(settings) | Login Skip Navigation LinksRSC Home > Photo Gallery > Nürburgring 500 Kilometres 1955
Programme Cover
Programme Cover - Nürburgring 500 Kilometres 1955
Event: Internationales ADAC 500 Kilometer Rennen auf dem NürburgringDate: 28.8.1955
Track: Nürburgring Nordschleife (D), 22.810 kmsDistance: 500 kilometresAttendance: unknown

Nürburgring 500 Kilometres
Start time: unknown; Grid: unknown; Weather: warm, drying

Entered: 66

Practiced: 60

Started: 60

Classified: 38

Sports 1500 (S1.5) : P:20, ST:20, CL:13
Sports 750 (S750) : P:6, ST:6, CL:5
Grand Touring/Touring Special 1600 (GT1.6) : P:17, ST:17, CL:9
Grand Touring/Touring Special 1300 (GT1.3) : P:9, ST:9, CL:8
Grand Touring/Touring Special 1000 (GT/T1.0) : P:5, ST:5, CL:3
Entry List
Entry List - Nürburgring 500 Kilometres 1955
Photos by courtesy of: Dominique Dutoit (5), Crister Kaiser (5) and Arnaud Deheul (3)
Race added to RSC Photo Gallery: 01/07/2014 Last photo update on this page: 22/06/2024
Sort By:    Default  |  Race Numbers  |  Car Names  |  Race Results
33 - Porsche 550 #0039 - Felipe NogueiraPorsche 550 #0039 - Porsche Typ 547; no:P90032 F4 2v DOHC 1498 cc N/AS1.5
Felipe Nogueira (P)Open bodywork
Mid-engined
Driven by: Joaquim Felipe Nogueira (P)Result: 10th (1 lap behind the winner)
Grid:
Colours: red
Tyres: unknown
Photo updated: 09/12/2023Photo by courtesy of: Crister Kaiser
44 - Porsche 550 #0038 - Fernando MascarenhasPorsche 550 #0038 - Porsche Typ 547; no:P90031 F4 2v DOHC 1498 cc N/AS1.5
Fernando Mascarenhas (P)Open bodywork
Mid-engined
Driven by: Fernando de Mascarenhas (P)Result: did not finish (Accident)
Grid:
Colours: white (+burgundy)
Tyres: unknown
Photo updated: 22/06/2024Photo by courtesy of: Dominique Dutoit
55 - Porsche 550 #15 - Wolfgang SeidelPorsche 550 #15 - Porsche Typ 547; no:12 F4 2v DOHC 1500 cc N/AS1.5
Wolfgang Seidel (D)Open bodywork
Mid-engined
Driven by: Wolfgang Seidel (D)Result: 5th (6m53s9000 behind the winner)
Grid:
Colours: silver
Tyres: unknown
Photo updated: 13/09/2021Photo by courtesy of: Crister Kaiser
66 - Porsche 550 Spyder #0034 - Gonzague OlivierPorsche 550 #0034 - Porsche Typ 547; no:P90033 F4 2v DOHC 1498 cc N/AS1.5
Gonzague Olivier (F)Open bodywork
Mid-engined
Driven by: Gonzague Olivier (F)Result: did not finish (Accident)
Grid:
Colours: darker
Tyres: unknown
Photo updated: 22/06/2024Photo by courtesy of: Dominique Dutoit
77 - Porsche 550 #0060 - Robert DutoitPorsche 550 #0060 - Porsche Typ 547; no:P90063 F4 2v DOHC 1498 cc N/AS1.5
Robert Dutoit (F)Open bodywork
Mid-engined
Driven by: Robert Dutoit (F)Result: 9th (1 lap behind the winner)
Grid:
Colours: blue (+white)
Tyres: unknown
Photo updated: 22/06/2024Photo by courtesy of: Dominique Dutoit
99 - Porsche 550 #0031 - Walter RinggenbergPorsche 550 #0031 - Porsche Typ 547; no:P90018 F4 2v DOHC 1500 cc N/AS1.5
Walter Ringgenberg (CH)Open bodywork
Mid-engined
Driven by: Walter Ringgenberg (CH)Result: did not finish (Gearbox)
Grid:
Colours: unknown
Tyres: unknown
Photo updated: 09/12/2023Photo by courtesy of: Crister Kaiser
1010 - Porsche 550 #0045 - Gert KaiserPorsche 550 #0045 - Porsche F4 2v DOHC 1500 cc N/AS1.5
Gert Kaiser (S)Open bodywork
Mid-engined
Driven by: Gert Kaiser (S)Result: 7th (1 lap behind the winner)
Grid:
Colours: blue (+yellow)
Tyres: unknown
Photo updated: 13/09/2021Photo by courtesy of: Crister Kaiser
1414 - Porsche 550 #0037 - Friedrich KretschmannPorsche 550 Spyder #0037 - Porsche Typ 547; no:90026 F4 2v DOHC 1498 cc N/AS1.5
