Harald Grohs (born 28 January 1944) is a racing driver and team owner from Essen, Germany.

Grohs took part in more than 50 24 Hours endurance racing races, mainly 24 Hours of Le Mans and 24 Hours Nürburgring.

Career as driver 1973 first races in a Porsche 911, four wins, invited to race BMW for Team Faltz 1974 German Renault 5 Cup, 6 wins, 2nd in championship 1975 Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft (DRM) for BMW for Team Faltz, first wins, but also a bad crash on the Nürburgring, wins 9 Hours of Kyalami with Jody Scheckter 1976 International races for BMW, with Hans-Joachim Stuck, Ronnie Peterson, Gunnar Nilsson, Jody Scheckter, John Fitzpatrick. "Only Stuck and Petersson were a little faster, but partnered with Petersson, we could never finish a race." 1977 National DRM races with an FIA-Group 5-spec BMW 320, against the "BMW-Junior-Teams" 1978 Worst crash of his career, rolling seven times on the Nürburgring Nordschleife, escaping injured, but shocked 1997 retires from Porsche Carrera Cup and other circuit racing, except occasional starts on the old Nürburgring 1999 Another entry in the 24 Hours of Nürburgring, his 50th "marathon" overall

Career as team owner 1997 Grohs Motorsport founded

Racing record

Complete World Sportscar Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Pts 1975 B.M.W. Alpina T+2.0 BMW 3.0 CSL BMW 3.5 L6 DAY MUG DIJ MNZ SPA PER NÜR ÖST GLNNo drivers' Championship. 1976 B.M.W. Alpina Gr.5 BMW 3.5 CSL BMW 3.5 L6 MUG VAL SIL NÜR ÖST GLN DIJIn 1976 and 1977 the World Championship was divided into two series that ran simultaneously but separately: The World Sportscar Championship and the World Championship for Makes. 1977 BMW Faltz Gr.5 BMW 320i BMW M12 2.0 L4 DAY MUG SIL NÜR GLN MOS BRH HOC VAL 1978 BMW Belgique Gr.5 BMW 320i BMW M12 2.0 L4 DAY MUG DIJ SIL NÜR MIS VAL BMW Faltz Essen GLN 1979 Zakspeed Racing Gr.5 Lotus Europa Ford 1.4 L4t DAY MUG DIJ SIL NÜR PER GLN BRH VAL 1980 Vegla Racing Team Gr.5 Porsche 935 Porsche 2.9 F6t DAY BRH MUG MNZ SIL NÜR LMS Andial Racing Porsche F6t GLN MOS VAL DIJ 1981 Andial Racing Gr.5 Porsche 935-K3 Porsche 3.2 F6t DAY SEB MUG MOS ROA 2nd 116.5 Vegla Racing Team Porsche 935J MNZ RSD SIL NÜR BRH Porsche 935-K2 Porsche 3.0 F6t LMS PER DAY GLN SPA 1982 Vegla Racing Team Gr.5 Porsche 935J Porsche 2.8 F6t MNZ SIL LMS NC 0 Kannacher GT Racing C URD C81 BMW M88 3.5 L6 NÜR SPA MUG FUJ BRH 1983 Obermaier Racing C Porsche 956 Porsche Type 935/76 2.6 F6t MNZ SIL 19th 20 Brun Motorsport GmbH B BMW M1 BMW M88 3.5 L6 NÜR C Sehcar C830 Porsche Type 935/76 2.6 F6t LMS Porsche 956 SPA FUJ KYA 1984 Brun Motorsport GmbH C1 Porsche 956 Porsche Type 935/76 2.6 F6t MNZ SIL LMS 15th 36 Porsche 956B NÜR BRH MOS SPA Obermaier Racing Porsche 956 IMO FUJ KYA SAN 1985 Vogelsang Automobil Motorsport B BMW M1 BMW M88 3.5 L6 MUG MNZ SIL LMS HOC MOS SPA BRH FUJ SHA NC 0 1986 Obermaier Racing C1 Porsche 956 Porsche Type 935/76 2.6 F6t MNZ SIL LMS NOR BRH JER NÜR SPA 26th 18 Joest Racing Porsche Type 935/79 2.8 F6t FUJ 1987 Dauer Racing C1 Porsche 962C Porsche Type 935/79 2.8 F6t JAR JER MNZ SIL LMS NOR BRH NÜR SPA 54th 3 Joest Racing Porsche Type 935 3.0 F6t FUJ 1988 Porsche Kremer Racing C1 Porsche 962C Porsche Type 935 3.0 F6t JER JAR MNZ SIL LMS BRN BRH NÜR SPA NC 0 Joest Racing FUJ SAN 1989 Nova Engineering C1 Porsche 962C Porsche Type 935 3.0 F6t SUZ DIJ JAR BRH NÜR DON SPA MEX 55th 1 1990 Obermaier Racing C Porsche 962C Porsche Type 935 3.0 F6t SUZ MNZ SIL SPA DIJ NÜR DON CGV MEX NC 0 Footnotes

