LM-55-MOD=========LM55 means the decade of sportscar-racing between 1950 and 1960, especially the sportscar world championship, beginning in 1953 and the Le Mans races. Engines with 300 HP and small tyres seperate the men from the boys. They are fast and very tricky to drive.For the newly introduced 1953 World Sportscar Championship a sports car variant was derived from Formula 1 racing car W 196, the Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR.Unlike the six-cylinder road car 300 SL with gullwing doors of the SLR was an open two-seater whose spaceframe largely that of the Formula 1 car corresponded. A special feature for use at Le Mans was the air brake, a broad plate behind Driver who could be placed hydraulically in order to increase the air resistance drastically and the braking action of the drum brake from high Supporting speeds. After one of the most serious accidents in Le Mans, in which the driver Pierre Levegh was implicated innocent and at the but him more than 80 spectators were killed, the two remaining cars were withdrawn after midnight.The first race for the 300 SLR was the Mille Miglia, which won Stirling Moss and co-driver Denis Jenkinson on May 1, 1955. A few weeks later when Eifel race at the Nurburgring Fangio won ahead of Moss; Kling finished fourth. Mercedes drove only European race of the World Sports Car Championship and could reach the title by a one-two victory at the Targa Florio. In addition, Mercedes presented for the second time Formula 1 World Champion Juan Manuel Fangio. Reachimg every success, Mercedes withdrew from Formula 1 and the World Sportscar Championship to the end of 1955.
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