The 200 hp Benz was the beginning of the 20th Century, the fastest car of the world. Victor Héméry crossed with the built in Mannheim record car on 8 November 1909 at the Brooklands circuit in England for the first time in a car with a combustion engine, the speed limit of 200 km / h. Two years later reached Bob Burman in Daytona Beach with the now "Blitzen-Benz" car called the absolute speed record of 228.1 km / h.
This record for stock cars had for eight years. The development of the 200 hp Benz record car began in 1909, Benz & Cie.. in Mannheim, led by Victor Héméry. The Frenchman was one of the most successful racers of his time and was founded in 1907 by Benz & Cie.. required. First created in 1908 the 120 hp Benz Grand Prix cars and the derived 150-hp Benz racing cars in Europe and America have been successful in various races.
On the basis of the 150 hp race car was the vehicle record, wanted to achieve with the Benz for the first time a speed of 200 mph. The capacity of the 15.1-liter inline four-cylinder was made by enlarging the bore to 21.5 liters. This is still the biggest capacity engine that has ever been used for racing or record-breaking cars from Mercedes-Benz and the predecessor brands.
In the record van had the unit up to 147 kW / 200 hp at 1600 revolutions per minute. Victor Héméry drove the 200 PS car for the first time on 17 October 1909 in a sprint race in Brussels. On 8 November 1909 launched the Benz in the UK with the aim of the course of Brooklands at speeds exceeding 200 km / h to.
The track was at that time as possible only in Europe, on the 200 km / h were. 202.648 km / h for the measurement on the odometer showed Finally, the half-mile Héméry completed even with 205.666 km / h, in both cases with a flying start. The precision of velocity measurement was two new components: the first time the timing was possible with three digits after the decimal point, thanks to a new apparatus of the firm Holden.
Now it was like in Europe for the first time 200-km/h-Marke. Although not a car with a combustion engine was faster then, so there were even faster international road vehicles. With a Stanley Steamer, a steam car, Fred Marriott was moved in 1906 in Daytona Beach in the USA over 205 mph.
So the new spanned Benz after some trial runs on Mannheim shipped to America in January 1910. The plan was that George Robertson with the car against Ralph de Palma took, which was to many American racing records. But event manager Ernie Moross learned of the arrival of the vehicle at Jesse Froehlich Benz importer in New York.
He gave his 150 hp Benz Grand Prix cars in cash, put even $ 6,000 on it and bought the record breaker. The clever businessman Moross was also directly provide a Valuable Name: Because the car fast as lightning (English: Lightning) seemed to be, he called his "Lightning Benz". This name was also auflackiert.
Barney Oldfield, drivers of Moross, initially joined without special preparation on 16 and 17 March 1910 on the beach at Daytona in Florida to record on hunting. Reported is a new top mark of 211.4 km / h. So that the steam car record of Marriott was actually broken. But the new record was disallowed because the car did not - had crossed the distance in the opposite direction and found the average of both runs the appropriate value - as defined by the competition rules.
Then Moross organized numerous show events with the "Lightning Benz". But the name he was soon no longer distinctive enough and he changed it to "Blitzen-Benz" around. In addition, painted on the right side of the hood, a small eagle. End of 1910 joined the American Automobile Association (AAA) Barney Oldfield from all racing activities.
During his recent trips he had a record-Benz so damaged that Moross had to be put it back repaired. For the next season, he therefore committed the former Buick factory driver Bob Burman. Burman was then on 23 April 1911 in Daytona Beach, and scored on the mile with flying start with an average speed of 228.1 km / h, on the "flying" kilometer there were 226.7 km / h.
That was new absolute land speed record that surpassed until 1919 no other vehicle. Ralph de Palma scored first on 12 February 1919 in Daytona Beach on a Packard, a new world record for the "flying" mile 241.2 km / h (149.875 mph). (Ampnet / jri) 
This record for stock cars had for eight years. The development of the 200 hp Benz record car began in 1909, Benz & Cie.. in Mannheim, led by Victor Héméry. The Frenchman was one of the most successful racers of his time and was founded in 1907 by Benz & Cie.. required. First created in 1908 the 120 hp Benz Grand Prix cars and the derived 150-hp Benz racing cars in Europe and America have been successful in various races.
On the basis of the 150 hp race car was the vehicle record, wanted to achieve with the Benz for the first time a speed of 200 mph. The capacity of the 15.1-liter inline four-cylinder was made by enlarging the bore to 21.5 liters. This is still the biggest capacity engine that has ever been used for racing or record-breaking cars from Mercedes-Benz and the predecessor brands.
In the record van had the unit up to 147 kW / 200 hp at 1600 revolutions per minute. Victor Héméry drove the 200 PS car for the first time on 17 October 1909 in a sprint race in Brussels. On 8 November 1909 launched the Benz in the UK with the aim of the course of Brooklands at speeds exceeding 200 km / h to.
The track was at that time as possible only in Europe, on the 200 km / h were. 202.648 km / h for the measurement on the odometer showed Finally, the half-mile Héméry completed even with 205.666 km / h, in both cases with a flying start. The precision of velocity measurement was two new components: the first time the timing was possible with three digits after the decimal point, thanks to a new apparatus of the firm Holden.
Now it was like in Europe for the first time 200-km/h-Marke. Although not a car with a combustion engine was faster then, so there were even faster international road vehicles. With a Stanley Steamer, a steam car, Fred Marriott was moved in 1906 in Daytona Beach in the USA over 205 mph.
So the new spanned Benz after some trial runs on Mannheim shipped to America in January 1910. The plan was that George Robertson with the car against Ralph de Palma took, which was to many American racing records. But event manager Ernie Moross learned of the arrival of the vehicle at Jesse Froehlich Benz importer in New York.
He gave his 150 hp Benz Grand Prix cars in cash, put even $ 6,000 on it and bought the record breaker. The clever businessman Moross was also directly provide a Valuable Name: Because the car fast as lightning (English: Lightning) seemed to be, he called his "Lightning Benz". This name was also auflackiert.
Barney Oldfield, drivers of Moross, initially joined without special preparation on 16 and 17 March 1910 on the beach at Daytona in Florida to record on hunting. Reported is a new top mark of 211.4 km / h. So that the steam car record of Marriott was actually broken. But the new record was disallowed because the car did not - had crossed the distance in the opposite direction and found the average of both runs the appropriate value - as defined by the competition rules.
Then Moross organized numerous show events with the "Lightning Benz". But the name he was soon no longer distinctive enough and he changed it to "Blitzen-Benz" around. In addition, painted on the right side of the hood, a small eagle. End of 1910 joined the American Automobile Association (AAA) Barney Oldfield from all racing activities.
During his recent trips he had a record-Benz so damaged that Moross had to be put it back repaired. For the next season, he therefore committed the former Buick factory driver Bob Burman. Burman was then on 23 April 1911 in Daytona Beach, and scored on the mile with flying start with an average speed of 228.1 km / h, on the "flying" kilometer there were 226.7 km / h.
That was new absolute land speed record that surpassed until 1919 no other vehicle. Ralph de Palma scored first on 12 February 1919 in Daytona Beach on a Packard, a new world record for the "flying" mile 241.2 km / h (149.875 mph). (Ampnet / jri)
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