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[Adam F]

Does anyone have access to an entry list or other list of participants for the 1937 Freiburg Hillclimb?

I am trying to identify a photo of a Maserati 4CM taken at this event (possibly race number 61), so would be interested in ascertaining what Maserati participants there were.

[Hugo Boecker]

in the Freiburg Papers I found this pre view
http://az.ub.uni-fre...th=07&project=3
please send me your e-mail adress.

[Adam F]

Hugo,

Thank you - I have sent you my e-mail address.

[ERault]

I should really be packing (moving on monday) but the Freiburg-Schauinsland bergrennen results in the Freiburger Zeitung are fascinating (if you can read the font, that is). Two quick questions : the 1935 results seem to be missing, maybe someone can help ? Stuck is of course the winner. I have Seaman and Mays on ERA as second and third overall, is this accurate ? What about the rest of the pack ?

In 1934, von Delius came third overall (tied with Steinweg's Bugatti apparently) on a Alfa Romeo in the "racing cars over 2 liter" class. I did not know he raced a Alfa. Probably a Monza borrowed from a german drivrer ?

[David McKinney]

the 1935 results seem to be missing, maybe someone can help ? Stuck is of course the winner. I have Seaman and Mays on ERA as second and third overall, is this accurate ? What about the rest of the pack ?

Yes, not much competition for the Auto Union. The ERAs were indeed second and third overall
3000: Balestrero (Alfa) 1, Wimmer (ex-Pietsch Bugatti 35B) 2
1500: Seaman 1, Mays 2, Kessler (Maserati) 3
1100: Kohlrausch (MG 750) 1, Bäumer (Austin 750) 2, Tongue (MG 750) 3, L Villoresi (Maserati 1100) 4
A great day for British cars in the smallest classes

In 1934, von Delius came third overall (tied with Steinweg's Bugatti apparently) on a Alfa Romeo in the "racing cars over 2 liter" class. I did not know he raced a Alfa. Probably a Monza borrowed from a german drivrer ?

Yes, a Monza borrowed from the German driver Pietsch

[monoposto]

I should really be packing (moving on monday) but the Freiburg-Schauinsland bergrennen results in the Freiburger Zeitung are fascinating (if you can read the font, that is). Two quick questions : the 1935 results seem to be missing, maybe someone can help ? Stuck is of course the winner. I have Seaman and Mays on ERA as second and third overall, is this accurate ? What about the rest of the pack ?


Seaman was second and Mays ( having spun on his run ) was third in 1935 . Seaman set a new record time in the under 1500cc class of 8.25,1 Min according to the 1936 programme.

In Speed Nov-Dec 1935, he wrote that his time was 8mins. 25 1/5 secs, and Mays was 8.36. He states he "had a bad start with much too much wheelspin, as the tar was more slippery than I thought" ( "Sunday was a beautiful day". ) and that "the result was that the whole way up I had terrific wheelspin, but I gave the car all she had got and she has never gone better." He "endeavoured before the event to obtain one of the self-locking differentials as used by the Auto Unions and Mercedes, and also by Raymond Mays in hill climbs, but I had been unsuccessful in getting one". His time was the fastest up to that point, Mays followed and he "had a very exciting wait for the arrival of Stuck in the Auto Union."

Stuck came up in 8.24 1/5 : only one second better.

"The crowd gave me a very sporting ovation on the way down the hill and altogether I noticed an entirely different attitude to that adopted towards Continental drivers who come over to this country"

Edited by monoposto, 28 August 2010 - 21:39.

[ERault]

Thank you both. Will be back in a few days.

[Hans Etzrodt]

... the 1935 results seem to be missing, maybe someone can help ? ...

September 1, 1935 Freiburg
Schauinsland near Freiburg: 7.457 mi (12.000 km)
Results for Racing Cars
Pos. Driver Car Time / Class
1 Hans Stuck Auto Union 8m24.1s --- over 3000 cc
2 Richard Seaman E.R.A. 8m25.1s --- up to 1500 cc
3 Raymond Mays E.R.A. 8m36.8s --- up to 1500 cc
4 Hans Kessler Maserati 8m52.1s --- up to 1500 cc
5 Robert Kohlrausch M.G. 9m07.1s --- up to 1100 cc
6 Renato Balestrero Alfa Romeo 9m09.9s --- up to 3000 cc
7 Herbert Wimmer Bugatti 9m14.1s --- up to 3000 cc
8 Walter Bäumer Austin 9m18.9s --- up to 1100 cc
9 Reggie Tongue M.G. 9m39.0s --- up to 1100 cc

Results for Sports Cars
Pos. Driver Car Time / Class
1 Zdenek Pohl Bugatti 9m01.9s --- over 2000 cc
2 Renato Balestrero Alfa Romeo 9m08.7s --- over 2000 cc
3 Laszlo Hartmann Bugatti 9m17.3s --- over 2000 cc
4 Adolf Brudes M.G. 9m22.3s --- up to 1100 cc
5 Bruno Sojka Bugatti 9m40.2s --- up to 1500 cc
6 Christian Kautz Alfa Romeo 9m41.0s --- up to 2000 cc
7 Willi Briem Amilcar 9m54.5s --- up to 1100 cc
8 Ernst von Delius BMW 2.0 10m00.5s --- up to 2000 cc
9 Jiri Pohl M.G. 10m19.8s --- up to 1100 cc
10 Hummel Amilcar 10m36.3s --- up to 1100 cc