Franz Hammernick

Franz Hammernick
Nationality	Swiss
Born	Franz Eugen Hammernick

Franz Eugen Hammernick, was a Swiss racing driver who completed mainly in Sports Car racing during the 1950s.

Career

His most notable results was a third place in the ADAC-1000 Kilometer-Rennen, taking a class win, when he partnered Adolf Brudes, in a Borgward Hansa 1500 RS. The couple years before, he took a class victory in the 1951 Eifelrennen.^[1]

The only other event of note during Hammernick career, was during the 1954 Carrera Panamericana, when as one of the works Borgward drivers, he struck an embankment trying to avoid a dog. He was thrown out of the car and broke his collarbone.^[2]

Racing record

Career highlights

Season	Series	Position	Team	Car
1951	Internationales ADAC-Eifelrennen Nürburgring [S1.5] [3]	1st		Veritas RS BMW
1953	Internationales ADAC-1000 km Rennen Weltmeisterschaftslauf Nürburgring [4]	3rd	Borgward	Borgward Hansa 1500 RS
1954	Preis von Bremgarten [5]	2nd		Borgward 54 1500

Complete Carrera Panamericana results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Stage	Pos.	Class Pos.
1954	Carl Borgward	Fritz Jüttner	Borgward Rennsport 55	S1.5	1	DNF (Accident)

References

1. "Franz Hammernick (CH) - All Results - Racing Sports Cars". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
2. Johnny Tipler, “La Carrera Panamaericana: “The World’s Greatest Road Race!”" (Veloce Publishing Ltd., ISBN 978-1845841706, 2008)
3. "Eifelrennen Nürburgring - Sports 1500 cc 1951 - Race Results - Racing Sports Cars". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
4. "Nürburgring 1000 Kilometres 1953 - Race Results - Racing Sports Cars". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
5. "Preis von Bremgarten [S1.5] 1954 - Race Results - Racing Sports Cars". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 12 August 2015.