Ratisbona hill climb
The Ratisbona mountain races were a series of hill climbs for cars and motorcycles that were held from 1924 to 1981 near Kelheim in Lower Bavaria.
history
The first Ratisbona hill climb was held in 1924, the last before World War II in 1938. These races were organized by the Regensburg Motorsport Club, which is what gave the event its name - Ratisbona is a Latin name for the city of Regensburg .
In 1949 a race was held on the route from Kelheim up to the Liberation Hall. From 1961 to 1981 the Kelheim Motorsport Club organized the Ratisbona hill climb under the patronage of the ADAC every two years.
The most frequent route led from Kelheim to Ihrlerstein and was 3.7 kilometers long. Even today it is still referred to by the population as a "race track".
Around 25,000 spectators came to Kelheim for each of the races.
Attendees
The racing drivers who took part in the Ratisbona hill climb included well-known greats in motorsport such as Gerhard Mitter , Rudolf Caracciola , Hans Stuck , Bernd Rosemeyer , Sepp Greger and Toni Mang .
Deadly accidents
In 1977, when the race in Kelheim was the fifth round of the German Road Motorbike Championship , motorcyclists Fritz Reichert and Helmut Schilling had a fatal accident during training. In the last two races, 1979 and 1981, motorcycles were no longer permitted for safety reasons.
Museum reception
- "Sharp curves, hot tires" - The Ratisbona hill climb in Kelheim , special exhibition in the Archaeological Museum of the City of Kelheim , May 20 to November 8, 2015
Individual evidence
- ↑ Elfi Bachmeier-Fausten: Racing fever is rampant again in the city on www.mittelbayerische.de, March 10, 2014
- ^ Claudia Pollok: Sharp curves and hot tires , Mittelbayerische Zeitung , Kelheim regional section, May 12, 2015
- ↑ 1963 - 100 years of the Liberation Hall in Kelheim at www.befreiungshalle.org
- ^ Claudia Pollok: Sharp curves and hot tires , Mittelbayerische Zeitung , Kelheim regional section, May 12, 2015
- ↑ Reiner Scharfenberg: "Black Saturday" - The Ratisbona hill climb in Kelheim / Donau ( memento of the original from March 5, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , in: Motorrad 19/1977
- ^ Claudia Pollok: Sharp curves and hot tires , Mittelbayerische Zeitung , Kelheim regional section, May 12, 2015
- ↑ "Sharp curves, hot tires" - The Ratisbona hill climb in Kelheim ( Memento of the original from May 18, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) 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. , Website of the Archaeological Museum of the City of Kelheim on the special exhibition
