1938 with 429km/h on the German Autobahn

some historic places around Frankfurt that are almost forgotten. todays 28th of january and 74 years ago Bernd Rosemeyer (who was the first person driving over 400km/h on a regular street) crashed @ 429,491km/h on the German Autobahn (between Frankfurt and Darmstadt) with his Auto Union. same day Mercedes set a new top speed record with 436,895km/h

just for the back of the head - the 1001PS Bugatti has a top speed of 407km/h

http://www.hr-online.de/website/specials/home/index.jsp?rubrik=33544&key=standard_teaser_33731089&gallery=1&mMediaKey=mediathek_33729912

http://www.motor-klassik.de/bilder/bernd-rosemeyer-der-tragische-tod-einer-rennfahrerlegende-1348193.html?fotoshow_item=1