Joseph Greger

Sepp Greger in 1972 on the Nürburgring

Joseph "Sepp" Greger (born February 4, 1915 in Scheyern ; † August 2, 2010 in Dachau ) was a German racing driver who was active in motorsport well into old age.

Career

Greger began with motorsport as a grass track and off-road driver with motorcycles before the Second World War . In 1950 he started as a sports car driver in a VW and from 1952 on a Porsche . As the owner of several car dealerships in Munich and Dachau, he always remained a private driver. He drove the Mille Miglia and numerous rallies . Above all, he was a long-distance driver, but still loved hill climbing above all else. In 1968 he won the European Hill Climb Championship in the sports car category in a Porsche 906 , followed by an overall victory in the GT division in 1969 with a Porsche 911 and in the touring car category in 1973. It was not until he was 75 years old and after having participated in around 1200 races that he finally retired from active sport.

Greger also became known as the long-standing successful organizer of the Greger Racing Show in the Munich Olympic Hall.

Honors

In recognition of his services to motorsport, he was the recipient of the Silver Laurel Leaf, the highest sporting award in the Federal Republic of Germany, and holder of the ONS Cup from 1969. The ADAC awarded him the Golden Sports Badge with diamonds.

Sepp Greger was married and had two sons. He celebrated his 90th birthday in relatively good health. In 2005 he was awarded the Bavarian Sports Prize in the category "Sporting Lifetime Achievement".

statistics

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1967	Joseph Greger	Porsche 911S	Günter Besier	Rank 20
1968	Joseph Greger	Porsche 911S	Malte Huth	failure	Cylinder damage
1970	Joseph Greger	Porsche 910	Andreas Schmalbach	failure	Engine failure
1971	Joseph Greger	Porsche 907	Hans-Dieter Weigel	failure	Gearbox damage
1972	Joseph Greger	Porsche 910	Arthur Blank	failure	Engine failure

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	Joseph Greger	Porsche 356	BUA	SEB	MIM	ONLY	KRI
					23	22nd
1957	Joseph Greger	Porsche 356	BUA	SEB	MIM	ONLY	LEM	KRI	CAR
						DNF
1958	Joseph Greger	Porsche 356	BUA	SEB	TAR	ONLY	LEM	RTT
						DNF
1959	Joseph Greger	Porsche 356	SEB	TAR	ONLY	LEM	RTT
					18th
1960	Porsche	Porsche 356	BUA	SEB	TAR	ONLY	LEM
						7th
1961	Porsche	Porsche 356	SEB	TAR	ONLY	LEM	PES
					8th
1963	Porsche Joseph Greger	Porsche 356 Porsche 718 RS	DAY	SEB	SEB	TAR	SPA	MAY	ONLY	CON	ROS	LEM	MON	WIS	TAV	FRE	CCE	RTT	OVI	ONLY	MON	MON	TDF	BRI
									DNF		2					5			3
1964	Günter Klass Joseph Greger Karl Foitek	Porsche 356 Elva Mk.7	DAY	SEB	TAR	MON	SPA	CON	ONLY	ROS	LEM	REI	FRE	CCE	RTT	SIM	ONLY	MON	TDF	BRI	BRI	PAR
									15th	3			12			18th
1965	Joseph Greger	Porsche 904	DAY	SEB	BOL	MON	MON	RTT	TAR	SPA	ONLY	MUG	ROS	LEM	REI	BOZ	FRE	CCE	OVI	ONLY	BRI	BRI
													13				5		10
1966	Carl-Gregor Auer Joseph Greger	Porsche 911 Porsche 906	DAY	SEB	MON	TAR	SPA	ONLY	LEM	MUG	CCE	HOK	SIM	ONLY	ZEL
								19th					4th
1967	Joseph Greger	Porsche 911 Porsche 906	DAY	SEB	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	HOK	MUG	BRH	CCE	ZEL	OVI	ONLY
				20th				12							7th
1968	Joseph Greger Association of South German Automobile Sportsmen	Porsche 911	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	TAR	ONLY	SPA	WAT	ZEL	LEM
				DNF		DNF		18th
1969	Joseph Greger Association Südd. Car athlete	Porsche 910	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	TAR	SPA	ONLY	LEM	WAT	ZEL
						DNF			DNF
1970	Joseph Greger Asahi Pentax Racing Team	Porsche 910 Porsche 908	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	TAR	SPA	ONLY	LEM	WAT	ZEL
				DNF					8th
1971	Joseph Greger	Porsche 907 Porsche 910	BUA	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	ZEL	WAT
					DNF					11
1972	Joseph Greger Kurt Hild	Porsche 910	BUA	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	ZEL	WAT
					DNF					26th
1973	Joest Racing Joseph Greger	Porsche 911 KMW SP30	DAY	VAL	DIJ	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	ZEL	WAT
			9								DNF
1974	Joseph Greger	Porsche Carrera RSR	MON	SPA	ONLY	IMO	LEM	ZEL	WAT	LEC	BRH	KYA
			19th		24
1976	Egon Evertz	Porsche 908	MUG	VAL	ONLY	MON	SIL	IMO	ONLY	ZEL	BY	WAT	MOS	DIJ	DIJ	SAL
															DNF

literature

• Michael Behrndt, Jörg-Thomas Födisch, Matthias Behrndt: German racing drivers. Portraits, pictures and successes from 100 years. Heel, Königswinter 2008, ISBN 978-3-86852-042-2 , p. 66.
• Sepp Greger a nineties. In: Merkur-Online , February 4, 2005.

Web links

Commons : Joseph Greger  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Joseph Greger at Racing Sports Cars