European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 12, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse Sixteen events included Auto motorcycle Sidecar racing. Entrants paid 50 Marks to compete. Races were banned last year by Cologne Highway officials. Racing cars were not sleek models of prewar. Entrants drove rejuvenated ver Sions of old Fiat Veritas Dow. Bow Bugatti Maserati Alfa Romeo racers. In the ,.only a scattered few Gas and friends watched events. They saw the englishman Joe Panton Speed to motorcycle Victory averaging 67.? . tans were British soldiers who cheered both British German competitors. Officials said about 5 per cent of fans were soldiers of Allied armies. It Chilly spectators paid five to 75 Marks admission refreshed on hot soup. Cologne motor sport club organized race the first held on Cologne autobahn. Sponsoring club s smart set sat under weatherproof awning. Club wants to make autobahn races an annual event now that to town Park is destroyed. " Votke Kenjy june ims
