Peter Nöcker (racing driver)

Peter Nöcker (with helmet) and Peter Lindner (behind the car) in 1964 during the 1000 km race at the Nürburgring with the Jaguar E-Type Lightweight during a pit stop.

Peter Nöcker (born April 30, 1928 in Düsseldorf ; † October 7, 2007 in Meerbusch ) was a German racing driver from Düsseldorf. He became known as a team colleague of Peter Lindner . Peter Nöcker drove sports cars from Porsche , Jaguar and Ferrari , among others .

Career

His first successes were with a Porsche 550 Spyder . He came to the Ferrari 250 GT via the Mercedes-Benz 300 SL (which he drove successfully in circuit races in particular) . In June 1961, Wiesbaden's Peter Lindner brought the successful and talented driver to his Jaguar racing team. Up until Lindner's fatal accident at the 1000 km race in Paris in 1964, the two contested practically all major long-distance touring car races. The “Peter-Peter” crew won the international 6-hour race for touring cars (1961, 1962 and 1963) just three times in a row with their dreaded “WI-PL 1”, and the team that worked together in an exemplary manner took overall victory in the international one 12-hour race in 1963 and several good foreign placements.

Seldom has the German circuit championship for touring cars been fought so hard and doggedly as in the 1963 season: Although Nöcker won 8 circuit races, the total of 9 races could not bring a decision. With the same number of points, the championship title fell to both Düsseldorf's Peter Nöcker ( 3.8-liter Jaguar ) and Wiesbaden's Alfa driver Hans Braun.

In addition, Peter Nöcker was seen at the top of the European Championship in 1963: He was also successful in 5 races with the 3.8 liter Jaguar and was the winner of the European Cup for Touring Cars ("Challenge Europeen de Courses des Tourismes" ). He and Peter Lindner won the first event of this newly created European Touring Car Challenge with the 6-hour race at the Nürburgring . At Brands Hatch, the two finished second in the overall classification (the winners M. Salmon / P. Sutcliffe were subsequently disqualified), Peter Nöcker was the winner of his class in Zolder, won the Timmelsjoch mountain race and reached Budapest together with Peter Lindner another class win. Although this championship was only announced “unofficially” in 1963, the FIA ​​decided that this championship was held “officially” from 1964 onwards. The roots of the European Touring Car Championship ( FIA ETCC) go back to June 16, 1963. On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the ETCC, the FIA donated the Peter Nöcker Trophy in memory of the first winner of the European Touring Car Cup . The “Peter Nöcker Trophy” is awarded to the driver with the most victories at the end of the season. In 2013, Kevin Krammes was the first driver to be recognized as he won 7 out of 10 races in his class.

The 1963 season was undoubtedly a very successful one for Peter Nöcker, as he achieved 17 wins and a second place in a total of 20 starts; he fell out twice, each time in the lead. Despite the large number of touring car appointments , Peter Nöcker still had the time to do a few GT races with his own Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta SWB (chassis no. 1917GT) and with the Jaguar E-Type Lightweight provided by Peter Lindner (chassis no. S850662) to drive. He set no fewer than three course records with the Jaguar E in 1963 (Avus, Norisring and Innsbruck) and with the Ferrari Berlinetta (registration D-JT 183) he improved his own lap times twice in Trier. Peter Nöcker was particularly proud that he had never had a racing accident. In 1963 he sold his Ferrari to Erich Bitter .

In 1964, Peter Lindner and Peter Nöcker again took part in the 1000 km race at the Nürburgring. With their Jaguar E-Type Lightweight, however, they had to end the race with transmission problems on lap 17.

In addition to his involvement in motorsport, Peter Nöcker still had time for his hobby: He was considered a passionate collector of old carpets with a rarity. In 1968 he ended his racing career.

statistics

Sporting successes (selection)

