Peter Stürtz
Peter Fritz Stürtz (born April 24, 1947 in Munich ; † May 14, 2005 in Vaterstetten ) was a German hill climb driver and racing car designer.
biography
Stürtz spent his childhood in Germering near Munich. The trained industrial clerk was already successfully involved in mountain racing in the early 1960s. After his apprenticeship he had a small taxi company in Munich, which he sold after the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich in order to devote himself entirely to mountain racing.
From the 1970s onwards, Peter Stürtz was actively involved. At the beginning of his career he mostly drove in closed touring cars, such as NSU-TTS , BMW - 2000 - 2002 - 3.0 CSI , and then switched to formula and sports prototypes . In the years 1971–1975 he competed in the European Hill Climb Championship on a wide variety of vehicles such as Abarth 1300 , Chevron -B3, March-BMW , Lotus-Ford , Porsche . In 1971 Peter Stürtz came third in the European Hill Climb Championship on a Fiat Abarth 1300 / Group 6.
Between 1976 and 1980 Stürtz set up a sales agency for mineral oil as well as a Toyota car workshop, which he then sold again in favor of motorsport. During these years he was at the top of the German Mountain Championship. Small technical defects, however, prevented the great success. But he was able to crown 1980 by winning the German Sports Car Cup.
The years from 1981 to 1986 were the most successful in his active sports career. In 1983 and 1986 he became International German Automobile Vice Mountain Champion. In 1984 and 1985 he became German mountain champion. In these years the decision was made to turn to the circuit with its own sports prototype, the SM C288. The SM C288 was the first prototype with a passenger cell, which was completely made of carbon fiber fabric by the company "Die Wethje GmbH". This was a brave decision, because the sports prototype world championship was dominated by Porsche, Ford , Lancia and English sports car manufacturers such as March, LOLA and Spice. The success did not come due to technical problems and his few sponsors looked for other teams. In the 1990s, Stürtz started again with his own vehicle, the SMI-BMW 95. The vehicle had a self-built BMW racing engine with eight cylinders. However, little funds prevented the great success here too.
In the years 2000 to 2005, some design studies of sports prototypes were made, which were also implemented. In spring 2005, Stürtz had the financing for his sports car team together and the technical side of his LMP 675 project was also completed. When the first finished car was ready to start in the 24 Hours of Le Mans , Peter Stürtz died of heart failure in his factory building.
successes
- 1980 German sports car cup winner on Lola Gr. C ,
- 1984 International German automobile miner on March BMW Formula 2 ,
- 1985 International German automobile mining champion on March BMW Formula 2.
literature
- Erich Rostek, Jürgen Hug, Dieter Knorrenschild: German automobile hillclimbing part 2
- Gustav Büsing, Uwe Mahla: Simply a great time. German racing championship 1972–1984 , Group C Motorsportverlag, Duisburg, 2011 ISBN 978-3928540636
- Chronicle of the Homburg hill climb
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stürtz, Peter |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Stürtz, Peter Fritz (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German hill climber and racing car designer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 24, 1947 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Munich |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 14, 2005 |
| Place of death | Vaterstetten |