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Lothar Motschenbacher is known for Stacey (), Jud () and McLaren ().
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November 19, 1938
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Born in Cologne, Germany.
After coming to the United States in 1956, Lothar worked as a Mercedes-Benz mechanic, eventually establishing his own shop in Southern California.
He began racing in 1962 and between ‘63 and ‘64 he had 32 wins, 13 of them consecutive, in a Lotus 22 Formula junior. From there, he raced a 427 Cobra and a King Cobra before joining the CanAm series in its inaugural year, 1966.
Motchenbacher was best known for his racing in the SCCA Can-Am series in the lates sixties and early seventies against such famed drivers as F1 world champions Dennis Hulme, Jackie Stewart and Mario Andretti as well as Mark Donohue, Dan Gurney, Peter Revson, Jo Siffert, Chris Amon, Bob Bondurant and more.
Motschenbacher was one of the fastest private entrants, usually driving the previous year's McLaren chassis but often ran with the factory teams, such as wh