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April 14, 2020




As you are probably aware, we lost Stirling Moss over Easter weekend. 

Said to be the greatest driver never to become World  Champion, Moss was the runner up to Juan Manuel Fangio three consecutive seasons (1955 / 1956 / 1957, then missed out to countryman Mike Hawthorn by just one point in 1958, despite winning 4 GPs to Hawthorn's 1.  Along the way, Moss scored a legendary victory for Mercedes in the 1955 Mille Miglia, shattering the race record with navigator Denis Jenkinson at his side.

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I had the pleasure of meeting Sir Stirling on a couple of occasions over the years. This photo is from an autograph session he did in our tent at Watkins Glen back in 1998.

An amazing man. Professional and wonderful with fans.



I snapped this photo of Stirling Moss, Dan Gurney and Teddy Meyer before the start of the Michigan Can-Am back in 1969. Stirling seems to be giving Dan advise as he was to drive the spare McLaren M8B that day. 

The pair had shared success years earlier, co-driving the Camoradi Maserati Tipo 61 Birdcage to victory in the Nurburgring 1000km in 1960. After the race, Stirling commented that Dan was the best co-driver he ever had. That was high praise indeed from Moss the Master of a young American in the early stages of his international racing career.

  
Moss's autobiography 'All But My Life' is long out of print but we can recommend these titles if you have an interest in the incredible racing career of the legend that was Stirling Moss. 

 - Paul


STIRLING MOSS:
ALL MY RACES
by Stirling Moss OBE with Alan Henry
This acclaimed book tells the story of each of the 529 races in which the great Stirling Moss took part, from the start of his racing life in 1947 to his career-ending crash at Goodwood in 1962. Told in Sir Stirling's own words, the book is packed with detail and anecdote, supported by a wealth of photographs - many previously unpublished - that show all the greatest moments and the extraordinary variety of cars he drove. This is a book to treasure as well as a unique reference source.
Hardbound | 352 pages | 300 color photos
$49.95 - ORDER HERE

STIRLING MOSS: 
MY RACING LIFE
Foreword by Lewis Hamilton
In this very personal book, Stirling Moss guides the reader through his motor racing life with a fascinating, insightful and often amusing commentary to an unrivaled collection of over 300 photographs, many of which will be unfamiliar to even his most ardent fans. He takes us from his childhood to the height of his fame as 'Mr Motor Racing' and then to the sudden end of his career with that crash at Goodwood in 1962. Along the way we dwell on his finest moments as well as the setbacks, and delight in the sheer variety of machinery - almost 100 different cars - in which he competed during his rollercoaster racing life. This is a book that all motor racing enthusiasts will treasure.

- Starting in 1948, he made his name in little 500cc Coopers, moving towards stardom in HWM, ERA and Cooper F2 cars, then his own F1 Maserati 250F.
- The 1955 Mercedes season and its twin highlights - winning the Mille Miglia and the British Grand Prix.
- His longing to win in British cars was rewarded with two fine F1 seasons at Vanwall (1957-58), with whom he came very close to winning the F1 World Championship, and sports car successes with Aston Martin.
- Rear-engined Cooper and Lotus F1 cars with Rob Walker (1958-62), including two celebrated Monaco GP wins.
- Two-seater variety: the amazing range of sports cars he drove included Jaguars (XK120, C-type and D-type), Maseratis (150S to 450S), Ferraris (250 GT SWB and Testa Rossa) and Porsches (550 Spyder to RS61), plus Frazer Nash Le Mans Replica, Osca, Healey 100S, Cooper 'Bobtail' and more.
- Ever busy and versatile: rallying with Sunbeams, trialling a Harford special, Bonneville record-breaking with MG EX181, saloon car racing in a humble Standard Ten - and even a kart race.
- Published to mark the 60th anniversary of Moss's famous win in the 1955 Mille Miglia road race in a Mercedes 300SLR.

Hardbound | 304 pages | 300 color images

$79.95 - ORDER HERE



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- Paul



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