The 1949 Czechoslovak GP was the last one held in withy western competitors after the Communist coup of 1949. After 1949, the sport was regarded as too bourgeois and limited to Czechoslovak drivers with incidently East German competitors. The 1949 GP, won by British privateer Petre Whithead, was the debut race for the T 602, the Tatraplan based sportscar. With Bruno Sojka at the wheel, it managed 9th overall, quite a performance as the car was outpowered on the straights by all other competitors.
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=34930
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Full title reads: “BRITISH DRIVER WINS CZECH PRIX”.
Brno, Czechoslovakia.
LV. Elevated pan cars in pit prior to race. SV. Mechanics working on cars. SV. Towards, car No 8 being pushed out onto track. CU. Prince Bira looking on – he is getting ready for the race. SV. Cars on track, Prince Bira’s car in foreground. MV. Crowd. GV. Pan, start of race. MV. Pan, car No 9 rounding corner. SV. Towards and pan car No 14 Whitehead of England (Ferrari), rounding corner. MV. Pan, car No 2 round corner. MV. Towards, Czechoslovakian contestant driving Tatraplan rounding corner. SV. Pan, No 8 round corner. LV. Elevated, pan, No 22 being chased by another car. MV. Towards and pan, No 3 driving along road. MV. Towards and pan, Whitehead No 14, driving along road. GV. Crowded stand, people watching race. LV. Towards and pan, two cars entering stadium. LV. Towards and pan, car No 14 driving down home stretch LV. Elevated pan, two cars driving into stadium. MV. The winner, car No 14, whizzes past finishing flag. SV. The 2nd whizzes past finishing flag. SV. Whitehead, the winner, sitting in cockpit of car. CU. Whitehead