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| Complete name: Matthias Schäfer |
| Birth date: 16.May.1947 |
| Birth Place: Dresden, East Germany (now Germany) |
| Death date: 25.Sep.1977 |
| Death Place: Frohburg, Sachsen, East Germany (now Germany) |
| Nationality: East Germany |
| Gender: male |
| Age at death: 30 |
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| Event date: 25.Sep.1977 |
| Series: East Germany Formula Easter Championship |
| Race: Frohburger Dreieck Rennen - Leistungsklasse II |
| Event type: race |
| Country: Germany |
| Venue: Frohburger-Dreieck |
| Variant: 5.788-kilometer public roads course (1960-1978) |
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| Role: driver |
| Vehicle type: car |
| Vehicle sub-type: single seater |
| Vehicle brand/model: HTS - Zhiguli |
| Vehicle number: ?? |
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Notes:
The accident happened during the last round of the 1977 East Germany Formula Easter Championship, held at the Frohburger Dreieck, shortly after the start of the second race of the meeting, the Leistungsklasse II (2nd Class for novice drivers) race. Matthias Schäfer, a member of the MC Betonwerke Dresden racing team, lost control of his single-seater and left the road entering the town being killed upon impact. It has not yet been clarified if the young driver was born in Dresden or just resided.
Heinz Siegert from Leipzig won the race and the title from Peter Melkus, the younger son of Heinz Melkus builder of their Melkus - Lada Zhiguli. Wolfgang Guenther from Finsterwalde, East Germany won the Leistungsklasse I (1st Class) in a SEG M77 - Lada Zhiguli.
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Sources:
- Magazine Autosprint, issue 07 February 1978.
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Website Puru's & Franz Page, Motorsport Classic DDR 1977, page http://www.puru.de/ddrclassic1.html#R3 .
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Website Motorrennsportarchiv, page https://www.motorrennsportarchiv.de/archiv/dokumente/rennfahrer-und-themen-s/ .
- E-mail by Hans-Hugo Boecker, dated 04 January 2006 .
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