Education
The trio then finished 4th in GT in the 12 Hours of Sebring.
The trio then finished 4th in GT in the 12 Hours of Sebring.
Meixner started his auto racing career in Formula Ford & Formula Renault going on to sports cars with Porsche Carrera Cup. 1993 Success
In 1993 he raced in Allgemeiner Deutscher Automobil-Club GT Cup with Porsche Carrera RSR. He shared the car with Enzo Calderari and Luigino Pagotto. Also that year Meixner competed in the Le Mans 24 hour in Porsche 962C for the factory supported Joest Racing Porsche team
Teammates were Bob Wollek and Henri Pescarolo.
They finished in 9th place. Meixner then raced the famous Porsche 962 "Double Wing" for Joest Racing to its first podium finish - third place at Road Atlanta in the IMSA GT Championship, sharing the cockpit with Bob Wollek.
The Porsche 962 "Double Wing" was developed for Joest Racing by Porsche engineer Norbert Singer who had designed the original car and is affectionately known as the "father of the 962" as a final evolution of the famous race car and was the fastest and most powerful version of the 962 line and fitted with an enormous rear wing after wind tunnel testing. Later racing
In 1995 Meixner undertook pre season development test programme for Champion Racing with the Porsche 911 GT2 and raced in 12 Hours of Sebring for the factory Bayerische Motoren Werke run by Team PTG with co-drivers were Justin Bell and David Donohue.
The car retired after major accident damage.
Personal life
In his spare time Meixner enjoys piloting historic war planes and karting.
