Hermann Böhm (motorcyclist)
Hermann Böhm ( born May 14, 1916 in Nuremberg, † February 22, 1983 ) was a German motorcycle racer.
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Career
Böhm began his motorsport career in 1934 as a passenger in the NSU team of Hans Schumann. Among the achievements of this year ³ was the first place in the sidecar class to 600 cm at the Eifel race on the Nürburgring. From 1936 he started as a driver of sidecars, were banned until 1938 race with sidecars for serious accidents and Böhm moved on solo machines.
After the Second World War, were allowed as a sidecar race again, Böhm went first dirt track race. Together with co-driver Karl Fuchs he was ³ NSU twice German champion on the road, and indeed in 1947, both in the class up to 600 cc and 1200 cc and 1948 to 600 cm. As NSU took from 1952 only in the solo classes (125 cc and 250 cc ), Böhm / Fox switched to Norton and finished second in the German Championship.
In October 1951 Bohm presented on a NSU team with supercharged engine ( 500 cc ) on a frequently used for record-breaking section of the A 9 Munich -Ingolstadt 248 km / h over the kilometer with flying start a world record for sidecars on. In this and other of his record rides the sidecar was not occupied with a passenger, but weighted with lead plates.
Hermann Böhm ended his racing career at the end of season 1952. For his services to motorsport, he was awarded the " Silver Laurel Leaf ". He died on February 22, 1983 in his home town of Nuremberg.
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References
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- Günter Geyler on the website www.eggersdorfer.info
- Torah Hornung: 50 years Nürburgring. Gorres -Verlag, Koblenz 1977