MOTOR-CYCLE AND CAR RACING; DITTBERNER (HONDA) WINNING 350 CC MOTOR-CYCLE EVEN, WITH KUSTERMANN SECOND; FORMULA III RACE; HANS STUCK IN OLD BMW AND HERMAN LAND IN MERCEDES SILVER ARROW. (PART OF NATURAL SOUND).




Initials JBC/V/JF/SGM


SPORT: MOTOR RACE

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Background: THE LAST MOTOR RACE MEETING ON WEST BERLIN'S FAMOUS AVUS TRACK WAS HELD YESTERDAY (SUNDAY). THE WELL-KNOWN NORTH BEND IS TO BE DEMOLISHED TO MAKE WAY FOR A ROADS SYSTEM.

MOTOR-CYCLE RACES, A SPORTS CAR EVENT AND FORMULA III RACES WERE HELD IN A NOSTALGIC FAREWELL TO THE COURSE. THEN, IN PERHAPS THE MOST MOVING MOMENT OF ALL, THE FAMOUS EX-DRIVERS HANS STUCK (BMW) AND HERMAN LANG (MERCEDES SILVER ARROW) DROVE THROUGH THE NORTH BEN FOR THE LAST TIME.

AFTER THE EVENT, A CEREMONY WAS HELD FOR VICTIMS OF ACCIDENTS OF THE TRACK.