The missing trophy
orks Norton rider Jimmie Guthrie was on the last lap of the 1937 500cc German Motorcycle Grand Prix, with victory assured by a comfortable margin from the second placed rider Karl Gall, BMW. It would have been Jimmie’s hat-trick of GP wins at the Hohenstein-Ernstthal circuit, which was renamed the Sachsensring at the conclusion of the 1937 race. However, fate stepped in, as Jimmie crashed heavily within 1.6km of the finish line. It was a massive shock to everyone, with Korpsführer Adolf Hühnlein personally investigating the
