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1921

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Thanks for those pictures of the Südkurve - southern turn. Almost 100 years ago...

Here' s a Youtube video showing a little bit of the AVUS races over the years. This year marks the 100th anniversary of the opening of the road and the first races.

great footage.

interesting to see that entrance to the new flat nordkurve at 15:40, must have been changed again in late the 70s or early 80s.

For those who receive ARTE: https://www.arte.tv/de/videos/099609-00 ... d-legende/

Alonsomania wrote: ↑2 years ago For those who receive ARTE: https://www.arte.tv/de/videos/099609-00 ... d-legende/

I've watched it on telly the other night. Really good docu !

A photo of the chicane before the Südkehre from around 1987 (?)

Some great amateur footage from 1994 and 1995.


At 6:13 min you can see John Winter's fiery crash...

Not sure if I posted this before...The building of the banking and the demolition of the Sudkurve were not the only two changes made in the late 30s. It seems that in several places there were kinks in the middle of the straight where the Autobahn went around trees or buildings. Looking at the later aerial maps it seems these were all removed so the road could be straightened:

report of the avus motel, from rbb from today. includes some historic racing footage.

https://www.rbb-online.de/abendschau/se ... motel.html