Klaus Abbelen

Klaus Abbelen ( born September 15, 1960 in Tönisvorst ) is a German racing driver and businessman. The meat producer is executive director of the food business Abbelen.

Motorsport career

From 1979 to 1986 Abbelen went motorcycle racing and it was once third in the Superbike class of the German road championship.

From 1998 Abbelen mode again, motor sport, this time in the Gran Turismo. He climbed into the Ferrari - Porsche Challenge and managed in its first participation in fourth place in the championship. After a second and a third place in the following years was Abbelen 2000 Porsche 993 GT2 champion. A year later he was third again.

2003 denied Abbelen for Zwaan 's Racing in a Dodge Viper GTS -R a season in the FIA ​​GT Championship. With his teammate Rob van der Zwaan, Marc Goossens and Arjan van der Zwaan, he was able to achieve 14 championship points and finished at the end of the season 30 championship course. In 2004 he was back with Rob van der Zwaan, Val Hillebrand and Henrik Roos in some races in the FIA GT Championship at the start, but scored no championship points. In addition Abbelen took part in a round of the Le Mans Series in the Saleen S7 -R Konrad Motorsport.

2005 Abbelen took part in eight races in the Porsche Supercup and finished at the end of the season on the 13th place in the championship. Subsequently, he founded " Frikadelli Racing" his own Motorsport team and put the Porsche 997 GT3 from the Porsche Supercup in the BFGoodrich Endurance Championship in. Together with his partner Sabine Schmitz he could achieve in the BFGoodrich Endurance Championship ten times the podium. One of the greatest successes of his career include the third place with Sabine Schmitz, Edgar Althoff and Kenneth Heyer in the 24 -hour race at the Nürburgring in 2008.