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Music: 1937 My Funny Valentine Ben Webster 1954 Video: 1955 Mercedes 300 SLR Mille Miglia 1955 300 SL Goodwood 2019 1950s playlist: Ben Webster - tenor saxophone Teddy Wilson piano Ray Brown bass Jo Jones drums The 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR racing sports car combined the experience gained with the 1952 300 SL with Formula 1 technology.
In addition to its filigree design as developed by Rudolf Uhlenhaut it proved to be a sturdy and highly reliable race car.
Its engine was based on the Formula 1 unit M 196 R and increased to 3-liters producing up to 310 horsepower.
It entered and won major races.
Arguably its greatest moment was the victory of Sir Stirling Moss and co-pilot Denis Jenkinson at the 1955 Mille Miglia where 722 set an all-time record with an average speed of 97.06 mph over the 1000-mile race in just 10 hours 7 minutes and 48 seconds.
In second place 32 minutes later and driving along was Juan Manuel Fangio also in a 300 SLR.
After Stirling Mosss triumphant success the 300 SLR also won the Eifel race the Swedish Grand Prix the Irish Tourist Trophy and the Targa Florio in Sicily so it did win the championship for Mercedes-Benz.
To this day the 1955 300 SLR is considered one of the most iconic race cars of all time.
When asked about his memory of the 300 SLR Moss referred to it as the greatest sports racing car ever built - really an unbelievable machine.
When in the anniversary year of 2012 a 60 year old 300 SL the oldest existing SL Super Light was extensively restored the spirit of Rudolf Uhlenhaut drifted through the Mercedes-Benz Classic Center in Fellbach.
After all the ingenious engineer was responsible for the development of the legendary Gullwing which initially won numerous races before going on to a rapid success story as a sports car on the road.
Uhlenhaut is considered to be not only the father of the SL but also of the Silver Arrows.
The continued success of the Mercedes racing cars in the 1930s and 1950s is bound up with the name of this half-German half-English man.
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. In addition to his ingenious work which continues to affect the Mercedes-Benz brand even today the personal qualities of this exceptional talent also remain unforgotten: whether in the workshop or in the office he always treated his staff as equals.
Thanks to his composure self-assurance and undeniable competence he was always on an equal footing with his superiors.
On 8 May 1989 he died aged almost 83 and not only the professional world mourned him the former manager was also greatly missed by many of his staff.
No one can put it better than Dr Hans Liebold a project leader on the C 111 project under Uhlenhaut: You always did your utmost for Uhlenhaut.
Simply because no one wanted to disappoint him.
He could do and knew a great deal however he never talked down to anyone but treated everyone fairly as a partner.
Goodwood 2019 Tony Gaze Trophy: Former Formula One star David Coulthard emerged victorious in the Tony Gaze Trophy race for road-going sports and GT cars that competed between 1954 and 59.
The 13-time Grand Prix victor who started from the middle of the front row arrived at Madgwick for the first time ahead of pole-sitter Richard Woolmers Austin-Healey 100M Coupé.
Coulthard briefly lost the lead to the youngster on the second lap as Woolmer lunged inside the Scots IWC-prepared Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing on the second apex at Lavant only for Coulthard to reclaim the position almost immediately.
Woolmer was only 0.38 seconds in arrears at the end of the third lap but sadly he was forced to retire his car shortly before half-distance.
Coulthards lead over new second place man Austin-Healey racer Mike Thorne was a whisker over eight seconds at the start of the penultimate lap with Jaguar XK150 driver Andrew Keith-Lucas and Austin-Healey ace Jonathan Abecassis squabbling over third place to the flag with the former just getting the nod.

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