Helmut Fath, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Helmut Fath

German motorcycle racer

Date of Birth: 29-May-1929

Place of Birth: Ursenbach, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Date of Death: 19-Jun-1993

Profession: motorcycle racer

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

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.