Harald Grohs
{{Short description|German racing driver (born 1944)}}
Harald Grohs (born 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.
Image:Porsche 935 - Harald Grohs, Südkehre 1980-05-24.jpg during practice for 1000 km 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)
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! Year ! Entrant ! Class ! Chassis ! Engine ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! 14 ! 15 ! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Championship position}} ! Pts |
1975
! T | DAY | MUG | DIJ | MNZ | SPA | PER |style="background:#FFFFFF;"| NÜR | ÖST | GLN | | | | | | !colspan=2|No drivers' Championship. |
1976
! Gr.5 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MUG |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| VAL |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SIL |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NÜR |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ÖST | GLN |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DIJ | | | | | | | | |
1977
! Gr.5 ! BMW 320i | DAY | MUG | SIL |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NÜR | GLN | MOS | BRH |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HOC |style="background:#FFFFFF;"| VAL | | | | | | |
rowspan=2| 1978
!rowspan=2| Gr.5 !rowspan=2| BMW 320i | DAY |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MUG |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DIJ |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| SIL |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NÜR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MIS | |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| VAL | | | | | | | |
BMW Faltz Essen
| | | | | | |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| GLN | | | | | | | | |
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1979
! Gr.5 | DAY | MUG | DIJ | SIL |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NÜR | PER | GLN | BRH | VAL | | | | | | |
rowspan=2| 1980
!rowspan=2| Gr.5 !rowspan=2| Porsche 935 | DAY |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BRH | MUG |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MNZ |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SIL |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NÜR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| LMS | | | | | | | | |
Andial Racing
| | | | | | | |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GLN | MOS | VAL | DIJ | | | | |
rowspan=3| 1981
! Andial Racing !rowspan=3| Gr.5 |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAY |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SEB | MUG | | | | | | | | | |style="background:#FBFFBF;"| MOS |style="background:#FBFFBF;"| ROA | !rowspan=3 style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2nd !rowspan=3 style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 116.5 |
rowspan=2| Vegla Racing Team
| | | |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MNZ | RSD |style="background:#FBFFBF;"| SIL |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NÜR | | | | | | | |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BRH |
Porsche 935-K2
| | | | | | | |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| LMS | PER | DAY | GLN | SPA | | | |
rowspan=2| 1982
! Gr.5 | MNZ |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SIL | |style="background:#FFFFFF;"| LMS | | | | | | | | | | | !rowspan=2| NC !rowspan=2| 0 |
Kannacher GT Racing
! C ! URD C81 | | |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NÜR | |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SPA | MUG | FUJ |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BRH | | | | | | | |
rowspan=4| 1983
! C | MNZ |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SIL | | | | | | | | | | | | | !rowspan=4| 19th !rowspan=4| 20 |
rowspan=3| Brun Motorsport GmbH
! B ! BMW M1 | | |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NÜR | | | | | | | | | | | | |
rowspan=2| C
!rowspan=2| Porsche Type 935/76 2.6 F6t | | | |style="background:#FFFFFF;"| LMS | | | | | | | | | | | |
Porsche 956
| | | | |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SPA | FUJ |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| KYA | | | | | | | | |
rowspan=3| 1984
!rowspan=2| Brun Motorsport GmbH !rowspan=3| C1 !rowspan=3| Porsche Type 935/76 2.6 F6t |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MNZ | SIL | LMS | | | | | | | | | | | | !rowspan=3| 15th !rowspan=3| 36 |
Porsche 956B
| | | |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NÜR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BRH | MOS |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| SPA | | | | | | | | |
Obermaier Racing
| | | | | | | |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| IMO | FUJ | KYA | SAN | | | | |
1985
! Vogelsang Automobil Motorsport ! B ! BMW M1 | MUG | MNZ | SIL |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| LMS |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HOC | MOS | SPA | BRH | FUJ | SHA | | | | | ! NC ! 0 |
rowspan=2| 1986
!rowspan=2| C1 !rowspan=2| Porsche 956 | MNZ | SIL | LMS | NOR | BRH | JER |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NÜR | SPA | | | | | | | !rowspan=2| 26th !rowspan=2| 18 |
Joest Racing
| | | | | | | | |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| FUJ | | | | | | |
rowspan=2| 1987
!rowspan=2| C1 !rowspan=2| Porsche 962C | JAR | JER | MNZ | SIL | LMS | NOR | BRH |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NÜR | SPA | | | | | | !rowspan=2| 54th !rowspan=2| 3 |
Joest Racing
| | | | | | | | | |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| FUJ | | | | | |
rowspan=2| 1988
