This car took part in the 1950s
Sports Car Race at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at
Silverstone in July 1999.
It's the 1957 Maserati 300S,
chassis #3074, of Mark Knopfler and has a 2,991cc 6-cylinder inline 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. The white number 11 car behind the Maserati is the Don
Law Racing 1954 Jaguar D-Type which was driven in the race by Win Percy, and
beyond that is Paul Pappalardo’s 1959 Ferrari 250TR59/60.
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