Günter Bartusch (April 13, 1943 – July 8, 1971) was a Grand Prix

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road racer from the former

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. His best year was in

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when he rode for the MZ factory racing team to finish the season in eighth place in the 350cc world championship. Bartusch was killed during practice for the

1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclip ...

East German Grand Prix at the Sachsenring.Gunter Bartusch career profile at the Motorsport Memorial
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