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German. "Anyway I would just say, Niche spreche
Englais," he joked with a friendly laugh and a wink.
Steinhausen, his passenger and mechanic Oliver
Althoff, and Heukerott's son Klaus Dieter laughed
heartily at the part of the joke that they understood
best.
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Yamaha/Heukerott GP sidecar to set a Closed Course
World Speed record. More than record setters they were
missionaries who had flown across the barrier ocean to
dilpIay for Americans the ballet-like beauty and
shrieking excitement of sidecar racing. The record they
would leave behind them on TalIadega's Alabama
International Motor Speedway was to fie the spark of an
electric cattle prod, a catalyst, for American sidecarc
racers to unite.
"I would like to organize a series next year that Will
eventually become a National Championship here in
America. I would bring over perhaps 15 European teams
to compete 'against the American teams in a thiee week,
three racer series." Heukerott has an interest in sidecar
.,acing that he hopes will expand into a business Interest.
"I would like to build a small factory here in America
and produce racing sidecars. I think there will be
interest. "
The business at hand was setting the World's record,
an easy task since none emts up until the white hack
