Manfred Magnus

Manfred Magnus (born October 4, 1939 in Salzburg ) is a former Austrian motorcycle racer and five-time Austrian motorcycle champion.

Life

Even as a small boy, Manfred Magnus took part in soap box races on the autobahn at Walserberg and Maria Plain . At the age of 15 he received his first moped from the Salzburg company Frey, which at that time already had a Puch agency in Salzburg. This moped, a Puch moped, was Manfred's pride and, according to him, the fastest in the city of Salzburg. At the age of 16 he already took his driving test and took part in the Sollböck mountain valuation run in Lower Austria in 1956 with a KTM Tarzan. He won a gold medal. In 1957 he started to really race. at the Zeller Eisrennen he came second in the 125 cm³ skijoring class behind Paul Schwarz, Salzburg, and Erwin Lechner (all three on KTM). This was followed by a third place in the airfield race in Zeltweg , Styria in the 125 cm³ class and a second place in the 175 cm³ class.

In 1958 he started the ice race in Thiersee, North Tyrol , where he came second in the 125 cm³ class behind the Tyrolean Franz Albert; but already in the 175 cc race on the same day he defeated Albert and crossed the finish line first.

Due to his studies in Germany, Manfred Magnus was only seen on race tracks again from 1961. At the Austrian Grand Prix at the May 1st race, he became the best Austrian on his newly acquired Paton 125. He ended 1961 with his first state champion title in the 125 cm³ class, replacing long-time national champion Erwin Lechner. This was followed by state championship titles in the same class in 1963, 1964 and 1965 (no state championship title was awarded in 1962). In 1970 he won the national championship title again, but in the 350 cm³ class.

In 1963 record attempts on the Salzburg-Süd autobahn near Grödig / Anif , Manfred Magnus drove the flying kilometer on a 250 cm³ factory Honda in 16.42 seconds / 219 km / h, a record for the 125, 250 and 350 cm³ classes that still apply today.

