Pioneering achievements in the first half of the century
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German Hillclimb Championship, Großglockner, 6. August 1939: Winner Hans Stuck with the Auto Union Type C 16-cylinder racing car
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Tazio Nuvolari (born November 16th, 1892, died August 11th, 1953) is one of the greatest race drivers of all times, counting 61 Grand Prix victories and international successes
Tazio Nuvolari drove the Auto Union 12-cylinder Type D racing car (start number 4) to victory in the 1938 Grand Prix at Donington Park, Great Britain
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Ewald Kluge (1909 - 1964), DKW works rider, became European champion, German champion, German hillclimb champion and Isle of Man TT winner during the 1938 season and was honoured with the rare "Master of Masters" title. At the end of the nineteen-thirties, he was the brightest star on the German motorcycle racing scene
Starting the race of his life: In June 1938 DKW works rider Ewald Kluge (No. 24) became the first German to win the 250 cc class in the Isle of Man TT, the world's toughest motorcycle road race
Centenary of racing legend Ewald Kluge’s birth
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The cars get away at the start in the 1937 Grand Prix at Donington Park, Great Britain: Bernd Rosemeyer triumphed in an Auto Union 16-cylinder Type C racing car (pictured with start number 5) and H. P. Müller (start number 7) finished fourth
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