He reached seven World Longtrack world championship finals and earned 27 international caps for the West German national speedway team and 2 caps for the German national speedway team.

[1] Lausch began his career at AC Landshut and reached the final of the 1982 European U21 Championship.

[3] Oxford Cheetahs had returned to the British League in 1984 and had signed Hans Nielsen for a record £30,000, Simon Wigg for £25,000, Marvyn Cox, Melvyn Taylor and Jens Rasmussen.

He joined MSC Diedenbergen in 1990 and had a season in Poland riding for Stal Gorzów Wielkopolski in 1991.

[8] Alongside conventional speedway, Lausch was successful in longtrack and would reach seven world finals, including winning a silver medal in 1988.