Jürgen Neuhaus (born June 29, 1941 in Wuppertal – February 17, 2022) was a German racing driver and entrepreneur.
After training as a bank clerk, Jürgen Neuhaus worked for a few years in his parents' textile finishing plant before he got into motorsport. He gained his first racing experience in 1961 with an Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint Speziale and later with an Iso Rivolta in mountain and airfield races.
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MoreJürgen Neuhaus (born June 29, 1941 in Wuppertal – February 17, 2022) was a German racing driver and entrepreneur.
After training as a bank clerk, Jürgen Neuhaus worked for a few years in his parents' textile finishing plant before he got into motorsport. He gained his first racing experience in 1961 with an Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint Speziale and later with an Iso Rivolta in mountain and airfield races.
In 1966 and 1967 he won a few races in the German Automobile Circuit Championship (DARM) and airfield races with Porsche 906 and Porsche 911. He achieved his first class victory in a long-distance race together with Helmut Kelleners in 1967 at the 1000 km race on the Nürburgring in the GT2.0 class. In the following years up to 1977, Neuhaus started regularly mostly with Porsche racing cars at the 1000 km race on the Nürburgring and achieved class victories in 1969, 1971 and 1973.
In 1969 he drove together with Dieter Fröhlich in a Porsche 911 T and 908/02 in the sports car world championship and won his class in Monza and on the Nürburgring; in Zeltweg he finished fourth. In the same year he came under contract with the Gesipa Racing Team and successfully contested a number of races in a 908/02. A year later he received a Porsche 917 K, which he drove in the World Sportscar Championship and in the newly formed Interseries.
The first race of the Interseries took place on June 28, 1970 at the Norisring, which Neuhaus won with his "Gesipa"-917. In the season he was able to win another win in Thruxton, three 2nd places in Croft, Keimola and Hockenheim and a 6th place at the Südwestpokal Hockenheim. He achieved overall victory in the Interseries in 1970, the greatest success of his racing career.
In 1971 he drove another season with a 917 Spyder for the Uschi Heckersbruch team and achieved 4th place in Zolder, Keimola and Hockenheim and 5th place in the 300-mile race in Hockenheim.
He then switched back to GT motorsport and drove a Porsche 911 in the German Racing Championship (DRM) in 1972 and after a break in 1976 and 1977 a Porsche 911 Carrera RSR and Porsche 935. His best DRM result was a 10th place overall in 1976.
In 1977 Neuhaus ended his racing career. Parallel to his racing career, he ran a disco called Dudelsack in the 1970s, which he sold after 25 years. Later he worked as an instructor for driving courses.
Subject ID: 52547
Subject ID: 52547