Volkert Merl

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Volkert Merl (born February 10, 1940) is a retired German racing driver.

Merl primarily competed for Joest Racing throughout his career in the early 1980s competing in the World Sportscar Championship and Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft (DRM). He won the 1980 24 Hours of Daytona with Rolf Stommelen and Reinhold Joest in a Porsche 935 and placed second in 1983 DRM championship points in a Porsche 956. That same year he also finished 4th in the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

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v t e Winners of the Daytona Continental (1962-63), 2000km (1964-65), Rolex 24 (1966-73, 1975-)

Five-time	Hurley Haywood Scott Pruett

Four-time	Peter Gregg Pedro Rodríguez Rolf Stommelen Bob Wollek

Three-time	Derek Bell Butch Leitzinger Juan Pablo Montoya Brian Redman Memo Rojas Andy Wallace

Two-time	Mauro Baldi Terry Borcheller Elliott Forbes-Robinson A. J. Foyt Al Holbert Jan Lammers Ken Miles John Paul, Jr. Lloyd Ruby Wayne Taylor Didier Theys Al Unser, Jr.

One-time	Allmendinger Amon J. Andretti Ma. Andretti Angelelli Ballot-Léna Bandini Barber Barbosa Beretta Bergmeister Bernhard Boesel Bouchut Boutsen Brundle Buckler Collard Dalziel Dismore Dixon D. Donohue M. Donohue Dupuy Durán Duxbury Dyson Elford Fellows Field Fittipaldi Fitzpatrick Franchitti Fréon García Garretson Gentilozzi Graves Gurney Hand Hasemi Helmick Henn Herrmann Hezemans Hill Hoshino Ickx Jelinski Joest D. Jones P. J. Jones Kimball Kinnunen Kneifel Krages Lässig Lavaggi Law Lienhard Luyendyk Martin Mears Merl Millen Moran Moretti Neerpasch Negri Nielsen O'Connell Oliver Ongais Pace Papis C. Parsons Paul, Sr. Pescarolo Pew Pilgrim B. Rahal G. Rahal Rice Robinson Rockenfeller Schneider Schrom Sharp Siffert Suzuki Unser, Sr. van der Merwe Weaver Wendlinger Werner Wheldon Wilson