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

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.
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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.
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Album / National Motor Museum / Heritage Images
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3634 x 5181 px | 53.9 MB
Print size:
30.8 x 43.9 cm | 12.1 x 17.3 in (300 dpi)