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Wikipedia / Volkert Merl

Volkert Merl (born 10 February 1944) is a retired German racing driver.

Merl primarily competed for Joest Racing throughout his career in the early 1980s competing in the World Sportscar Championship and Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft (DRM). He won the 1980 24 Hours of Daytona with Rolf Stommelen and Reinhold Joest in a Porsche 935 and placed second in 1983 DRM championship points in a Porsche 956. That same year, he also finished fourth in the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Racing record

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year

Team

Co-drivers

Car

Class

Laps

1980

Meccarillos Racing

Bernard Béguin Claude Haldi

Porsche 935-K3/80

Gr. 5SP 2.0+

37

DNF

DNF

1983

Sorga S. A./Joest Racing

Mauricio de Narváez Clemens Schickentanz

Porsche 956

C

361

4th

4th

1984

New-Man Joest Racing Schornstein Racing Team

Dieter Schornstein "John Winter"

Porsche 956

C1

340

5th

5th

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