Carl Irion

Carl Irion (also Karl Irion ) (born October 2, 1878 in Besigheim , † July 7, 1962 in Langen (Hesse) ) was a German engineer and racing driver .

The first-born son of the Besigheimer Küblermeister Carl August Irion and his wife Christine Heinricke geb. Müller was an engineer at Adlerwerke in Frankfurt am Main for over 40 years . On December 13, 1911, by virtue of an order from the Hessian regional president, he was officially commissioned to train drivers. Carl Irion played a key role in the development of automobiles and was one of the first men's drivers and sports racing drivers . In the early 1920s, he caused a sensation in flat, mountain and skill races.

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• Frankfurter Nachrichten and Intelligence Journal, July 3, 1921: Sports news. The automobile sport week in Bad Homburg.
• South German Illustrated Sport, October 10, 1921.
• Darmstädter Tagblatt, October 11, 1921: Hessian Automobile Club, celebration of the end of the tour drives in 1921.
• F.-N.-Sport, October 14, 1921: Baden automobile tournament.
• Frankfurter General-Anzeiger, October 26, 1921.
• General automobile newspaper. October 29, 1921.
• BZ midday, May 29, 1922: Car test drive.
• Das Illustrierte Blatt, August 21, 1923: All kinds of sports.
• Automobil-Flugwelt, April 6, 1924: German racing driver, Karl Irion.
• Automobil-Revue, April 1926: p. 7, Irion auf Adler.
• Club magazine of the BAC, year 1927 No. 12: Whitsun trip of the BAC.
• Munich Latest News, June 9, 1927: Dolomitenfahrt - A Whitsun tour of the Bavarian Automobile Club.