Arno Klasen
Encyclopedia
Arno Klasen is a German
racecar driver best known for his long career in VLN
endurance racing series on the Nürburgring
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Klasen started his career in karting. He entered VLN in 1994, scoring several overall wins, mainly on Jürgen Alzen
Porsche.
Klasen was also on the Seikel Motorsport
roster for the 2004 Le Mans Series season
, but he never raced.
He entered for the 2006 24 Hours of Le Mans
.
Germans
The Germans are a Germanic ethnic group native to Central Europe. The English term Germans has referred to the German-speaking population of the Holy Roman Empire since the Late Middle Ages....
racecar driver best known for his long career in VLN
VLN
The VLN, properly the Veranstaltergemeinschaft Langstreckenpokal Nürburgring is an organisation of motorsport clubs of which each hosts one event of a ten-race series held on the Nürburgring Nordschleife, the "VLN Langstreckenmeisterschaft Nürburgring"...
endurance racing series on the Nürburgring
Nürburgring
The Nürburgring is a motorsport complex around the village of Nürburg, Germany. It features a modern Grand Prix race track built in 1984, and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and medieval castle of Nürburg in the Eifel mountains. It is located about...
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Klasen started his career in karting. He entered VLN in 1994, scoring several overall wins, mainly on Jürgen Alzen
Jürgen Alzen
Jürgen Alzen is a race car driver from Germany.He drove one race in both the FIA GT Championship and the American Le Mans Series of 2001 for his own Alzen Porsche team. He has also raced in Australia appearing in both the 2002 and 2003 Bathurst 24 Hour races held at the Mount Panorama Circuit...
Porsche.
Klasen was also on the Seikel Motorsport
Seikel Motorsport
Seikel Motorsport was a German auto racing team founded by Peter Seikel in 1968. After running national series, the team moved on to touring car racing before finally grand tourer racing...
roster for the 2004 Le Mans Series season
2004 Le Mans Series season
The 2004 Le Mans Series season was the first season of ACO Le Mans Endurance Series. It is a series for Le Mans prototype and Grand Touring style cars broken into 4 classes: LMP1, LMP2, GTS, and GT...
, but he never raced.
He entered for the 2006 24 Hours of Le Mans
2006 24 Hours of Le Mans
The 2006 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 74th Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place over June 17–18, 2006.-Pre-race:Prior to this race the ACO redeveloped the area around the Dunlop Curve and Dunlop Chicane, moving the Dunlop Curve in tighter to create more run-off area, while also turning the Dunlop...
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