BIOGRAPHY OF ROLAND REHFELD
Race Car Driver: Jack-of-All-Trades and Specialist in One

Profession

Driving instructor, Testdriver for Automagazine, Race-Driver

Sports Career

1982-1991

with five years starting with kartslalom
one time Berlin champion, two times vice champion, three times German champion (1989-1991)

1991-1996

change to kartracing
three times Berlin vice champion
4th place qualification for the European Juniorkartchampionship (1993)
three times 3rd place East-German Championship Formula A (1994-1996)

1995

qualification for “La Filiere” elf Racing school at Le Mans in France

1997

international Racing school “La Filiere”
7th place French Formula Renault-elf-Campus Championship
-best German driver- (1 pole, 3 podiums)

1998

2nd place German Formula Renault Cup (2 poles, 1 win, 5 podiums)
9th Formula Renault Euro Cup
-best German driver with one victory at Hockenheim- (1 win, 2 podiums)
“German Formula Rookie of the year”

1999

18th place international German Formula 3 Championship
2nd place unofficial Formula 3 old car ranking
3rd place Porsche UPS Junior selection

2000

only two races in the German Porsche Carrera Cup
1st place at the Tolimit Team selection

2001

3rd place FIA European Truck Racing Cup in Super Race Class B
as Mercedes-Benz Truck Junior, “FIA Truck Rookie of the year”
(3 poles, 2 wins, 9 podiums)

2002

5th place ASCAR-Mintex Championship (1 pole, 1 win, 3 podiums)
1st German Touring car oval racer
“Runner up of the year”, winner of the “Spotter Partnership Award”

2003

4th place “Days of Thunder” ASCAR-Series (2 poles, 1 win, 2 x 2nd ,2 x 3rd )

2004

several Tests and participation in Richard Petty Driving Experience

2005

successful participation in DODGE NASCAR Craftsman Truck Evaluation in Lakeland, FL USA
first US Race in ARCA RemaXX Series in Milwaukee, 13th place finish within the lead lap

2006

several starts and tests for GT cars and nat. Endurance Series Germany

2007

starts and tests in GT cars and nat. Endurance Series Germany, two Guest starts in Porsche Carrera Cup

2008

1st place in class SP3 with Honda S 2000 and overall 18th at 24h Race Nürburgring, VLN Endurance Cup with Porsche (2 wins, 3 podiums, 1 pole), starts in the ADAC GT Masters, Dutch Super Car Challenge

2009

BF Goodrich Longendurance Championship Nürburgring Northloop, with Corvette C6 SP8 from Kissling Motorsport, (6 wins in Class, 6 Podiums, 5 Top 10 overall results)

Biography

Beginning as a successful KART Racer, Roland Rehfeld moved into Automobil Sports in 1997. Since then, the native Berliner has become known in Germany and beyond as a jack-of-all-trades for his versatility and success in Formula Renault Racing, Formula 3 Racing, Porsche Sports Car Racing and former DaimlerChyrsler factory supported vehicles in the Super Race Truck Series.

His image in the German motorsport scene was substantiated in 2002 and 2003, when Roland Rehfeld became the sole German racer in the British Days of Thunder (DoT) oval racing series - winning some of the races there. Rehfeld`s outstanding performance in the DoT Oval Racing series and his ability to win against a field of internationally established touring car stars drew notice from the USA, especially within the NASCAR scene.

After a successful NASCAR Truck Test for DODGE Motorsport in 2005, he stepped up as the first foreign driver for the DODGE Driver Development program. He was able to show his potential in his first US Race in Milwaukee by finishing with an excellent performance as the best Rookie. Unfortunatelly the plan to establish Roland Rehfeld as the first foreign factory supported NASCAR Driver came to an end when DODGE's parent company Daimler and Chrysler divorced in 2006-2007.

His international experience with brands and factory teams, with the people on and beside the racetrack and his gentle eloquentical person, are sought after by premium brands like Mercedes-AMG, Porsche and Volkswagen. Roland Rehfeld is engaged in their worldwide, customer-focused, internal Sport and Driver Training programs. Auto and Car magazines from the Motor Presse Stuttgart are using his technical knowledge and driving abilities for testing and mesuring actual customer cars.

With successful wins from his first start at the 24th Race Nürburgring in 2008 to being a continuous top five finisher in Endurance and GT Races, Roland Rehfeld is able to continuously perform well - from Ovalracing to European Road Course Racing. In 2007 and 2008, he was the fastest guest driver in the highly competitive German Porsche Carrera Cup and in the ADAC GT Masters.

In 2009, he raised attention by winning five times in his class in the BF Goodrich Long Endurance Championship by driving a Corvette C6 SP GT Car against factory supported teams from Audi, Porsche, Lexus and BMW.

Roland Rehfeld is ambitious and focused, wanting to establish himself with winning performance on top of the rankings in the national and international GT Championships.