THE NEW MERCEDES SHOWS ITS METTLE
THE NEW MERCEDES SHOWS ITS METTLE EASY VICTORY IN THE EIFEL RACE--CHIRON'S ALFA ROMEO OUT-DISTANCED. AFTER the defeat of their cars at the Avus Race, the German firms of ,xiito…
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IN THE LEAD of the Austrian 1,000 kms. is car No. 28, the Martini Porsche 917 of Marko and Larrousse. In the later stages, when the Frenchman was driving, a rear tyre punctured causing the Porsche to spin into a barrier. It subsequently retired. Chasing it in our photograph are the de Adamich/Pescarolo Alfa (No. 1), the Hezemans/Vaccarella Alfa (No. 3) and the rest of the field.