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Drift artists, lateral drivers and crowd favorites - Olaf Manthey and Harald Grohs

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Created in 2009

Reading time 24min

Written by:

Rainer Braun

Photos:

Daniel Reinhard

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Daniel Reinhard

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Olaf Manthey sorgt im Rover Vitesse für beste Unterhaltung in der DTM

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Echte Kerle - Harald Grohs und Olaf Manthey haben den Fans wilde Tourenwagenjahre beschehrt

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Olaf Manthey mit Helm bereit für neue Heldentaten

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Nach zwei DTM-Jahren bei Mercedes beendet Manthey 1993 seine Rennfahrerkarriere und wechselt ins Management des Persson-Teams

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Olaf Manthey fliegt sich im Rover Vitesse in der DTM in die Herzen der Fans

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Olaf Manthey sorgt im Rover Vitesse mit wilder Fahrweise für beste Unterhaltung in der DTM

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Teamchef in Aktion - Manthey als Einsatzleiter der Porsche-Junioren in Hockenheim im Jahr 2004

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Nach dem dritten Sieg bei den 24 Stunden auf dem Nürburgring muss Manthey seinen Zwirbelbart opfern

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Der gelb-grüne Manthey-Porsche wird zum Dauersieger beim 24-Stunden-Rennen auf dem Nürburgring

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Doppelsieg für das Manthey-Team bei den 24 Stunden auf dem Nürburgring im Jahr 2008

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Beim Premierenrennen auf dem Hockenheimring versetzt Harald Grohs (vorne links) die Konkurrenz im Renault-5-Cup 1974 in Angst und Schrecken

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Jung-Rennfahrer Harald Grohs mit F1-Champion Emerson Fittipaldi beim Fototermin

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Beim 1000-km-Rennen auf dem Nürburgring zertrümmert Harald Grohs 1975 den BMW CSL

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Keiner sprang so hoch und weit wie Harald Grohs - hier in der DTM auf der Nordschleife im Jahr 1977 im BMW 320 Gruppe 5

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Harald Grohs wird im Porsche Super Cup von der Konkurrenz 1996 auf dem Hockenheimring ins Kiesbett geschickt

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Gesprungen wurde auch in Spa - Harald Grohs in der Eau Rouge im Jahr 1986 im Porsche 944 Cup - "es ging leider nicht voll ..."

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Claus-Theo Gärtner alias Matula (Fernsehserie "Die Zwei") und sein "Double" Harald Grohs

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Ein echtes Vollgas-Original - 30 Jahre lang begeisterte Grohs mit grandiosen Duellen, Sprüngen und Drifts

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BMW M1 ProCar Revival GP Österreich 2016 - Grohs, Quester und der Prinz von Bayern

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BMW M1 - Harald Grohs mit dem Nordschleifen-M1 - ProCar-Revival anlässlich des GP Österreich 2016

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Summary

When they got behind the wheel, action was guaranteed. For decades, Olaf Manthey and Harald Grohs performed breathtaking drifts in touring and racing cars, as well as some pretty wild scenes. Much to the delight of the fans, who of course enjoyed the daring driving style and the casual banter. Despite all the sheet metal that was broken during the escapades of Manthey and Grohs, there was no shortage of successes and the two bruisers survived without lasting injuries. Rainer Braun recalls the racing careers of the two Germans and illustrates them with breathtaking footage from the era.

This article contains the following chapters

Multi-man Manthey: racing driver, team boss, businessman
Hussar rides
The dream of having your own team
The incredible "24-hour success story"
"You almost go crazy in the pits"
Harald Grohs: "Anyone who messes with me has nothing to laugh about"
Two historic premiere victories in a BMW
High and wide jumps, smashed cars
"This is now the serious part of my life"
A punch with consequences
"Lost in translation"
The crunchy house
"Taxi, please"
"They first had to pull me back to normal length"
"Hello Mr. Matula, how are you?"
Fuss about "Kevin Kabulke"
"Angelika has made a decent person out of me"

Estimated reading time: 24min

Preview (beginning of the article)

This report comes from the 3rd volume of the popular book series "Hallo Fahrerlager" by Rainer Braun from 2009. They celebrated the wildness of their sport as extremely as the young Hans-Joachim Stuck in his very early days. True to the motto: the more lateral, the better. It didn't matter that one or two cars were broken in the process. They had a reputation like thunder among their opponents. When they really let it rip at the Nürburgring, on airfields or elsewhere in their racing touring cars in their best years, their opponents panicked and the fans went into ecstasy. "It always has to smoke and squeal properly, that's what people want to see."

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