Mercedes record in Semmering hill climb
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- Date: 23 September 1906
- Description: In the eigth Semmering Race Hermann Braun, driving a 100 hp Mercedes racing car owned by Theodor Dreher, sets a new course record with an average speed of 77 km/h. This is Braun's fourth consecutive victory in this top-class Austrian hillclimb. Dreher, whose car takes victory for the third time, becomes the eventual winner of the Challenge Trophy, which he himself had endowed.