Photo Gallery «Summit assault on the Grossglockner mountain race 1935 to 1939»

August 1985 marked the 50th anniversary of the ceremonial opening of the most magnificent of all Austrian Alpine roads, the crossing of the central massif of the Hohe Tauern between the Salzach Valley and the Carinthian Möll Valley, known as the Grossglockner High Alpine Road for short. The very next day, on August 4, 1935, the 1st Intern. A number of well-known Swiss motorists also took part with great success.

Alfa Romeo P3 (1935) - Highlight of August 4, 1935 - The record-breaking drive of the Italian mountain specialist Mario Tadini at the Grossglockner mountain race of 1935

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Mercedes-Benz W125 (1939) - Hermann Lang auf Mercedes beim Start des Grossglockner Bergrennen von 1939 in Ferleiten (Source: Archive)

Mercedes-Benz W125 (1937) - Hermann Lang bei seinem Sieg am Grossglockner im Jahr 1939 (Source: Archive)

MG Kompressor (1930) - Bobby Kohlrausch mit seinem nur 750 cc grossen Kompressor-MG (Source: Archive)

Alfa Romeo 1750 Sport (1934) - Der Zuger Christian Kautz wird auf einem Alfa 1750 Sport Sieger in seiner Klasse am Grossglockner 1935 (Source: Archive)

Mercedes-Benz SSK (1929) - in einer der oberen Kehren des Grossglockner-Rennnens (© Archiv Daimler AG, 1935)

Auto-Union (1939) - Im Training noch Erster - im Rennen Zweiter - Hans Stuck (Source: Archive)

Impressionen vom historischen Grossglockner-Rennen 1935 - das "Fahrerlager" in Ferleiten nach dem Rennen (Source: Archive)

Porsche VW Käfer Prototoyp (1938) - der Ur-Käfer beim Bergrennen am Grossglockner (Source: Archive)

Porsche VW Käfer Prototoyp (1938) - zwei Ur-Käfer beim Bergrennen am Grossglockner (Source: Archive)