Fritz Dirtl

Friedrich "Fritz" Dirtl was an international motorcycle speedway rider from Austria.

Career

Dirtl was a two times champion of Austria after winning the Austrian Individual Speedway Championship in 1949 and 1951. He was also a six times Longtrack champion of Austria.
He was signed by Birmingham Brummies in 1952 but was subsequently named in the Norwich Stars team before work licence issues resulted in him not racing in Britain.

Death

Dirtl was killed competing in the 1956 Individual Speedway World Championship, at the Continental final stage. He was involved in a crash with fellow Austrian rider Josef Kamper and then fell into the path of Mieczysław Połukard.