Michał Nahorski

Michał Edward Nahorski (born 1909 in St. Petersburg, Russia, died 22nd July, 1959 in Chęciny, Poland) was a Polish racing driver and tank commander.

Before WW2, Nahorski was a keen motorcycle racer - winning the Polish Junior Motorcycle Grand Prix in 1938. Following the war, Nahorski opened a watchmakers in Katowice which helped fund his motorcyle racing career. Nahorski became one of the finest riders in Poland before moving into car racing in the mid-1950s. Nahorski began to excel in cars and in 1956 he entered the East German Grand Prix under the psuedonym of "Michael Naysmith" an amateur driver from Plymouth, England.