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Drunter und Drüber - about the "Crazy Race" in Holland

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Created in 2007

Reading time 3min

Written by:

Rainer Braun

Photos:

Hallo Fahrerlager / Archiv Rainer Braun

Willi Kauhsen erhielt gute Haltungsnoten und überzeugte mit artistischen Einlagen und deftigen Karambolagen

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Gijs van Lennep auf einem Hüpfball, der beim Le Mans Start eingesetzt wurde

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Das "Crazy Race" wurde mit identischen VW Käfern veranstaltet

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Summary

Joe and Toine Hezemans organized a very special race between Christmas and New Year 1970. The "Crazy Race", held with VW Beetles, was not won by the fastest, but by the wildest participant. Successful laps in oncoming traffic or hefty pile-ups were rewarded extra. The event was so spectacular that it was immediately banned for all time by the sports authorities. In this report, Rainer Braun remembers the wild race and shows some photos from back then.

This article contains the following chapters

"Special" rules
All Beetles
Difficult qualification
Holland ahead of Germany

Estimated reading time: 3min

Preview (beginning of the article)

This report comes from the first volume of the popular book series "Hallo Fahrerlager" by Rainer Braun from 2007. Toine Hezemans and his father Joe, who are already unrivaled when it comes to concocting crude jokes, pick up the phone shortly before Christmas and call a few racing buddies. The message is: "Two days under the Christmas tree are enough, something has to happen after that." What the Hezemans clan came up with as a festive program between Christmas and New Year 1970 with their "Crazy Race" would easily be enough for the immediate arrest of all those involved today. Not to mention license revocation.

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