Topic: Bob racing cars at the 1923 Avusrennen

[grobmotorix]

Who knows the two white racing cars?

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[serra]

Are they from Germany?

[D-type]

A stab in the dark:  1914 GP Opels?

[grobmotorix]

No, compared to those cars, the engine of the GP Opel was a monster...
And those here are from the early 1920s.

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[Wendax]

I think these are two Bob Rennwagen.

[grobmotorix]

As this is the professional level, I need to know the year and maybe the place from you, too...

But it is LOCKED for you, of course.

[Wendax]

I think it must be the 1924 Avus race:

[grobmotorix]

They also raced there in 1923.

But this is of course enough for this well earned point!

[Wendax]

Do you know which car is in the middle between those two Bobs in the puzzle picture?

[grobmotorix]

Unfortunately not.

But there were at least three of them:

[grobmotorix]

Here´s another more detailed shot of the 1923 Bob race car, driven by the Prinz von Reuß .

[serra]

I have never heard about Bob race car as other many brands from Germany and It is difficult for me finding info in German pages but I have found some information  about cars that races that race in Avus 1923, there were two teams with 3 cars involved NSU and HAG so maybe the other cars could be HAG because I think NSU were easy to recognize for you.

[grobmotorix]

Serra, thank you very much for your research.

I´m quite sure those are NSU race cars.

Maybe someone can prove it?

[Wendax]

In Klaus Arth's book "NSU Automobile" you can find a picture of the 1923 NSU team. Those were different cars with oval radiators, having the starter numbers 14, 16 and 20.

[grobmotorix]

Right - meanwhile I´ve found a photo of one of the NSU racing cars from 1923 at the Avus.
So maybe the other cars were HAG´s...??

[Wendax]

Meanwhile I found the 1923 picture online:

[Wendax]

Another picture of a Bob racecar at the Avus, said to be from 1922. The car at the right end seems to be the same one as in the second picture of reply #16, just with a different starting number.