Record winner at the 24-hour race on the Nürburgring-Nordschleife, successful operations team for Porsche Motorsport in the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC), reputable supplier of performance kits for road cars: The name Manthey stands for top performance on the racetrack and the road.
The company, based in Meuspath in Germany’s Eifel region, celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. Here are 25 interesting, spectacular and at times unexpected facts about Manthey-Racing:
3,000 metres between home and hell
Aside from the close sporting and emotional ties between the successful Manthey-Racing squad and the Nürburgring, the team headquarters on the Meuspath industrial estate lies just 3,000 metres as the crow flies from the start-finish line of the legendary racetrack in Germany’s mountainous Eifel region.
An idea for the motorsport world
Over the course of his long and illustrious career, Olaf Manthey has become known around the world – not only for his successes and his distinctive handlebar moustache but also for his innovative ideas. In 1978, at what was only his third outing as a rookie driver, he surprised his rivals with tyre-warmers at the Trier hillclimb event and, much to their astonishment, promptly left them in his dust.
At Le Mans with stars and stripes
In 1999, Manthey-Racing claimed the GT class victory at the Le Mans 24 Hours with the Porsche 911 GT3 R and drivers Uwe Alzen, Patrick Huisman and Luca Riccitelli. At the same time, the German customer squad also ran an identical car entered by Champion Racing with drivers Müller/Wollek/Mayländer. The American Manthey Porsche finished second in its class – a “one-two in disguise”.
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