Kurt Adolff

Born: 5th November 1921, Stuttgart, Germany.

After serving as a paratrooper during the Second World War, Kurt Adolff began racing in Mercedes-Benz saloon cars alongside Fritz Riess and Karl Kling, before finding good results with a Veritas sports car.

In 1953 he teamed up with Swiss driver Rudi Fischer in the Ecurie Espadon team, handling a Ferrari 166. After taking fourth in the Eifelrennen on the Nurburgring he took part in his only World Championship race at the same venue, but failed to finish.

Thereafter Adolff competed in hillclimbs with a Jaguar, before retiring to run his family’s textile business.