Friedrich Messerschmidt
Friedrich Messerschmidt (born May 27, 1906 in Stuttgart , † March 24, 1929 in Hanover ) was a German motorcycle racer .
Career
Messerschmidt won on 2 September 1928 on one of the early supercharged 500-cm³- BMW at the age of 22 years, the fall race on the Solitude . In the same year he also won the Karlsruhe Wildlife Park Race in the team class. In 1929 Messerschmidt won the MSC Bad Cannstatt Winter Prize .
On March 24, 1929, he had a serious accident at the Eilenriederennen in Hanover . He lost control of his machine in slippery conditions, fell and suffered serious internal injuries and a fractured skull , from which he died at the scene of the accident. Messerschmidt was 22 years old.
References
Web links
- Friedrich Messerschmidt. www.motorsportmemorial.org, accessed June 12, 2019 (English).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Solitude racing events - result lists 1922–1937. (No longer available online.) Www.solitude-revival.org, archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; Retrieved July 29, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Messerschmidt, Friedrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German motorcycle racer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 27, 1906 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stuttgart |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 24, 1929 |
| Place of death | Hanover |