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Originally Posted by dddave
Good pics, but wrong car.
This is the record car involved, with the high sides:
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Yes, that is the Auto Union rekord rennwagon. From what I understand Porsche had made changes to the opening on the front leading edge. They thought it would feed more air to the motor... but at close to top speed the air pressure inside the cockpit blew apart the cockpit floor and then the car became airborn.
IF you look at some of the old fotos of the rekord car... you will see a few different designs of the nose or lip of the race car.