Helmut Fath

Male, Deceased Person

1929 – 1993

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Who was 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, but after a bad accident in 1961 took time off only to return with his own design URS four-cylinder machine and win the title in 1968. The URS engine was also used in solo competition as well as powering Horst Owesle/Peter Rutherford to the 1971 World Sidecar Championship.

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Born
May 29, 1929
Ursenbach
Nationality
  • Germany
Died
Jun 19, 1993
Heidelberg

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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