Fritz Huschke von Hanstein
Fritz Werner Sittig Enno von Hanstein ( born January 3, 1911 in Halle a d Saale; † 5 March 1996 in Stuttgart ) was a German racing driver and vice president of automotive Sports Commission. Hanstein led pursuant to a deed of the police headquarters in Stuttgart of 24 October 1956 officially the nickname ( first name ) Fritz Huschke.
Family
Hanstein was descended from the noble family of the old eichsfeldischen Hansteiner and was for some years chairman of the family unit. He is buried near the family castle.
He was the son of the royal Prussian lieutenant colonel and landowner Carlo von Hanstein (1875-1936), Mr. Gut Wahlshausen - Unterhof, and the Anne of dippe ( 1890-1976 ).
Hanstein married on June 4, 1950 at the Nürburgring (Eifel ) Ursula von Kaufmann ( born February 10, 1916 in Schladen; † October 3, 2005 in Stuttgart), the daughter of the royal Prussian Upper bailiff and domain farmer Fritz -Georg Kaufmann and the Else by Engelhart.
Life
From Hanstein be made early on a name as a car racing driver. During the time of National Socialism, he was a member of the SS and also demonstrated this clearly with appropriate registration plates (SS -333 ) and stickers on his private BMW 328 racing car. The early 60s, he took over the management of the racing department at Porsche, where he recorded success with the lightweight at the legendary Carrera Panamericana ( is now named after the type nor the Carrera ). After the departure from Formula 2 and Formula 1, he supervised sports car racing and mountain races and rallies. From Hanstein Sports President of the Automobile Club of Germany was also ( AVD ).
Beginning of the 1960s was Evi Butz his secretary at Porsche, the successful U.S. racing driver, race car builder and team owner Dan Gurney married shortly thereafter.