Friday, October 31, 2008

Did You Know..

One of the most exspensive crashes ever recorded in racing history took place in La Carrera Panamericana? It was the Mercedes Benz SL 300 Gullwing pictured below. These cars are valued at almost a million dollars. The piloto of this car took on La Carrera Panamericana and lost.



2 comments:

993C4S said...

Ouch. Big fan off the Gullwing. Hopefully they salvaged those Rudge knock-offs!! What year was this one taken?

Gary Faules said...

Somewhere I have a book with photos of a couple of them that crashed, one of them into a store front during the race as they sped through town. I'll have to find it. In the meantime here is one of my fav Gullwing sites...

http://www.emercedesbenz.com/Jul08/03_001238_eMercedesBenz_Feature_The_1952_Mercedes_Benz_300_SL_Racing_Sport_Coupe.html