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H.W WAS BORN IN 1927. HE IS AND STAYS A SWISS RACE DRIVER LEGEND 4 EVER. HE PASSED AWAY AT MAY 12TH 09.

HE WAS A IMMEDIATE NEIGHBOUR SINCE I WAS BORN ALSO IN THE SAME VILLAGE. JUST 2 STREETS AWAY FROM MY HOME HE HAD HIS WORKSHOP / GARAGE. I REMEMBER IN THE EARLY 70S I ALLREADY ADMIRED ALL THE NICE CARS IN HIS GARAGE. LATER IN THE 80S I REALIZED THAT HE WAS A FAMOUS RACE DRIVER. SINCE THEN HE ALLWAYS WAS KEEN - EARED WHEN I ASKED HIM HELPING ME BUILDING UP A VW ENGINE,SETTING UP MY WEBERS OR MOD THE SUSPENSION. HE WAS SPECIALIZED ON VW & PORSCHE. HIS FAVORITE RACE CARS ALLWAYS WERE PORSCHE 550, RSK OR RS60. 1955 HE BOUGHT A MERKEL - PORSCHE, STARTED IN THE 1100CC CLASS AND WON ALL RACES IN THE SWISS SPORTSCAR CHAMPIONSHIP. AT THE LAST RACE THE RACE MANAGEMENT NOTICED THAT THE ENGINE WAS NOT A 1100CC BUT A 1300CC. HE WAS DISQUALIFIED IMMEDIATELY. 1957 HE BOUGHT A 550 SPYDER ( HE COULD AFFORT IT AS A MEDIAL WORKMAN ) AND WON THE SWISS SPORTSCAR CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE AND ALSO THE  EUROPEEN HILL CLIMB CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE. 1959 WAS A VERY HIGH-FLYING YEAR.....WINNER OF THE INTERNATIONAL GERMAN RACECAR CHAMPIONSHIP, SECOND OF THE EUROPEEN HILL CLIMB CHAMPIONSHIP AND WINNER OF THE SWISS SPORTSCAR CHAMPIONSHIP.......AND ALL ON A PORSCHE RSK. TO CUT A LONG STORY SHORT.........IN THE YEARS 1960/61 HE WON SEVERAL RACES LIKE, FORMEL JUNIOR, WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP (  POSITION 7 AT MONTE CARLO RALLY ON SUNBEAM ). 1962 WAS HIS PERSONAL HIGHLIGHT....POSITION 14 AT THE G.P GERMANY NÜRBURGRING ON A 4 CYLINDER PORSCHE FORMULA 1  OF SCUDERIA FILIPINETTI. HE DROVE PORSCHE 550, RS, RSK, RS60, MERKEL, 904 GTS, CARRERA 6, 910, BUGATTI 35 B ( VUE DES ALPES 1952 )BMW 328, TALBOT 4500, SUNBEAM, FERRARI GTO, 250 LM. AFTER DEAD OF HIS BELOVED FATHER  HE QUIT THE RACECAR CAREER IN 1968. WE WILL KEEP U IN OUR MIND 4 EVER. SALUTE ,, EINHEIT 11 ,,