FobzyIt may be old but heh it's a merc!
May 8th 2011 06:13
In 1931, Rudolf Caracciola returned to the Mille Miglia and with his co-driver Wilhelm Sebastian, won the 1,635km race in a Mercedes-Benz SSKL racing car (W 06 RS). Caracciola became the first non-Italian to win the famous Mille Miglia road race. (thanks to Sports Car Illustrated)
"I sat behind the wheel for 16 hours,”, Caracciola later recalled, "we thundered across the length and breadth of Italy for 16 hours, following the beam of our headlights through the night, driving into the blinding glare of the spring day."
The Mercedes-Benz SSKL model (Super-Sport-Kurz-Leicht or super-sport-short-light) that Caracciola drove in 1931 was the last of the six-cylinder compressor sports car from Mercedes-Benz. Built only as a two-seater, its in-line six-cylinder engine with a 7-litre cubic capacity produced 240 bhp (177kw) without and 300 bhp (221kw) with the compressor. The car's maximum speed was up to 235 km/h.
How about that for history, I didn't realize the merc went back that far
| 21 |
| Vote |
subscribe to this blog
