Nice pics, Ryan and thanks for coming out to support me. I hope that this is one of those moments that burns itself on your boy's memory and that he goes on to become an ace petrolhead.
Those two cars are indeed W123'S - one 280 and the other a 280E. They belong to a father and son team who had previously campaigned a Renault R8 in the Pre '77 Historic Car Series, but they spent more time fixing the damn thing. They told me that seeing my Finny race was the catalyst to them deciding to race a Mercedes and they were astounded at what a cheap and easy way it was to go racing. More than that, both cars are extremely reliable, even though the one car has well over 300 000km on the clock. It's a new experience for them to race, park the car, and then dust it off for the next event.
Wish you guys were here, because the sound that these cars make is pure music!
It is only their 3rd time out and already the cars are doing very quick times, so after a few months developement they should really be flying.
I race in a different series for pre '66 saloons - you can see the Finny about five cars behind the Biscayne and Studebaker in the third pic. The second pic is of Ryan's boy, Ethan, taking in all the important stuff. He should be encouraged - maybe he'll go on to be the next Lewis Hamilton. Can you imagine how may pristine 6.9's and 300SE Finny's he could buy his old man with his endorsement cheque alone?!!!
