Solved: Wendax 1529 - 1903 Mercedes at Daytona Beach

[Wendax]

Again, no points for the coachbuilder.

For one point, please respond and identify this car and its driver.

[Wendax]

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[Wendax]

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[4popoid]

Of German manufacture?

[Wendax]

Yes

[4popoid]

Manufactured by an individual(s) rather than a production company?

[Wendax]

No, built by a production company

[Paul Jaray]

Big & known name?

[Wendax]

Yes

[Paul Jaray]

Daimler?

[Wendax]

Right, just that it wasn't exactly a Daimler, but a ...

[Paul Jaray]

Mercedes was still a model name...it has to be Benz, then.

[Wendax]

Well, I don't want to start a discussion here. It is a Mercedes.

[Paul Jaray]

I probably got your hint wrong, I thought it was an early Daimler racer (pre 1900), but since Mercedes appeared around 1901, I thought it was too 'new' and you meant Benz, because it was strongly related to Daimler and because they had some old 'rennwagen' too.
No need to start a discussion, I can always made some mistakes
So that is a Mercedes and was built before 1905?

[Wendax]

Yes

[Paul Jaray]

Post 1902?

[Wendax]

Yes

[Paul Jaray]

Camille Jenatzy?

[Wendax]

No

[Paul Jaray]

Is He a known person?

[4popoid]

Mercedes driven by Otto Hieronimus in 1903?

[Wendax]

Is He a known person?

I hadn't heard of him before.

Mercedes driven by Otto Hieronimus in 1903?

Year is correct, driver is not.

Try to find the location first. Then it will be easier to name the driver I guess.

[4popoid]

Mercedes driven by Edgar Braun in 1903?

[Wendax]

Not the name I have

[4popoid]

Mercedes, at Nice, France, driven by Hermann Braun in 1903?