Helmut Fath

{{Infobox motorcycle rider

|name = Helmut Fath

|nationality = German

| image = File:Helmut Fath small.JPG

| caption = Helmut Fath wearing the race winner's garland

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1929|5|24|df=y}}

| birth_place = Ursenbach, Germany[http://www.winni-scheibe.com/ta_marken/urs/fath.htm Motorrad-Marken]

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1993|6|19|1929|5|24|df=y}}

| death_place = Heidelberg, Germany

|GP Active years = 1956 - 1969

|GP Teams = BMW URS

|GP Race Starts =

|GP Championships = 2 ({{MGP|1960}}, {{MGP|1968}})

|GP Race Wins = 11

|GP Podiums =

|GP Total Points =

|GP Poles = N/A

|GP Fastest laps = N/A

|GP First race = 1956 Belgian Sidecar Grand Prix

|GP First win = 1960 French Sidecar Grand Prix

|GP Last win = 1969 Belgian Sidecar Grand Prix

|GP Last race = 1969 Belgian Grand Prix{{cite web|url=http://www.motorsportstatistik.com/Rennsportstatistik-Deutschland/WM-Piloten%20Deutschland/Fath/Fath.htm |title=Helmut Fath |publisher=Motorsportstatistik.com |accessdate=2012-08-06 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120608192914/http://www.motorsportstatistik.com/Rennsportstatistik-Deutschland/WM-Piloten%20Deutschland/Fath/Fath.htm |archivedate=2012-06-08 }}

| TT Contested = 6 (1958 - 1969)

| TT Wins = 1

| TT First win = 1960 Sidecar TT

| TT Last win = 1960 Sidecar TT

| TT Podiums = 2

}}

Helmut Fath (24{{nbsp}}May 1929{{snd}}19{{nbsp}}June 1993) was a German sidecar racer and engineer. He won the Sidecar World Championship in 1960 and 1968.{{cite web|url=http://www.iomtt.com/TT-Database/competitors.aspx?ride_id=1880 |title=Helmut Fath - Competitors - The official Isle of Man TT website |publisher=Iomtt.com |date= |accessdate=2012-08-06}} His early racing was on BMW R50 sidecars with a chassis of his own design. After a bad accident in 1961, he took time off and returned with his own design URS four-cylinder machine to win the title in 1968.{{cite web |title=FIM Sidecar World Championships |publisher=Superside.com |year=2009 |url=http://www.superside.com/history.php |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090131225006/http://superside.com/history.php |archivedate=31 January 2009 |accessdate=31 January 2009 }} The URS engine was also used in solo competition as well as powering Horst Owesle/Peter Rutterford to the 1971 World Sidecar Championship.{{cite web |url=http://theracingline.net/racingcircuits/racingcircuits/Netherlands/index.html |title=Motor Racing Circuits Database |publisher=Theracingline.net |date= |accessdate=2012-08-06 |archive-date=24 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724022011/http://theracingline.net/racingcircuits/racingcircuits/Netherlands/index.html |url-status=dead }}