| Mercedes-Benz
at Laguna Seca
In 1986, Mercedes-Benz
was the featured marque at the Monterey Historic races. Historically
significant cars ran demonstration laps.
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| 1930s factory Grand Prix
team driver Herman Lang
in the 1937 Mercedes- Benz W125
Grand Prix car.
This monster developed 646 HP from its super- charged 5.66 liter Straight-8 engine. Learn about this incredible car and its rivals from Auto Union on Leif Snellman's excellent website. |
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| A familiar sight from
the 1950s. Fangio leads Moss in factory
Mercedes-Benz's. Moss says he learned a lot from the older, more
experienced Argentinian 5-time World Champion. Both cars used variants
of a complex Straight-8 engine with Desmodromic valve actuation.
(Thanks to Dennis David's "Grand Prix History" site for info on Herman Lang & the Mercedes-Benz W125 & W196.) |
| Stirling
Moss in the 1955 Mille Miglia winning Mercedes-Benz
300-SLR. (#722 signifies 7:22, his starting time.)
Juan Manuel Fangio was World Champion in 1954-55 driving the 2.5 liter W196 Mercedes-Benz Grand Prix car. |
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