Klaus Abbelen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Klaus Abbelen

Butcher, entrepreneur

Date of Birth: 15-Sep-1960

Place of Birth: Tönisvorst, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Profession: entrepreneur, motorcycle racer, racing automobile driver

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Klaus Abbelen (born 15 September 1960 in Tönisvorst, Germany) is a butcher master, an entrepreneur for meat products (thus nicknamed Frikadelli), and a race car driver. After starting racing Ferraris in the 1990s, he became the Euro GT Series champion in 2000.
He has also recently competed in the FIA GT Championship, as well as in the Le Mans Endurance Series. In 2006, he and Sabine Schmitz drove the #97 Porsche 997 in the VLN endurance racing series on the Nürburgring, entered by Land Motorsport.