Roland Asch's 75th birthday at the Pit Stop Museum

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Roland Asch's 75th birthday at the Pit Stop Museum

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Created on December 1, 2025

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Emanuel Zifreund

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Roland Asch always in a good mood - at the celebration of Roland Asch's 75th birthday at the Boxenstop Museum

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Roland Asch receives a call from Richy Müller - at the celebration of Roland Asch's 75th birthday at the Boxenstop Museum

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Albert Hammel with his wife, Rebekka Asch - at the celebration of Roland Asch's 75th birthday at the Boxenstop Museum

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Everyone had fun - at the celebration of Roland Asch's 75th birthday at the Boxenstop Museum

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Lively discussions - at the celebration of Roland Asch's 75th birthday at the Boxenstop Museum

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Brodbeck, Asch and Petersen - at the celebration of Roland Asch's 75th birthday at the Boxenstop Museum

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Roland Asch's Porsche - at the celebration of Roland Asch's 75th birthday at the Boxenstop Museum

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Dieter Röscheisen and Sebastian Asch - at the celebration of Roland Asch's 75th birthday at the Boxenstop Museum

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Dr. Patricia Scholten and Wolfgang Wilhelm - at the celebration of Roland Asch's 75th birthday at the Boxenstop Museum

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Granddaughter Valerie Asch - at the celebration of Roland Asch's 75th birthday at the Boxenstop Museum

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Eva Asch - at the celebration of Roland Asch's 75th birthday at the Boxenstop Museum

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Eva and Sebastain Asch - at the celebration of Roland Asch's 75th birthday at the Boxenstop Museum

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Evi Lämmle and Daniela Sigl - at the celebration of Roland Asch's 75th birthday at the Boxenstop Museum

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Ferdi Weischenberg - at the celebration of Roland Asch's 75th birthday at the Boxenstop Museum

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A cozy finale - at the celebration of Roland Asch's 75th birthday at the Boxenstop Museum

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Gift table - at the celebration of Roland Asch's 75th birthday at the Boxenstop Museum

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Tense audience, beautiful arrangement - at the celebration of Roland Asch's 75th birthday at the Boxenstop Museum

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Gretel Asch had fun - at the celebration of Roland Asch's 75th birthday at the Boxenstop Museum

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Gretel Asch has her say - at the celebration of Roland Asch's 75th birthday at the Boxenstop Museum

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Helmet and shoes for the museum - at the celebration of Roland Asch's 75th birthday at the Boxenstop Museum

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Nice round of talks - at the celebration of Roland Asch's 75th birthday at the Boxenstop Museum

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Handing over the helmet to Rainer Klink - at the celebration of Roland Asch's 75th birthday at the Boxenstop Museum

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Jan Petersen, Eva Asch - at the celebration of Roland Asch's 75th birthday at the Boxenstop Museum

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Jürgen Pippig, Roland Asch - at the celebration of Roland Asch's 75th birthday at the Boxenstop Museum

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Lämmle in front of an old DKW - at the celebration of Roland Asch's 75th birthday at the Boxenstop Museum

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Max Gerrit and Roland Asch - at the celebration of Roland Asch's 75th birthday at the Boxenstop Museum

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Max Gerrit von Pein - at the celebration of Roland Asch's 75th birthday at the Boxenstop Museum

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Michael Bock next to Gretel, Eva and Sebastian Asch - at the celebration of Roland Asch's 75th birthday at the Boxenstop Museum

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Patricia Scholten, Brodbeck and Wilhem - at the celebration of Roland Asch's 75th birthday at the Boxenstop Museum

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Petersen, Asch and Pippig - at the celebration of Roland Asch's 75th birthday at the Boxenstop Museum

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Rainer and Ute Klink, Michael Petersen and Roland Asch - at the celebration of Roland Asch's 75th birthday at the Boxenstop Museum

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Roland Asch tells his story - at the celebration of Roland Asch's 75th birthday at the Boxenstop Museum

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Roland Asch in conversation - at the celebration of Roland Asch's 75th birthday at the Boxenstop Museum

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Roland Asch and Albert Hummel - at the celebration of Roland Asch's 75th birthday at the Boxenstop Museum

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Roland Asch, Yannik and Steffen Trautwein - at the celebration of Roland Asch's 75th birthday at the Boxenstop Museum

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Sebastian and Rebekka Asch, Evi and Thomas Lämmle - at the celebration of Roland Asch's 75th birthday at the Boxenstop Museum

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Sebastian and Roland Asch in conversation with Albert Hummel - at the celebration of Roland Asch's 75th birthday at the Boxenstop Museum

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Son Sebastian and Roland Asch - at the celebration of Roland Asch's 75th birthday at the Boxenstop Museum

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Thomas Lämmle - at the celebration of Roland Asch's 75th birthday at the Boxenstop Museum

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Uwe Brodbeck talks - at the celebration of Roland Asch's 75th birthday at the Boxenstop Museum

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From the Mercedes Banz Classic Team - at the celebration of Roland Asch's 75th birthday at the Museum Boxenstop

