Adolf Rosenberger

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Adolf Rosenberger (Born: 8 April 1900 in Pforzheim, Germany. Died: 6 December 1967 in California, USA, aged 67) was a successful businessman who mainly raced Mercedes and Benz cars in the 1920s. His successes and records included wins at Avus, Stuttgart Solitude in 1924 and 1925, the Kasseler Herkules Hillclimb and the Klausenpassrennen. At the 1926 German GrandPrix, Rosenberger was involved in one of the numerous accidents in treacherous conditions. He survived a crash into a marshals, but the death of three people had Berlin’s Avus track closed down for racing for decades.

In 1931, he founded the Porsche GmbH together with Ferdinand Porsche and Dr. Anton Piëch. He was also instrumental in the creation of the Auto Union concern. Forced into exile by the turmoils of WW2, he became an US-citizen under the name of Alan Arthur Robert and passed away in California in 1967.

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Grand Prix Insider: 12 December