meeting	event	vehicle	Teammate	Result
May 27, 1956	2nd ADAC 1000 km race on the Nürburgring	Porsche 550 Spyder	Theo Helfrich	failure
August 12, 1956	1000 km race from Kristianstad (Sweden)	Porsche 550 Spyder	Wolfgang Seidel	11th place, 3rd place sports car up to 2000 cm³
May 26, 1957	3rd ADAC 1000-kilometer race at the Nürburgring	Mercedes-Benz 300 SL	Wolfgang Seidel	21st place, 2nd place "GT"
September 8, 1957	1st ADAC Hansa Cup race at the Nürburgring	Mercedes-Benz 300 SL		Rank 1 GT over 1600 cm³
July 31, 1960	AvD Grand Prix of Germany at the Nürburgring	Mercedes-Benz 300 SL		Rank 2 GT over 2000 cm³
May 28, 1961	7th Int. ADAC 1000 kilometer race at the Nürburgring	Ferrari 250 GT SWB	Helmut Felder	12th place, 3rd place GT over 2000 cm³
June 11, 1961	Int. ACS 6-hour race for touring cars at the Nürburgring	Jaguar MK II 3.8 Ltr.	Peter Lindner	1st place
April 15, 1962	Int. HSTC hill climb Eberbach / Neckar	Ferrari 250 GT SWB		3rd place in the GT class
May 6, 1962	Int. AvD races at the Hockenheimring	Ferrari 250 GT SWB		1st place
May 27, 1962	8th Int. ADAC 1000 kilometer race at the Nürburgring	Ferrari 250 GT SWB	Wolfgang Seidel	6th place, 1st place GT over 3000 cm³
June 3, 1962	AvD airfield race Oberschleißheim	Ferrari 250 GT SWB		1st place
June 17, 1962	Int. ADAC 6-hour race, touring car GP, Nürburgring	Jaguar MK II 3.8 Ltr.	Peter Lindner	1st place
23/24 June 1962	Int. ADAC airfield race Achum	Ferrari 250 GT SWB		1st place
July 1, 1962	ADAC Norisring race Nuremberg	Ferrari 250 GT SWB		1st place
May 5th 1963	XI. Trier EMSC airfield race	Ferrari 250 GT SWB		1st place
May 19, 1963	9th Int. ADAC 1000 kilometer race at the Nürburgring	Jaguar E-Type Lightweight	Peter Lindner	Failure (oil pressure, oil line broken)
June 16, 1963	Int. ADAC 6-hour race, touring car GP, Nürburgring	Jaguar MK II 3.8 Ltr.	Peter Lindner	1st place
June 30, 1963	International DMV AVUS race Berlin	Jaguar E-Type Lightweight		1st place
July 6, 1963	6-hour race for touring cars at Brands Hatch (GB)	Jaguar MK II 3.8 Ltr.	Peter Lindner	2nd place, rank 1 TW over 3000 cm³
July 14, 1963	Int. ADAC 12-hour race for touring cars at the Nürburgring	Jaguar MK II 3.8 Ltr.	Peter Lindner	1st place
July 21, 1963	ADAC Norisring race Nuremberg	Ferrari 250 GT SWB		1st place
4th August 1963	Touring car race at the AvD-GP at the Nürburgring	Jaguar MK II 3.8 Ltr.		1st place
August 25, 1963	Grote Prijs van Zolder en Bekers van Terlaemen , Zolder (B)	Jaguar MK II 3.8 Ltr.		1st place (grades 6-9)
September 8, 1963	Autumn cup race Hockenheim	Jaguar MK II 3.8 Ltr.		1st place TW over 2500 cm³
14./15. September 1963	Int. ADAC airfield race Achum	Jaguar MK II 3.8 Ltr.		1st place TW over 2500 cm³ (class 9)
September 15, 1963	2. Timmelsjoch - hill climb (A)	Jaguar MK II 3.8 Ltr.		1st place (grades 2-9)
September 22, 1963	Budapest Nagydij , Budapest (H)	Jaguar MK II 3.8 Ltr.	Peter Lindner	3rd place, rank 1, class 9
May 23, 1965	11th Int. ADAC 1000 kilometer race at the Nürburgring	Porsche 904/6	Günter Klass	6th place, 4th place GT cars up to 2000 cm³
5th June 1966	12th Int. ADAC 1000 kilometer race at the Nürburgring	Porsche 904	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	11th place, 4th place sports car up to 2000 cm³
May 19, 1968	14th Int. ADAC 1000 kilometer race at the Nürburgring	Porsche 911 T.	Dieter Glemser	37th place, 6th place GT cars up to 2000 cm³

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1964	Peter Lindner	Jaguar E-Type Lightweight	Peter Lindner	failure	Overheated cylinder
1965	Porsche System Engineering	Porsche 904/6	Herbert Linge	4th place and class win

