Karlheinz Grüner is a racing driver who last raced in Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie for Car #200. Grüner has recorded 0 wins and 2 podiums from 4 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 1,629 ranks Grüner 20032th of 40,700 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.
| 2011-09-24 | Nürburgring Nordschleife SP 5 | P2 | +109 |
| 2011-05-14 | Nürburgring Nordschleife SP 5 | P4 | +65 |
| 2011-04-30 | Nürburgring Nordschleife SP 5 | P2 | +129 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +129 | Nürburgring Nordschleife 2011 | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | P2 |
| +109 | Nürburgring Nordschleife 2011 | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | P2 |
| +66 | Nürburgring Nordschleife 2011 | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | P4 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | Car #200 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P4 | +305 | 1,708 |
| 2010 | ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | Live-Strip.com Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P26 | +54 | 1,404 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🏳️ Thomas Gerling | 2,838 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
| 🏳️ Thomas Kappeler | 2,794 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
| 🏳️ Harald Hennes | 2,699 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
| 🇩🇪 Alexander Schula | 2,404 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 67% |
| 🏳️ Wolfgang Kudrass | 1,918 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 67% |
| 🏳️ Christian Leutheuser | 1,572 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 67% |
| 🇩🇪 Ralf OeverhausFIA Bronze | 4,542 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇳🇱 Ricardo Van Der EndeFIA Silver | 4,237 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇳🇱 Wolf NathanHigher-rated | 3,966 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20,022 | 🇩🇪 Thomas Ehrhardt | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,630 |
| 20,023 | 🇳🇴 Tore Bjoernstad | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,630 |
| 20,024 | 🏳️ Alec Udell (Teen SM) | NASA | 1,629 |
| 20,025 | 🇬🇧 Andrew Wolfe | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,629 |
| 20,026 | 🏳️ Chris Bason | SCCA Majors | 1,629 |
| 20,027 | 🇨🇭 Christoph Gurtner | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,629 |
| 20,028 | 🇩🇪 Daniel Jenichen | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,629 |
| 20,029 | 🇬🇧 David LD Joseph | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,629 |
| 20,030 | 🏳️ Donnie Crider | ChampCar Endurance Series | 1,629 |
| 20,031 | 🏳️ Jaime Florence | NASA | 1,629 |
| 20,032 | 🏳️ Karlheinz Grüner | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,629 |
| 20,033 | 🇩🇪 Klaus Müller | Nürburgring 24 Hours | 1,629 |
| 20,034 | 🇩🇰 Michael Outzen | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,629 |
| 20,035 | 🇺🇸 Romain Eugene | American Endurance Racing | 1,629 |
| 20,036 | 🏳️ Ryan Boudreau | American Endurance Racing | 1,629 |
| 20,037 | 🏳️ Timothy Rubright | SVRA | 1,629 |
| 20,038 | 🏳️ Tyler Neill | ChampCar Endurance Series | 1,629 |
| 20,039 | 🏳️ Caglayan Celik | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 1,628 |
| 20,040 | 🏳️ Danny Parkhurst | NASA | 1,628 |
| 20,041 | 🏳️ Frank Widmoser | SCCA Majors | 1,628 |
| 20,042 | 🏳️ Jon Moody | NASA | 1,628 |
Karlheinz Grüner was a club-level driver racing in the Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie, a multiclass endurance championship run in Germany where amateur and professional drivers share the same grid. He drove an SP 5 class car for Live-Strip.com Racing, an established team that fielded multiple drivers across the series.[1]
Grüner's career on record spans two seasons, 2010 and 2011, with four starts in the championship. He took two podiums across that span and finished fourth in the 2011 Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie standings. His most notable results came against established professionals; he finished ahead of Ralf Oeverhaus, an FIA Bronze-graded driver with 29 series starts, and Ricardo Van Der Ende, an FIA Silver-graded driver.[2]
His regular opponents in the series included Thomas Gerling and Thomas Kappeler, both semi-professional drivers who would go on to win multiple championships in the Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie in later seasons. Grüner typically finished behind both of them, placing him in the competitive middle order of an amateur-professional mixed field.