Harald Grohs
Harald Grohs is a race driver and team owner from Essen, Germany.
Grohs took part in more than 50 24 Hours endurance racing races, mainly 24 Hours of Le Mans and 24 Hours Nürburgring.
during practice for 1000 km Nürburgring
Career as driver
- 1973 first races in a Porsche 911, four wins, invited to race BMW for Team Faltz
- 1974 German Renault 5 Cup, 6 wins, 2nd in championship
- 1975 Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft for BMW for Team Faltz, first wins, but also a bad crash on the Nürburgring, wins 9 Hours of Kyalami with Jody Scheckter
- 1976 International races for BMW, with Hans-Joachim Stuck, Ronnie Peterson, Gunnar Nilsson, Jody Scheckter, John Fitzpatrick. "Only Stuck and Petersson were a little faster, but partnered with Petersson, we could never finish a race."
- 1977 National DRM races with an FIA-Group 5-spec BMW 320, against the "BMW-Junior-Teams"
- 1978 Worst crash of his career, rolling seven times on the Nürburgring Nordschleife, escaping injured, but shocked
- 1997 retires from Porsche Carrera Cup and other circuit racing, except occasional starts on the old Nürburgring
- 1999 Another entry in the 24 Hours of Nürburgring, his 50th "marathon" overall
Career as team owner
- 1997 Grohs Motorsport founded
Racing record
Complete World Sportscar Championship results
;Footnotes:Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results
Complete European Formula Two Championship results
Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pts | |
1980 | URD Rennwagenbau | March 792 | Hart | THR | HOC Ret | NÜR | VAL | PAU | SIL | ZOL | MUG | ZAN | PER | MIS | HOC | NC | 0 |
Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft results
Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | Pts | |
1984 | Valier Motorsport | BMW 635 CSi | ZOL 1 | HOC DSQ | AVU 7 | AVU Ret | MFA 2 | WUN 2 | NÜR Ret | NÜR 2 | NOR 18 | NÜR 1 | DIE 1 | HOC Ret | HOC DNS | ZOL 1 | NÜR 8 | 3rd | 147 | |||||||||
1985 | Vogelsang Automobil Motorsport | BMW 635 CSi | ZOL 1 | WUN 8 | AVU 18 | MFA 4 | ERD 7 | ERD 7 | DIE 3 | DIE 11 | ZOL Ret | SIE 12 | NÜR 2 | 3rd | 96 | |||||||||||||
1986 | Ford Rennsport HWRT | Ford Sierra XR4 TI | ZOL Ret | HOC | NÜR Ret | AVU Ret | MFA | WUN Ret | NÜR | ZOL 12 | NÜR | 33rd | 7 | |||||||||||||||
1987 | Valier Motorsport | BMW M3 | HOC 1 | ZOL Ret | NÜR 3 | AVU 3 | MFA 4 | NOR Ret | NÜR Ret | WUN 1 | DIE 4 | SAL Ret | 5th | 102 | ||||||||||||||
1988 | Valier Motorsport | BMW M3 | ZOL 1 4 | ZOL 2 20 | HOC 1 3 | HOC 2 3 | NÜR 1 9 | NÜR 2 10 | BRN 1 21 | BRN 2 Ret | AVU 1 2 | AVU 2 3 | MFA 1 11 | MFA 2 13 | NÜR 1 Ret | NÜR 2 5 | NOR 1 7 | NOR 2 8 | WUN 1 11 | WUN 2 18 | SAL 1 C | SAL 2 C | HUN 1 Ret | HUN 2 Ret | HOC 1 17 | HOC 2 21 | 10th | 162 |
1989 | Valier Motorsport | BMW M3 Evo | ZOL 1 | ZOL 2 | HOC 1 18 | HOC 2 12 | NÜR 1 | NÜR 2 | MFA 1 16 | MFA 2 19 | AVU 1 11 | AVU 2 Ret | NÜR 1 14 | NÜR 2 14 | NOR 1 DNQ | NOR 2 DNQ | HOC 1 DNQ | HOC 2 DNQ | DIE 1 16 | DIE 2 8 | NÜR 1 Ret | NÜR 2 DNS | HOC 1 Ret | HOC 2 DNS | 22nd | 43 | ||
1990 | Valier Motorsport | BMW M3 Evo | ZOL 1 20 | ZOL 2 Ret | HOC 1 | HOC 2 | NÜR 1 10 | NÜR 2 Ret | AVU 1 | AVU 2 | MFA 1 | MFA 2 | WUN 1 | WUN 2 | NÜR 1 | NÜR 2 | NOR 1 20 | NOR 2 Ret | DIE 1 Ret | DIE 2 DNS | NÜR 1 | NÜR 2 | 33rd | 1 | ||||
1990 | Valier Motorsport | BMW M3 Sport Evo | HOC 1 21 | HOC 2 Ret | 33rd | 1 |
Complete Super Tourenwagen Cup results
Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Pts | |
1995 | BMW Team Isert | BMW 318is | ZOL 1 19 | ZOL 2 8 | SPA 1 8 | SPA 2 8 | ÖST 1 18 | ÖST 2 11 | HOC 1 Ret | HOC 2 DNS | NÜR 1 19 | NÜR 2 20 | SAL 1 | SAL 2 | AVU 1 | AVU 2 | NÜR 1 | NÜR 2 | 19th | 94 |