- Heinz Melkus
Heinz Melkus (
April 20 1928 inDresden –September 5 2005 in Dresden) was an East-German race car driver and constructor ofsport car s.He founded the company
Melkus to produce race and sport cars, his Wartburg basedMelkus RS 1000 was with 101 build units the most successful one.His sons, Peter and Sepp Melkus have resumed to build sports cars in 2006.
Track record
* 1958 German champion in
Formula 3 up to 500 cc
* 1960 East German champion inFormula Junior up to 1000 cc
* 1965 Winner of the Main event of the Friendship of Socialist Countries Cup
* 1967, 1968, 1972 East German champion in Formel 3/Class C 9/Class B 8/ E up to 1300 cc
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