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The Automobil-Verkehrs- und Übungsstraße, known as AVUS, is a public road in Berlin, Germany. Opened in 1921, it was also used as a motor racing circuit until 1998. Today, the AVUS forms the northern
ADAC Reichsfahrt, 1922
Caracciola (left) after winning the 1926 German Grand Prix
AVUS race, 1931
Start of the 1932 race, with Manfred von Brauchitsch in front
Bernd Rosemeyer
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Bernd Rosemeyer was a German racing driver and speed record holder. He is often considered one of the greatest racing drivers of his era.
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…banked-circuit until the mid-1980s at the 1986 Indianapolis 500. No major race was held after 1937 as, in early 1938, the popular German race driver Bernd Rosemeyer was killed in a land speed record attempt on a straight section of the Autobahn Frankfurt–Darmstadt (present-day Bundesautobahn 5), at which point the…
Rosemeyer (left), with Elly Beinhorn and Ferdinand Porsche
Bernd Rosemeyer at the Nürburgring in 1937
Budapest, Hungary 1936: Rudolf Carraciola in front of Bernd Rosemeyer
Bernd Rosemeyer with the Vanderbilt Cup (1937)