Tuesday, March 24, 2015

imagine the OH SHIT feeling you would feel when you smash your £4million 300 SLS "Porter Special" into a racing Jaguar worth £1million


Fully locked up brakes with 4 wheel smoke. The Porter Special is a car with a long history http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2013/12/porters-special-with-center-seat-300sl.html





Images from the Daily Mail via http://www.motorsportretro.com/2015/03/racing-legend-jochen-mass-involved-in-big-crash-at-goodwood/


It is believed that the Jag took the sudden unexpected notion to cut across the front of the Mercedes and head for the pit lane... causing the crash

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/road-and-rail-transport/11491036/Benz-out-of-shape-4m-vintage-racing-car-in-crash-at-Goodwood.html

the following sequence is damn good photography, right place, right time






found on http://autoweek.com/article/classic-cars/one-mercedes-benz-300-sls-porter-special-crashes-rare-lister-jaguar-goodwood

3 comments:

  1. Did they report anything about the fight that had to happen post accident?

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    1. you can click the links, those are my sources for the photos, but I didn't read about the fight.. I just look at the photos mostly

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