The Feldbergrennen took place annually in 1920–1928, 1934–1936, and 1950–1954, in various motorcycle and automobile classes. In 1921, the route began at the point called "Hohe Mark" and ended at the point called "Sanplacken". From 1921 until 1935, the length of the route remained at. Since 1935, the circuit was increased by, reaching a total of in length. The winner of the race in 1928 was Hans Stuck who was driving a car manufactured by Austro-Daimler. Other winners at the Feldberg race from the 1930s included Paul Pietsch with an Alfa Romeo as well as Hans Stuck and Bernd Rosemeyer with an Auto Union.
Postwar era
Racing activity resumed on 1 October 1950 with an circuit, starting and finishing in the east of Oberreifenberg. At that time, almost all top-class German riders competed, including the DKW-drivers Hermann Paul Müller and Ewald Kluge. Walter Glöckler won in a self-made car with a VW engine in the sports-car class up to. The races from 1951 to 1954 included runs of the German Motorcycle Championship. About 100,000 spectators attended the event each year. The Feldbergrennen on 18 July 1954 was an internationally announced German Championship race for motorcycles. The NSU team did not attend, but NSU-models dominated with drivers on the NSU Max in the class up to. Walter Reichert from Ingelheim am Rhein won the race over 13 laps or in 1:25:56.7 hours, averaging ; following were Fritz Kläger from Freiburg im Breisgau and third-place Hubert Luttenberger on Adler. The class to was dominated by August Hobl on DKW, averaging, before three Australians with Norton. Jack Ahearn won the 500 rotary Solo class on a Norton, averaging, ahead of another Norton and Walter Zeller on a BMW. World ChampionEric Oliver from England crashed during the sidecar race, so that the first four places went to BMW, the number one to Wilhelm Noll and Fritz Cron, with an average, followed by Fritz Hillebrand and Manfred Grunwald, Willi Faust and Karl Remmert, and Walter Schneider and Hans Bouquet. Approximately 50,000 spectators watched the Feldberg race in poor weather conditions, starting with the class and the victory of Horst Fügner from Chemnitz on an IFA, while Karl Lottes on MV Agusta finished second ahead of Erhart Krumpholz on another IFA.
Closure
In 1955, the Supreme Motorcycle Sports Commission demanded the conversion of part of the track. As a result of the 1955 Le Mans disaster, many motor sport events throughout Europe were canceled or suspended. Conversion of the Feldberg track was never completed and its races came to an end. Georg Meier holds the Feldberg lap record on a BMW with an average speed of 119.1 km/h.
Literature
Rühl, Holger: Die Feldbergrennen im Taunus 1904–1954 – Die Deutsche TT 1950–1954. Motorsportverlag, Weilrod-Finsternthal im Taunus 2009
Rühl, Holger: Die Automobil-Rennen im Taunus 1904–1926. Societäts-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2004,.
Steber, Rudolf: Zwischen Start und Ziel – legendäre Rennstrecken in Hessen ; Feldbergring, Dieburger Dreieck, Schottenring, Herkules-Bergring, Battenbergring. Burgwald-Verlag, Cölbe-Schönstadt 2010,.
