Porsche congratulates Manfred Schurti on his 80th birthday
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Porsche congratulates Manfred Schurti on his 80th birthday From motorbike professional to endurance racer / Nine starts at the 24 Hours of Le Mans
Stuttgart . From 1976 to 1979, Manfred Schurti finishes 24 races in the
Schurti was born on 24 December 1941 in Lustenau, Austria. After the Second World War, his family moved to the Principality of Liechtenstein and he acquired citizenship of the world’s sixth smallest country. He began his motorsport career while training as a car mechanic and a motorbike instructor. As a 21-year-old, he became the Swiss 250 cc motocross champion. “My passion has always been motorcycling. When I drove a car for the first time one day at the Hockenheimring, I quickly realised that I knew nothing about it. To get my license, I had to attend a course, and the teacher spotted my talent,” Schurti recounts. “But it was success that really gave me a taste for it,” he adds.
In 1966, he entered Formula Vee and continued his career on four wheels. Schurti competed against Harald Ertl, Niki Lauda and Helmut Marko, among others. In 1972 he won the European Cup in Formula Super Vee and the Castrol Formula Super Vee Trophy. A year later, he signed his works driver contract with
Results during his racing career with
1975
3rd place 6 Hours of Monza, 911
1976
1st place 6 Hours of Watkins Glen,
1977
1st place DRM Zolder,
1978
2nd place 24 Hours of Daytona,
1979
1st place 6 Hours of Mugello,
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