Honouring 30 Years of Hans-Joachim Stuck

His star-speckled lid was a familiar sight for more than three decades in the best Germany had to offer

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Taken from Motor Sport online, March 2017

Over the years, how many great motor racing dynasties have there been? Andretti and Unser certainly, Fittipaldi and Brabham too. Germany, however, also lay claim to their own – die Stuckrennfahrerdynastie. Hans-Joachim, the second generation of Stuck to go racing, is the son of pre-war great Hans Stuck and enjoyed success during a career that spanned four decades.

Single-seaters and Formula 1 were fine, but it was in sports and touring cars that Stuck really found his groove