His racing successes

year	brand	run	placement	Note	Int.	Nat.
1956	KTM Tarzan	Sollböck mountain classification	gold	125 cc
1957	MV Agusta KTM factory racing machine	Int. Motorbike and car ice races in Zell am See	3.	125 cc
	MV Agusta KTM factory racing machine	Skijoring Eisrennen Zell am See	2.	125 cc
	MV Agusta KTM factory racing machine	Ice race in Zell am See	4th	175 cc
	MV Agusta KTM factory racing machine	Zeltweg airfield race	3.	125 cc
	MV Agusta KTM factory racing machine	Zeltweg airfield race	2.	175 cc
	MV Agusta KTM factory racing machine	Zeltweg airfield race	4th	250 cc
	MV Agusta KTM factory racing machine	Wurzenpass mountain race	2.	125 cc
1958	Mondial	Int. Thiersee Skijöring, Tyrol	1.	125 cc
	Mondial	Int. Thiersee ice race, Tyrol	2.	125 cc
	KTM factory terrain machine	Eisenstadt mountain test	gold	125 cc
	KTM factory motocross machine	Moto Cross Linz	2.	125 cc
	KTM factory terrain machine	Sollböck mountain classification	gold	125 cc
1960	Paton	Zeltweg airfield race	3.	125 cc
	Paton	Circuit race Laa an der Thaya	2.	125 cc
1961	Paton	Splash mountain race	2.	125 cc
	Paton	Schauinsland hill climb, Freiburg, Germany	4th	125 cc
	Paton	Circuit race Laa an der Thaya	1.	125 cc
	Paton	Circuit race Laa an der Thaya	4th	250 cc
	Paton	Gschaidersattel hill climb	4th	125 cc
	Paton	Laxenburg Palace Park Race	4th	125 cc
1962	Paton	Splash mountain race	1.	125 cc
	Paton	Bourg-en-Bresse, France	4th	125 cc
	Paton	Circuit race St. Pölten	1.	125 cc
	Paton	Albi, France GP	3.	125 cc
	Paton	Circuit race Frohburg, GDR	5.	125 cc
	Paton	Circuit race Dresden, GDR	6th	125 cc
1963	Honda CR 93	Deutschlandsberg hill climb	1.	125 cc
	Honda CR 93	Nürburgring, Germany	7th	125 cc
	Honda CR 93	Austrian GP, ​​Salzburg	8th.	125 cc
	Honda CR 93	Splash mountain race	1.	125 cc
	Ducati	Splash mountain race	1.	175 cc
	Honda CR 93	Schauinsland hill climb, Freiburg, Germany	3.	125 cc
	Honda CR 93	GP of Germany , Hockenheimring , World Championship round	10.	125 cc, WM
	Honda CR 93	Circuit racing Skofja Loka, Yugoslavia	1.	125 cc
	Honda CR 93	Circuit racing Skofja Loka, Yugoslavia	1.	175 cc
	Honda CR 93	Albi, France GP	3.	125 cc
	Honda CR 93	Valladolid GP, Spain	3.	125 cc
	Honda CR 93	Circuit race Jerez de la Frontera, Spain	3.	125 cc
	Honda CR 93	Laxenburg Palace Park Race	3.	125 cc
1964	Honda CR 93	Cervia, Italy	6th	125 cc
	Honda CR 93	Nürburgring, Germany	5.	125 cc
	Honda CR 93	Austrian GP, ​​Salzburg	5.	125 cc
	Honda CR 93	French GP , Clermont-Ferrand , WC round	9.	125 cc, WM
	Honda CR 93	Circuit racing Skofja Loka, Yugoslavia	2.	125 cc
	Honda CR 93	Koralpe hill climb	3.	125 cc
	Honda CR 93	Budapest GP, Hungary	2.	125 cc
	Honda CR 93	Braunsberg hill climb	1.	125 cc
1965	Honda CR 93	Stockholm GP, Sweden	1.	125 cc
	Honda CR 93	Circuit race Jicin, CSSR	2.	125 cc
	Honda CR 93	Hill Climb Mont Ventoux, France	1.	125 cc
	Honda CR 93	Mountain race Alpl	2.	125 cc
	Honda CR 93	Hillclimb Ollon Villars, Switzerland	4th	125 cc
	Honda CR 93	Schauinsland hill climb, Freiburg, Germany	2.	125 cc
	Honda CR 93	Hill climb Wiener Höhenstrasse	2.	125 cc
	Honda CR 93	Czechoslovakian GP , Brno , World Championship run	10.	125 cc, WM
	Honda CR 93	Snetterton, UK	6th	125 cc
	Honda CR 93	Pistany, CSSR	6th	125 cc
1966	Bultaco	Braunsberg hill climb	2.	250 cc
	Honda CR 93	Great Mountain Prize of Austria, Gaisbergrennen	2.	125 cc
	Bultaco	Sunday Mountain	4th	350 cc
1967	Puch factory racing machine	Walding-Gramastetten hill climb	3.	125 cc
	Puch factory racing machine	Stainz hill climb	4th	125 cc
	Puch factory racing machine	Great Mountain Prize of Austria, Gaisbergrennen	4th	125 cc
1968	Puch factory racing machine	Mountain race Dobratsch	2.	125 cc
	Puch factory racing machine	Koralpe hill climb	2.	125 cc
	Puch factory racing machine	Bichlbach-Berwang hill climb	1.	125 cc
	Puch factory racing machine	Reinischkogel hill climb	2.	125 cc
	Puch factory racing machine	Hill climb Gresten	1.	125 cc
	Puch factory racing machine	Walding-Gramastetten hill climb	1.	125 cc
	Puch factory racing machine	Gmundnerberg hill climb	1.	125 cc
	Puch factory racing machine	Great Mountain Prize of Austria, Gaisbergrennen	1.	125 cc
	Puch factory racing machine	Behamberg Steyr hill climb	1.	125 cc
	Puch factory racing machine	Aldrans hill climb	1.	125 cc
	Puch factory racing machine	Bad Mühllacken hill climb	4th	125 cc
	Puch factory racing machine	Dopplerhütte mountain race	2.	125 cc
	Puch factory racing machine	Circuit race Zistersdorf	4th	125 cc
	Puch factory racing machine	Langenlebarn airfield race	5.	125 cc
	Puch factory racing machine	Tauplitz hill climb	4th	125 cc
1969	Yamaha TR2	Great Mountain Prize of Austria, Gaisbergrennen	2.	350 cc
	Yamaha TR2	Circuit race “Festival Prize”, Salzburgring	4th	350 cc
	Yamaha TR2	Airport race Innsbruck	1	350 cm³, fastest of all classes
	Yamaha TR2	Circuit race Salzburgring	2.	350 cc
	Yamaha TR2	Walding-Gramastetten hill climb	1.	350 cm³, fastest of all classes
1970	Yamaha TR2	Bad Mühllacken hill climb	1.	350 cc
	Yamaha TR2	Weerberg hill climb	1.	350 cc
	Yamaha TR2	Austrian GP, ​​Salzburgring	4th	350 cc
	Yamaha TR2	Mountain race Alpl	2.	350 cc
	Yamaha TR2	Behamberg hill climb	3.	350 cc
	Yamaha TR2	Circuit race Salzburgring	2.	350 cc
	Yamaha TR2	Circuit race Schwanenstadt	4th	350 cc

Footnotes

1. ↑ The race was advertised as an international race
2. ↑ The race was advertised as a national race
3. ↑ although KTM only had 125 cc racing machines, they also drove in larger classes with this smaller displacement, successfully, as you can see; today such is prohibited by the racing regulations

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• Motorcycle album , Helmut Krackowizer , 1990, VF Verlagsgesellschaft Wiesbaden, ISBN 3-926917-05-9 , page 122 ff
• Motorcycling , Helmut Krackowizer, Peter Carrick, Verlag Welsermühl, 1979, page 263, 313 ff
• The Rennberg - The races on the Salzburg Gaisberg , Siegfried Strasser, Weishaupt Verlag, 2004, ISBN 3-7059-0195-8
• Motorcycle, literature and picture archive Helmut Krackowizer
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• www.motorsportstatistik.com Manfred Magnus - his successes
• www.motorsportstatistik.com/Rennsportstatistik-international
• Performance sheet for the gold medal for sport with diamonds of the Salzburg Automobile, Motorcycle and Touring Club - five pages list of successes, by Manfred Magnus (March 4, 2009)
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