Helm Glöckler

Helmut Glöckler
Born(1909-01-13)13 January 1909
Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Died18 December 1993(1993-12-18) (aged 84)
Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Formula One World Championship career
NationalityWest Germany West German
Active years1953
Teamsnon-works Cooper
Entries1 (0 starts)
Championships0
Wins0
Podiums0
Career points0
Pole positions0
Fastest laps0
First entry1953 German Grand Prix

Helmut Erik "Helm" Glöckler (13 January 1909 – 18 December 1993) was a German amateur racing driver.

Biography

Glöckler raced a Deutsch-Bonnet in Formula 3 in 1951, and won the sports car racing event at the 1953 Eifelrennen with a new Porsche 550.

Glöckler also won the sports car class Alpine Cup trophy in the 1951 Österreichische Alpenfahrt rally driving a highly modified Renault 4CV.

Glöckler entered the 1953 German Grand Prix in an Equipe Anglaise Cooper, this being his one and only attempt at a World Championship race, but he blew his engine during qualifying and so did not compete in the race. Had he qualified for the race, he would be the first ever driver to use number 0 in a Formula One race, twenty years before Jody Scheckter became the first to race in number 0 at the 1973 Canadian Grand Prix.

Glöckler with Wolfgang Seidel in Porsche 550-015 at the 1955 Mille Miglia, finishing in 8th place

Glöckler raced a Porsche 550 in the 1953 24 Hours of Le Mans with Hans Herrmann, and again in the 1954 24 Hours of Le Mans with Richard von Frankenberg.

Until recently, Helm Glöckler GmbH in Frankfurt bore his name, running a motorcycle dealer and workshop, and other enterprises.

Family

Glöckler's cousin Walter created the small Porsche powered spyder in 1951 that later inspired the factory to produce the Porsche 550.

Complete World Drivers' Championship results

(key)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 WDC Points
1953 Equipe Anglaise Cooper T23 Bristol Straight-6 ARG 500 NED BEL FRA GBR GER
DNS		 SUI ITA NC 0

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
1953 West Germany Porsche KG West Germany Hans Herrmann Porsche 550 Coupé S 1.5 247 16th 2nd
1954 West Germany Porsche KG West Germany Richard von Frankenberg Porsche 550/4 RS Spyder S 1.5 4 DNF DNF
1955 West Germany Porsche KG Guatemala/Czech Republic Jaroslav Juhan Porsche 550 RS Spyder S

1.5

 273 6th 3rd
1956 West Germany Porsche KG West Germany Max Nathan Porsche 356 Carrera S

1.5

 26 DNF DNF

Sources

References

  1. 1 2 Leffingwell, Randy (2002). Porsche legends. Osceola, WI: MBI Pub. Co. p. 35. ISBN 0-7603-1364-4.
  2. ↑ Martin Pfundner (2005). Alpine Trails & Rallies: Mountain Motor Sport 1910–1973 (Those were the days...). Veloce Publishing. p. 68. ISBN 1-904788-95-5. Retrieved 2009-06-16.