Helmut Fath (24 May 1929, Ursenbach – 19 June 1993,

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racer and engineer. He won the Sidecar World Championship in 1960 and 1968. His early racing was on BMW R50 sidecars with a chassis of his own design. After a bad accident in 1961, he took time off and returned with his own design URS four-cylinder machine to win the title in 1968. The URS engine was also used in solo competition as well as powering Horst Owesle/Peter Rutterford to the 1971 World Sidecar Championship.

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*http://www.classic-motorrad.de/v25/stories/166-2010-fath-denkmal-ursenbach *http://www.classic-motorrad.de/galerie/displayimage.php?album=84&pos=65 Isle of Man TT riders German motorcycle racers 1993 deaths 1929 births Sidecar racers {{Germany-motorcycle-racing-bio-stub