Rekordversuche auf der Reichsautobahn Dessau-Bitterfeld, 1939. - Rudolf Caracciola in a Mercedes-Benz W 154 on the motorway segment between Halle and Bitterfeld of the Nuremburg-Halle autobahn, which is turned into a racetrack. With a speed of 175.1 km/h (108.80 mph) per kilometre with a standing start and 204.6 km/h (127.13 mph) per mile with a standing start, Caracciola achieves new international class records in class D (displacement of two to three litres) at first go.
- Archive number: 91209-3A
- Caption: Rudolf Caracciola in a Mercedes-Benz W 154 on the motorway segment between Halle and Bitterfeld of the Nuremburg-Halle autobahn, which is turned into a racetrack. With a speed of 175.1 km/h (108.80 mph) per kilometre with a standing start and 204.6 km/h (127.13 mph) per mile with a standing start, Caracciola achieves new international class records in class D (displacement of two to three litres) at first go.
- Info: Additional picture number: A48812-18, 91209-4, R16130
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