Henrey
Wilhelm Herz was the first man to break 200 on a motorcycle. He set the
record @ 210.650 mph on a 500cc NSU at a private meet in July of 1956. I
can't tell you if he ran at speedweek that year. I am still looking at old
records. I was there in 56 and remember the NSU team being there. I will
work on this a little more and see if I can answer your question in a couple
of days.
Glen
----- Original Message -----
From: "Henry Deaton" <hdeaton@verio.com>
To: "List Land Speed" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, January 26, 2001 10:17 AM
Subject: NSU Motorcycle Records?
> There's a question that's come up on the feet-forward (ff) motorcycle list
> about the NSU streamliner motorcycle records. I guess what they (and I?,
> we?) are wondering is, did the NSU team run at the 1956 SCTA event? I read
> through Land Speed Louise's book and it says they ran on the Salt Flats
the
> week before, but stayed on and were still there during the 1956 Speed
Week.
> So, did they run at the SCTA's event in 1956? If not, how did they get
into
> the SCTA record book?
>
> Henry Deaton
> SF, CA
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