Peter Nöcker (racing driver)

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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 GermanyGermany Theo Helfrich failure
August 12, 1956 1000 km race from Kristianstad (Sweden) Porsche 550 Spyder GermanyGermany 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 GermanyGermany 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 GermanyGermany 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. GermanyGermany 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 GermanyGermany 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. GermanyGermany 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 GermanyGermany 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. GermanyGermany 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. GermanyGermany 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. GermanyGermany 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. GermanyGermany Peter Lindner 3rd place, rank 1, class 9
May 23, 1965 11th Int. ADAC 1000 kilometer race at the Nürburgring Porsche 904/6 GermanyGermany 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 FranceFrance 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. GermanyGermany Dieter Glemser 37th place, 6th place GT cars up to 2000 cm³

Le Mans results

year team vehicle Teammate placement Failure reason
1964 GermanyGermany Peter Lindner Jaguar E-Type Lightweight GermanyGermany Peter Lindner failure Overheated cylinder
1965 GermanyGermany Porsche System Engineering Porsche 904/6 GermanyGermany 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 ArgentinaArgentina BUA United StatesUnited States SEB ItalyItaly MIM GermanyGermany ONLY SwedenSweden KRI
DNF 11
1957 Wolfgang Seidel Mercedes-Benz 300 SL ArgentinaArgentina BUA United StatesUnited States SEB ItalyItaly MIM GermanyGermany ONLY FranceFrance LEM SwedenSweden KRI VenezuelaVenezuela CAR
21st
1961 Helmut Felder Ferrari 250 GT United StatesUnited States SEB ItalyItaly TAR GermanyGermany ONLY FranceFrance LEM ItalyItaly PES
12
1962 Peter Nöcker
Abarth
Ferrari 250 GT
Fiat-Abarth 1000
United StatesUnited States DAY United StatesUnited States SEB United StatesUnited States SEB ItalyItaly MAY ItalyItaly TAR GermanyGermany BER GermanyGermany ONLY FranceFrance LEM FranceFrance TAV ItalyItaly CCA United KingdomUnited Kingdom RTT GermanyGermany ONLY United StatesUnited States BRI United StatesUnited States BRI FranceFrance PAR
5 DNF
1963 Peter Lindner
Peter Nöcker
Jaguar E-Type
Fiat-Abarth 1000
United StatesUnited States DAY United StatesUnited States SEB United StatesUnited States SEB ItalyItaly TAR BelgiumBelgium SPA ItalyItaly MAY GermanyGermany ONLY ItalyItaly CON GermanyGermany ROS FranceFrance LEM ItalyItaly MON GermanyGermany WIS FranceFrance TAV GermanyGermany FRE ItalyItaly CCE United KingdomUnited Kingdom RTT SwitzerlandSwitzerland OVI GermanyGermany ONLY ItalyItaly MON ItalyItaly MON FranceFrance TDF United StatesUnited States BRI
DNF DNF
1964 Peter Lindner Jaguar E-Type United StatesUnited States DAY United StatesUnited States SEB ItalyItaly TAR ItalyItaly MON BelgiumBelgium SPA ItalyItaly CON GermanyGermany ONLY GermanyGermany ROS FranceFrance LEM FranceFrance REI GermanyGermany FRE ItalyItaly CCE United KingdomUnited Kingdom RTT SwitzerlandSwitzerland SIM GermanyGermany ONLY ItalyItaly MON FranceFrance TDF United StatesUnited States BRI United StatesUnited States BRI FranceFrance PAR
DNF DNF DNF
1965 Porsche Porsche 904 United StatesUnited States DAY United StatesUnited States SEB ItalyItaly BOL ItalyItaly MON ItalyItaly MON United KingdomUnited Kingdom RTT ItalyItaly TAR BelgiumBelgium SPA GermanyGermany ONLY ItalyItaly MUG GermanyGermany ROS FranceFrance LEM FranceFrance REI ItalyItaly BOZ GermanyGermany FRE ItalyItaly CCE SwitzerlandSwitzerland OVI GermanyGermany ONLY United StatesUnited States BRI United StatesUnited States BRI
6th 4th
1966 Porsche Porsche 906 United StatesUnited States DAY United StatesUnited States SEB ItalyItaly MON ItalyItaly TAR BelgiumBelgium SPA GermanyGermany ONLY FranceFrance LEM ItalyItaly MUG ItalyItaly CCE GermanyGermany HOK SwitzerlandSwitzerland SIM GermanyGermany ONLY AustriaAustria ZEL
11
1968 IGFA Porsche 911 United StatesUnited States DAY United StatesUnited States SEB United KingdomUnited Kingdom BRH ItalyItaly MON ItalyItaly TAR GermanyGermany ONLY BelgiumBelgium SPA United StatesUnited States WAT AustriaAustria ZEL FranceFrance 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

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 .