[Poor Richard]

Originally Posted by BroadHopper

Here's an interesting read.

https://bikehike.org/what-is-the-ave...-the-autobahn/

268 mph before crashing is unreal!

The wording in that specific section of the article isn't correct.

Rudolf Caracciola successfully set an average speed of 268 mph without incident. The gentleman who attempted to break Caracciola's speed record, Bernd Rosemeyer, is the one who crashed (at 250 mph) and subsequently died.