Pioneering achievements in the first half of the century

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Anniversary magazine Motorsports - Auto Union Grand Prix - Hans Stuck with the Type D in Reims 1939.
07/16/2009
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Anniversary magazine Motorsports

German Hillclimb Championship, Großglockner, 6. August 1939: Winner Hans Stuck with the Auto Union Type C 16-cylinder racing car - German Hillclimb Championship, Großglockner, 6. August 1939: Winner Hans Stuck with the Auto Union Type C 16-cylinder racing...
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German Hillclimb Championship, Großglockner, 6. August 1939: Winner Hans Stuck with the Auto Union Type C 16-cylinder racing car

Anniversary magazine History - Grand Prix races - Auto Union C/D with Hermann-Paul Müller in on a hill climb at the Großglockner
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Anniversary magazine History

Anniversary magazine Motorsports - Auto Union Type D - the rear flanks already show the beginnings of an aerodynamic design.
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Anniversary magazine Motorsports

Anniversary magazine Motorsports - Auto Union Type D - the mightly V12 engine in the Type D had a 60-degree cylinder angle; the supercharger was mounted vertically behind it.
07/16/2009
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Anniversary magazine Motorsports

Tazio Nuvolari (born November 16th, 1892, died August 11th, 1953) is one of the greatest race drivers of all times, counting 61 Grand Prix victories and international successes - He took part in races as an active driver for nearly 30 years. His victories...
09/04/2003
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Tazio Nuvolari (born November 16th, 1892, died August 11th, 1953) is one of the greatest race drivers of all times, counting 61 Grand Prix victories and international successes

Anniversary magazine Motorsports - Design - the Auto Union Type D in an original drawing from 1938.
07/16/2009
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Anniversary magazine Motorsports

Anniversary magazine Motorsports - Foot down - Avus race in 1937; Rosemeyer in the new ultra-fast bank.
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Anniversary magazine Motorsports

Ewald Kluge (1909 - 1964), DKW works rider, became European champion, German champion, German hillclimb champion and Isle of Man TT winner during the 1938 season and was honoured with the rare "Master of Masters" title. At the end of the nineteen-thirties,...
05/09/2003
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Ewald Kluge (1909 - 1964), DKW works rider, became European champion, German champion, German hillclimb champion and Isle of Man TT winner during the 1938 season and was honoured with the rare "Master of Masters" title. At the end of the nineteen-thirties, he was the brightest star on the German motorcycle racing scene

Starting the race of his life: In June 1938 DKW works rider Ewald Kluge (No. 24) became the first German to win the 250 cc class in the Isle of Man TT, the world's toughest motorcycle road race
05/09/2003
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Starting the race of his life: In June 1938 DKW works rider Ewald Kluge (No. 24) became the first German to win the 250 cc class in the Isle of Man TT, the world's toughest motorcycle road race

Centenary of racing legend Ewald Kluge’s birth
01/15/2009
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Centenary of racing legend Ewald Kluge’s birth

Tazio Nuvolari drove the Auto Union 12-cylinder Type D racing car (start number 4) to victory in the 1938 Grand Prix at Donington Park, Great Britain
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Tazio Nuvolari drove the Auto Union 12-cylinder Type D racing car (start number 4) to victory in the 1938 Grand Prix at Donington Park, Great Britain

Anniversary magazine Motorsports - Pit stop - Hans Stuck in July 1938 at the German Grand Prix on the Nürburgring.
07/16/2009
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Anniversary magazine Motorsports

Anniversary magazine Motorsports - Way ahead of its time - the record car of 1938 with small air intakes and side skirts.
07/16/2009
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Anniversary magazine Motorsports

A picture of the famous Auto Union race driver Bernd Rosemeyer.
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Bernd Rosemeyer

Anniversary magazine Motorsports - In full drift - Bernd Rosemeyer winning in 1937 at Donington Park in an Auto Union Type C.
07/16/2009
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Anniversary magazine Motorsports