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Helmut Fath

Helmut Fath was a German sidecar racer and engineer. He won the Sidecar World Championship in 1960 and 1968. His early racing was on BMW R50 sidecars with a chassis of his own design. After a bad accident in 1961, he took time off and returned with his own design URS four-cylinder machine to win the title in 1968. The URS engine was also used in solo competition as well as powering Horst Owesle/Peter Rutterford to the 1971 World Sidecar Championship.

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Helmut Fath
Helmut Fath wearing the race winner's garland
NationalityGerman
Born(1929-05-24)24 May 1929
Ursenbach, Germany1
Died19 June 1993(1993-06-19) (aged 64)
Heidelberg, Germany
Motorcycle racing career statistics
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
Active years1956 - 1969
First race1956 Belgian Sidecar Grand Prix
Last race1969 Belgian Grand Prix2
First win1960 French Sidecar Grand Prix
Last win1969 Belgian Sidecar Grand Prix
TeamBMW URS
Championships2 (1960, 1968)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
11 N/A N/A
Isle of Man TT career
TTs contested6 (1958 - 1969)
TT wins1
First TT win1960 Sidecar TT
Last TT win1960 Sidecar TT
TT podiums2

Helmut Fath (24 May 1929 – 19 June 1993)1 was a German sidecar racer and engineer. He won the Sidecar World Championship in 1960 and 1968.3 His early racing was on BMW R50 sidecars with a chassis of his own design. After a bad accident in 1961, he took time off and returned with his own design URS four-cylinder machine to win the title in 1968.4 The URS engine was also used in solo competition as well as powering Horst Owesle/Peter Rutterford to the 1971 World Sidecar Championship.5

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  1. Motorrad-Marken
  2. "Helmut Fath". Motorsportstatistik.com. Archived from the original on 8 June 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
  3. "Helmut Fath - Competitors - The official Isle of Man TT website". Iomtt.com. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
  4. "FIM Sidecar World Championships". Superside.com. 2009. Archived from the original on 31 January 2009. Retrieved 31 January 2009.
  5. "Motor Racing Circuits Database". Theracingline.net. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
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