Friedrich Kretschmann (D)Open bodywork
Mid-engined
Driven by: Friedrich Kretschmann (D)Result: did not finish
Grid:
Colours: unknown
Tyres: unknown
Photo updated: 22/06/2024Photo by courtesy of: Dominique Dutoit
3737 - DB - André DeheulDB - 750 cc N/AS750
André Deheul (F)Open bodywork
Front-engined
Driven by: André Deheul (F)Result: did not finish
Grid:
Colours: darker
Tyres: unknown
Photo updated: 01/07/2014Photo by courtesy of: Arnaud Deheul
3939 - DB - Ecurie Paris - Ile de FranceDB - 750 cc N/AS750
Ecurie Paris - Ile de France (F)Open bodywork
Front-engined
Driven by: Jean Pages (F)Result: did not finish
Grid:
Colours: darker
Tyres: unknown
Photo updated: 01/07/2014Photo by courtesy of: Arnaud Deheul
No photos available:
1The car is not available on a photoPorsche 550 #0046 - Porsche Typ 547 F4 2v DOHC 1498 cc N/AS1.5
Porsche KG (D)-
Mid-engined
Driven by: Herbert Linge (D)Result: 6th (7m23s5000 behind the winner)
Grid:
Colours: unknown
Tyres: unknown
2The car is not available on a photoPorsche 550 #0047 - Porsche Typ 547; no:P90051 F4 2v DOHC 1498 cc N/AS1.5
Porsche KG (D)-
Mid-engined
Driven by: Richard von Frankenberg (D)Result: 2nd (1m59s4000 behind the winner)
Grid:
Colours: unknown
Tyres: unknown
8The car is not available on a photoPorsche 550 #0041 - Porsche Typ 547 F4 2v DOHC 1498 cc N/AS1.5
Nederlandse Autorensport Vereinigung (NL)Open bodywork
Mid-engined
Driven by: Mathieu Hezemans (NL)Result: 13th (2 laps behind the winner)
Grid:
Colours: unknown
Tyres: unknown
11The car is not available on a photoPorsche 550 #0036 - Porsche Typ 547; no:P90035 F4 2v DOHC 1500 cc N/AS1.5
Theo Helfrich (D)-
Mid-engined
Driven by: Theo Helfrich (D)Result: did not finish
Grid:
Colours: unknown
Tyres: unknown
12The car is not available on a photoPorsche 550 #0016 - Porsche Typ 547 F4 2v DOHC 1500 cc N/AS1.5
Joseph Jeser (D)-
Mid-engined
Driven by: Josef Jeser (D)Result: 8th (1 lap behind the winner)
Grid:
Colours: unknown
Tyres: unknown
15The car is not available on a photoPorsche 550 #0033 - Porsche Typ 547; no:P90025 F4 2v DOHC 1498 cc N/AS1.5
Ernst Lautenschlager (D)Open bodywork
Mid-engined
Driven by: Ernst Lautenschlager (D)Result: 11th (1 lap behind the winner)
Grid:
Colours: unknown
Tyres: unknown
16The car is not available on a photoMaserati 150S #1656? - Maserati L4 1500 cc N/AS1.5
Officine Alfieri Maserati (I)-
Front-engined
Driven by: Jean Behra (F)Result: winner - (124.100 kph) - margin: 1m59s4000
Grid: 1st (10:27.2000)
Colours: unknown
Tyres: unknown
18The car is not available on a photoKieft - MG N/AS1.5
Kieft Cars, Agence pour la France (F)-
-
Driven by: Theo Geither (D)
listed, never drove: André Barbey		Result: did not finish (DQ: outside assistance)
Grid:
Colours: unknown
Tyres: unknown
20The car is not available on a photoEMW R3/55 - L6 1500 cc N/AS1.5
EMW-Rennkollektiv (DDR)-
-
Driven by: Arthur Rosenhammer (DDR)/Edgar Barth (DDR)Result: 3rd (3m42s4000 behind the winner)
Grid:
Colours: unknown
Tyres: unknown
21The car is not available on a photoEMW R3/55 - L6 1500 cc N/AS1.5
EMW-Rennkollektiv (DDR)-
-
Driven by: Edgar Barth (DDR)Result: did not finish (Crankshaft)
Grid: 2nd
Colours: unknown
Tyres: unknown
21TThe car is not available on a photoEMW R3/55 - L6 1500 cc N/AS1.5
EMW-Rennkollektiv (DDR)-
-
Result: practiced only (T-car)
Grid: T-car
Colours: unknown
Tyres: unknown