!rowspan=2| C1 !rowspan=2| Porsche 962C !rowspan=2| Porsche Type 935 3.0 F6t | JER | JAR | MNZ |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SIL |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| LMS | BRN | BRH | NÜR | SPA | | | | | | !rowspan=2| NC !rowspan=2| 0 |
Joest Racing
| | | | | | | | | |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| FUJ | SAN | | | | |
1989
! Nova Engineering ! C1 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SUZ | DIJ | JAR | BRH | NÜR | DON | SPA | MEX | | | | | | | ! 55th ! 1 |
1990
! C |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SUZ |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MNZ |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SIL |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SPA |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DIJ |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NÜR |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DON |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CGV |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MEX | | | | | | ! NC ! 0 |
;Footnotes:
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=Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results=
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Year
! Team ! Co-Drivers ! Car ! Class ! Laps ! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Overall Position}} ! {{Tooltip|Class |
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1976
|align="left"| {{flagicon|DEU}} B.M.W. Motorsport GmbH |align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} Sam Posey |align="left"| BMW 3.5 CSL | Gr.5 | 299 | 10th | 4th |
1979
|align="left"| {{Flagicon|DEU}} Gelo Sportswear International |align="left"| {{Flagicon|GBR}} John Fitzpatrick |align="left"| Porsche 935 | Gr.5 | 196 | DNF | DNF |
1980
|align="left"| {{flagicon|DEU}} Vegla Racing Team |align="left"| {{flagicon|DEU}} Dieter Schornstein |align="left"| Porsche 935 | Gr.5 | 312 | 8th |style="background:#FBFFBF;"| 1st |
1981
|align="left"| {{flagicon|DEU}} Vegla Racing Team |align="left"| {{flagicon|DEU}} Dieter Schornstein |align="left"| Porsche 935-K2 | Gr.5 | 320 | 10th |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3rd |
1982
|align="left"| {{flagicon|DEU}} Vegla Racing Team |align="left"| {{flagicon|DEU}} Dieter Schornstein |align="left"| Porsche 935J | Gr.5 | - | DNS | DNS |
1983
|align="left"| {{flagicon|CHE}} Brun Motorsport GmbH |align="left"| {{flagicon|DEU}} Hans-Joachim Stuck |align="left"| Sehcar C830-Porsche | C | - | DNS | DNS |
1985
|align="left"| {{flagicon|CHE}} Vogelsang |align="left"| {{flagicon|DEU}} Altfrid Heger |align="left"| BMW M1 | B | 32 | DNF | DNF |
1988
|align="left"| {{flagicon|DEU}} Leyton House Kremer Racing |align="left"| {{flagicon|DNK}} Kris Nissen |align="left"| Porsche 962C | C1 | 371 | 8th | 8th |
1989
|align="left"| {{flagicon|CHE}} Brun Motorsport |align="left"| {{flagicon|JPN}} Akihiko Nakaya |align="left"| Porsche 962C | C1 | 78 | DNF | DNF |
1990
|align="left"| {{flagicon|DEU}} Obermaier Racing |align="left"| {{flagicon|BEL}} Marc Duez |align="left"| Porsche 962C | C1 | 140 | DNF | DNF |
1993
|align="left"| {{flagicon|BEL}} Team Paduwa |align="left"| {{flagicon|BEL}} Jean-Paul Libert |align="left"| Porsche 964 Carrera 2 | GT | 8 | DNF | DNF |
1998
|align="left"| {{flagicon|CAN}} C. J. Motorsport |align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} John Morton |align="left"| Porsche 911 GT2 | GT2 | 164 | DNF | DNF |
colspan="8"|{{center|{{small|Source:{{cite web|url=http://www.racingsportscars.com/driver/results/Harald-Grohs-D.html|title=All Results of Harald Grohs|work=racingsportscars.com|access-date=June 20, 2018}}}}}} |
=Complete European Formula Two Championship results=
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
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Year
! Entrant ! Chassis ! Engine ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Championship position}} ! Pts |
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1980
! URD Rennwagenbau ! Hart | THR |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| 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)
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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 ! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Championship position}} ! Pts |
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1984
|style="background:#FBFFBF;"| ZOL |style="background:#000; color:#fff;"| HOC |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| AVU |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| AVU |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MFA |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| WUN |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NÜR |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| NÜR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NOR |style="background:#FBFFBF;"| NÜR |style="background:#FBFFBF;"| DIE |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HOC |style="background:#FFFFFF;"| HOC |style="background:#FBFFBF;"| ZOL |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NÜR | | | | | | | | | !style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3rd !style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 147 |
1985
! Vogelsang Automobil Motorsport |style="background:#FBFFBF;"| ZOL |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| WUN |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| AVU |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MFA |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ERD |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ERD |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| DIE |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DIE |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ZOL |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SIE |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| NÜR | | | | | | | | | | | | | !style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3rd !style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 96 |
