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Around Scots was a motorsport -Veranstaltung in Scots , on the non-permanent race track of the Scots ring was fought from 1925 to 1955 22 times and currently as a veteran race is performed again.
history
The first edition of the race took place on September 12, 1925. The initiator of the event was the Vogelsberg Automobile and Motorcycle Club founded on July 22, 1925 . One of the winners on the 16.080 km long Schottenring between Schotten , Rudingshain and Götzen was Carl Schott , one of the co-founders of the race in a DKW ARe 175 .
In the years that followed, the event became an integral part of the racing calendar of the German Road Motorbike Championship and the top German drivers and works that were successful across Europe competed every year. Until 1937, with the exception of 1934 and 1935, when construction work was taking place on the track, these motorcycle races were held on the track, which was made up of public country roads.
In the war years , however, the engines fell silent here too, and races around Schotten were not held again until 1947 . Up to and including 1950, although Germany was already divided, the all-German motorcycle championship was held here as well. The record man at that time was Georg Meier from Mühldorf , who won the half-liter race six times in a row between 1947 and 1952 on his supercharged 500 cc BMW boxer . The race reached the climax of its sporting importance in 1953 , when the German Grand Prix for motorcycles, which was part of the motorcycle world championship , was held here. Despite a drivers' strike against the difficult and dangerous street course, the small classes up to 125 and 250 cm³ were counted as world championship runs. After a total of three fatal accidents and a serious accident involving Geoff Duke , one of the world's best pilots at the time, in 1951 and 1952 , the fast and difficult Schottenring was increasingly given the reputation of a dead end. From 1953 onwards there were no longer any carriage races
In 1955, after the terrible accident at the Le Mans 24-hour race, there were only a few smaller events at the Schottenring. This year was the last time around Schotten. 1956 came the final end for the route. From 1968 to 1983 the race was revived by the MSC Rund um Schotten association so that motorcycle races and rallies could take place there again . Since 1989, historic Grand Prix races have taken place on a 1.4 km long inner-city circuit in Schotten, reminding of the great past of this race.
Deadly accidents
There have been a total of eleven fatal accidents in the history of Rund um Schotten. Among other things, the experienced and internationally successful pilot Hans Winkler had an accident in 1936 . There were a total of six deaths between 1948 and 1955. For example, unfortunate Claudio Mastellari and Kurt Praetorius, a passenger in the sidecar of Fritz Hillebrand , 1951, Lous van Rijswijk in 1952 fatal.
Winners list
From 1925 to 1939
Edition | date | class | winner |
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1. | September 12, 1925 | 125 cc | Carl Schott ( DKW ) |
500 cc | Ludwig Krämer ( Horex ) | ||
2. | July 12, 1926 | 175 cc | Carl Raufenbarth ( DKW ) |
250 cc | Hans Reinheimer ( unknown ) | ||
350 cc | Eduard Kratz ( Ardie ) | ||
500 cc | Georg May ( Güldner ) | ||
Teams | Hans Kahrmann / unknown ( unknown ) | ||
3. | May 29, 1927 | 175 cc | Arthur Geiss ( DKW ) |
500 cc | Eduard Kratz ( Ardie ) | ||
1000 cc | Ludwig Krämer ( Horex ) | ||
4th | June 3, 1928 | 175 cc | Frank ( unknown ) |
250 cc | Karl Frentzen ( UT - JAP ) | ||
350 cc | Hermann Paul Müller ( Grindlay-Peerless ) | ||
500 cc | Hopp ( unknown ) | ||
Carriages (600 cm³) | Hans Kahrmann / unknown ( TAS ) | ||
Carriages (over 600 cm³) | Welfare / unknown ( unknown ) | ||
5. | June 15, 1929 | 175 cc | Walfried Winkler ( DKW ) |
250 cc | Arthur Geiss ( DKW ) | ||
350 cc | Karl Gall ( standard ) | ||
500 cc | Karl Gall ( standard ) | ||
1000 cc | Josef Klein ( Horex ) | ||
6th | July 27, 1930 | 250 cc | Arthur Geiss ( DKW ) |
350 cc | Arthur Hiller ( Montgomery - JAP ) | ||
500 cc | Toni Bauhofer ( DKW ) | ||
1000 cc | Josef Klein ( Horex ) | ||
Carriages (600 cm³) | Hans Kahrmann / unknown ( Horex ) | ||
Carriages (1000 cm³) | Paul Schneider / unknown ( Hecker - JAP ) | ||
7th | July 19, 1931 | 250 cc | Hans Kahrmann ( Imperia ) |
350 cc | August make-up ( Hercules - JAP ) | ||
500 cc | Karl Frentzen ( Ardie ) | ||
1000 cc | Paul Weyres ( Harley-Davidson ) | ||
