He saw the end of the war as a fighter controller of the Air Signal Corps in a night interception troop – on a motorcycle – in Norway.

Attendees included the Mercedes-Benz famous Silver Arrows, BMW, and Audi who brought historical racing cars from their museums to Salzburg.

Thus, some collections of vintage motorcycles and automobiles whose owners Krackowizer had already won over for the project (such as Walter Brandstetter from St. Pölten) went to other domestic and foreign motor museums.

Krackowizer also competed in the senior race and led for three laps before he had to abandon due to a mechanical issue.

In the following years, he also rode overseas with some success e.g. in Olten and Erlen, at the "Schauinsland" hill climb race, in Ingolstadt and the Norisring in Nuremberg as well as at the Hockenheimring.

Over the years he rode several motorcycle marques: Rudge 250cc, Velocette KTT MK VIII 350cc ex Binder, BSA Gold Star 350cc Lohner scooter, Norton 500cc AJS, Puch, and others.

[5] After graduating from the University of Economics in Vienna, he began work in 1952 at the factory Eternit in Vöcklabruck, Upper Austria.

He moved to Salzburg in 1955 to start his career as a public relations and advertising manager at Porsche Austria.