Rear view mirror February 1978 - Motorsport headlines 40 years ago

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Rear view mirror February 1978 - Motorsport headlines 40 years ago

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Created on February 21, 2018

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BMW 700 (1960) - Victory in the 2nd Trofeo Alberto Ascari in Monza in 1960 - Greger/Stuck won the 12-hour speed test with an average speed of 129.7 km/h, ahead of another BMW 700

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Stuck Sen. on the right with son Hans-Joachim and sports commissioner Morr at the F2 European Championship race in Hockenheim in 1975

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BMW 700 RS (1961) - Hans Stuck at the Austrian Grand Prix in 1961

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BMW 700 RS (1961) - Hans Stuck at the start of a hill climb in 1961

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BMW 700 (1960) - Mountain Prize Freiburg-Schauinsland '60, Mountain King Hans Stuck

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Triumph at Daytona: Stommelen/Hezemans in the Gelo-Porsche 935

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Strong performance: Hainbach/Linzen win the Sachs Winter Rally on snow and ice

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The youngster wants to know everything: Stuck Junior (12) with Pepita hat at the Nürburgring

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The next Austrian: Markus Höttinger - young star with big goals

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Swiss constructor and racing driver: Markus Hotz competes in Formula Super Vee with his own design

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Summary

The painful death of Hans Stuck Sen. stands out from the news in February 1978. The fans loved this man, who was still thundering up the mountains at the age of 60 and even won his last German championship on the mountain in a small works BMW 700. But February also had more pleasant things in store.

This article contains the following chapters

Manufacturers' World Championship: Porsche win at the season opener in Daytona
World Rally Championship: Waldegaard on record course in Sweden
Rally DM: A Ford one-two win at the start
Mourning for mountain king Hans Stuck
DRM: Höttinger becomes BMW works driver
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Preview (beginning of the article)

The painful death of Hans Stuck Sen. stands out from the news in February 1978. The fans loved this man, who was still thundering up the mountains at the age of 60 and even won his last German championship on the mountain in a small works BMW 700. In the time that followed, "old Stuck" prepared his son Hans-Joachim's entry into racing with a great deal of love and dedication - it was touching how he explained the racing line and gave him valuable tips on the Nordschleife of the Nürburgring when he was just 12. When "Strietzel" then competed in his first races as an 18-year-old rookie in the Koepchen BMW in 2002 and won straight away, the "old man" was always at his side. This did not change in the years that followed. After all, Stuck Sen. was still able to enjoy the wild BMW touring car and Formula 2 years as well as the beginning of the Formula 1 era alongside his son before he passed away at the age of 77.

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