Rainer Braun (sports journalist)

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Rainer Braun (born November 14, 1940 ) is a former German sports journalist, track announcer, motorsport commentator and amateur racing driver. In the 1990s he commented on races in the German Touring Car Championship (DTM) , a. a. on 3Sat .

Life

Rainer Braun was an amateur racing driver in various racing series from 1965 to 1973. Between 1968 and 1974 he drove in Formula Vee for the "Winkler Racing Team" with a Kaimann racing car . In addition to the main driver Jochen Mass , he alternates with the racing driver Manfred Jantke in the team's second racing car.

Publications

Since 1998, Rainer Braun has also been the author of eight books , all of which have become bestsellers .

Together with Ferdi Kräling, Braun published a special volume in 2000 with the title “Snapshots - A journey through 75 years of Ford Motorsport in Germany”. In addition, he published a book with the title “Hello Classic Paddock - Nostalgic Stories from the World of Automobile Sports”. In this series, Braun also published another volume ("Hallo Paddock 2") as well as a collector's edition that includes both volumes ("Hallo Paddock Classic - Edition 500").

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jürgen Pander: "Hello Classic paddock" Backstage with the shooters. In: SPIEGEL Online. SPIEGEL ONLINE GmbH & Co. KG, January 21, 2016, accessed on July 19, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Article “Rainer Braun and racing colleagues: Nobody believes us!” On www.radio-oldtimer.de from June 2, 2017
  3. ↑ The "Winkler Racing Team" existed from 1968 to 1974 and drove two Kaimann racing cars. The team belonged to Eberhard Winkler (* 1938), a son of the entrepreneur Alfred Winkler
  4. ↑ Article by Rainer Braun with the title "Live wild and dangerous - About Formula Vee and its daring drivers" on www. Zwischengas.com from 2015
  5. ↑ Article “Rainer Braun and racing colleagues: Nobody believes us!” On www.radio-oldtimer.de from June 2, 2017
  6. ^ Rainer Braun, Ferdi Kräling: Snapshots - A journey through time through 75 years of Ford Motorsport in Germany . Ed .: Ford-Werke AG. HEEL Verlag GmbH, Königswinter 2000, ISBN 3-89365-904-8 .
  7. ↑ Rainer Braun: Hello Classic paddock . McKlein Publishing.
personal data
SURNAME Braun, Rainer
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sports journalist, track announcer and commentator in motorsport
DATE OF BIRTH November 14, 1940