Austrian TT

Monument to Edi Linser in Wolfsgraben

The Austrian TT ( Austrian Tourist Trophy ) was an international motorcycle race that was held ten times between 1923 and 1932.

organization

In 1923 and 1924 and from 1926 to 1930 the race was held on an 18.1 km long track in Breitenfurt near Vienna , Laab im Walde and Wolfsgraben . In 1925 the TT took place once on an 11.04 km long slope in Hinterbrühl south of Vienna . In 1931 and 1932 a 13.2 km long route in Wolkersdorf in the Weinviertel north of Vienna was the venue for the Austrian TT.

The Innsbruck driver Edi Linser was killed in an accident in the 500 cc race of the 1929 edition in Breitenfurt . In his honor, the Edi-Linser-Strasse in Wolfsgraben was named.

Winners list

Edition	date	venue	class	winner
1.	May 13, 1923	Breitenfurt near Vienna  - Laab im Walde  - Wolfsgraben	350 cc	Karl Kodric ( Garelli )
			500 cc	Walter Delmár ( Sunbeam )
			over 500 cm³	Lucky Schmid ( Harley-Davidson )
2.	August 31, 1924	Breitenfurt near Vienna  - Laab im Walde  - Wolfsgraben	250 cc	Franz Reiter ( LAG )
			350 cc	Josef Swoboda ( Rudge )
			500 cc	Michael Gayer ( Saroléa )
			over 500 cm³	Lucky Schmid -2- ( Harley-Davidson )
3.	30-31. May 1925	Hinterbrühl	175 cc	Rupert Karner ( Puch )
			250 cc	Karl Gall ( New Imperial )
			350 cc	Ladislaus Bálász ( Zenith )
			500 cc	Paul von Fedely ( Sunbeam )
4th	May 30, 1926	Breitenfurt near Vienna  - Laab im Walde  - Wolfsgraben	175 cc	Hugo Höbel ( Puch )
			250 cc	Nino Bianchi ( Galloni )
			350 cc	Andreas Strohmeier ( BSA )
			500 cc	Georg Thumshirn ( Ardie - JAP )
5.	May 22, 1927	Breitenfurt near Vienna  - Laab im Walde  - Wolfsgraben	175 cc	Rudolf Runtsch ( Puch )
			250 cc	Gyulay Stanzel ( Rex-Acme )
			350 cc	Michael Gayer ( Chater-Lea )
			500 cc	Georg Thumshirn -2- ( Ardie - JAP )
6th	May 6, 1928	Breitenfurt near Vienna  - Laab im Walde  - Wolfsgraben	175 cc	Lorenz Hubbauer (MT-Villiers)
			250 cc	Otto Cecconi ( Rex-Acme )
			350 cc	George Himing ( Zenith )
			500 cc	Karl Gall ( BMW )
7th	May 12, 1929	Breitenfurt near Vienna  - Laab im Walde  - Wolfsgraben	175 cc	Friedrich Schwarz ( DKW )
			250 cc	Siegfried Cmyral ( Puch )
			350 cc	Michael Gayer -2- ( Chater-Lea )
			500 cc	Martin Schneeweiss ( Rudge )
8th.	May 18, 1930	Breitenfurt near Vienna  - Laab im Walde  - Wolfsgraben	175 cc	Anton Uroić ( DKW )
			250 cc	Elvetio Toricelli ( Puch )
			350 cc	Michael Gayer -3- ( AJS )
			500 cc	Otto Steinfellner ( Rudge )
9.	May 10, 1931	Wolkersdorf in the Weinviertel	175 cc	Ferencz Lukavecz (Fr.-Barnett)
			250 cc	Elvetio Toricelli -2- ( Puch )
			350 cc	Franz Falk ( Velocette )
			500 cc	Rudolf Runtsch ( NSU )
10.	May 8, 1932	Wolkersdorf in the Weinviertel	175 cc	Karl Bohmann (Bohmann- JAP )
			250 cc	Siegfried Cmyral ( Puch )
			350 cc	Helmuth Loichtl ( AJS )
			500 cc	Martin Schneeweiss ( NSU )

Web links

• Vincent Glon: Austrian TT racingmemo.free.fr, accessed on July 27, 2010 (French). 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Official Gazette of the Wolfsgraben community ( Memento from December 13, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 345 kB) from 2/2004, accessed on September 18, 2010
2. ↑ Edi Linser. www.motorsportmemorial.org, accessed July 27, 2010 (English). 
3. ↑ The history of the Kesselbergrennen ( memento from June 2, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 771 kB) accessed on September 17, 2010