Adolf
Brudes

Adolf Brudes von Breslau was born in 1899 in Groß Kottulin, near Breslau, which was then part of the German Reich. He began racing motorcycles in 1919 and added cars in 1928, initially in hillclimbs. In Breslau he ran a BMW and Auto Union dealership. In 1938 he finished fourth overall in the Spa 24 Hours, sharing the car with Paul Heinemann, and in 1940 he took third place in the shortened Mille Miglia.

After the Second World War he lost his business and moved to Berlin. His only World Championship race was the 1952 German Grand Prix in a Veritas, where he retired with engine trouble and scored no points. In 1953 he set several records at the Linas-Montlhéry autodrome, and he became a Borgward works driver in the same year. His final race was a hillclimb in the Taunus in 1968, where he finished third in his class. He died in 1986.

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