Full schuss!

Before becoming a race driver, Bob Wollek was an excellent skier, a college ski champion and a member of the French olympic team, during the golden era of Jean-Claude Killy.

After racing in single seaters up to Formula 2, especially at the wheel of a Rondel fielded by Ron Dennis, the native of French Alsace moved to the DRM championship (Deutsche Rennsport Meistershaft, later the DTM), driving 935 Porsches, amongst which this K3 of the team Gelo (Georg Loos Racing), here at the Salzburgring in 1980.

The Alpine-style scenery must have reminded him of his debut as a skier… Bob was a great sportsman and loved cycling. He used to cycle each year from Strasbourg where he lived, to Le Mans! Sadly, he lost his life when while cycling, when he was hit by a large American motorhome, on a road in Florida in 2001.

Picture below: Bob Wollek aboard the mighty Porsche 935, at the Nürburgring.