Keeping a Nose Ahead – Mercedes’ Push to the Line in ’55

This website is now dormant. Please visit racingdaydreams.com for the latest version of this piece, and much more. – CJ Hasta el rabo, todo es toro Until the tail, everything is bull To regular readers it is no surprise that I love a mystery to solve. A car that never raced. An avenue partially explored,

120 Years of Caracciola: 1926 Grosser Preis von Deutschland (Part II)

This website is now dormant. Please visit racingdaydreams.com for the latest version of this piece, and much more. – CJ “No!” Porsche tosses the spark plug back towards the car. He catches the next “hot chestnut” in his handkerchief. Raises the magnifying glass to it. “No!” Rudi fumbles to remove the eighth plug – as

120 Years of Caracciola: 1926 Grosser Preis von Deutschland (Part I)

This website is now dormant. Please visit racingdaydreams.com for the latest version of this piece, and much more. – CJ One hundred & twenty years ago, on the 17th February 1901, a Mercédès car first entered a motor race – at Pau, France. 18 days prior – in Remagen, Germany – was born the man

Deal with Austrian Businessman Secures Daimler’s Racing Future.

This website is now dormant. Please visit racingdaydreams.com for the latest version of this piece, and much more. – CJ Oh… no… sorry… wrong photo. Hang on a minute… There we go! December 22nd 2020 will be the 120th anniversary of the first car, as we know it. Commissioned by the gentleman in the photo

Simon Says… Change Drivers!

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The Man From Conti – He Says, Hmmm…

This website is now dormant. Please visit racingdaydreams.com for the latest version of this piece, and much more. – CJ “And these tyres are called slicks, because they’re very slick!” Murray Walker – legend What constitutes a ‘slick’ racing tyre? Most have some allowance for tread expansion or initial deformation – the odd cross cut

Spats in The Sand Pit – The Lost Tripoli Streamliner

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A Last Day in the Sun? – ’55 Targa Florio

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Neubauer, The Kilo & The Strippers – ’34 Eifelrennen

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When Mercedes-Benz Comes Out to Play

This website is now dormant. Please visit racingdaydreams.com for the latest version of this piece, and much more. – CJ The Mercedes-Benz Formula One demo at Goodwood Speedweek made me think of the day in June 1958 when Mercedes brought a W125 and a W154 to Oulton Park. Peter Collins & Tony Brooks got to