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| Klausen Race Memorial: A 21,5 km Legend on the Mountain |
1922-1934 |
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During the years from 1922 until 1934 the Klausen Race was by far the best known and the most difficult hill-climb race. No other hill-climb course has fascinated spectators and drivers as intensely as the 21.5 km long road, with a loose gravel surface, from Linthal up to the Klausen Pass , covering 136 curves and a difference in altitude of 1237 meters. During that time the world’s best female and male drivers met to compete on the Klausen Pass. |
In their fire-spewing Grand-Prix race cars, obsessed by speed, they skidded hissing and roaring with over 200 km/h along the Urnerboden, into and through the wild gorge and up to the finish line at the foot of the 3267 meters high Clariden mountain. |
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| In 1930 the Englishman Tom Bullus set a new Klausen motorcycle record on a NSU with 16.41.0 minutes, a time which was not beaten in the next two Klausen Races in 1932 and 1934. |
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In the sports- and racing cars category, however, an absolute Klausen record was established at the final event in the year 1934. The German driver Rudolf Caracciola with his Grand-Prix W 25 Mercedes reached a fabulous average speed of 83.9 km/h, and that on a narrow, unpaved gravel road. 15.22.2 minutes – an incredible time! A glance at the scores of the 10 historic Klausen races shows the outstanding automotive racing sport that was offered at that time by drivers like Rudolf Caracciola, Hans Stuck, Tazio Nuvolari, Achille Varzi, Whitney Straight, Louis Chiron.
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