Well you're partly correct, they dropped out in 55 after a 300SLR crashed into
the stands and 75 - 80 spectators were killed. They returned to sports car
racing in 85 and dropped out again in 87 or 88 due to lack of competition.
KW
Sam Parthemer wrote:
> *snip*
> >442s, etc.When it came to handling it was a no brainer. They are very
> active in
> >motorsports today competing in F1 and Indy car. They dropped out of sports
> car
> >racing in the late 80s because they dominated, it was a case of Mercedes
> >against Mercedes.
>
> Err... Mercedes dropped out of sports car racing back in the 50's or 60's
> after a
> crash involving a Mercedes race car, and the tire flew into the stands
> killing a few
> people. This is the story I've been told by the Mercedes mechanic friend of
> mine,
> years ago. I then saw a story about Mercedes return to racing on tv years
> ago (in the
> late 80's I believe), and the same story was told... and they showed the
> crash, and the
> tire that flew into the stands. As I recall, it was a 300 that was involved
> in the crash.
>
> Sam '95 SLT
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