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Walter Schneider (motorcyclist)

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Beginning his racing as a sidecar passenger in 1949 with Kurt BĂ€ch before switching to the driver's seat the following year with Hans Wahl in the sidecar in the junior category. Moving to senior in 1951, by 1953 he finished fourth in the German Sidecar Championship on a privately prepared machine.
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After winning his second world title, Schneider decided to retire from sidecar competition, only to take up car racing. After a massive crash in a BMW car in 1964 where he plunged several hundred metres down a slope, he decided to retire from competition.
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Schneider and Strauß managed their first win, in the Sidecar TT, again on the Clypse Course. With two third places and a second they finished the season in third. The
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season saw almost as dominant a performance as the previous year, with two wins and two seconds enough to net another championship.
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In 1958 Schneider had opened a motor garage, later expanding to car repairs and finally a new car dealership selling
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ride for 1954, the team soon were on the pace finishing fourth in their first race, the
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season was not so good, with only two points finishes ending up in tenth overall.
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was much better for the team, with two seconds and a first, at the
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German
Weidenau
Germany
Siegen
Germany
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
1954
1959
1954
Isle of Man Sidecar TT
1959
Belgian Sidecar Grand Prix
1955
Isle of Man
Sidecar TT
1959
Belgian Sidecar Grand Prix
BMW
Championships
Poles
F. laps
Isle of Man TT
1954
1959
1955 Sidecar TT
1959 Sidecar TT
motorcycle
sidecar
Sidecar World Champion

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