anyone see the 300SLR special on SPEED?

[LigonierA1]

Whatched a kick ass show on SPEED last night, I don’t get there much as I’m not a big NASCAR fan. But I did manage to catch a bit last night on the 1955 MB 300SLR, and Stirling Moss and the 1955 Mille Miglia. They called it one of the greatest motorsport feats ever, his time is still the course record 50 years later. Pretty wild.

Even more wild was the crash at Le Mans that took the 300SLR out of competition permanently- the engine and front suspesion flew into the crowd at 160mph after the MB hit another much slower moving car and broke apart upon impact, killed 80(!) folks in the stands. Thtey have taped footage of the engine bouncing through the stands and while you can’t see much carnage up close and personal, it’s eerie whatching it and knowing that folks are dying in the footage…

[peterock17]

Is this the MB that also likes to lift of and fly at high speeds on the autobahn while trying to set a world speed record in the 50s?

[BlkP42E]

Link to flying engine??? im sure it can be found online

[Darkstar]

ive seen that footage before. It is creepy. Not as creepy as watching the chariot racing scene in Ben Hurr.

[77rednecktruck]

I saw the show last night. It was a pretty good show.

that crash was pretty interesting. It was a few years after wwII and here is a german car killing 80 people. -1 for germany

[LigonierA1]

Yeah, there’s gotta be a link somewhere for the crash footage as IIRC, they said it was the worst motorsports crash ever in terms of #s killed. So it wasn’t just a bad day, it was an “ultimate” moment in motorsport history. Apparently this made the need for safety features at tracks a bit more obvious.

Overall, the fact that Stirling Moss set the Mille Miglia record that stands to this day is freakin’ amazing. I mean the 300SLR was an incredible car but a Moser, a Saleen, GT40, who knows, there are so many vehicles that have been made since that are lighter, faster, …that have come SO far in the evolution of the sport it’s amazing it hasn’t been beaten. :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown:

[bobby311]

nope

[Darkstar]

@LigonierA1

Yeah, there’s gotta be a link somewhere for the crash footage as IIRC, they said it was the worst motorsports crash ever in terms of #s killed. So it wasn’t just a bad day, it was an “ultimate” moment in motorsport history. Apparently this made the need for safety features at tracks a bit more obvious.

Overall, the fact that Stirling Moss set the Mille Miglia record that stands to this day is freakin’ amazing. I mean the 300SLR was an incredible car but a Moser, a Saleen, GT40, who knows, there are so many vehicles that have been made since that are lighter, faster, …that have come SO far in the evolution of the sport it’s amazing it hasn’t been beaten. :bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown:

i dont think anyone is trying to break the record if its never been broken before. 2005 technology >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>1950’s technology

[77rednecktruck]

@Darkstar

i dont think anyone is trying to break the record if its never been broken before. 2005 technology >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>1950’s technology

true, but how long did the 64 cobra hold the production speed records for? It could happen

[LigonierA1]

@Darkstar

i dont think anyone is trying to break the record if its never been broken before. 2005 technology >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>1950’s technology

That’s sorta my point. Was it truely that omnipotent(Moss used a navigator-rallye style- and beat 2nd place, another 300SLR, by 30 minutes- very dominant) of a performance? Or did politics/law/racing change that it can never be done again? This was run on public streets in Italy, tough to imagine a factory race car living up to it’s potential like that today…

[Darkstar]

@LigonierA1

That’s sorta my point. Was it truely that omnipotent(Moss used a navigator-rallye style- and beat 2nd place, another 300SLR, by 30 minutes- very dominant) of a performance? Or did politics/law/racing change that it can never be done again? This was run on public streets in Italy, tough to imagine a factory race car living up to it’s potential like that today…

i really dont know anything about the event, but I doubt the car and driver were so prolific that modern automotive technology couldnt easily overtake their record.