From Belgium to Bulgaria and back, 5,500 kilometres in 90
hours: from 27 to 31 August 1963, Eugen Böhringer drove the red Mercedes-Benz
230 SL (W 113) day and night, hurtling through narrow passes and along distant
motorways.
Together with co-driver Klaus Kaiser, he secured overall
victory in the ‘Marathon de la Route’, the renowned Belgian long-distance
rally. Böhringer had already won the ‘Liège–Sofia–Liège’ event in 1962, the
year in which he became European Rally Champion, driving a Mercedes-Benz 220 SE
(W 111) with Hermann Eger as his co-driver.