# @onelungracing on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DayF8YQCuP1
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/70694534-onelungracing-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/d765f69d7f.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-07-14T18:05:41.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** One Lung Racing (@onelungracing) — https://gondola.cc/onelungracing

## Caption

In 1961, a racer threw away his own world championship... to steal a secret instead.

East Germany had built the fastest two-stroke engine on Earth. He defected with the blueprint hidden in his head—and a suitcase of stolen parts.

What he carried across the Iron Curtain changed motorcycle racing for the next 40 years. 👇

Full story above ⬆️

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## Stats

- **Views:** 15,791
- **Likes:** 812
- **Shares:** 0
- **Comments:** 12

## Tags

racinglegends, throwbackracing, motorsportnerd, gphistory, racinghistory, onelungracing, racingtech, coldwarhistory, berlinwall, spystory, classicracing, pitlanestories, vintageracing, racingsecrets, motorsporthistory, historylovers, motorcyclehistory, twostroke, racingevolution, engineeringhistory, motohistory, suzukiracing, oldschoolracing, defectionstory, 2stroke, mzmotorcycles

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