This car took part in the Champagne Charles Heidsieck Sports Car Race at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1993.
It's the 1957 Maserati 300S, chassis #3074 of Australian Kerry Manolas that was driven in the race by Stephen Griswold. The Maserati 300S was powered by a 2,991cc 6-cylinder engine
that was based on the 2½ litre unit of the 250F Grand Prix car with a longer
stroke, and took part in the World Sportscar Championship between 1955 and
1957. The car was originally bought by Brazilian driver Antonio Mendes de Barros and stayed in South America till the 1970s when it was acquired by Australian Bruce Spicer, then via Bob Jane and John R Sheppard to Kerry Manolas. In 1994 it was bought by Mark Knopfler.
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