The first of two (June 24 and August 19) motorcycle races starting in the Grunewald section of Berlin.
Known as 'The Great Race', it was 150 laps on an unsympathetic dirt track. The June race had nearly 500 entrants, including Freida Schiller, the lone female rider. Two childhood friends, Wilhelm Ebstein (the eventual winner) and Willy Thiele finish the race despite Thiele having been thrown from his bike midway thru the second lap by a stray dog.
Today in motorcycle history proudly supports the National Association for Bikers with a Disability (NABD). www.nabd.org.uk
