Helga Steudel

Helga Henry - Steudel born Steudel ( born May 4, 1939 in Görschnitz, now part of Elster mountain ) is a former German motorcycle and automobile racing driver.

Helga Henry - Steudel is still the only motorcycle racer who - at that time under her birth name Steudel - could win a race at the Sachsenring. Today she lives in Vogtländische Mylau and owns and operates with her ​​husband Dieter a paint dealers.

Career

Helga Henry - Steudel came first skill and rallies to road racing in 1959 and played their first motorcycle race at the Bautzen beltway with a 350cc Jawa. From 1960, it started with a MZ RE 125 in the 125 cc class ID. First race victories they won on 25 August at the 1963 Geyer hill climb and on 29 September 1963, the Dresden motorway spider.

On July 17, 1965 won the Heinrich- Steudel at the Sachsenring race in the 125 cc card driver, which was held as part of the Grand Prize of the GDR to the motorcycle world championship in very adverse weather conditions. Further victories they won on the Schleiz, Frohburgerstrasse triangle and the Lückendorfer trail running on the MZ RE.

It was a disappointment that they got under FIM Statutes no license to participate in the GDR championship or international motorcycle racing, although Heinrich Steudel from 1963 every year met the requirements. She finished her career motorcyclists end 1967.

On August 2, 1970, Heinrich- Steudel her comeback in auto racing when Lückendorfer mountain race; they finished fourth in the Melkus RS 1000th your first victory at the cars they won on September 7, 1974 at Glasbach hillclimb race in Wartburg Spider ( B6). 1979 was their most successful year in car racing with an overall victory of the GDR best identify the class B6 ( Spider ) and the overall five- B8 in the GDR best determination of the race car performance class (SC ) II For Heinrich Steudel increased in the SC I race cars B8 in a field with Ulli Melkus, Bernd Kasper, Frieder Kramer, Heiner Lindner and others on.

The end of 1983 said goodbye to Helga Henry Steudel - final of racing - primarily because of not competitive material. Currently they took part in since 2004 Classic events in the Formula Easter; since September 2007 back on the racing motorcycle 125cc MZ RE.

In 2011 she denies regularity tests as part of the GLPpro series and the ADMV CLASSIC CUP.