Dieter Glemser

Image:1972-07-07 [Dieter Glemser.jpg|thumb|150px|Dieter Glemser in 1972]
Dieter Glemser is a former touring car racing driver from Stuttgart, Germany.
He started his career in the early 1960s in rallying with a Porsche 356 and
In 1963 he won the Rally Poland with a Mercedes-Benz 220SE.

Overview

In circuit racing, he became very successful in the early 1970s for Ford:

1971 winner European Touring Car Championship
1971 winner 24 Hours Spa
1971 Guia Race at the Macau Grand Prix in a Ford Capri 2600RS
1972 24 Hours of Le Mans 11th overall with a Ford Capri 2600RS
1973 Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft with Zakspeed Racing Ford [Escort (Europe)|Ford Escort]
1974 Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft with Zakspeed Racing Ford Escort.

Glemser also drove one time in Australia, partnering then 3-time and defending race winner Allan Moffat in Moffat's V8 powered Ford XB Falcon GT Hardtop in the 1974 Hardie-Ferodo 1000 at the Mount Panorama Circuit. After numerous engine and transmission troubles in practice and again in the race, the Falcon was retired from the 163 lap race on lap 92. The Allan [Moffat Racing] team had gone into the race as favourites after Moffat easily won the traditional lead up event to Bathurst, the Sandown 250 just one month earlier.