Win a pair of free tickets to this years Chelsea AutoLegends
I am delighted to announce that I have another free ticket give away. This time one lucky reader can win a pair of tickets to this years Chelsea AutoLegends. If you want more information on the event click here.
As the Chelsea AutoLegends event has a strong LeMans 24 hours theme, to have a chance of winning, all you need to do is leave a reply below highlighting your three most beautiful LeMans cars of all time and why. The person that leaves the three most compelling reasons as to why the cars they propose are the most beautiful cars to grace LeMans will win.
Competition closes on Saturday 27th August 2011. Get thinking, and I look forward to hearing your opinions.
Kushla,
Apologies, I only got your comment when I was at the event. I don’t suppose it will make you feel better to know that it was a really good event. I will be posting all the photos and a review later this week so keep following.
On a better note for you, I still have some tickets available for this weekends EcoVelocity event which should be good, and eye opening. Let me know if these would interest you or friends, spread the word. Click here for more information on our EcoVelocity competition.
So you do not miss out on our free ticket give aways I suggest for favourite this link and check back regularly: https://mycarheaven.com/tag/free-tickets/
oh rats. have i missed the comp? just come back from holiday and have realised this event is on and that my son and i would love to go to it. any chance of one of the spare pair of tix that weren’t won? (i know – cheeky)!
Congratulations to John on winning a free pair of tickets to the 2011 Chelsea Auolegends. See you there. Should be a great event.
Hey John,
Have to agree these are some exectionally beautiful cars, but what about:
1958 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa
Torrential downpours, not to mention the death of a French driver, marred the race in 1958. Still, fans were treated to a wonderful sight: the American Phil Hill’s now-legendary performance, in which he drove on the ragged edge at night in the rain with no roof in this red shock of an automobile. The Testa Rossa (“red head” in Italian) is still today one of the most famous Ferraris. The bodywork was designed for Ferrari by Carrozzeria Scaglietti. It charioted Mr. Hill to a Le Mans championship that year, making him the first American to earn such honors. Since it rained for some 20 of the 24 hours, its average speed of 106.2 mph was miraculous.
1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR
“The 300 SLR was as giant an advance in racecar design as the WWII Messerschmitt 262 jet fighter was in aircraft evolution,” wrote John Fitch, the only American Mercedes factory driver during the 1950s. Unfortunately, Fitch’s teammate Pierre Levegh was the infamous soul who crashed his SLR into the crowd at Le Mans in 1955, killing scores and ending the company’s campaign. Decades later this racer, which is on display at Mercedes’ Stuttgart museum, is still an icon. The lengthy bullet-like nose was designed to hold the straight 3.0 liter eight-cylinder engine and the car was the first at Le Mans with fuel injection. Top whack exceeded 185 mph.
1934 Alfa Romeo 8C
Alfa Romeo was in such financial turmoil during the 1930s, the Italian government took over the factory in order to save it. If it were not for the publicity gained by the manufacturer’s Le Mans dynasty from 1931-1934, the company probably wouldn’t exist today.
Chalk up the victories to the genius of the team’s young racing manager, Enzo Ferrari (who called Le Mans “the Race of Truth” and would go on to launch his own company after World War II) and a brilliant pilot named Luigi Chinetti, who won in 1934 in a beautiful 8C (meaning eight cylinders). The car’s average speed over 24 hours: 74.7 mph.
I could keep on going, I’ve also left out the awesome Porsche 917.
Will.
Will
My three cars would be:
Aston Martin DB4 Zagato
Ferrari 250 GTO
Ford GT40
All wonderful cars, if only I were a billionaire, then they would grace my car garage.
John