Wolfgang Land (born 1953) is a German motorsport team owner and former racing driver.
The Land Motorsport team is managed by him and his son Jochen Land.
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MoreWolfgang Land (born 1953) is a German motorsport team owner and former racing driver.
The Land Motorsport team is managed by him and his son Jochen Land.
Wolfgang Land began his motorsport career in touring car racing in the 1980s. From 1985 to 1988 he competed in the Volkswagen Polo Cup. In 1985 and 1987 he finished second overall there. In 1988 he finished the season in third place.
In 1989 he drove in the Porsche 944 Turbo Cup and finished third at the race in Zolder.
The following season he moved to the Porsche Carrera Cup Germany. There he drove continuously from 1990 to 1997 all racing seasons. Already in the first year he achieved third place in the annual ranking with the Kilian team and was able to improve this by one place in the following year. He achieved his best results in 1993 and 1997 when he won the championship title.
In 1991 he competed alongside Mike Hezemans and Jeroen Hin in the 1991 24 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps. They finished the long-distance race in third place with a Porsche 911 Carrera 2.
For the Roock Racing Team he drove a Porsche 964 Carrera RSR 3.8 in the two races at the AVUS and at the Nürburgring in the ADAC GT Cup.
In 1995 he competed in the Daytona 24-hour race for the Daytona Racing team with a Porsche 993 Carrera RSR in the GTS-2 class of the IMSA GTS championship. The team was not able to finish the race, but still finished 18th in the standings.
In the same year, Wolfgang Land founded Team Land Motorsport together with his son. He has held the position of team manager since the team was founded. The team's biggest success so far has been winning the drivers' and teams' classifications at the 2016 ADAC GT Masters.
Subject ID: 52784
Subject ID: 52784