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Benz 200 hp (1909-1911): Blitzen Benz

Benz 200 hp (1909-1911): Blitzen Benz

This is one of the original depictions of the magnificent Blitzen Benz Model 200 which Moross procured for Oldfield. One of six manufactured, the car was named for the horsepower output of its enormous 1,311-cubic inch four-cylinder engine designed by Louis DeGroullard.
Benz 200 hp (1909-1911): Blitzen Benz
The engine of the 200 hp Lightning Benz racing car (1909) with a displacement of 21.5 liters distributed to four cylinders.
Benz 200 hp (1909-1911): Blitzen Benz
Benz 200 hp (1909-1911): Blitzen Benz
The record-breaking version of the Benz 200 HP, called the "Blitzen-Benz". It was in this car that Victor Hémery became the fastest person on earth at the Brooklands racetrack on 8 November 1909, clocking a speed of 205.666 km/h.
Benz 200 hp (1909-1911): Blitzen Benz
Benz 200 hp (1909-1911): Blitzen Benz
Benz 200 hp (1909-1911): Blitzen Benz
Benz 200 hp (1909-1911): Blitzen Benz
Benz 200 hp (1909-1911): Blitzen Benz
This exceptionally rare image captured Oldfield crossing the finish line at Ormond Beach on March 16, 1910, as he set a new speed record of over 131 miles per hour in the Blitzen Benz.
Barney Oldfield acquired the famous “Blitzen Benz,” and renamed it the “Lightning Benz.” At Daytona Beach on March 16, 1910, Oldfield set a new world land speed record of 131.275 mph. At the time, the speed was the fastest any person had traveled in any kind of vehicle – car, train or airplane.
Benz 200 hp (1910): “Lightning Benz” - Barney Oldfield
Blitzen Benz - Bob Burman - May 29,1911
Blitzen Benz - Bob Burman
Blitzen Benz - Bob Burman - Боб Бурман в символической короне триумфатора
Blitzen Benz - Мощные выпускные патрубки сводились к подобию выхлопной трубы. Грохот, издаваемый двигателем, очевидцы описывали как «ужасающий».
Blitzen Benz #2
Images: Daimler AG.; Mercedes-Benz Classic