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Summit assault on the Grossglockner mountain race 1935 to 1939

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Created on August 1, 1985

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Dr. Helmut Krackowizer

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Alfa Romeo 1750 Sport (1934) - Christian Kautz from Zug wins his class on the Grossglockner in 1935 in an Alfa 1750 Sport

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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 on a Mercedes at the start of the 1939 Grossglockner mountain race in Ferleiten

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Mercedes-Benz W125 (1937) - Hermann Lang during his victory on the Grossglockner in 1939

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MG Kompressor (1930) - Bobby Kohlrausch with his only 750 cc compressor MG

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Mercedes-Benz SSK (1929) - in one of the upper hairpin bends of the Grossglockner race

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Auto-Union (1939) - First in practice - second in the race - Hans Stuck

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Impressions of the historic Grossglockner Race 1935 - the "paddock" in Ferleiten after the race

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Porsche VW Beetle Prototype (1938) - the original Beetle at the Grossglockner hill climb

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Porsche VW Beetle prototype (1938) - two original Beetles at the Grossglockner hill climb

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

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

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

Mercedes-Benz SSK (1929) - in einer der oberen Kehren des Grossglockner-Rennnens

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

Impressionen vom historischen Grossglockner-Rennen 1935 - das "Fahrerlager" in Ferleiten nach dem Rennen

Summary

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.

This article contains the following chapters

The motorcycles opened the race
Sports cars on sand
Highlight of the race cars
Great event - despite absences
The duel of the giants at the 1938 event
Fog at the 1939 hill climb
The great era of hill climbs was finally over

Estimated reading time: 9min

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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. When this north-south connection from the province of Salzburg to Carinthia to the south was completed between 1930 and 1935 after five years of construction with the simplest of means, the celebrities of Central European motorsport came together for the 1st International Grossglockner Mountain Race, which led from the small village of Fusch near Bruck in the Salzach Valley over a 19.5 km long route, consisting mainly of rolled sand road , up to the Fuschertörl at 2428 m above sea level.

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

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

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

Mercedes-Benz SSK (1929) - in einer der oberen Kehren des Grossglockner-Rennnens

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

Impressionen vom historischen Grossglockner-Rennen 1935 - das "Fahrerlager" in Ferleiten nach dem Rennen

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