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VINTAGE: Silver Arrows At Goodwood
The reigning Mercedes-Benz and Auto Union grand-prix cars of the 1930s will be featured at the Goodwood Revival.
Three Mercedes-Benz Silver Arrow race cars in their usual position at the head of the pack in 1930s grand-prix competition. (Photo: Mercedes-Benz archives)
The legendary Silver Arrow grand-prix race cars built by Mercedes-Benz and Auto Union during the 1930s are well documented, and this weekend some of the surviving cars will be on show and taking to the track at the Goodwood Revival in the UK.
This will be the first time that some of the cars have competed against each other since the 1930s. This is especially true for the long-lost 1939 Auto Union Type D Dual Compressor that went missing during World Word II and was only recently reacquired by Audi.
Audi has announced that it will use the event to honor one of its legendary racing drivers, Bernd Rosemeyer, by racing some of its original Silver Arrows, including the Type D, and Mercedes-Benz has confirmed that it, too, will field its own fleet. On top of this, the Goodwood Revival will feature a special recreation of the 1930s pit area that once played host to the Silver Arrows during various grand-prix races, as well as one of the original Mercedes-Benz transport trucks.
Among the Mercedes-Benz cars set to appear are the W25 (1934), the W125 (1937), a W154 (1939) and a W165 (1939). Power outputs range from the 254 horsepower of the 1.5-liter V8 W165 to the 600 horsepower achieved by the mighty W125.
All were by far the most advanced machines of their time with innovative suspension and drivetrains, making them highly successful and effective racing machines with performance surpassed only by race cars decades later.
Driving the Mercedes-Benz Silver Arrows will be former DTM driver Roland Asch, Le Mans winner Jochen Mass, five-time DTM champion Bernd Schneider, three-time Formula 1 World Champion Sir Jackie Stewart and his son, former F3000 racer and team manager Paul Stewart.
For more on the Goodwood Revival classic car event, check out the preview at Motor Authority.
This story originally appeared at Motor Authority.
This will be the first time that some of the cars have competed against each other since the 1930s. This is especially true for the long-lost 1939 Auto Union Type D Dual Compressor that went missing during World Word II and was only recently reacquired by Audi.
Audi has announced that it will use the event to honor one of its legendary racing drivers, Bernd Rosemeyer, by racing some of its original Silver Arrows, including the Type D, and Mercedes-Benz has confirmed that it, too, will field its own fleet. On top of this, the Goodwood Revival will feature a special recreation of the 1930s pit area that once played host to the Silver Arrows during various grand-prix races, as well as one of the original Mercedes-Benz transport trucks.
Among the Mercedes-Benz cars set to appear are the W25 (1934), the W125 (1937), a W154 (1939) and a W165 (1939). Power outputs range from the 254 horsepower of the 1.5-liter V8 W165 to the 600 horsepower achieved by the mighty W125.
All were by far the most advanced machines of their time with innovative suspension and drivetrains, making them highly successful and effective racing machines with performance surpassed only by race cars decades later.
Driving the Mercedes-Benz Silver Arrows will be former DTM driver Roland Asch, Le Mans winner Jochen Mass, five-time DTM champion Bernd Schneider, three-time Formula 1 World Champion Sir Jackie Stewart and his son, former F3000 racer and team manager Paul Stewart.
For more on the Goodwood Revival classic car event, check out the preview at Motor Authority.
This story originally appeared at Motor Authority.
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