racing Team .

education

After elementary school in Heimschuh graduated he in Leibnitz in 1990 and studied then in Graz engineering and Jus , but finished neither of the two studies.

Career

After two years as a computer technician, Kainz decided to switch to the motorcycle industry and has been working as a motorcycle salesman in Leibnitz since 1993. In 2001, at the age of 29, he founded his own company, the Yamaha Austria Racing Team , which was incorporated into YART GmbH in May 2009 . In 2009, Kainz and his motorcycle team won the world championship title in the endurance world championship . In 2009 he was awarded the honorary award of the President of the ÖAMTC . In addition, in November 2010 he was awarded the State Sport of Honor for Special Services in Gold of the State of Styria by Governor Franz Voves.

Athletic career

As a racing driver

• 1994–1995 Honda Cup
• 1995–1996 Austrian Supersport Championship
• 1997–1999 Austrian Superbike Championship
• 1998 Victory at the Austrian Superbike Championship at the Pannonia-Ring
• 1998 Wildcard at the Superbike World Championship run in Zeltweg
• 1999 pole position at the Austrian Superbike Championship at the Pannonia-Ring
• 2001 2nd place in the stock sport class at the endurance world championship 6-hour race in Brno

As a team manager

• 2006 - Endurance runner-up world champion on a Yamaha
• 2008 - Endurance runner-up world champion on a Yamaha
• 2009 - World endurance champion on a Yamaha
• 6 wins in the endurance world championship
• 6 pole positions in the World Endurance Championship
• 9 fastest race laps in the endurance world championship
• 25 podium finishes in the World Endurance Championship

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.yart.at