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Wolfgang Wilhelm without a camera for once - at the celebration of Roland Asch's 75th birthday at the Boxenstop Museum

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Wolfgang Wilhelm and Bernd Ramler - at the celebration of Roland Asch's 75th birthday at the Boxenstop Museum

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Wolfgang Wilhelm and Roland Asch - at the celebration of Roland Asch's 75th birthday at the Boxenstop Museum

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Wolfgang Wilhem in conversation with Gretel Asch - at the celebration of Roland Asch's 75th birthday at the Boxenstop Museum

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Yannik and Steffen Trautwein next to Bernd Ramler - at the celebration of Roland Asch's 75th birthday at the Boxenstop Museum

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Mercedes Benz 190 E 2.5-16 Evolution (1990) - Roland Asch at the 24-hour race on the Nürburgring on June 16, 1990

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Ford Mondeo STW (1995) - After a 3-year pause for thought without factory use, the Mondeo enters the STW series

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Kurt Thiim/Roland Asch, Keke Rosberg/Ellen Lohr, Jaques Laffite/Jörg van Ommen and Klaus Ludwig/Bernd Schneider AMG Mercedes 190 E 2.5-16 Evo II - DTM driver team 1992 1992

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Mercedes-Benz 190 E 2.5-16 Evolution II (W 201) (1993) - Drivers from left to right - Roland Asch, Bernd Schneider, Ellen Lohr, Klaus Ludwig, Kurt Thiim and Jörg van Ommen

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Jörg van Ommen, Kurt Thiim, Klaus Ludwig, Ellen Lohr, Bernd Schneider and Roland Asch - the 1994 DTM team (1994)

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Klaus Ludwig, Kurt Thiim, Ellen Lohr, Roland Asch, Jörg van Ommen and Bernd Schneider (1994)

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Klaus Ludwig, Bernd Schneider, Ellen Lohr, Kurt Thiim, Roland Asch and Jörg van Ommen (1994)

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Klaus Ludwig, Ellen Lohr, Kurt Thiim, Jörg van Ommen, Bernd Schneider and Roland Asch (1993)

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Ford Capri RS 2600 (1973) - Roland Asch with the car that started his racing career, but which he also took on his honeymoon - "I could write books about it ..." - Retro Classics Stuttgart 2017

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Porsche 944 turbo (1989) - Roland Asch took race wins with it - Retro Classics Stuttgart 2017

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Porsche 964 Cup (1990) -3600 cm3, 265 hp, 1120 kg - driven by Roland Asch in the 1991 Porsche Cup - Retro Classics Stuttgart 2017

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Ford Mustang II GT Group A (1985) - used in the DTM 1985/1986, driven by Roland Asch - Retro Classics Stuttgart 2023

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Roland Asch (former DTM driver) in the Mercedes-Benz 300 SL W198-I 1955 at the 2011 Mille Miglia

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Goodwood Festival of Speed 2014 - Mercedes-Benz 500 SL (1980) - Roland Asch in the luxury class touring car

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Goodwood Festival of Speed 2014 - Mercedes-Benz W125 (1937) - Roland Asch already knows the W125 from the Klausen Race

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Roland Asch drove the Mercedes Benz W 25 (1934) at the Klausenrennen 2013

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Mercedes Benz W 25 (1934) - at the Klausenrennen 2013

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Mercedes Benz W 25 (1934) - at the Klausenrennen 2013

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Mercedes Benz W 25 (1934) - at the Klausenrennen 2013

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Mercedes Benz W 25 (1934) - at the Klausenrennen 2013

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Summary

Roland Asch's 75th birthday was celebrated a little late on November 23, 2025, but all the more vigorously at the Boxtenstop automobile museum in Tübingen. Many motorsport and car manufacturer celebrities were on hand and journalists from then and now also celebrated the popular and, as always, good-humored Roland Asch ...

This article contains the following chapters

Birthday party in the museum
Richy Müller on the phone
Max Gerrit von Pein
Uwe Brodbeck
Dr. Patricia Scholten
Daniela Sigl
Thomas Lämmle
Steffen and Yannik Trautwein
Jan Petersen
Albert Hammel
Bernd Ramler
Dieter Röscheisen
Jürgen Pippig
Ferdi Weischenberg
Michael Bock
And then there was the team of journalists
Well-represented Asch family
And a museum donation

Estimated reading time: 9min

Preview (beginning of the article)

On October 12, 2025, Roland Asch turned seventy-five, a welcome occasion for a major celebration. However, as his fiftieth wedding anniversary was on the calendar at almost the same time, the jubilarian was on a three-week tour through Italy to Sicily with his wife Gretel in an original Capri RS 2.6. In consultation between the family and the pit stop team, the postponed birthday celebration was therefore quietly prepared for November 23, 2025. Let's get straight to the point: the surprise was a success. It was a complete success. Rainer Klink from the Pit Stop Automobile Museum and journalist Michael Petersen, a veteran of the Stuttgarter Zeitung, introduced the invited guests, all of whom have a personal relationship with Roland Asch. The fact that some of them had never met before was soon to change during the course of the evening.

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