22The car is not available on a photoEMW R3/55 - L6 1500 cc N/AS1.5
EMW-Rennkollektiv (DDR)-
-
Driven by: Paul Thiel (DDR)Result: 4th (6m46s6000 behind the winner)
Grid:
Colours: unknown
Tyres: unknown
23The car is not available on a photoEMW R3/55 - L6 1500 cc N/AS1.5
EMW-Rennkollektiv (DDR)-
-
Driven by: Egon Binner (DDR)Result: 12th (2 laps behind the winner)
Grid:
Colours: unknown
Tyres: unknown
30The car is not available on a photoStanguellini S750 Bialbero #CS04079 - Fiat Twin Cam; no:CS04079 L4 750 cc N/AS750
C. Stanguellini Automobili (I)-
-
Driven by: Anna Maria Peduzzi (I)Result: 27th (50m05s6000 behind the winner)
Grid:
Colours: unknown
Tyres: unknown
31The car is not available on a photoStanguellini S750 Bialbero #CS04077 - Fiat Twin Cam; no:CS04077 L4 750 cc N/AS750
C. Stanguellini Automobili (I)-
-
Driven by: Giorgio Cecchini (I)Result: 25th (47m38s4000 behind the winner)
Grid:
Colours: unknown
Tyres: unknown
32The car is not available on a photoStanguellini S750 Bialbero #CS04085 - Fiat Twin Cam; no:CS04085 L4 750 cc N/AS750
C. Stanguellini Automobili (I)-
-
Driven by: Philippe René Faure (F)Result: did not finish
Grid:
Colours: unknown
Tyres: unknown
33The car is not available on a photoPanhard - Panhard N/AS750
Automobiles Panhard (F)-
-
Driven by: Pierre Chancel (F)Result: 21st 1st in S750 (38m30s8000 behind the winner)
Grid:
Colours: unknown
Tyres: unknown
34The car is not available on a photoPanhard - Panhard N/AS750
Automobiles Panhard (F)-
-
Driven by: René Cotton (F)Result: 37th (1 lap behind the winner)
Grid:
Colours: unknown
Tyres: unknown
35The car is not available on a photoPanhard Dyna - Panhard N/AS750
Raymond Stempert (F)-
-
Driven by: Raymond Stempert (F)Result: 26th (48m15s2000 behind the winner)
Grid:
Colours: unknown
Tyres: unknown
36The car is not available on a photoPanhard - Panhard 750 cc N/AS750
Ecurie Franco-Britannique (F)-
-
Driven by: Harry Merkel (D)
DNS: Georges Allegre (F)		Result: not classified (6 laps behind the winner)
Grid:
Colours: unknown
Tyres: unknown
40The car is not available on a photoPorsche 356 - Porsche F4 2v OHV N/AGT1.6
Friedrich Victor Rolff (D)-
Rear-engined
Driven by: Friedrich-Victor Rolff (D)Result: 18th (34m24s6000 behind the winner)
Grid:
Colours: unknown
Tyres: unknown
41The car is not available on a photoPorsche 356 - Porsche F4 2v OHV N/AGT1.6
Richard Trenkel (D)-
Rear-engined
Driven by: Richard Trenkel (D)Result: 24th (43m44s1000 behind the winner)
Grid:
Colours: unknown
Tyres: unknown
42The car is not available on a photoPorsche 356 - Porsche F4 2v OHV N/AGT1.6
Rolf Friedrich Goetze (D)-
Rear-engined
Driven by: Rolf-Friedrich Götze (D)Result: 15th 1st in GT1.6 (31m13s1000 behind the winner)
Grid:
Colours: unknown
Tyres: unknown
43The car is not available on a photoPorsche 356 1500 #50598 - Porsche F4 2v OHV 1500 cc N/AGT1.6
Max Nathan (D)-
Rear-engined
Driven by: Max Nathan (D)Result: 20th (36m23s6000 behind the winner)
Grid:
Colours: unknown
Tyres: unknown
44The car is not available on a photoPorsche 356 - Porsche F4 2v OHV N/AGT1.6
Viktor Spingler (D)-
Rear-engined
Driven by: Viktor Spingler (D)Result: did not finish (Fatal accident)
Grid:
Colours: unknown
Tyres: unknown
45The car is not available on a photoPorsche 356 - Porsche F4 2v OHV N/AGT1.6
Harald Kronegard (S)-
Rear-engined
Driven by: Harald Kronegard (S)Result: 17th (33m37s8000 behind the winner)
Grid:
Colours: unknown
Tyres: unknown
