An RWD-6, SP-AHN, had won the 1932 Challenge International de Tourisme. The RWD-9, developed from the RWD-6, did even better in the 1934 edition of the event, with three Polish examples taking the first, second and seventh places, and a Czechoslovak RWD-9 the eighth place. SP-DRF, piloted by Tadeusz Karpiński, did not complete the event's 9537.4 km rally around Europe. Note: this is an RWD-9S with the Polish Skoda GR-760 engine, while SP-DRB / 76 was an RWD-9W with a Walter Bora engine. One source mistakenly has this the other way around. Photo from: Narodowe Archiwum Cyfrowe

The 1934 Challenge International de Tourisme was organised in Warsaw but here the Polish and German participants are seen in Berlin, one of the first waypoints in a 9537.4 km rally: roughly Warsaw - Brussels - Casablanca - Tunis - Rome - Vienna - Prague - Warsaw. The Polish machines are RWD-9s and PZL P-26s. The RWD-9 did very well: Jerzy Bajan in SP-DRD won the general classification, Stanisław Płonczyński in SP-DRC, top left, came second and Jan Buczyński in SP-DRE took fifth place. In the background are the German Fieseler Fi 97s, Klemm Kl 32s and Messerschmitt Bf 108s. All five types were designed specifically for this event.