Teams | Hans Kahrmann / unknown ( unknown ) | ||
8th. | June 5, 1932 | 250 cc | Walfried Winkler ( DKW ) |
350 cc | Ernst Loof ( Imperia - Python ) | ||
500 cc | Tom Bullus ( NSU ) | ||
1000 cc | Eduard Kratz ( BMW ) | ||
Carriages (600 cm³) | Hans Kahrmann / unknown ( Horex ) | ||
Carriages (1000 cm³) | Josef Möritz / Alban Böhm ( Victoria ) | ||
9. | June 4, 1933 | 250 cc | Friedel Schön ( Bücker - JAP ) |
350 cc | Hans Richnow ( Rudge ) | ||
500 cc | Toni Bauhofer ( DKW ) | ||
1000 cc | Paul Rüttchen ( NSU ) | ||
Carriages (600 cm³) | Albert Schneider / unknown ( Velocette ) | ||
Carriages (1000 cm³) | Josef Möritz / unknown ( Victoria ) | ||
1934–1935 there were no races due to work on the track. | |||
10. | July 19, 1936 | 250 cc | Arthur Geiss ( DKW ) |
350 cc | Heiner Fleischmann ( NSU ) | ||
500 cc | Oskar Steinbach ( DKW ) | ||
Carriages (600 cm³) | Karl Braun / Ernst Badsching ( DKW ) | ||
Carriages (1000 cm³) | Hans Kahrmann / Heinrich Eder ( DKW ) | ||
11. | September 19, 1937 | 250 cc | Lothar Berger (racing driver) ( DKW ) |
350 cc | Heiner Fleischmann ( NSU ) | ||
500 cc | Heiner Fleischmann ( NSU ) | ||
Carriages (600 cm³) | Hermann Böhm / Karl Fuchs ( NSU ) | ||
Carriages (1000 cm³) | Erwin Zimmermann / Franz Höller ( NSU ) | ||
12. | July 10, 1938 | 250 cc | Hermann Gablenz ( DKW ) |
350 cc | Karl Bodmer ( NSU / D-Rad ) | ||
500 cc | Karl Rührschneck / Otto Rührschneck ( Norton ) | ||
13. | July 9, 1939 | 250 cc | Bernhard Petruschke ( DKW ) |
350 cc | Hans Richnow ( Rudge ) | ||
500 cc | Hans Lommel ( DKW ) |
From 1947 to 1955
(colored background = World Championship run as Grand Prix of Germany )
Edition | date | class | winner |
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14th | June 22, 1947 | 125 cc | Carl Döring ( DKW ) |
250 cc | Karl Lottes ( DKW ) | ||
350 cc | Hein Thorn Prikker ( Velocette ) | ||
500 cc | Georg Meier ( BMW ) | ||
15th | August 15, 1948 | 125 cc | Willy Thorn ( DKW ) |
250 cc | Hermann Paul Müller ( DKW ) | ||
350 cc | Wilhelm Herz ( NSU ) | ||
500 cc | Georg Meier ( BMW ) | ||
Carriages (600 cm³) | Hermann Böhm / Bauer ( NSU ) | ||
Carriages (1200 cm³) | Max Klankermeier / Hermann Wolz ( BMW ) | ||
16. | August 12, 1949 | 125 cc | Carl Döring ( DKW ) |
250 cc | Friedel Schön ( Bücker - JAP ) | ||
350 cc | Wilhelm Herz ( NSU ) | ||
500 cc | Georg Meier ( BMW ) | ||
Carriages (600 cm³) | Max Klankermeier / Hermann Wolz ( BMW ) | ||
Carriages (1200 cm³) | Sepp Müller / Karl Rührschneck ( BMW ) | ||
17th | June 25, 1950 | 125 cc | PH Ried ( DKW ) |
250 cc | Karl Lottes ( DKW ) | ||
350 cc | Heiner Fleischmann ( NSU ) | ||
500 cc | Georg Meier ( BMW ) | ||
Carriages (600 cm³) | Max Klankermeier / Hermann Wolz ( BMW ) | ||
Carriages (1200 cm³) | Wiggerl Kraus / Bernhard Huser ( BMW ) | ||
18th | July 15, 1951 | 125 cc | Hermann Paul Müller ( DKW ) |
250 cc | Hermann Gablenz ( Parilla ) | ||
350 cc | Ken Kavanagh ( Norton ) | ||
500 cc | Georg Meier ( BMW ) | ||
Carriages (500 cm³) | Wiggerl Kraus / Bernhard Huser ( BMW ) | ||
Carriages (750 cm³) | Hans Haldemann / Josef Albisser ( Norton ) | ||
19th | July 13, 1952 | 125 cc | Otto Daiker ( NSU ) |
250 cc | Enrico Lorenzetti ( Moto Guzzi ) | ||
350 cc | Ray Amm ( Norton ) | ||
500 cc | Georg Meier ( BMW ) | ||
Carriages (500 cm³) | Fritz Hillebrand / Georg Barth ( BMW ) | ||
Carriages (750 cm³) | Wiggerl Kraus / Bernhard Huser ( BMW ) | ||
20th | July 19, 1953 | ||
125 cc | Carlo Ubbiali ( MV Agusta ) | ||
250 cc | Werner Haas ( NSU ) | ||
350 cc | Carlo Bandirola ( MV Agusta ) | ||
500 cc | Walter Zeller ( BMW ) | ||
21st | August 8, 1954 | 125 cc | Werner Haas ( NSU ) |
250 cc | Rupert Hollaus ( NSU ) | ||
350 cc | Hermann Paul Müller ( NSU ) | ||
500 cc | Walter Zeller ( BMW ) | ||
Carriages (500 cm³) | Willi Faust / Karl Remmert ( BMW ) | ||
22nd | July 10, 1955 | 125 cc | Horst Fügner ( MZ ) |
250 cc | Hermann Paul Müller ( NSU ) | ||
350 cc | August Hobl ( DKW ) | ||
500 cc | Walter Zeller ( BMW ) | ||
Carriages (500 cm³) | Willi Faust / Karl Remmert ( BMW ) |
References
literature
- Ingo Seiff: The Schottenring. Races, drivers and records . Brühlscher Verlag Giessen 1995. ISBN 3-922300-50-2
Web links
- Vincent Glon: All about Schotten - Schotten (Allemagne). racingmemo.free.fr, accessed on February 26, 2013 (French).
- Motorsport Club Rund um Schotten eV: Schottenring.de
- Literature about all around Schotten in the Hessian Bibliography
Individual evidence
- ↑ List of fatal accidents on the Schottenring. www.motorsportmemorial.org, accessed on February 26, 2013 (English).