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Happy Birthday, Dieter Glemser - The "Swabian Arrow" celebrates his 80th birthday

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Created on June 27, 2018

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Rainer Braun

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Hartmut Schulz

Privatarchiv Dieter Glemser, Archive Ford Motorsport und Porsche, HP Seufert, Schulz

Hartmut Schulz

The second title for Ford. Glemser, here in Mainz-Finthen, becomes racing champion in the Zakspeed Escort RS in 1973

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Cup sponsor Glemser and his company car - a Renault 5 in race trim

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Glemser-Wütherich in the Porsche 356 at the 1962 Lyon-Charbonnieres-Stuttgart Rally

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Solitude Race 1963 - Glemser in the Porsche Carrera 1st row center

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Glemser at the 1963 GP for touring cars in the Mercedes 300 SE

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Start of the 24-hour race in Spa - Glemser-Böhringer with starting number 100 at the front left

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Acropolis Rally - Glemser-Braungart drive up to King Constantine

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BMW intermezzo - Hubert Hahne and Dieter Glemser share an 1800 TI at the 6-hour race on the Nürburgring in 1965

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Glemser with Bobby Klass in the works Porsche 904 GTS at Le Mans in 1965

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Hans Herrmann and Dieter Glemser in the Porsche Carrera 6 at the 1966 Targa Florio

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Mishap at the 1000 km race on the Ring - Glemser throws the Carrera 6 off-road due to aquaplaning

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London-Sydney 1968 Glemser-Braungart 20 M RS

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The first title for Ford - Glemser in the Escort TC at the 1969 final race on the Hohn Rendsburg airfield

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Mercedes and Ford success duo - Glemser and chassis engineer Braungart in 1969

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Capri RS testing at the Tour de France for automobiles - Glemser with co-driver Klaus Kaiser and Ford Sport boss Neerpasch 1970

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The first major victory for the Capri RS - Glemser-Dr. Marko win the 1971 GP for touring cars at the Ring

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Dieter Glemser and Rolf Stommelen are voted racing drivers of the year by Auto Zeitung readers in 1971. On the right, AZ editor-in-chief Hans-W. Gäb

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The famous Capri RS triple victory at the 24h Spa 1972 - Mass-Stuck, Birrell-Bourgoignie, Glemser-Soler Roig, from left

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Full speed through the town in the Capri RS - Adventure European Touring Car Championship 72 in Brno

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Ford fitness training with all works drivers at the start of the 1973 season in St. Moritz, including Glemser and Stewart, 5th and 8th from left

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Glemser-Stewart 1973 in the Capri RS at the 4 hours of Monza - unfortunately without crossing the finish line

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Glemser-Fitzpatrick after Capri RS victory in 1973 at the TW-EM race in Salzburg

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Glemser's horror crash in the Capri RS at the 1973 Touring Car GP on the Ring

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War council I- Ford sports boss Kranefuss with engineer and Glemser at the 1973 European Touring Car Championship at the Salzburgring

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Kriegsrat II-Glemser and his chassis engineer Thomas Ammerschläger 1974

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Title No. 3 for Ford - Glemser wins again in the 1974 DRM in the Zakspeed Escort RS

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Perfect deal - Renault Sport boss Rolf Schmidt, R5 Cup sponsor Glemser 1975

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Turbo Capri era - consultant Glemser, Zakspeed boss Erich Zakowski with son Peter, Ford sports boss Kranefuss 1979

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Group photo with ladies and instructors - Glemser and his Ford Fiesta Ladies 1983, framed by colleagues Ludwig and Niedzwiedz

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Ford motorsport drivers Glemser, Pinske and Niedzwiedz with Ladies Cup vintage 1984

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Glemser as Porsche 944 Turbo Cup manager with motorcycle guest starters Martin Wimmer and Eddy Lawson

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Old comrades I - Schütz, Ahrens, Glemser 2008, from left

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Old comrades II - Linge, Glemser, Mahle from left at Böhringer's 90th birthday in 2012

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Old comrades III - Glemser with former Ford colleagues Pinske, Neerpasch, Ammerschläger in April 2013

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Glemser Speed Day 2014 in Hockenheim - Glemser with author Braun

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Glemser Speedday 2016 in Hockenheim - sports car happening for friends and freaks

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Dieter Glemser celebrates today - still fit and happy

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Glemser-Wütherich im Porsche 356 bei der Rallye Lyon-Charbonnieres-Stuttgart 1962

Solitude-Rennen 1963 - Glemser im Porsche Carrera 1. Reihe Mitte

Glemser beim GP der Tourenwagen 1963 im Mercedes 300 SE

Start zum 24 h Rennen in Spa - Glemser-Böhringer mit Start-Nr. 100 ganz vorne links

Rallye Akropolis - Glemser-Braungart fahren bei König Konstantin vor

BMW-Intermezzo - Hubert Hahne und Dieter Glemser teilen sich einen 1800 TI beim 6-Stunden-Rennen auf dem Nürburgring 1965

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Preview (beginning of the article)

The man was an absolute stroke of luck for any team boss: calm, confident, easy to look after, loyal, incredibly fast and not even a material murderer. We are talking about Dieter Glemser from Warmbronn near Leonberg. The former Mercedes, BMW, Porsche and Ford works driver celebrates his 80th birthday on June 28, 2018. It is always worth looking back on a career rich in highlights. I will never forget as a young reporter at the Nürburgring in 1963 watching the qualifying for the Grand Prix of Touring Cars at the Brünnchen, better known at the time as the International 6-Hour Race. The focus of interest was, of course, the works entry of the three Mercedes 300 SEs, one of which was driven by the Dieter Glemser/Eugen Böhringer team. First, the diminutive Böhringer drove the 300 wildly across the medium-fast Brünnchen right-hand bend several times with one front wheel in the air. Then the same car presented a completely different picture - Glemser now completed his training laps calmly and unspectacularly. A spectator next to me whispered to his companion: "My God, he's so slow now, the other one was much faster".

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