Bernd Rosemeyer in Auto Union record-breaking car, 1937. Artist: Unknown
Title

Bernd Rosemeyer in Auto Union record-breaking car, 1937. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Bernd Rosemeyer in Auto Union record-breaking car, 1937. Bernd Rosemeyer set a number of world speed records for cars with engines of less than 8000cc capacity driving Auto Union cars in the late 1930s, when the team was engaged in a duel with Mercedes both in motor racing and record breaking. He was killed in 1938 when his car crashed on the Frankfurt-Darmstadt Autobahn while in the process of trying to regain the record from Mercedes.
Beaulieu (England), National Motor Museum

Date

1937

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/National Motor Museum

Reference

HRM19A87_343

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