Inge Stoll

Ingeborg Stoll-Laforge (11 February 1930 – 24 August 1958) was a female German motorcycle racer.

Early life Ingeborg Stoll-Laforge was born on 11 February 1930, in the village of Breinig in Stolberg, near Aachen, Germany to Maria (née Moll) and Kurt Stoll. Her parents raced together, with Maria as Kurt's motorcycle sidecar passenger. Inge took over her mother's role in the sidecar when she turned 17.

Racing career Stoll began competing professionally as a female passenger in her father's NSU outfit in 1947. In December 1949, she married Belgian Jean Laforge but the marriage was short lived. She then joined sidecar driver Jacques Drion in 1952 and won the 1952 and 1954 French Sidecar Championships. Stoll and Drion competed in the World Sidecar Championship events from 1952 to 1957.

In May 1958, Stoll married Manfred Grunwald and was planning to give up her racing career, but Drion was unable to find a new passenger so she agreed to ride with him for another race.

Isle of Man TT race career

Year Position Race Make of Motorcycle Average Speed 1954 5th Sidecar TT* Norton 63.91 mph Event held on Clypse Course DNF 1957 Sidecar TT Race, broken hand-hold.

TT Career Summary Finishing Position 5th DNF Number of times 1 1

World Championship career 1952–1957

Grand Prix career summary Finishing position 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th Number of times 1 3 4 5 3 Total number of points: 48