1986
! Ford Rennsport HWRT |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ZOL | HOC |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NÜR |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| AVU | MFA |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| WUN | NÜR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ZOL | NÜR | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ! 33rd ! 7 |
1987
! Valier Motorsport ! BMW M3 |style="background:#FBFFBF;"| HOC |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ZOL |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| NÜR |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| AVU |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MFA |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NOR |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NÜR |style="background:#FBFFBF;"| WUN |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DIE |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SAL | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ! 5th ! 102 |
1988
! Valier Motorsport ! BMW M3 |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ZOL |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ZOL |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| HOC |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| HOC |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NÜR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NÜR |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BRN |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BRN |style="background:#DFDFDF;"| AVU |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| AVU |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MFA |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MFA |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NÜR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NÜR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NOR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NOR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| WUN |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| WUN |style="background:#FFFFFF;"| SAL |style="background:#FFFFFF;"| SAL |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HUN |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HUN |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| HOC |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HOC ! 10th ! 162 |
1989
! Valier Motorsport | ZOL | ZOL |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| HOC |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| HOC | NÜR | NÜR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MFA |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MFA |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| AVU |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| AVU |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NÜR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NÜR |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| NOR |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| NOR |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| HOC |style="background:#FFCFCF;"| HOC |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DIE |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DIE |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NÜR |style="background:#FFFFFF;"| NÜR |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HOC |style="background:#FFFFFF;"| HOC | | ! 22nd ! 43 |
rowspan=2| 1990
!rowspan=2| Valier Motorsport |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ZOL |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ZOL | HOC | HOC |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NÜR |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NÜR | AVU | AVU | MFA | MFA | WUN | WUN | NÜR | NÜR |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NOR |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NOR |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DIE |style="background:#FFFFFF;"| DIE | NÜR | NÜR | | | | !rowspan=2| 33rd !rowspan=2| 1 |
BMW M3 Sport Evo
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |style="background:#CFCFFF;"| HOC |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HOC | | |
=Complete Super Tourenwagen Cup results=
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
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! Year ! Team ! Car ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! 14 ! 15 ! 16 ! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Championship position}} ! Pts |
1995
! BMW Team Isert |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ZOL |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ZOL |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SPA |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SPA |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ÖST |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ÖST |style="background:#EFCFFF;"| HOC |style="background:#FFFFFF;"| HOC |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NÜR |style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NÜR | SAL | SAL | AVU | AVU | NÜR | NÜR ! 19th ! 94 |
References
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External links
- https://web.archive.org/web/20051227103043/http://www.grohs-motorsport.de/web/index.html
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{{succession box|title=Porsche Carrera Cup Germany champion|before=Bernd Mayländer|after=Ralf Kelleners|years=1996}}
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