Herbert Linge
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Herbert Linge (* June 11, 1928 in Weissach) is a former German racing and rallying driver. As employee of Porsche, he was involved in many events, and later also in motorsports safety.
He took part in many 24 Hours of Le Mans races in the 1960s, even with a Porsche 917.
He became famous for being the codriver of Hans Herrmann in the 1954 Mille Miglia, when their low Porsche 550 passed under a closed railroad crossing, with both passengers ducking hiding under the dashboard.
The Deutscher Motor Sport Bund's DMSB-Staffel, founded in 1972 by Herbert Linge for the Oberste Nationale Sportbehörde as ONS-Staffel, is considered the first mobile track marshalling crew, equipped with fast cars like Porsche 914 or Porsche 911, carrying fire exstinguishers and doctors in order to arrive quickly at a crash site.
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