From September 3 to 6, many car collectors will follow the auction at the Dallas Convention Center in Texas, where the auctioneer Mecum will attempt to sell a 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Gullwing, a highly sought-after car by collectors.
The car was imported to the United States on August 25, 1955 and originally had a blue dress and gray interior. The current owner, who bought it in 2001, had the Mercedes restored at Pollock Automotive Restoration in Pennsylvania. The car now has gray livery matched with a dark blue leather interior.
Several parts have been refurbished, including the engine, brakes and master cylinder, to name a few. According to the auctioneer, this rare Mercedes could find a buyer for an amount between 1.7 and 2 million US (between 1.85 and 2.18 million Canadian).
Source : benzinsider.com
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| Photo: Mecum Auctions |
Here is our weekly Top 10, this time featuring the youngest drivers to compete in a Formula 1 Grand Prix race. This Top 10 will change next year with the arrival of Max Verstappen.
The average age of F1 drivers was much higher in the '60s than it is today. So it's really stunning to see that a very talented Mexican driver started his first F1 race at the tender age of 19 in... 1961!
10 Jenson Button
Briton Jenson Button, took the start of the 2000 Australian Grand Prix at the age of 20, 53 days
Continue reading Top 10 youngest drivers to compete in a Grand Prix
From Maritime Pro Stock Tour
After three weather postponements the Parts for Trucks Pro Stock Tour finally completed the Ron MacGillivray Chev Buick GMC 150 at Riverside International near Antigonish, Nova Scotia.
The wait worked out for NASCAR Canadian Tires Series regular J.R. Fitzpatrick who took home the win in the No. 3 Nova Racing entry subbing for fellow NASCAR Canadian Tires Series competitor Jason Hathaway.
Fitzpatrick dominated, leading all 150 laps earning him the Linde Most Laps Led award.
Dylan Blenkhorn brought his car home in second place, followed by Fitzpatrick's teammate for the day, Donald Chisholm (Antigonish). Jonathan Hicken (Brudenell, PE) edged out Cole Butcher (Porter's Lake, NS) at the end for the fourth spot in the 21-car field.
The event's seven cautions involved drivers in the top-five in points.
Reigning series champion and current point leader John Flemming (Halifax, NS) slowed on the back stretch on lap 36 bringing out the first caution of the day. The electrical issue kept the No. 97 team in the pits for 49 laps and would wind up 19th on the day. Shawn Turple (Enfield, NS) and Blenkhorn, who are also in the points chase, encountered trouble bringing out the third caution of the day on lap 84, while lap 103 saw caution number five and ended Shawn Tucker's (Fredericton, NB) day. Tucker entered the Ron MacGillivray 150 second in points.
Jonathan Hicken (Brudenell, PE) who was fourth in points was also collected up in the fifth caution with Tucker.
Butcher collected his first career Atlantic Tiltload Time Trial award with a 14.362 second lap around the high banked, 1/3-mile oval. The King Freight Dash was won by Flemming with Dartmouth Dodge Heats going to Tucker and Chisholm.
Shawn Pierce (Bridgewater, NS) took home the Exide Batteries Hard Charger Award with his tenth place finish.
Colby Smith (Cape Sable Island, NS) won the Highland Home Building 100 as part of the NAPA Sportsman series prior to the Ron MacGillivray 150.
The Parts for Trucks Pro Stock Tour rolls into Petty Raceway on Saturday, August 23 for the Atlantic Dodge Dealers 150, a part of the River Glade International weekend. The event is Round 10 on the series and the Tour's final stop in 2014 to the province of New Brunswick.
From nascar.com
Carl Edwards will join Joe Gibbs Racing for the 2015 season as the organization expands to four full-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series teams.
Additionally, JGR will run Daniel Suarez in the Nationwide Series.
In addition, ARRIS Group, Inc. will sponsor Edwards in the No. 19 Toyota Camry for 17 races in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. ARRIS also will support Suarez in a multi-year program, starting with the 2015 NASCAR Nationwide Series, as well as a partial schedule in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.
JGR also announced that it has launched a diversity initiative with Escuderia TELMEX with support from ARRIS to provide developmental opportunities to Mexican and Latin American candidates in the NASCAR Toyota Series in Mexico and other racing series under the JGR umbrella.
Joe Gibbs said the organization was still talking about who would fill the role of Edwards' crew chief.
Ford has begun testing the first prototype of the right-hand-drive Mustang pony car. Ford said its engineers recently finished building the handmade prototype, which will be used in various developmental tests in coming months.
Ford has begun testing the first prototype of the right-hand-drive Mustang. Ford said its engineers recently finished building the handmade prototype, which will be used in various developmental tests in the coming months.
After more than a decade of research into car-to-car communications, federal auto safety regulators took a step forward today by unveiling their plan for requiring cars to have wireless gear that will enable them to warn drivers of danger.
Toyota made sizable gains in a JD Power seat quality study, with six of the 21 vehicles recognized for superior seating, two more than last year.
German supplier Continental AG is growing its Silicon Valley presence to help car companies roll out autonomous driving and other 'intelligent' features over the coming years -- and it has hired one of Google's self-driving car...
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Russia's Association of European Businesses (AEB) is expressing its "serious concern" surrounding reports Moscow could target the automotive sector in a burst of retaliatory sanctions.
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