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"Hot as fire" - From the racing premiere of pop star Howard Carpendale

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Created in 2015

Text:

Rainer Braun

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Hallo Fahrerlager

I step on the gas, I want fun - Superstar Howard Carpendale in the March F3 cockpit

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Summary

Without warning, the invitation flutters onto the editorial desk of Auto Zeitung. In October 1971, the Cologne-based record company Electrola invited all available sports journalists from the Cologne/Bonn/Düsseldorf area on a bus trip to the Nürburgring. The motto of the surprise tour: "We're stopping Howard Carpendale". To this end, stopwatches will be distributed to all guests on the bus. At the Ring, we are directed to reserved window seats with a view of the track in the Sporthotel. The half a hundred lifestyle journalists who have also arrived are placed on the pit roof.

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Preview (beginning of the article)

Our report comes from the first volume of the popular book series "Hallo Fahrerlager" by Rainer Braun from 2007. Without warning, the invitation flutters onto the editorial desk of the Auto Zeitung. In October 1971, the Cologne-based record company Electrola invites all available sports journalists from the Cologne/Bonn/Düsseldorf area to a bus trip to the Nürburgring. The motto of the surprise tour: "We're stopping Howard Carpendale". To this end, stopwatches will be distributed to all guests on the bus. At the Ring, we are directed to reserved window seats with a view of the track in the Sporthotel. The half a hundred lifestyle journalists who have also arrived are placed on the pit roof.

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