Jürgen Alzen
Jürgen Alzen (* November 26, 1962 in Churches ) is, like his younger brother Uwe Alzen, a German automobile racing driver.
Life
The motor sport roots of the Alzen brothers lie on the Nürburgring Nordschleife mainly in the VLN series. In 2007 he was also active in the RCN and the 24h race at the Nürburgring, both as a driver and as a team leader. However, the main field of activity are the Porsche Carrera Cup series ( Germany or Porsche Supercup ). However, for some time, he focuses on his agent established in Betzdorf operating Jürgen Alzen Motorsport, which mainly deals with motorsport and tuning inserts, which almost exclusively to vehicles from Porsche is set.
Achievements
In the years 1999, 2002 and 2006, he finished each ranked second in the 24-hour race at the Nürburgring, in each case together with some other well-known drivers, so in 2006 with his brother Uwe, Christian Abt and Klaus Ludwig. In Australia, the Alzen brothers took part in the 24 Hours of Bathurst.
Team
Jürgen Alzen Motorsport occurred from 2003 to 2005 by a heavily modified Porsche 996 Turbo at the 24 hour race at the Nürburgring. This powerful vehicle was called due to its acoustic occurrence " Turbinchen ". With Uwe at the wheel of the car lowered several times the lap record, so that the charging pressure was further reduced by the regulations. At the end of the 2005 season (most recently damaged ) car instead a new Porsche 911 GT3 ( Type 997 ) was sold and built.
In the 2007 season, the team traveled with 24 by a heavily modified Porsche Cayman with a 530 hp engine from the Porsche 911 GT3. The planned installation of even stronger V10 engine from the Porsche Carrera GT was also due to the regulations discarded. 2010 travels Jürgen Alzen with different vehicles from Porsche in the Special Touring Car Trophy and the RCN.
2012 Jürgen Alzen Motorsport came with a Ford GT at the 24h race at the Nürburgring. More pilots Jürgen Alzen were next to Artur Deutgen, Christian Engelhart and Robert Renauer. The team could not finish the race. After problems with the on-board voltage of the car had a gearbox problem at night.