European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 12, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                4 a$p5ra a a Mijkl 6s i ill 5---t-. Sightseers at Cologne s three and one half mile race track were held Back by White Clad track officials As races started Cologne s new Speedway photographs by Daniel Parson and edouard Renner More than 100,000 spectators lined an improvised autobahn race track at a leading German motor event a new motor race track was informally dedicated in Germany on May 29and 30. At Cologne where some of the biggest motor races were held before War in the town Park More than 1 00,000 people lined the autobahn to watch motorcycles sidecars sports and racing cars whizz by in 16 Amateur and professional events. It was the first time that the Cologne Bonn autobahn had Ever been  As an official race track. Cologne s old racing Park had been a victim of bombs. For weeks before the. Races were scheduled local Ger Man authorities had haggled with Cologne motor sport club officials about use of the Highway. The area is agricultural and they feared race crowds might trample crops. They did to police reported after the event. In spite of its orderliness crowd cheered wildly during 2000-Ccm professional sports car race when Karl Kling of Stuttgart hurtled to Victory in his Veritas at 76.4 Miles an hour average. German officials had feared crowd of 100,000 would run Over neighbouring Fields destroy crops were Happy when they did t weekend june 12, ims