Part of a whole system which believes his time has come with chinas president , she ging paying starts july 30th on d. W. Ah, ah, an inconspicuous forest trail, south of frankfort, next to one of germanys famous auto bonds. In houston, with the end of the road for a legendary german racing driver, made it to me in a no holds barred a bid for land speed supremacy with the events of over 80 years ago remained the subject of speculation. With what exactly happened on that fateful day and what is it that pushes people to pursue speed records at all costs . Oh my, let me bill with oh, oh oh oh oh oh, who was band was a maya who died in january 1938 driving down the perfectly straight autobahn at over 400 Kilometers Per Hour. Stick out an eastern germany home to a museum that was once the racing car factory of our total known. Germanys 1st state run automaker and a predecessor of todays audi than 1930 saw an epic dual between 2 giants of the german racing seen as the relatively young ow total known sought to overtake the dominant Mercedes Benz team, a high profile rivalry that intensified when band holes, am i a joined the out own unity . The young hot shot was to take on mercedes works driver and european champion old old car chola. The auto own own bosses had high hopes for jose maya, who was a boon for both motor racing and a nazi regime, eager to capitalize on the competition for propaganda. The bold, young rising star was perfect. Mm hm. Thing we have become proficient all my own plants, yolande. Speed soon. Awesome. I have good luck and fun. Im to really divide from caiaccio and im stuck without it. Oh them i asked them. Oh my god, one that bid them owe them. I alluded and gave me linen. This is rosamille yor t gotten a call back about my son isley steel with were in dresden to meet a man whos written a number of books on the early german motor racing iraq, including the 19 thirtys when the countrys big carmakers fought out their rivalry on germanys new out o bonds, a network of modern highways that brought prestige to the nazis hater casberg. As an automotive historian, the regime he explains, was eager to show that germany could build not only the fastest cars, but also the best roads. To maximize publicity authorities held special record speed weeks on the new high speed motor ways. Another chance for glory for band also maya m october. Its already caught while her nose was even on ties ish. Frozen my broke a series of records that had belonged to kara jolla in october 1937. When earning them to also union this dollar doing time lock. Shad im a failed because of a design out of sync with the laws of natures an icon causally. And vig lowndes, and not all this, at least as far went, im ended by the end of the week or the National Racing commission. I promised that im lead soon. Be allowed to make for the record attempts merging next inside. Pulled idle was over fallen dawn as will them for the hour during auto union have to respond because of the delicate relationship between a dime there in the public, a dime law and in the air from dish tired delish to grant waterford. When to a decision was that if they drive up that, then we need to drive as well. The arcade, youre missing out. As seen from the teams 10, the wind had picked up when it was, was a my as turn to start on january 28th. 1938 on his 1st run, he clocked 429 Kilometers Per Hour. A personal best, but still not fast enough to wrestle the record back from mercedes adjustments are made while the wind grew stronger. Hosemeier was impatient, reportedly telling his team to just let him get back on the road for a 2nd run. It was 1147. Ah, and then disaster at the 9. 2 kilometer mark holes are my as type see car dubs torn linen, varden or stream liner careened off the road, flipping several times over a distance of 900 meters. The destroyed car came to a stop on an embankment, was a maya was killed instantly. Conspiracy theories spread, blaming reckless Auto Executives for disregarding the strong winds and sending holes a maya to a premature death. Mm. Auto own own did not appear interested in a formal and thorough investigation. The remains of the car were destroyed before they could be properly examined. Mm. The only viable explanation available under the circumstances was that a gust of wind had blown holes a mile off the road. But is that the true explanation . Ah, why do people put their lives on the line and hair raising duals over a couple of kilometers . And the name of progress on some dubious, patriotic quest, or is it personal ambition and ego i, weve come to the send time Technical Museum to meet professor cook melissa, another historian who has studied the early days of automotive development. Ah, he tells us about the origin of the pursuit of pace, which goes all the way back to the late 19th century. The spanish lack what particularly when you go to sleep and stick. There was a common phrase at the time of the acceleration of the speed of life. I dont know who to fight. The late german monarchy was also called the hero of nervousness passed through industry and speed is part of that. And i said as soon as a symptom is drawing but also as a kind of remedy as an op, have smith attacking the 1st month or so 50. Some people try to adapt to the era and the racing driver, or someone who could cope with high speed. It was well conditioned to the era content. While there was this new image in which a lot of people saw as the pinnacle of the modern human being, feeling able to adapt to this accelerated pace down the noise mentioned them, showing the so who were these dare devil . One of them in belgium was actually nickname the red devil after brussels and to the imposing neil Gothic Church of our lady here lies a man who was only known outside belgium to racing, efficient auto, a man who in his time enjoyed a colossal reputation. Tammy, youre not the son of a major tire manufacturer and record breaker. The 1st person to break the 100 Kilometers Per Hour mark at the wheel over 120 years