Rudi Lins

The Porsche 908 Spyder Langheck by Rudi Lins together with Helmut Marko 1970 third overall at the 24-hour race at Le Mans was

Rudolf "Rudi" Lins (born June 28, 1944 in Bludenz ) is a former Austrian racing driver and entrepreneur.

Career

Rudi Lins was confronted with the automobile phenomenon at a young age. His father ran a Volkswagen dealership in Bludenz and was one of the first Porsche dealers in Austria . Lins himself trained as a motor vehicle master and began a career in motorsport in the mid-1960s. He financed the first races through his parents' business. In 1965 he became Austrian sports car champion in a Porsche 356 and from 1966 onwards he won the title of Austrian mountain champion three times in a row. When he won the European Hill Climb Championship for sports cars in a Porsche 906 Carrera 6 in 1967 , he had long been a works driver at Porsche.

On the circuit he became a successful sports car driver in the late 1960s and was one of the illustrious circle of Porsche works drivers. In 1968 he finished second in a Porsche 910 with Vic Elford in the 1000 km race in Paris and in 1969 with Richard Attwood fourth in the 1000 km race at the Nürburgring and third in the 6-hour race at Watkins Glen with Joe Buzzetta . A Porsche 908 was the emergency vehicle on both occasions . The man from Vorarlberg celebrated his greatest international success in 1970 at the Le Mans 24-hour race , where he finished third in the overall standings as a partner of Helmut Marko .

After the 1000 km race in Zeltweg in 1971 , which he and Erwin Kremer finished in tenth place, he surprisingly announced his retirement. He spent the next few years on adventure travel and took over his parents' car dealership in the mid-1970s.

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1968	Àlex Soler-Roig	Porsche 907/8	Àlex Soler-Roig	failure	Oil leak
1969	Porsche System Engineering	Porsche 908L	Willi Kauhsen	failure	Clutch damage
1970	Martini International Racing	Porsche 908/02 long tail	Helmut Marko	3rd place and class win

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1968	Valvoline Oil Company	Porsche 910	Karl Foitek	failure	accident
1969	Escuderia Nacional SC	Porsche 907 2.2	Àlex Soler-Roig	Rank 4
1970	Porsche Audi	Porsche 917K	Hans Herrmann	failure	accident

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
1965		Porsche 356	DAY	SEB	BOL	MON	MON	RTT	TAR	SPA	ONLY	MUG	ROS	LEM	REI	BOZ	FRE	CCE	OVI	ONLY	BRI	BRI
																10
1966	ÖASC	Porsche 904	DAY	SEB	MON	TAR	SPA	ONLY	LEM	MUG	CCE	HOK	SIM	ONLY	ZEL
													5
1967	ÖASC	Porsche 906	DAY	SEB	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	HOK	MUG	BRH	CCE	ZEL	OVI	ONLY
															6th
1968	Valvoline Racing Gerhard Koch Porsche Àlex Soler-Roig	Porsche 910 Porsche 908 Porsche 907	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	TAR	ONLY	SPA	WAT	ZEL	LEM
				DNF	9	4th	9	20th	5		DNF	DNF
1969	Escuderia Nacional German Racing Porsche Gérard Larrousse Porsche Holding	Porsche 907 Porsche 908 Porsche 911	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	TAR	SPA	ONLY	LEM	WAT	ZEL
			DNF	4th	DNF		21st	13	4th	DNF	3	5
1970	Porsche Martini Racing	Porsche 917 Porsche 908	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	TAR	SPA	ONLY	LEM	WAT	ZEL
			DNF	DNF		14th	13	9	6th	3	7th	3
1971	Martini Racing Joseph Greger Kremer Racing	Porsche 917 Porsche 910 Porsche 911	BUA	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	ZEL	WAT
				DNF						11		10

literature

• Michael Behrndt, Jörg-Thomas Födisch, Rainer Roßbach, Jost Neßhöver: Porsche Bergsport. European Hill Climb Championship 1957–1969. Delius Klasing, Bielefeld 2011, ISBN 978-3-7688-3361-5 .

Web links

Commons : Rudi Lins  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Race results at Racing Sports Cars
• Car dealership Rudi Lins