European motorcycle championship 1937
The titles of the European Motorcycle Championship in 1937 were awarded at the XIV. Grand Prix of the FICM , which took place on July 3 and 4, 1937 in Bremgarten near Bern ( Switzerland ) as part of the XIII. The Swiss Grand Prix was held on the 7.28-kilometer Bremgarten circuit .
The European Grand Prix took place for the second time as part of the Swiss Grand Prix .
Race courses
In the 250 cc class, the 31-year-old could Moto-Guzzi - factory driver Omobono Tenni secure his first title after 40 rounds. Second was his compatriot Nello Pagani , also on Moto Guzzi. The DKW factory drivers Ewald Kluge and Walfried Winkler , who are now in the lead, achieved third and fourth place after technical problems. In 1937 the Italian Tenni also won the quarter-liter run at the Tourist Trophy on the Isle of Man , the world's most difficult motorcycle race at the time, and thus became the first ever non- British TT winner.
In the classes up to 350 and up to 500 cm³, the English Norton factory team was unbeatable as in the previous year . The now 40-year-old Jimmie Guthrie from Scotland secured both titles in front of his teammate Freddie Frith . For Guthrie it was the European title number three and four, in the half-liter class he won for the third time in a row. Only five weeks later, the Scot had a serious accident at the German Grand Prix at the Sachsenring and died a little later.
The German manufacturer DKW was successful in both sidecar categories . In the 600cc class, the duo Karl Braun / Erwin Badsching celebrated a superior start-finish victory in front of two local teams. A few weeks later, the two had a serious accident in the Schleiz triangle race . While Badsching was uninjured, Braun succumbed to his serious injuries. In the big class there was a double victory for the Zschopauer . Hans Schumann / Julius Beer won safely ahead of Hans Kahrmann / Heinrich Eder, who benefited from the fall of the Swiss couple Hans and Cilly strengkle ( NSU ), who were fighting for victory in the meantime . Paul Weyres completed the German triple victory on a Harley-Davidson .
Race results
class | winner | Second | Third |
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250 cc | Omobono Tenni ( Moto Guzzi ) | Nello Pagani ( Moto Guzzi ) | Ewald Kluge ( DKW ) |
350 cc | Jimmie Guthrie ( Norton ) | Freddie Frith ( Norton ) | Ernie Thomas ( Velocette ) |
500 cc | Jimmie Guthrie ( Norton ) | Freddie Frith ( Norton ) | Omobono Tenni ( Moto Guzzi ) |
Carriages (600 cm³) | Karl Braun / Erwin Badsching ( DKW ) | Ferdinand Aubert / Rudi Grob ( Norton ) | Max Hunziker / unknown ( Norton ) |
Carriages (1000 cm³) | Hans Schumann / Julius Beer ( DKW ) | Hans Kahrmann / Heinrich Eder ( DKW ) | Paul Weyres / C. Barths ( Harley-Davidson ) |
References
literature
- Woldemar Lange / Jörg Buschmann: The great days of DKW motorcycle racing . 1920 to 1941 (Zschopau). 1st edition. Bildverlag Böttger GbR, Witzschdorf 2009, ISBN 978-3-937496-29-0 , p. 300-301 .
- Steffen Ottinger: DKW motorcycle sport 1920–1939 . From the first victories of the Zschopau two-stroke model at track races to the European championship successes. 1st edition. HB-Werbung und Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, Chemnitz 2009, ISBN 978-3-00-028611-7 , p. 89-90 .
Web links
- Vincent Glon: L'Histoire de la course moto - Palmarès des Championnats d'Europe (1924–1937 et 1947–1948). racingmemo.free.fr, accessed April 14, 2010 (French).
- Vincent Glon: L'Histoire de la course moto; 5th partie: Les Grand Prix d'Europe. (1924-1937); 1937. racingmemo.free, accessed April 15, 2010 (French).
- Statistics and photos at riutat.suntuubi.com (Finnish)