Harald Grohs

Harald Grohs (born 28 January 1944) is a racing driver and team owner from Essen, Germany.

Grohs took part in more than 50 24 Hours endurance racing races, mainly 24 Hours of Le Mans and 24 Hours Nürburgring.

Career as driver 1973 first races in a Porsche 911, four wins, invited to race BMW for Team Faltz 1974 German Renault 5 Cup, 6 wins, 2nd in championship 1975 Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft (DRM) for BMW for Team Faltz, first wins, but also a bad crash on the Nürburgring, wins 9 Hours of Kyalami with Jody Scheckter 1976 International races for BMW, with Hans-Joachim Stuck, Ronnie Peterson, Gunnar Nilsson, Jody Scheckter, John Fitzpatrick. "Only Stuck and Petersson were a little faster, but partnered with Petersson, we could never finish a race." 1977 National DRM races with an FIA-Group 5-spec BMW 320, against the "BMW-Junior-Teams" 1978 Worst crash of his career, rolling seven times on the Nürburgring Nordschleife, escaping injured, but shocked 1997 retires from Porsche Carrera Cup and other circuit racing, except occasional starts on the old Nürburgring 1999 Another entry in the 24 Hours of Nürburgring, his 50th "marathon" overall

Career as team owner 1997 Grohs Motorsport founded

Racing record

Complete World Sportscar Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Footnotes

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Complete European Formula Two Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts 1980 URD Rennwagenbau March 792 Hart THR HOC NÜR VAL PAU SIL ZOL MUG ZAN PER MIS HOC NC 0

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Pts 1984 Valier Motorsport BMW 635 CSi ZOL HOC AVU AVU MFA WUN NÜR NÜR NOR NÜR DIE HOC HOC ZOL NÜR 3rd 147 1985 Vogelsang Automobil Motorsport BMW 635 CSi ZOL WUN AVU MFA ERD ERD DIE DIE ZOL SIE NÜR 3rd 96 1986 Ford Rennsport HWRT Ford Sierra XR4 TI ZOL HOC NÜR AVU MFA WUN NÜR ZOL NÜR 33rd 7 1987 Valier Motorsport BMW M3 HOC ZOL NÜR AVU MFA NOR NÜR WUN DIE SAL 5th 102 1988 Valier Motorsport BMW M3 ZOL1 ZOL2 HOC1 HOC2 NÜR1 NÜR2 BRN1 BRN2 AVU1 AVU2 MFA1 MFA2 NÜR1 NÜR2 NOR1 NOR2 WUN1 WUN2 SAL1 SAL2 HUN1 HUN2 HOC1 HOC2 10th 162 1989 Valier Motorsport BMW M3 Evo ZOL1 ZOL2 HOC1 HOC2 NÜR1 NÜR2 MFA1 MFA2 AVU1 AVU2 NÜR1 NÜR2 NOR1 NOR2 HOC1 HOC2 DIE1 DIE2 NÜR1 NÜR2 HOC1 HOC2 22nd 43 1990 Valier Motorsport BMW M3 Evo ZOL1 ZOL2 HOC1 HOC2 NÜR1 NÜR2 AVU1 AVU2 MFA1 MFA2 WUN1 WUN2 NÜR1 NÜR2 NOR1 NOR2 DIE1 DIE2 NÜR1 NÜR2 33rd 1 BMW M3 Sport Evo HOC1 HOC2

Complete Super Tourenwagen Cup results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pts 1995 BMW Team Isert BMW 318is ZOL1 ZOL2 SPA1 SPA2 ÖST1 ÖST2 HOC1 HOC2 NÜR1 NÜR2 SAL1 SAL2 AVU1 AVU2 NÜR1 NÜR2 19th 94