ago. I me, i believe the ball is an architect who has spent years looking into the story of camelia nazi. The driver was famed for his trademark red goatee and his red hot style at the wheel as he thought, fame as the fastest driver. Mm. Can you just get a horse, you know, we said this to the comedian that he was a hero, a bigger Michael Schumacher a man who liked driving fast and had a passion for speed and he was determined to break record this connect course. Im not going to saw the 1st race he appears to have taken part in the shant blue hill climb. Were reaching an impressive 25 Kilometers Per Hour in an electric car. When you call us back, when was slower than bicycles . How could you do that . These records were heavily covered by the media, especially the sport papers, the other girl. How do you going to press local pets or trespass it easy . Easy. Ah, the record breaking car is on display at the Auto World Museum near the citys famous song compton f arc. The larger make on dont is a popular exhibit. Among the fastest motorized vehicles of its time surpassed only by steam locomotive. No radiator, no exhaust your nazis car was electric. Ah, in the late 19th century, it was still unclear what kind of propulsion would set the pace on land. Steam powered vehicles required, laborious, pre heating, and gasoline engines had a reputation for breaking down. If they started at all, not ideal for record centers, publicity was always key. A factor, comey expertly exploited. Ah, the auto world car is not original. Its a replica built by. Its not on desktop. A modern day mobility pioneer. The lack of blueprints for the 899 car left him with a serious challenge. Not least with the numerous features unique to the nazi car received at his disposal. You dont follow, dont vancho get x. You dont the Steering Wheel lever, which could have sliced open his stomach in an accident and he was relatively told with a risk received no break because he wanted to drive straight ahead as fast as possible to finally book desco alyssa, them back then. They didnt drive on proper road, is willis, wiggily drove on horse racing tracks. Oh, maybe up to 2 kilometers long. See the piece to alicia vocal. Their academic muscle will do kill me in age of a bull, though a huge crowd is because of it because they were International Events in multiples. I booked all us to prescribe them. It was like the 1st man on the moon. There was great interest in the technology. It was see a typical data report at the conversion 105. 8 Kilometers Per Hour. A new best mark. But not for long. 3 years later you nazi was displaced by of all things a Steam Powered vehicle by this point. Yeah. Nazi had already started competing in races for mercedes Parent Company dime. Lar, even took out a Life Insurance policy on your nazi that corporate commitment brought dividends in 19 o. 3, you nazi one, the gordon bennett. Come in ireland, the worlds most important car race of that era. Ah, this is the only film footage of your nazi moon. It was a curious quirk of fate that saw the fearless belgian die, not on the track, but during another more harmless type of outdoor pursuit. Another of you, nazis talents would be his downfall. A knack for imitating animal sounds. Lou during a walk in the woods in 1913, a hunter mistook him for a deer and opened fire blue a couple of decades forward. We returned to band holes a maya and his tragic end in 1938. An event that left the motor, racing world in shock, one of its top drivers was dead. Nazi authorities turned his funeral in berlin into a political rally. Friends, family fans and rivals paid their last respects while the notorious ss held a vigil to the fallen hero. Ah, but what was the actual cause of the accident . A question that was eclipsed amid the pomp of the funeral procession. Nazi ideology could not allow a hero of the german nation to have died due to technical deficiencies, let alone a mortal driver error. The cause was never pursued. Ah, tim nits, home to the original out oh known h q and a branch of the official saxony state archives. We want to look at Historical Documents of specific interest to us is the file concerning the death of bound hosemeier containing a range of original documents, formal testimony, affidavits and eye witness accounts. Including this letter from a certain auto gaia to the head of the auto known motor racing team. His eye witness report recalls how the auto renew own car veered onto the grass bank and turned sideways details similar to those observed by time keeper, ca, hello, vis mother who also referred to an explosion when question then theres this hugely important document a Weather Report from the nearby zepplin airport between 11 and 1230 on the day of the crash, it registered strong winds and gusts of up to 11 meters per 2nd. But interestingly, only the Mercedes Team had asked for a forecast ahead of the record attempts ow, total known didnt buy. The car maker later sent a letter to its dealerships, however, insisting it had not recklessly put the driver under unreasonable pressure. And that the wind speed had in no way appeared dangerous. An attempt to shun responsibility. There are no photos or film footage of hose m i as final and fatal run itself. Its rumored, some material was destroyed. If so, then not everything. However, there is a private film captured by outdoor emsella who worked in a frankfurt photo processing lab. Ah, on the day of the race, he was on a foot bridge crossing over the autobahn, where he was filming, and air show taking place at the same time. At one point, emsella happened to briefly train his camera on the road below. Pulls a maya can be seen in the runoff zone after his 1st run. He just clocked 429 Kilometers Per Hour, and now set off towards darmstadt on the 2nd and fatal leg of the 2 way record attempt. At 1st glance, with all eyes on the road, the film seems inconspicuous, but a closer look reveals other movement on the right of the picture. Trees visibly swaying to and fro under the strain of evidently strong if not storm like winds. Was this record attempt doomed from the outset . Ah, we next meet motorsports expert martine shorda, the hose, m, i a crash has become a labor of love for the former bookseller. Over the years, hes collected a wealth of documentation, much of it from private archives. Ah, and there is the one question that never goes away who is to blame for the drivers death. 