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Swiss motor racing and hillclimbs 1945 to 1955

Started by terry mcgrath , May 27 2010 01:24

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#1 terry mcgrath

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Posted 27 May 2010 - 01:24

I found a result sheet on the internet for an event 23 may 1948 titled Bergrennan Rheinbeck-Walzenhausen-Lachan that attracted some 100 plus competitors
I am interested in finding more detail of motorsport in Switzerland just after the war and also anything about 4 competitors from this event
Werner Schadegg
Arnold Durig
Felix Hirt
Franz Harre
Are there any sources of pics from this period

terry mcgrath

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#2 hansfohr

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Posted 27 May 2010 - 09:47

Unfortunately I could only trace down some results of Franz Harre, no trace (yet) of the 1948 Rheinbeck-Walzenhausen-Lachan hillclimb and the other drivers.

18.05.1952 Bremgarten (GP Bern) Fiat FHG 1100 - 2nd in 1.5L class
22.08.1953 Bremgarten (Preis von Bremgarten) Fiat FGH 1100 - 3rd in 1.6L class
23.08.1964 St. Ursanne-Les Rangiérs (ETCC) BMW 700S - 25th overall, 3rd in class

Edited by hansfohr, 27 May 2010 - 10:08.

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#3 uechtel

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Posted 27 May 2010 - 17:37

Perhaps you find more under the title Rheineck-Walzenhausen-Lachen. :cat:

Dates:
17.8.1947
23.5.1948
16.9.1949
17.6.1951
11.7.1954

That is where my records end. There is full coverage in the Swiss "Automobil Revue" magazine of that time.

In 1948 I did not find any mention of Schadegg. Arnold Dürig drove an SS-Jaguar of 3485 cc capacity to 2nd place in the sports car category over 3 litre for experts. Hirt drove seemingly a different model with similar capacity, but 2nd in the class for touring cars (amateurs) over 3 l, while Harre was 3rd in the amateur class up to 3 l with an SS Jaguar of 2660 cc.

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#4 ReWind

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Posted 27 May 2010 - 17:54

I found a result sheet on the internet for an event 23 may 1948 titled Bergrennan Rheinbeck-Walzenhausen-Lachan that attracted some 100 plus competitors

Do you mean this?

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#5 terry mcgrath

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Posted 28 May 2010 - 00:27

Do you mean this?

Yes that is the result sheet we saw I had forgotten where it had come from
thanks

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#6 nexfast

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Posted 14 August 2015 - 19:25

I found a result sheet on the internet for an event 23 may 1948 titled Bergrennan Rheinbeck-Walzenhausen-Lachan that attracted some 100 plus competitors
I am interested in finding more detail of motorsport in Switzerland just after the war and also anything about 4 competitors from this event
Werner Schadegg
Arnold Durig
Felix Hirt
Franz Harre
Are there any sources of pics from this period

terry mcgrath

Looking for Franz Harre I got to this thread. Apart from the results mentioned above I noticed two more races that Harre entered:

Preis von Thurgau (Sports cars up to 1500cc) 10 May 1950, Erlen Circuit, FRH Spezial, Result unknown

see here:

http://racecarstory....org/1950-1.html

St,Ursanne-les-Rangiers 23 August 1964 (Hillclimb), BMW 700S, 25th

see here in Frank de Jong site:

http://touringcarrac...t. Ursanne.html

A long career apparently but not a single photo available.