Georg Braun was a German Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. His first foray into racing in 1939 was ended by the war. In 1950, as a 32 year old "newcomer", he won 6 of 8 races with his supercharged DKW. These kind of engines were not allowed on international level, where Germans could compete again from 1951 onwards. Braun then rode several machines, like Horex and NSU Sportmax, or a 250cc Moto Parilla with which he finished 3rd in the Feldbergrennen at Oberreifenberg in the Taunus mountains.

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  • Georg Braun was a German Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. His first foray into racing in 1939 was ended by the war. In 1950, as a 32 year old "newcomer", he won 6 of 8 races with his supercharged DKW. These kind of engines were not allowed on international level, where Germans could compete again from 1951 onwards. Braun then rode several machines, like Horex and NSU Sportmax, or a 250cc Moto Parilla with which he finished 3rd in the Feldbergrennen at Oberreifenberg in the Taunus mountains. In the 1953 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, he was jointly ranked, together with five others, in 17th place in the 125cc class, riding a Mondial. His sixth place at the Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix had earned him a single point. In the 350cc and 500cc classes, he entered on Horex machines. The best result of his GP career was scored in a wet race, the 1954 Swiss motorcycle Grand Prix at Bern's Circuit Bremgarten. Riding a NSU he finished 2nd behind Rupert Hollaus who took the checkered flag after 1 hour, 1min and 56 sec. This earned him 6 points and a sixth rank in the 250cc class of the 1954 season. The same year, Braun also finished sixth on a 350cc Horex at his home German motorcycle Grand Prix on Stuttgart's Solitudering, which ranked him 17th with 4 points. In 1955, he crashed at the Isle of Man TT. After recovering, he competed again at his home race on the Solitude. Due to lack of success, old age, and the declining motorcycle sales in Germany, he retired to operate an automobile repair shop and filling station in his home town of Hechingen, where he died a few years ago.
  • Georg Braun war ein deutscher Motorradrennfahrer. Braun begann erst nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg ernsthaft damit, Motorradrennen zu bestreiten. In der Motorrad-WM-Saison 1953 erzielte er Platz 17 in der 125-cm³--Klasse der Motorrad-Weltmeisterschaft auf Mondial. In der Saison 1954 erreichte er Platz sechs in der 250er-Klasse auf NSU. Beim Grand Prix der Schweiz in Bremgarten wurde er in diesem Jahr in einem verregneten Rennen Zweiter hinter Rupert Hollaus. Nach schwerem Unfall 1955 bei der Tourist Trophy auf der Isle of Man kehrte Braun noch mal zurück, beendete seine Karriere jedoch kurze Zeit später und betrieb danach lange Jahre eine Motorradwerkstatt in seiner Heimatstadt Hechingen. Er starb vor einigen Jahren in seiner Heimat.
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  • Georg Braun was a German Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. His first foray into racing in 1939 was ended by the war. In 1950, as a 32 year old "newcomer", he won 6 of 8 races with his supercharged DKW. These kind of engines were not allowed on international level, where Germans could compete again from 1951 onwards. Braun then rode several machines, like Horex and NSU Sportmax, or a 250cc Moto Parilla with which he finished 3rd in the Feldbergrennen at Oberreifenberg in the Taunus mountains.
  • Georg Braun war ein deutscher Motorradrennfahrer. Braun begann erst nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg ernsthaft damit, Motorradrennen zu bestreiten. In der Motorrad-WM-Saison 1953 erzielte er Platz 17 in der 125-cm³--Klasse der Motorrad-Weltmeisterschaft auf Mondial. In der Saison 1954 erreichte er Platz sechs in der 250er-Klasse auf NSU. Beim Grand Prix der Schweiz in Bremgarten wurde er in diesem Jahr in einem verregneten Rennen Zweiter hinter Rupert Hollaus.
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  • Georg Braun (rider)
  • Georg Braun (Rennfahrer)
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