46The car is not available on a photoPorsche 356 - Porsche F4 2v OHV N/AGT1.6
Carl Lund (S)-
Rear-engined
Driven by: Carl Lund (S)Result: did not finish
Grid:
Colours: unknown
Tyres: unknown
47The car is not available on a photoPorsche 356 # - Porsche F4 2v OHV N/AGT1.6
Helmut Deutenberg (D)-
Rear-engined
Driven by: Helmut Deutenberg (D)Result: did not finish (Accident)
Grid:
Colours: unknown
Tyres: unknown
48The car is not available on a photoPorsche 356 - Porsche F4 2v OHV N/AGT1.6
Leo Schüller (D)-
Rear-engined
Driven by: Leo Schüller (D)Result: did not finish (AB)
Grid:
Colours: unknown
Tyres: unknown
49The car is not available on a photoPorsche 356 # - Porsche F4 2v OHV N/AGT1.6
W. H. Wittmann (D)-
Rear-engined
Driven by: Wilhelm Wittmann (D)Result: 38th (2 laps behind the winner)
Grid:
Colours: unknown
Tyres: unknown
50The car is not available on a photoPorsche 356 - Porsche F4 2v OHV N/AGT1.6
Erich Görgen (D)-
Rear-engined
Driven by: Erich Görgen (D)Result: 34th (1 lap behind the winner)
Grid:
Colours: unknown
Tyres: unknown
51The car is not available on a photoPorsche 356 - Porsche F4 2v OHV N/AGT1.6
S. G. de Vogel (NL)-
Rear-engined
Driven by: S. G. de Vogel (D)Result: did not finish
Grid:
Colours: unknown
Tyres: unknown
53The car is not available on a photoPorsche 356 - Porsche F4 2v OHV N/AGT1.6
Ecurie Leman (CH)-
Rear-engined
Driven by: Heinz Schiller (CH)Result: 19th (35m11s1000 behind the winner)
Grid:
Colours: unknown
Tyres: unknown
54The car is not available on a photoPorsche 356 - Porsche F4 2v OHV N/AGT1.6
Helmut Zick (D)-
Rear-engined
Driven by: Helmut Zick (D)Result: did not finish
Grid:
Colours: unknown
Tyres: unknown
55The car is not available on a photoPorsche 356 - Porsche F4 2v OHV N/AGT1.6
Arthur Heuberger (CH)-
Rear-engined
Driven by: Arthur Heuberger (CH)Result: did not finish (Engine)
Grid:
Colours: unknown
Tyres: unknown
56The car is not available on a photoPorsche 356 - Porsche F4 2v OHV N/AGT1.3
Wolfgang Graf Berghe von Trips (D)-
Rear-engined
Driven by: Wolfgang von Trips (D)Result: 14th 1st in GT1.3 (30m54s0000 behind the winner)
Grid:
Colours: unknown
Tyres: unknown
57The car is not available on a photoPorsche 356 - Porsche F4 2v OHV N/AGT1.3
Paul Ernst Strähle (D)-
Rear-engined
Driven by: Paul Ernst Strähle (D)Result: 16th (32m07s1000 behind the winner)
Grid:
Colours: unknown
Tyres: unknown
58The car is not available on a photoPorsche 356 1300 - Porsche F4 2v OHV 1300 cc N/AGT1.3
Hubert Oebels (D)-
Rear-engined
Driven by: Hubert Oebels (D)Result: 32nd (1 lap behind the winner)
Grid:
Colours: unknown
Tyres: unknown
59The car is not available on a photoPorsche 356 - Porsche F4 2v OHV N/AGT1.3
Heinrich Buess (CH)-
Rear-engined
Driven by: Heini Buess (CH)Result: 22nd (40m19s4000 behind the winner)
Grid:
Colours: unknown
Tyres: unknown
61The car is not available on a photoSimca - Simca N/AGT1.3
Bernard Flesch (F)-
-
Driven by: Bernard Flesch (F)Result: did not finish (Engine)
Grid:
Colours: unknown
Tyres: unknown
62The car is not available on a photoPorsche 356 - Porsche F4 2v OHV 1300 cc N/AGT1.3
Siegfried Günther (D)-
Rear-engined
Driven by: Siegfried Günther (D)Result: 31st (1 lap behind the winner)
Grid:
Colours: unknown
Tyres: unknown
63The car is not available on a photoPorsche 356 # - Porsche F4 2v OHV N/AGT1.3
Ludwig Blendl (D)-
Rear-engined
Driven by: Ludwig Blendl (D)Result: 23rd (41m56s4000 behind the winner)
Grid:
Colours: unknown
Tyres: unknown