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 1976 B.M.W. Motorsport GmbH Sam Posey Hughes de Fierlandt BMW 3.5 CSL Gr.5 299 10th 4th 1979 Gelo Sportswear International John Fitzpatrick Jean-Louis Lafosse Porsche 935 Gr.5+2.5 196 DNF DNF 1980 Vegla Racing Team Dieter Schornstein Götz von Tschirnhaus Porsche 935 Gr.5 312 8th 1st 1981 Vegla Racing Team Dieter Schornstein Götz von Tschirnhaus Porsche 935-K2 Gr.5 320 10th 3rd 1982 Vegla Racing Team Dieter Schornstein Mauricio de Narváez Porsche 935J Gr.5 - DNS DNS 1983 Brun Motorsport GmbH Hans-Joachim Stuck Walter Brun Sehcar C830-Porsche C - DNS DNS 1985 Vogelsang Altfrid Heger Kurt König BMW M1 B 32 DNF DNF 1988 Leyton House Kremer Racing Kris Nissen George Fouché Porsche 962C C1 371 8th 8th 1989 Brun Motorsport Akihiko Nakaya Sarel van der Merwe Porsche 962C C1 78 DNF DNF 1990 Obermaier Racing Marc Duez Jürgen Oppermann Porsche 962C C1 140 DNF DNF 1993 Team Paduwa Jean-Paul Libert Didier Theys Porsche 964 Carrera 2 GT 8 DNF DNF 1998 C. J. Motorsport John Morton John Graham Porsche 911 GT2 GT2 164 DNF DNF

Complete European Formula Two Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts 1980 URD Rennwagenbau March 792 Hart THR HOC NÜR VAL PAU SIL ZOL MUG ZAN PER MIS HOC NC 0

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Pts 1984 Valier Motorsport BMW 635 CSi ZOL HOC AVU AVU MFA WUN NÜR NÜR NOR NÜR DIE HOC HOC ZOL NÜR 3rd 147 1985 Vogelsang Automobil Motorsport BMW 635 CSi ZOL WUN AVU MFA ERD ERD DIE DIE ZOL SIE NÜR 3rd 96 1986 Ford Rennsport HWRT Ford Sierra XR4 TI ZOL HOC NÜR AVU MFA WUN NÜR ZOL NÜR 33rd 7 1987 Valier Motorsport BMW M3 HOC ZOL NÜR AVU MFA NOR NÜR WUN DIE SAL 5th 102 1988 Valier Motorsport BMW M3 ZOL1 ZOL2 HOC1 HOC2 NÜR1 NÜR2 BRN1 BRN2 AVU1 AVU2 MFA1 MFA2 NÜR1 NÜR2 NOR1 NOR2 WUN1 WUN2 SAL1 SAL2 HUN1 HUN2 HOC1 HOC2 10th 162 1989 Valier Motorsport BMW M3 Evo ZOL1 ZOL2 HOC1 HOC2 NÜR1 NÜR2 MFA1 MFA2 AVU1 AVU2 NÜR1 NÜR2 NOR1 NOR2 HOC1 HOC2 DIE1 DIE2 NÜR1 NÜR2 HOC1 HOC2 22nd 43 1990 Valier Motorsport BMW M3 Evo ZOL1 ZOL2 HOC1 HOC2 NÜR1 NÜR2 AVU1 AVU2 MFA1 MFA2 WUN1 WUN2 NÜR1 NÜR2 NOR1 NOR2 DIE1 DIE2 NÜR1 NÜR2 33rd 1 BMW M3 Sport Evo HOC1 HOC2

Complete Super Tourenwagen Cup results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pts 1995 BMW Team Isert BMW 318is ZOL1 ZOL2 SPA1 SPA2 ÖST1 ÖST2 HOC1 HOC2 NÜR1 NÜR2 SAL1 SAL2 AVU1 AVU2 NÜR1 NÜR2 19th 94

References

External links https://web.archive.org/web/20051227103043/http://www.grohs-motorsport.de/web/index.html