Thomas von Löwis of Menar

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Thomas von Löwis of Menar , also known as Thomas von Löwis auf Menar or Tom von Löwis (born December 3, 1947 in Mauren ), was a racing driver in the German Touring Car Championship and is now the team boss of the Four Motors racing team for environmentally friendly racing cars. The most popular drivers are Smudo and Tim Schrick .

Life

The ancestors of Thomas von Löwis of Menar come from Scotland and came to Germany via the Baltic States . Part of the extensive aristocratic family has been based in Mauren in Baden-Württemberg since 1830 . Tom, as he is also called, was born there, his father was also connected to racing as a motorcycle racer.

Racing driver

Von Löwis completed his first race in the German Touring Car Championship (DTM) in 1987 at the Hockenheimring and his last race in 1992 at the AVUS . In 1987 , 1988 and 1992 he took part in a total of 35 DTM races and was once placed second ( Zolder 1987). One of his partners in 24-hour races, in the DTM and at BMW was Leopold Prince of Bavaria .

Four Motors Renault Mégane Trophy

"Green Racing"

As the team leader of the Four Motors racing team in Reutlingen, von Löwis realizes his idea of ​​an environmentally friendly sports car that runs on biodiesel and whose body is made from renewable raw materials and can be recycled .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ FourMotors Bio Concept Cars [1]
  2. ^ All messages from Thomas von Löwis of Menar. Motorsport-Total.com, accessed June 7, 2015 .
  3. ↑ Diethard Rolink: 24-hour race on the Nürburgring: With biodiesel at the start, June 19, 2014 [2] (accessed on June 2, 2015)
  4. ↑ Future Congress 2009 - Thomas von Löwis of Menar: How breaking rules can be lived, June 16, 2009 [3] (accessed June 2, 2015)
personal data
SURNAME Löwis of Menar, Thomas von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Löwis auf Menar, Thomas von; Löwis, Tom von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German racing driver, managing director
DATE OF BIRTH December 3, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Mauren (Ehningen)