Quick Lime

Moss, Mass and Mercedes star in Connecticut race festival

Words and main image Simon Aldridge Other photography Ed Hyman, Greg Clark

3-7 Sept Lakeville, Connecticut, USA A VERY RARE public gathering of six of the most important competition cars in Mercedes pre- and early post-war history was the highlight of this year’s Lime Rock Historic Festival, chaired by Murray Smith. The idea originated, at a dinner in London between Murray and Michael Bock, head of Mercedes-Benz Classic, who pledged to bring ‘722’ and Sir Stirling Moss together for the 33rd edition of the Festival, together with Fangio’s Dutch Grand Prix-winning 1955 W196R Formula 1 car. Oh, and Jochen Mass too, as official Rennfahrer. The Collier Collection brought up two Mercedes Grand Prix cars: the 1914 Car no41, featured in Octane 134, and the 1939 W154/39 ‘Silver Arrow’ which was driven to second place in the Belgrade GP by Manfred Von Brauchitsch. This car’s quad-cam,…

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Octane (Digital) - 1 Issue, December 2015

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