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80th Anniversary of Fritz von Opel's RAK 2 Ride
May 23 1928 was the day when Adam Opel's grandson, Fritz von Opel, set a speed record for rocket-propelled cars of approximately 238 km/h in his RAK 2. The RAK 2 went into the history books as a cigar shaped race car with a long plume of fire and smoke powered by 24 solid-fuel rockets packed with 120 kg of explosives.
The RAK 2 used Opel's 10/40 PS chassis and two enormous wings to keep the caar grounded during its record attempts [...]
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