1937 Avus Race BErlin -- Silver Arrows

 

1937 AVUS Rennen (VI Internationales Avus-Rennen) — results (Final)

The 1937 Avusrennen was held at AVUS (Berlin) on 30 May 1937 and was run in heats plus a final ^1 2 .

Final classification

Pos	Driver	Car	Time / Status
1	Hermann Lang	Mercedes-Benz (streamlined)	35m 30.2s 2
2	Ernst von Delius	Auto Union	+ 2.0s 2
3	Rudolf Hasse	Auto Union	+ 36.0s 2
4	Bernd Rosemeyer	Auto Union	+ 1m 06.8s 2
5	Dick Seaman	Mercedes-Benz	+ 1m 20.0s 2
6	László Hartmann	Maserati	- 2 laps 2
DNF	Rudolf Caracciola	Mercedes-Benz	gearbox 2
DNF	Manfred von Brauchitsch	Mercedes-Benz	gearbox 2

Heats (winners)

• Heat 1: Rudolf Caracciola (Mercedes-Benz) ²
• Heat 2: Manfred von Brauchitsch (Mercedes-Benz) ²

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• [1]
  https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/1937-avusrennen/
• [2]
  http://www.dlg.speedfreaks.org/archive/gen/1937/1937r.html

Film of the First Indianapolis 500, 1911 -- Americans could not get enough speed!

 

1911 Indianapolis 500 (first running) — race results

The inaugural Indianapolis 500 was held May 30, 1911 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway ¹ . The winner was Ray Harroun driving the Marmon “Wasp” for Nordyke & Marmon Co. ² . Harroun’s winning average speed was 74.602 mph ² and his elapsed time was 6:42:08 ¹ .

Top 12 finishers (completed all 200 laps)

Finish	Driver	Car	Entrant	Laps
1	Ray Harroun	Marmon “Wasp”	Nordyke & Marmon Co.	200 2
2	Ralph Mulford	Lozier	Lozier Motor Co.	200 2
3	David Bruce-Brown	Fiat	E.E. Hewlett	200 2
4	Spencer Wishart	Mercedes	Spencer Wishart	200 2
5	Joe Dawson	Marmon	Nordyke & Marmon Co.	200 2
6	Ralph DePalma	Simplex	Simplex Automobile Co.	200 2
7	Charlie Merz	National	National Motor Vehicle Co.	200 2
8	W.H. Turner	Amplex	Simplex Automobile Co.	200 2
9	Fred Belcher	Knox	Knox Automobile Co.	200 2
10	Harry Cobe	Jackson	Jackson Automobile Co.	200 2
11	Gil Anderson	Stutz	Ideal Motor Car Co.	200 2
12	Hughie Hughes	Mercer	Mercer Motors Co.	200 2