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Dingolfinger Glas-Bläser - about the smallest factory racing stable in Germany

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Created on November 9, 2017

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Rainer Braun

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Dingolfinger GLAS-Bläser - Glas 1300 GT beim GT-Rennen Hockenheim 1967

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Dingolfinger GLAS-Bläser - Gerhard Bodmer 1965

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Dingolfinger GLAS-Bläser - komplette erste Startreihe gehörte den GLAS 1304 TS am Preis der Stadt Berlin 1966

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Dingolfinger GLAS-Bläser - Bodmer & Herd mit Dunlop-Renndienstchef Gerhard Weber beim Flugplatzrennen Wunstorf 1965

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Dingolfinger GLAS-Bläser - Bodmer & Journalist Braun 1966

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Dingolfinger GLAS-Bläser - Glas 1300 GT am Flugplatzrennen Wunstorf 1965

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Dingolfinger GLAS-Bläser - Glas 1300 GT am 500 km-Rennen Nürburgring 1964

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Dingolfinger GLAS-Bläser - Glas 1304 TS auf Siegesfahrt am Schauinsland 1965

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Dingolfinger GLAS-Bläser - Glas Isar T 600 am Nürburgring 1962

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Dingolfinger GLAS-Bläser - Glas-Inserat nach dem Gewinn der Deutschen Rundstrecken-Meisterschaft für Tourenwagen 1965

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Dingolfinger GLAS-Bläser - Mittagspause bei einem Bergrennen 1966

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Dingolfinger GLAS-Bläser - Siegerehrung beim Rhein-Pokal-Rennen 1967 in Hockenheim

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Dingolfinger GLAS-Bläser - Südschleife des Nürburgrings 1967

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Summary

The small automobile manufacturer "Hans Glas GmbH" in Dingolfing, Lower Bavaria, was a big name in touring car and GT sport between 1962 and 1966. GLAS engineer Gerhard Bodmer was responsible for factory victories with the T 600, 1004 TS, 1204 TS, 1304 TS and 1300 GT models. He went out at weekends to help his employer achieve fame and glory. This report looks back and shows impressions of the racing missions.

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The small automobile manufacturer "Hans Glas GmbH" in Dingolfing, Lower Bavaria, was a big name in touring car and GT sport between 1962 and 1966. GLAS engineer Gerhard Bodmer was responsible for factory victories with the T 600, 1004 TS, 1204 TS, 1304 TS and 1300 GT models. He went out at weekends to help his employer achieve fame and glory. Gerhard Bodmer knows right from the start what he is getting himself into. The car with which he wants to or should win races is only just provided to him. But he has to take the rest on his own shoulders: Tuning and race preparation only after hours. Fees, bonuses, travel expenses and similar jokes are not up for discussion. At the racetracks, mainly airfields and mountain tracks, the brave "works driver" Bodmer then alternates between the role of pilot or mechanic - as required. And of course, the hard-wearing GLAS test engineer also personally chauffeurs his respective competition machine by axle from Dingolfing to the Nürburgring, to Wunstorf or Hockenheim, to Schauinsland or anywhere else. His colleague and technician Fritz Feldmann occasionally provides reinforcements. If Friday has to be included in the weekend trip due to the long distance, or if the return is only possible on Monday for the same reason, vacation days have to be sacrificed - with or without a victory in hand luggage. It's as simple as that.

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