Grossglockner Trophy in Memorial Helmut Krackowizer

    Germany was also well represented.
    August "Gustl" Hobl, runner up-350cc world champion in 1954 came by invitation of Porsche Alpenstrasse Salzburg and the "AUDI tradition" Museum in Ingolstadt with a 1939 DKW 250 SS supercharged bike.
   In 1939, an Austrian, Martin Schneeweiss, won the last pre war on a 250 DKW with a home made-supercharger. Martin also won then 1937 European sand racing championship.
    A beautiful 1929 Brough Superior SS 80was ridden by Jens Peter Brill; Otto Ziegler rode his 600cc ex Eric Oliver "Big Boy" 1955 Norton Manx, to seventh in his class on the aggregate of the times of the two runs. Otto had scored the fastest run of the day 9m:48.63seconds as speed of 78,9 km/h (49 mph).
   Manfred Schweiger, who took care technically about the Technical expert at "AUDI tradition", rode a star turn of the Twenties: a 600cc twin two stroke Scott 1929 TT Replica.
    Klaus Schwarzenberg brought an BSA Empire Star to the start. This is the actual bike on which Wal Handley won his legendary Brooklands race: he exceeded 100 miles in one hour and received the "Gold Star" - this became the BSA title for all of its sports motorcycles, the "Gold Star" was born!
    One heard "Schwizer Duetsch" in all corners of the paddock, which was stragically placed at the gates of the famous hillclimbing at Ferleiten. This in itself is 1 100 meters above sea level.
    The likeable sidecar-married couple Luzza and Uschi Cadonau, winner of the sidecar class in the 2002 event raced again as well as Hugo Ryf with a rare 1928 250cc Zehnder. Manfred Steiner had a rare French piece. A Alcyon Zürcher 350 from 1927 still completely original.
    There were, of course, Austrians, Hungarians from Hungary and from South Tyrol. Erwin Bozner from Nals with a Gilera "Otto Bottoni" (1938, 500 cm³). And also Austrians with their motorcycles had appeared to take part in the memorial.
   No wonder that then also a genuinely Austrian product had been the winner of the day: a Puch 250 SGSS year of construction 1958 with 250 cc: Hermann Stoeckl had thereby only 00.02 sec. time difference between his two heats. By the way: Hermann Stoeckl even was the winner in 2002 of his class.
    The brothers Kurt and Walter Wartbichler, well known from the ice speedway scene (Walter - 7th in the WM 1977, 10th - 1978 and 1980, both 4th at the team WM 1979, 5th - 1980, 1981, 1982 and 1984) took part with a Yahama Siwaku Proto (1980, 250) as forerunner and with a Norton Manx 500, vintage 1960. The Motocross professional and desert rider Peter Hinterreiter took the distance with a Norton ES 2 (1947, 500 cm³) in attack. Erich Bernsteiner showed his Walter OHC, only two more pieces are existing. A Aermacchi Ala D'Oro ("golden wing"), year of construction 1961, 250 cm³, still original with aluminium cover brought Franz Dworak to the Trophy.

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