Ludwig Heimrath

Ludwig Heimrath Jr. (born September 9, 1956) is a Canadian businessman and former race car driver in open-wheel and sports-car racing.

Born in Scarborough, Ontario, Heimrath started his driving career racing Go-karts and Formula Fords. In 1979 and 1980 he won the Ontario Formula Ford Championship winning seven races in total. In 1981 and 1982, he competed in selected International Motorsport Association (IMSA) races. In 1983, he competed in the Robert Bosch Super Vee Series. Ludwig was named Rookie of the Year winning a race and two pole positions. He also drove a prototype in the 24 Hours of Le Mans that year. In 1984, he won three races and three pole positions racing Super Vees. The next several years, Ludwig competed in the IMSA GTP Series and drove a factory supported Porsche in Trans-Am. Starting in 1987 through 1989, Ludwig competed in selected CART races. In 1987, at the Indianapolis 500, he was the fastest qualifier the second weekend, qualifying tenth. His highest finish at the Indy 500 was 13th.

Heimrath graduated as an engineer from Ryerson Polytechnical Institute (now Toronto Metropolitan University). He currently owns and operates All-Composite, Inc., a composite manufacturing company in the Pacific Northwest. He also is a college composite technology instructor and consultant.

Ludwig is married to Kathy Rude, the first woman to win a major international sports car race, a GTU class win at 24 Hours of Daytona in 1982 with Lee Mueller and Allan Moffat. Heimrath's father, Ludwig Heimrath Sr., won the Trans Am Series championship in 1977, becoming the first person born outside the United States to win the championship since Horst Kwech in 1966.

American open-wheel racing results

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PPG Indycar Series

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Rank	Points	Ref
1984	Canadian Tire Racing	LBH	PHX	INDY	MIL	POR	MEA	CLE	MCH	ROA 23	POC	MDO	SAN	MCH	PHX	LAG	CPL	NC	0
1985	Truesports Co.	LBH	INDY	MIL	POR	MEA	CLE	MCH	ROA	POC	MDO 26	SAN	MCH	LAG	PHX	MIA		NC	0
1987	Dick Simon Racing	LBH 15	PHX 22	INDY 30	MIL 10	POR 12	MEA 17	CLE 18	TOR 19	MCH 25	POC 12	ROA	MDO 26	NAZ				34th	5
	Arciero Racing														LAG 23	MIA DNQ
1988	Hemelgarn Racing	PHX	LBH 14	INDY 25	MIL	POR 23	CLE 26	TOR 19	MEA 12	MCH	POC	MDO 19	ROA 21	NAZ	LAG	MIA 7		28th	7
1989	Hemelgarn Racing	PHX 9	LBH 24	INDY 13	MIL DNS	DET	POR	CLE	MEA	TOR 22	MCH DNQ	POC	MDO 25	ROA 17	NAZ 17	LAG DNQ		26th	4

Indianapolis 500

Year	Chassis	Engine	Start	Finish	Team
1987	Lola	Cosworth	10	30	Dick Simon Racing
1988	Lola	Cosworth	31	25	Hemelgarn Racing
1989	Lola	Judd	18	13	Hemelgarn Racing

Le Mans 24 Hours results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1983	Brun Motorsport	David Deacon Jacques Villeneuve	Sehcar C6–Cosworth	Group C	68	DNF	DNF

See also

List of Canadians in Champ Car

External links

• Ludwig Heimrath career summary at DriverDB.com