Jürgen Barth

He won the Le Mans 24 Hours in 1977 in a Porsche 936, with Jacky Ickx and Hurley Haywood, and in 1980 he won the 1000 km Nürburgring with Rolf Stommelen. Barth is co-author of the book about Porsche's racing history, Das große Buch der Porschetypen, and later would help in the creation of the BPR Global GT Series.

• Name — Jürgen Barth • Nationality — German • Born — 10 December 1947 • Birthplace — Thum, Saxony, Germany • Relatives — Edgar Barth (father) • Illustration — The Porsche 924 in which Jürgen Barth and Roland Kushmaul placed ninth outright in the 1979 Repco Reliability Trial. The car is pictured in 2016. • Illustration — Jürgen Barth 1980, driving a Porsche 908 at the Nürburgring

• Year — Team — Co-Drivers — Car — Class — Laps — Overall Position • René Mazzia — René Mazzia — Porsche 911EC — GT +2.0 — 303 — 8 — 2nd • Louis Meznarie — Sylvain Garant Michael Keyser — Porsche 911 S — GT 3.0 — 285 — 13 — 1st • Gelo Racing Team — Georg Loos — Porsche 911 Carrera RSR — GT 3.0 — 311 — 10 — 2nd • Polifac Gelo Racing Team — Franz Pesch — Porsche 911 Carrera RSR — GT — DNF — DNF • Ovoro Joest Racing — Mario Casoni Reinhold Jöst — Porsche 908LH — S 3.0 — 325 — 4th — 4th • Martini Racing Joest — Reinhold Jöst — Porsche 936 Spyder — S 3.0 — DNF — DNF • Martini Racing Porsche System — Jacky Ickx Hurley Haywood — Porsche 936/77 — S +2.0 — 342 — 1st — 1st • Martini Racing Porsche System — Bob Wollek Jacky Ickx — Porsche 936/78 — S +2.0 — 364 — 2nd — 2nd • Essex Motorsport Porsche — Jacky Ickx Brian Redman — Porsche 936 — S +2.0 — 200 — DNF — DNF • Porsche System — Manfred Schurti — Porsche 924 Carrera GT — GTP — 316 — 6 — 3rd • Porsche System — Walter Röhrl — Porsche 944 LM — GTP +3.0 — 323 — 7 — 1st • Rothmans Porsche System — Al Holbert Hurley Haywood — Porsche 956 — C — 340 — 3rd — 3rd • Monaco Media International Larbre Compétition — Joël Gouhier Dominique Dupuy — Porsche 911 Carrera RSR — GT — 304 — 15th — 1st • Sources: • Illustration — Jürgen Barth racing helmet at the Prototyp Museum, Hamburg, Germany.

Jürgen Barth is recorded as racing automobile driver, writer and engineer.