Individual results in the sports car world championship

season	team	race car	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd
1956	Theo Helfrich Wolfgang Seidel	Porsche 550	BUA	SEB	MIM	ONLY	KRI
						DNF	11
1957	Wolfgang Seidel	Mercedes-Benz 300 SL	BUA	SEB	MIM	ONLY	LEM	KRI	CAR
						21st
1961	Helmut Felder	Ferrari 250 GT	SEB	TAR	ONLY	LEM	PES
					12
1962	Peter Nöcker Abarth	Ferrari 250 GT Fiat-Abarth 1000	DAY	SEB	SEB	MAY	TAR	BER	ONLY	LEM	TAV	CCA	RTT	ONLY	BRI	BRI	PAR
									5								DNF
1963	Peter Lindner Peter Nöcker	Jaguar E-Type Fiat-Abarth 1000	DAY	SEB	SEB	TAR	SPA	MAY	ONLY	CON	ROS	LEM	MON	WIS	TAV	FRE	CCE	RTT	OVI	ONLY	MON	MON	TDF	BRI
									DNF											DNF
1964	Peter Lindner	Jaguar E-Type	DAY	SEB	TAR	MON	SPA	CON	ONLY	ROS	LEM	REI	FRE	CCE	RTT	SIM	ONLY	MON	TDF	BRI	BRI	PAR
									DNF		DNF											DNF
1965	Porsche	Porsche 904	DAY	SEB	BOL	MON	MON	RTT	TAR	SPA	ONLY	MUG	ROS	LEM	REI	BOZ	FRE	CCE	OVI	ONLY	BRI	BRI
											6th			4th
1966	Porsche	Porsche 906	DAY	SEB	MON	TAR	SPA	ONLY	LEM	MUG	CCE	HOK	SIM	ONLY	ZEL
								11
1968	IGFA	Porsche 911	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	TAR	ONLY	SPA	WAT	ZEL	LEM
								37

literature

• Rainer Braun: We introduce: Peter Nöcker . In: automobile illustrated . No. 2 . Gildeverlag, Alfeld / Leine January 20, 1964, p. 43 .

Web links

Commons : Peter Nöcker  - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

• Peter Nöcker in a Ferrari 250 GT SWB at the Norisring race 1962. norisringhistorie.de, accessed on April 17, 2013 . 
• Peter Nöcker, winner of the GT class over 2500 cc in a Jaguar E-Type at the Norisring race in 1963. norisringhistorie.de, accessed on April 17, 2013 . 

Individual evidence

1. ^ European Touring Car Challenge. touringcarracing.net, accessed on April 18, 2013 (English). 
2. ^ Peter Nöcker Trophy celebrates 50 Years of ETCC. (No longer available online.) FIA (fiaetcc.com) March 17, 2013, archived from the original on December 18, 2013 ; accessed on April 18, 2013 . 
3. ↑ Krammes wins Peter Nöcker Trophy. (No longer available online.) FIA (fiaetcc.com) October 6, 2013, archived from the original on December 18, 2013 ; accessed on October 9, 2013 . 
4. ↑ ^{a b} Ferrari 250 GT SWB, VIN 1917GT. barchetta.cc, accessed on April 17, 2013 (English). 
5. ↑ International ADAC 1000-kilometer race 1964.prosteilstrecke.de, accessed on April 17, 2013 . 
6. ↑ International ADAC 1000-kilometer race 1962.prosteilstrecke.de, accessed on April 17, 2013 . 
7. ^ Norisring (GT + 1.6). racingsportscars.com, accessed April 17, 2013 . 
8. ↑ International ADAC 6-hour race, Grand Prix of the touring cars 1963. pro- teilstrecke.de, accessed on April 17, 2013 . 
9. ↑ The Motor 6 hours 1963. touringcarracing.net, accessed on April 18, 2013 (English). 
10. ↑ International ADAC 12-hour race for touring cars in 1963. pro- teilstrecke.de, accessed on April 17, 2013 . 
11. ^ ADAC Norisring race 1963. norisringhistorie.de, accessed on April 17, 2013 . 
12. ↑ Grote Prijs van Zolder en Bekers van Terlaemen 1963. touringcarracing.net, accessed on April 18, 2013 (English). 
13. ↑ 2nd Timmelsjoch Hill Climb 1963. touringcarracing.net, accessed on April 18, 2013 (English). 
14. ↑ Budapest Nagydij 1963. touringcarracing.net, accessed on April 18, 2013 (English). 
15. ↑ International ADAC 1000-kilometer race 1965.prosteilstrecke.de, accessed on April 17, 2013 . 
16. ↑ International ADAC 1000-kilometer race 1966.prosteilstrecke.de, accessed on April 17, 2013 . 
17. ^ Internationales ADAC 1000-kilometer-race 1968. pro- teilstrecke.de, accessed on April 17, 2013 .