Helmut Fath
Helmut Fath (24 May 1929, Ursenbach – 19 June 1993, Heidelberg) was a German sidecar racer and engineer. He won the Sidecar World Championship in 1960 and 1968. His early racing was on BMW R50 sidecars with a chassis of his own design. After a bad accident in 1961, he took time off and returned with his own design URS four-cylinder machine to win the title in 1968. The URS engine was also used in solo competition as well as powering Horst Owesle/Peter Rutterford to the 1971 World Sidecar Championship.
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| Nationality | German | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 May 1929 Ursenbach, Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 19 June 1993 (aged 64) Heidelberg, Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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