Jürgen Barth

For the German Olympic cyclist, see Jürgen Barth (cyclist).

Jürgen Barth
Barth in 2013
Nationality	German
Born	(1947-12-10) 10 December 1947 Thum, Saxony, Germany
Relatives	Edgar Barth (father)
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years	1971 – 1982, 1993
Teams	R. Mazzia L. Meznarie Gelo Racing Team Joest Racing Porsche System Essex Motorsport Porsche Larbre Compétition
Best finish	1st (1977)
Class wins	4 (1972, 1977, 1981, 1993)

The Porsche 924 in which Jürgen Barth and Roland Kushmaul placed ninth outright in the 1979 Repco Reliability Trial. The car is pictured in 2016.

Jürgen Barth 1980, driving a Porsche 908 at the Nürburgring

Jürgen Barth (born 10 December 1947 in Thum, Saxony) is a German former racecar driver. He is the son of Formula One driver and sports car racer Edgar Barth.

Barth started out as an engineer but became one of the most successful drivers in sports car racing. He won the Le Mans 24 Hours in 1977 in a Porsche 936, with Jacky Ickx and Hurley Haywood, and in 1980 he won the 1000 km Nürburgring with Rolf Stommelen.

Barth is co-author of the book about Porsche's racing history, Das große Buch der Porschetypen, and later would help in the creation of the BPR Global GT Series.

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1971	René Mazzia	René Mazzia	Porsche 911EC	GT +2.0	303	8	2nd
1972	Louis Meznarie	Sylvain Garant Michael Keyser	Porsche 911 S	GT 3.0	285	13	1st
1973	Gelo Racing Team	Georg Loos	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	GT 3.0	311	10	2nd
1974	Polifac Gelo Racing Team	Franz Pesch	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	GT		DNF	DNF
1975	Ovoro Joest Racing	Mario Casoni Reinhold Jöst	Porsche 908LH	S 3.0	325	4th	4th
1976	Martini Racing Joest	Reinhold Jöst	Porsche 936 Spyder	S 3.0		DNF	DNF
1977	Martini Racing Porsche System	Jacky Ickx Hurley Haywood	Porsche 936/77	S +2.0	342	1st	1st
1978	Martini Racing Porsche System	Bob Wollek Jacky Ickx	Porsche 936/78	S +2.0	364	2nd	2nd
1979	Essex Motorsport Porsche	Jacky Ickx Brian Redman	Porsche 936	S +2.0	200	DNF	DNF
1980	Porsche System	Manfred Schurti	Porsche 924 Carrera GT	GTP	316	6	3rd
1981	Porsche System	Walter Röhrl	Porsche 944 LM	GTP +3.0	323	7	1st
1982	Rothmans Porsche System	Al Holbert Hurley Haywood	Porsche 956	C	340	3rd	3rd
1993	Monaco Media International Larbre Compétition	Joël Gouhier Dominique Dupuy	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	GT	304	15th	1st
Sources:

Jürgen Barth racing helmet at the Prototyp Museum, Hamburg, Germany.

See also

• Louis Meznarie

Bibliography

• Lothar Boschen & Jürgen Barth (1977). Das große Buch der Porsche-Typen, (in German). Motorbuch Verlag. 3879434546.
• Gustav Büsing & Jürgen Barth (1 April 2005). Das neue große Buch der Porsche-Typen, (in German). Motorbuch Verlag. ISBN 978-3613024380.

External links

• Media related to Jürgen Barth (racer) at Wikimedia Commons