6 6 1 thing shrewder is certain of is that it cannot have been the wind alone. Its robin lish. Chicago, shed run off in favor of it was windy. You can see in this film footage i have on 15 Kilometers Per Hour from st. Which wind blow the car off the road from the financial . I think like this can be due to 2 causes, hundreds. Why or the combination of to zoom of one flight by analyzing the photos from that in from his day. Should i came across some curious inconsistencies among them out own yawns . Motor Sports Division had made changes between the 1st and 2nd runs the air intake duct at the front of the car, for example, was reduced. Busy the incomplete, the nozzle is given on the entire nose was replaced, and behind this little inlet, there was one tube supplying the engine with oxygen with torn on the more tor middle washed off tomorrow, and, and other tube connected to the cockpit. I think its cockpit very, very large nose in the cockpit mit last 2 was all was, am i and likes driving with the cockpit open. The tube was necessary to prevent him from suffocating at speed. And another photo was of interest. A section of the body on the road. The picture had been taken by a reporter from italy and show as part of the underbody which has on looking triangular openings. They were evidently, aaron, val, that could be operated from the cockpit embark to indies. And also when did, and when his loft had this outlet for the streaming and at the front where they told him that if it got too intense and at the speed it was like a storm. Then he could step on this lever that kind of played and done his or so, or my number or not. I think he did that, which disrupted the lower aerodynamic because the air was suddenly being redirected underneath the board. When these are low press ish, district bill than the car takes off of ever your stir memo. My only sit on the flow is disrupted at those at junk is 52. 00 plain started. Took off at just 120. 00 with all that weight really, cuz that was the accident due to aerodynamics did outdoor, on your insufficiently test the vehicles behavior at these extreme speeds, the historian peer to kish, the says the team were clearly out of their depth when it came to such Technical Details you hadnt notorious time and it does so that they never expected it to happen. Its not as if they had a plan b. Thats got a whole issue, was forgotten. There was no way the image of rosy meyer as a National Hero was going to be compromised later by these trivial questions. All my s drive would be the last record attempt for our tony own, but not for mercedes. Towards the end of the 1900 thirtys dime le bens worked on a new car designed to pulverized previous milestone. The t 80 with a bomb plastic 8 meter long monster weighing in at over 3 tons. And with contours, more like those of a Fighter Bomber plane. This prototype is among the most impressive exhibits at the dime, let museum in stuttgart. Ah, the impetus for the t 80 was provided by han, stuck previously an outdoor on your star whose success as a hill climbing champion, had been overshadowed by the flat ground feats of all the maya zone star was starting to fade, but he enjoyed good connections with the nazi leadership who were increasingly eager to see demonstrations of superior german engineering. At stokes request, the t 80 was to be built by fatty non portia legendary car designer and creator of autoland jones type c target top speed, 600 Kilometers Per Hour. This would require an output of 3000 horsepower. The job was entrusted to 2 dimer airplane engines, provided by the high, shabby asian ministry. Each boasting displacement in excess of 44 leaders. Thought as fate had it, the ti 80 project would fall victim to the 2nd world war and 1939. As a result, hans shook would be denied his own bout on phone moons housing esc, cannonball run, and perhaps spared a premature death. After the war, it was clear that speeds of over 600 Kilometers Per Hour on land were not possible with combustion engines. Records of that kind would require Rocket Propulsion and the kind of Space Available on this lunar like landscape bonneville and the state of utah usa. The remnants of a primeval lake turned into seemingly infinite salt flats by a combination of wind and water. And for almost a century now, the ultimate test track and an el dorado for speed freaks. Oh yes, this would be the stage for a new generation of record seekers. Chief among them art our farms and crag breedlove. The 2 americans were obsessed with being the fastest man in history and were prepared to use all means available to set a new record, which had now been held by a succession of british drivers. The dawn of the 960 saw our fawns and breathe love open a new chapter in the competition for the ultimate automotive glory. Blue sam holly lives in ontario, canada. He spent years studying the history of the salt flats ear of speed records and the fearless men famed as junkyard. Geniuses. Folly has written a number of books dedicated to that era that time around 96061 that the United States air force was getting rid of a whole bunch of fighter jets from the korean war. And all this stuff was going into the junk market. And so anchor in los angeles were craig b love lived, lived like literally hundreds of j 47. 00 jet engines were being sold as scrap. So he was able to buy one for almost nothing, 500. 00. He got that his 1st jet engine, if he got like an allison engine, it would have cost several 1000. 00. So he was trying to save money by getting a jet ah, hacking up to 17000 horsepower. Those engines were fitted in 19 fifties air force. Jeff, su