TAKE A BREAK
WITH
Thanks to Bosch for sponsoring this issue’s Take a Break
Speed, adrenaline, technology and the unquenchable desire to set the pace.
Motorsports have existed for more than a century and have seen some
legendary displays of performance, technology and passion.
Vital News visited the new Bosch Motorsport
(http://motorsport.bosch.com)
website recently to find some
EXMÜLE
interesting trivia about the
early history of
WEHRSEIFEN
motorsports. KALLENHARD
BERGWERK
HOHE ACHT
AUSFAHRT
BREIDSCHEID
KESSELCHEN
432.7
KM/H
126
KLOSTERTAL
MUTKURVE
METZGESFELD
HEDWIGSHÖHE
STEILSTRECKE
WIPPERMANN
126 spark plugs were distributed by Bosch Racing
Service at each race in 1951 ESCHBACH
KARUSSELL
BRÜNNCHEN
EISKURVE
45
YEARS
PFLANZGARTEN I
ADENAUER
FORST
FUCHSRÖHRE
Rudolf Caracciola reaches the record-breaking highway
speed in 1938
SCHWALBENSCHWANZ
POSTSTRAßE
AREMBERG
SCHWEDENKREUZ
SPRUNGHÜGEL
1937
GALGENKOPF
DÖTTINGER
HÖHE
KOTTENBORN
Bosch Racing Service was founded. The mobile service
attended to off-road and mountain racing events, making
it possible to test and repair ignition systems and
electrical equipment on the spot
FLUGPLATZ
PFLANZGARTEN II
KLEINES KARUSSELL
QUIDDELBACHER-
HÖHE
HOHENEICHEN
HATZENBACH
NORDKEHRE
COMPETITION WINNER
Congratulations to Niraj Chopra from Chopra’s Auto Spares.
ANTONIUSBUCHE
Niraj has won a Royal Camping Package worth over £1,000
courtesy of Cambiare in Vital News April.
TIERGARTEN
HOHENRAIN
GEGENGERADE
1901
START- UND
ZIELGERADE
“Spark Plug Doctor” August Bamminger (centre) was
the Director of Bosch Racing Service from 1911 to 1956
In this issue, you stand a chance to take home a Vitus
Nucleus Mountain Bike courtesy of febi Bilstein! All you
have to do is complete the puzzle and send it back to FPS by
10 th August 2018. All the best!
SÜDKEHRE
On 25 March 1901 Wilhelm Werner won the “Nice-Salon-
Nice” car race in a 35-hp Mercedes-Benz fitted with a
Bosch magneto ignition
(L-R) Rob Wilson (Cambiare), Niraj Chopra (Chopra’s Auto Spares) & Mel Littlechild (FPS)
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