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    The Blitzen Benz is a race car built by Benz & Cie in Mannheim, Germany, in 1909. In 1910 an enhanced model broke the world land speed record. It was one...
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    used the first initial of Benz's first name, "Carl".[citation needed] In 1909, the Blitzen Benz was built in Mannheim by Benz & Cie. The bird-beaked vehicle...
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    The Benz Patent-Motorwagen ("patent motorcar"), built in 1885 by the German Karl Benz, is widely regarded as the first practical modern automobile and...
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  • Mercedes-Benz (German pronunciation: [mɛʁˌtseːdəs ˈbɛnts, -dɛs -] ), commonly referred to simply as Mercedes and occasionally as Benz, is a German luxury...
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  • Mercedes-Benz BlueZERO 2009 Mercedes-Benz F-Cell Roadster 2010 Mercedes-Benz F800 Style 2010 Mercedes-Benz BIOME 2010 Mercedes-Benz BlitzenBenz 2011 Mercedes-Benz...
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    1909 in a Mercedes-Benz. He bought a Benz, and raised his speed in 1910 to 70.159 mph (112.910 km/h) while driving his "Blitzen Benz". Later in 1910, Oldfield...
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  • French Grand Prix, finishing 1–2–3. Karl Benz's company, Benz & Cie. built the "bird beaked", Blitzen Benz that set land speed records several times...
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    The Benz Velo was one of the first cars, introduced by Carl Benz in 1894 as the followup to the Patent-Motorwagen. 67 Benz Velos were built in 1894 and...
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    specifically to beat the land speed record held in those years by the Blitzen Benz. Its 28,353 cc displacement engine delivered 290 hp. Only two examples...
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  • business. The name was changed to ArBenz in 1912. The capitalization was to suggest association with the Blitzen Benz. Fred was president and Nand was the...
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    the first ever 1911 Indianapolis 500 in a Benz, before the race he made exhibition runs in the Blitzen Benz on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and set...
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    691 km/h (125.946 mph) driving the famous "Blitzen Benz" (German for "Lightning Benz"). In 1910, his Benz team finished 1–2 at the American Grand Prize...
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  • the Le Mans Grand Prix d'Endurance until 1930. In the 1930s the Mercedes-Benz and Auto Union teams did not apply the traditional German white paint, and...
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    Silver Arrows (category Mercedes-Benz racing cars)
    racing green green, French Bleu de France blue, etc. German cars like the Blitzen Benz were white, as were the three Mercedes that won the 1914 French Grand...
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    Benz Patent-Motorwagen Viktoria is a car that was produced by Benz and Cie. from 1893 to 1900. It was the first four-wheeled vehicle produced by Benz...
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    record, which at the time stood at 125.95 mph (202.70 km/h) after the Blitzen Benz had established the mark at the English track Brooklands in 1909. While...
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    of 27 litres capacity, with a gearbox and chain-drive from a pre-war Blitzen Benz, it was the largest capacity racing car ever to run at Brooklands. It...
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    of 27 litres capacity, with a gearbox and chain-drive from a pre-war Blitzen Benz. Still not fully developed by the time of Zborowski's death in November...
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    Salduro Chapter 5: Ernie Moross, Bill Rishel, Teddy Tetzlaff and the Blitzen Benz II arrive on the Salt Beds of Salduro". bangshift.com. Retrieved 6 Dec...
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    Lydston Hornsted (category Benz vehicles)
    holder. At the Brooklands race track on 24 June 1914, he drove his 200 hp Blitzen Benz No 3 for two runs of 1 mile each, to average 124.09 mph, (199.70 km/h)...
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    1905 and raised his speed in 1910 to 70.159 mph (112.910 km/h) in his "Blitzen Benz". In 1911, Ralph DePalma won the first Milwaukee Mile Championship car...
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    Oldfield to purchase the 1909 "Blitzen Benz," a 200-horsepower, chain drive 21.5 liter machine from the New York Benz Auto Import Company for $6,000 and...
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  • Indianapolis and Atlanta. In March Barney Oldfield took the 21-litre Blitzen Benz to Daytona Beach and set a new Land Speed Record of 212.02,930.66 km/h...
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    1911, when his absolute record was broken by the 141.7 mph (228.0 km/h) Blitzen Benz automobile. No motorcycle surpassed the record until 1930. Curtiss's...
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  • weather to meet in the mountains by Monaco. In response to the 21-litre Blitzen Benz, Fiat built the enormous S76, with a 28.4-litre engine generating 290 bhp...
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    and endurance records. Benz & Cie built a new 12.4-litre racing-engine, and its 200 bhp derivative was put into the Blitzen Benz. This 21.5-litre monster...
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    Moross engaged Tetzlaff to campaign the 300-horsepower (220 kW) Benz, naming it "Blitzen Benz 2." He broke the world land speed record mark by running 142...
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    for the museum as well, including the 1903 Mercedes Rennwagen, 1911 Blitzen Benz race car and the Mercedes SSK Kompressor driven by Christian Werner,...
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    autumn meeting, Duff appeared at the wheel of J.L. Dunne’s old 21-litre Blitzen Benz. He lost the 100 Mile Handicap to Parry Thomas, despite lapping at 114...
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  • Johann "Hans" Nibel (category Mercedes-Benz Group people)
    closely associated with the so-called "Blitzen Benz", which made its public debut in 1909. In April 1911 a Blitzen Benz driven by Bob Burman on the sands of...
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