Erwin Grupp
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- Surname: Grupp
- First name: Erwin
- Date of birth: 23.01.1909
- Date of death: 07.10.1963
As a foreman in the racing department of Daimler-Benz AG, Erwin Grupp was very familiar with the company's competition cars. When Hermann Lang chose him as a co-driver in the 300 SL racing sports car for long-distance road races in 1952, Grupp began a brief active competitive career.
At the first event, the Mille Miglia at the beginning of May, the team was forced to retire after an accident with rear axle damage, but at the Carrera Panamericana in Mexico, the final race of the 1952 season, the Lang/Grupp team celebrated a hard-fought second place behind Kling/Klenk.