Volker Steinwascher
Volker Steinwascher (born March 4, 1943 ) is a German motorboat racing driver . He is the brother of the equally successful racing boat driver Jörg Steinwascher . Both came to motor boating because their father sold boats and boat engines in his Siegburg company.
Sporting successes
Volker Steinwascher gained his first racing experience in 1962 in the inflatable boat class PE ( outboards up to 850 cm³) and his first successes in the sport boat class DU (outboards up to 700 cm³). Later he concentrated on the racing boat class OC (racing engines up to 500 cm³) so as not to compete with his brother.
- 1963 German master class DU
- 1964 German master class DU
- 1969 World Champion class OC in Poznan (Poland)
- 1969 German master class OC
- 1970 World Champion class OC in Essen
- 1970 German Grand Prix (class OC in Hanover)
- 1970 German master class OC
- 1971 Vice World Champion class OC in Antwerp (Netherlands)
- 1971 German Grand Prix (Class OC in Essen)
- 1972 European champion class OC in Hanover
- 1972 World Champion class OC in Falun (Sweden)
- 1972 European Champion Class OC in Villeneuve-sur-Lot (France)
Awards
- Silver Bay Leaf (1970)
Individual evidence
- ^ Message in the magazine Die Yacht (Hamburg), 1964, Issue 24, p. 17
- ^ Message in the magazine Die Yacht (Hamburg), 1970, issue 2, p. 9
- ^ Message in the journal Die Yacht (Hamburg), 1970, issue 19, p. 140
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Steinwascher, Volker |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German motorboat racer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 4, 1943 |