HISTORIC CAR ART

The Grossglockner High Alpine road was opened in 1935 after 5 years of construction. It links the Austrian state of Salzburg with the state of Carinthia and is named after the Großglockner, Austria's highest mountain. The alpine pass is 1,953 metres (6,407 ft) at it's highest point. To celebrate it's opening an 'International Automobile Race' was held, in the form of a mountain climb. The race was held twice more in 1938 and 1939. "Onwards and Upwards" by John Ketchell This painting by John Ketchell entitled "Onwards and Upwards" shows the Type D Auto Union of Hans Stuck tackling the 1939 race. During practice in fine weather he set a course record (still standing today) of 8:59.6 mins, an average speed of 84.7kmh. Weather on the mountain is extremely changeable and race day was windy, wet and foggy. Visibility was poor. Hermann Lang still managed to charge up the mountain at an average speed of 75kmh to take 1st place, and the moun...

By Paul Chenard. #Motoring #Art This fantastic sketch using pen & ink, markers, and pencil on archival white paper is by talented Canadian artist Paul Chenard. It shows the German Grand Prix winning Type-A Auto Union of Hans Stuck at the Nurburgring in 1934 being followed by 2nd placed Luigi Fagioli in his Mercedes-Benz W25. There were 35 Grand Prix that year ; 6 designated "Grandes Épreuves" - the German Grand Prix was one of them. This original drawing is available from Historic Car Art along with other work by Paul Chenard. The image will form the cover of Paul's limited edition art book on the 1934 Grand Prix season - available in early 2011... reserve your copy now!