Emil "Teddy" Vorster (12 April 1910 – 10 May 1976) is a German

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and entrepreneur, so-called ''gentleman-racing driver'' and

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. The silk- manufacturer (owner/general manager of C. C. bang Silk weaving) of Rheydt Emil Vorster is known size of German

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scene before and after the World War II. With a British brand MG Cars and vehicles of the German manufacturer AFM, he participated successfully in many races. From the end of 1947, in early 1948 he was the driving force behind the project Grenzlandring (border-region ring), until this forever has been blocked after the fatal crash with 13 or 14 dead and 42 wounded on 31 August 1952, as a track. Vorster's own active career ended by mid-1949 after he suffered a serious accident at the

Aachen Forest Aachen Forest (german: Aachener Wald, Aachen dialect ''Öcher Bösch'', nl, Akenerbos) lies about 3.7 km south of the city centre of Aachen and has an area of 2,357 ha. It essentially comprises the forest areas of the former free imperial c ...

race in

Aachen Aachen ( ; ; Aachen dialect: ''Oche'' ; French and traditional English: Aix-la-Chapelle; or ''Aquisgranum''; nl, Aken ; Polish: Akwizgran) is, with around 249,000 inhabitants, the 13th-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, and the 28th- ...

where a spectator killed had come and at least three others were injured. From 1962 to 1975, the co-founder and long-time Chairman of the Rheydt sports clubs for Motorsport (RCM) was the President of the German Motorsport Association (DMV) and

Hans Stuck Hans Stuck (pronounced ''"shtook"''; sometimes called Hans Stuck von Villiez; 27 December 1900 – 9 February 1978) was a German motor racing driver. Both his son Hans-Joachim Stuck (born 1951) and his grandsons Johannes and Ferdinand Stuck b ...

replaced his predecessor in this role. Vorster was among other things on the international motorsport stage as Honorary Deputy President (GER. Honorary Vice-President)

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(FIM) and awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. After three failed marriages Emil Vorster was married to his death in 1976 with the in the 1940s and 1950s known actress Ruth Lommel (daughter of Ludwig Manfred Lommel and sister of actor and director Ulli Lommel and

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1910 births 1976 deaths German racing drivers Businesspeople from North Rhine-Westphalia Grand Prix drivers Sportspeople from Mönchengladbach Racing drivers from North Rhine-Westphalia Officers Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany {{Germany-business-bio-stub