Max von Arco-Zinneberg

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A Mercedes-Benz SSK from 1929.

Maria Maximilian von und zu Arco-Zinneberg (born March 28, 1908 in Munich , † May 20, 1937 in Vienna ) was a German automobile racing driver .

family

He was the firstborn son of Maria Joseph, Count von und zu Arco-Zinneberg (1881-1924) and Wilhelmine Gabriela Maria, Princess von Auersperg (1884-1919), grandson of Ludwig von Arco-Zinneberg and great-grandson of Maximilian von Arco-Zinneberg .

Racing career

Count Maximilian Arco-Zinneberg started out as a private driver in a Mercedes-Benz in the 1920s and 1930s . In the years between 1929 and 1931 he achieved considerable success.

Together with August Momberger, on July 14, 1929 , he won the Grand Prix of Nations for sports cars at the Nürburgring in a Mercedes-Benz SSK in the sports car class with a displacement of more than 3 liters and came third overall in this race. On September 6, 1929, Arco-Zinneberg also won the first international Gaisberg race . He drove the 11.84 km long route in a Mercedes-Benz SSK at an average speed of 80 km / h.

Max von Arco-Zinneberg was active in the international Grand Prix sport in 1930 and 1931 . He competed in the 1930 Monaco Grand Prix in a Mercedes-Benz SSK , but was eliminated on the first lap due to an accident. He registered a Bugatti T35B for the Masaryk Grand Prix in Brno in 1931 , but did not compete.

In May 1937, Max von Arco-Zinneberg had a fatal accident while flying over the Aspern Airport in Vienna.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Maria Maximilian, Count von and zu Arco-Zinneberg. geneall.net, accessed July 28, 2014 .
  2. ^ Pedigree of Maria Maximilian, Count von und zu Arco-Zinneberg * 1908 † 1937. geneall.net, accessed July 28, 2014 .
  3. ↑ Arco 7. genealogy.euweb.cz, April 25, 2008, accessed on July 28, 2014 .
  4. ↑ Philipp Deppe: Mercedes-Benz Super Sports Cars - "Super Sport Kurz": The athlete among the "white elephants". blog.mercedes-benz-passion.com, May 20, 2010, accessed on July 28, 2014 .
  5. ↑ Mercedes-Benz Motorsport Story Part 4. www.mercedes-fans.de, April 12, 2010, accessed on July 28, 2014 .
  6. ↑ Mercedes Benz Classic Days 2007. (No longer available online.) Mercedes-benz-clubs.com , archived from the original on August 15, 2014 ; Retrieved July 28, 2014 .
  7. ↑ Leif Snellman, Felix Muelas: II GRAND PRIX DE MONACO. www.kolumbus.fi, June 11, 2014, accessed July 28, 2014 (English).
  8. ↑ Leif Snellman, Felix Muelas: II Masarykův Okruh. www.kolumbus.fi, June 4, 2014, accessed July 28, 2014 .
personal data
SURNAME Arco-Zinneberg, Max von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Arco-Zinneberg, Maria Maximilian von und zu (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German automobile racing driver
DATE OF BIRTH March 28, 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich
DATE OF DEATH May 20, 1937
Place of death Vienna