64The car is not available on a photoPorsche 356 - Porsche F4 2v OHV N/AGT1.3
Heinz Endemann (D)-
Rear-engined
Driven by: Heinz Endemann (D)Result: 36th (1 lap behind the winner)
Grid:
Colours: unknown
Tyres: unknown
65The car is not available on a photoPorsche 356 1300 # - Porsche F4 2v OHV 1300 cc N/AGT1.3
E.-F. Edelbüttel (D)-
Rear-engined
Driven by: Manfred Elmenhorst (D)Result: 35th (1 lap behind the winner)
Grid:
Colours: unknown
Tyres: unknown
69The car is not available on a photoPorsche 356 - Porsche F4 2v OHV N/AGT1.6
Jean Barre-
Rear-engined
Driven by: Jean Barre (F)Result: 33rd (1 lap behind the winner)
Grid:
Colours: unknown
Tyres: unknown
70The car is not available on a photoDKW - DKW N/AGT/T1.0
Albrecht-Wolf Mantzel (D)-
-
Driven by: Albrecht-Wolf Mantzel (D)Result: did not finish (DQ: outside assistance)
Grid:
Colours: unknown
Tyres: unknown
71The car is not available on a photoDKW - DKW N/AGT/T1.0
Stefan Brugger (CH)-
-
Driven by: Stefan Brugger (CH)Result: did not finish (Wheel)
Grid:
Colours: unknown
Tyres: unknown
72The car is not available on a photoRenault - Renault N/AGT/T1.0
Renault-Automobil-Gesellschaft für Deutschland (D)-
-
Driven by: Helmut Glöckler (D)Result: 29th (1h11m34s0000 behind the winner)
Grid:
Colours: unknown
Tyres: unknown
73The car is not available on a photoRenault - Renault N/AGT/T1.0
Renault-Automobil-Gesellschaft für Deutschland (D)-
-
Driven by: Hendrik Beckers (D)Result: 30th (1h17m04s4000 behind the winner)
Grid:
Colours: unknown
Tyres: unknown
74The car is not available on a photoPanhard - Panhard N/AGT/T1.0
Ecurie Paris - Ile de France (F)-
-
Driven by: Jacques Blanchet (F)Result: 28th 1st in GT/T1.0 (1h11m09s0000 behind the winner)
Grid:
Colours: unknown
Tyres: unknown
81The car is not available on a photoPorsche 356 - Porsche F4 2v OHV N/AGT1.6
Joao de Castro (P)-
Rear-engined
Driven by: Antonio Borges Barreto (P)Result: did not finish
Grid:
Colours: unknown
Tyres: unknown
If you have a picture of any car that is missing in the gallery or you might have a better photo, please, do not hesitate to get in touch with us.
Entered cars that did not arrive:
17The car did not arriveLotus Mark VIII # - MG N/AS1.5
Dan Margulies (GB)-
Front-engined
Drivers listed: Dan Margulies (GB)Result: did not arrive
Colours: unknown
Tyres: unknown
19The car did not arriveWolf - N/AS1.5
Kieft Cars, Agence pour la France (F)-
-
Drivers listed: Johannes Westhof (NL)Result: did not arrive
Colours: unknown
Tyres: unknown
38The car did not arriveVP 155R - Renault 4CV 1063 L4 747 cc N/AS750
J. E. Vernet (F)-
-
Drivers listed: Jean-Marie Dumazer (F)Result: did not arrive
Colours: unknown
Tyres: unknown
60The car did not arrivePeugeot - Peugeot N/AGT1.3
Ecurie Paris - Ile de France (F)-
-
Drivers listed: Paul Guiraud (F)Result: did not arrive
Colours: unknown
Tyres: unknown
75The car did not arrivePanhard - Panhard N/AGT/T1.0
Ecurie Franco-Britannique (F)-
-
Drivers listed: Georges Trouis (F)Result: did not arrive
Colours: unknown
Tyres: unknown
The car did not arrivePanhard - Panhard N/AGT/T1.0
Harry Merkel (D)-
-
Drivers listed: Harry Merkel (D)Result: did not arrive
Colours: unknown
Tyres: unknown
More photos from this race:
Photos by: Dominique Dutoit (1), Crister Kaiser (1) and Arnaud Deheul (1)
Additional Photo - Nürburgring 500 Kilometres 1955 Additional Photo - Nürburgring 500 Kilometres 1955 Additional Photo - Nürburgring 500 Kilometres 1955