Howard rosemeyer biography

German racing driver (1909–1938)

Bernd Rosemeyer (14 October 1909 – 28 January 1938) was a German racing driver and speed record holder.^[1] He is often considered one of the greatest racing drivers of his era.

Career

Rosemeyer's father owned an auto and motorcycle garage and repair shop Rosemeyer & Co sur Bahnhofstraße, where young Rosemeyer worked on motorcycles and cars.

Howard rosemeyer biography

Having started by racing motorcycles, Rosemeyer became a member of the Auto Union racing team with hardly any experience in racing cars. This was later considered a benefit as he was not yet used to the handling of traditional layout race cars.

The Ferdinand Porsche-designed mid-enginedSilver Arrows of Auto Union were fast, but hard to drive, and only he, Tazio Nuvolari and to a lesser extent Hans Stuck truly mastered the 500 bhp (370 kW) machines. Rosemeyer was also a very skilled mechanic, so, like Hermann Lang of Mercedes, he was able to give good technical