Rally pace notes...who was first?

Kevan · 21st-Nov-23, 11:34 PM

I always thought 'Jenks' invented pace notes, first used in the 1955 Mille Miglia in a Mercedes 300SLR driven by Stirling Moss

...it seems they were actually first used by Hans Klenk in the 1952 La Carrera Panamericana in a Mercedes 300SL driven by Karl Kling

Klenk was temporarily knocked unconscious by a vulture that crashed through the windscreen...Kling & Klenk won

munter · 22nd-Nov-23, 06:21 AM

Wondering about pace notes for Carrera Panamericana…. How accurate could they be? Notes maybe but….

Kevan · 22nd-Nov-23, 07:48 AM

Pre-prepared shorthand pace notes are pre-prepared shorthand pace notes, they were obviously accurate enough to be an idea to adopt and improve to where they are now.

JasonB · 22nd-Nov-23, 09:55 AM

Interesting.

Kling and Klenk sound like a blacksmith's though.

Kevan · 22nd-Nov-23, 11:11 AM

A great pairing for the Wacky Racers

munter · 22nd-Nov-23, 05:32 PM

My point, Kevan, was that at an approximate distance of 3,500 kms how accurate could the said notes be? Perhaps the accuracy doesn’t matter just that they reconned somehow and recorded a few details as best they could.

Kevan · 22nd-Nov-23, 05:36 PM

Probably did recce as google maps and satnav weren't around at the time