Spyder 550 550A

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Same car, same race I assume Andrew. I believe it was said to be #045; True?
~Vance

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nNYDjZgMb4

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Above a fantastic color video staring numerous 550 at three important races in 1955
ADAC German sportcars Eifelrennen 28/05/1955

Hockhenheim sport cars rennen early May 1955

And to finish 1955 Le Mans 24 hours 11/12/06/1955

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Not less than 8 off 550 at the Eifelrennen
car race number 31 driven by Richard von Frankenberg



Huschke von Hanstein and Richard von Frankenberg (blue pullover) before the race start


Richard von Frankenberg on the first row with Golden Arrow Mercedes and EMV (east german race cars)

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7 others 550

Car race number 38 driven nby Arthur Heuberger (CH) finish 11th
car race number 40 driven by Hans Friedrich Hoftmann
car race number 42 (550-041) driven by Richard Trenkel
car race number 43 (550-015) driven by Wolfgang Seidel finish 9th
car race number 44 (550-033) driven by Hans Lautenschlager
car race number 46 (550-01 driven by Kurt Ahrens finish 15th
car race number 48 (550-016) driven by Josef Jeser finish 12th
Kurt Ahrens

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Not much to say on the Hockenheim sportcars GP as much of the film is during the race (tto fast to read car numbers) but a quite interesting report on the 1955 Le Mans race
First because
6 off 550 entred this race and 5 of these 6 finish the race
For those who don't know well their history 1955 is the year where a Mercedes Golden Arrow driven by Pierre Levegh left the track and killed 84 spectators and severly injured over 120 other spectators

The 6 off 550
Car race number 37 (550-046) driven by Helmut Polensky/Richard von Frankenberg finish 4th overall
Car race number 38 (550-031) driven by W

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car race number 38 (550-031) driven by Walter Riggenberg the only 550 who was DNF
Car race number 49 (550-04 driven by Auguste Veuillet/Zora Arthur Dunkow finish 13th
Car race number 62 (550-047) driven by Helmut Glockler/Jaroslav Juhan finish 6th
Car race number 65 (550-016) driven by Gonzague Olivier/Josef Jeser finish 18th
Car race number 66 (550-015) driven by Olivier Gendebien/Wolfgang Seidel finish 5th

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As 550 have no indicator lights, pilots hang their arm off the cockpit to indicate to other cars they are leaving the main road

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More film Stills Gerard
~Vance
Swedish GP 1956


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Hi Vance

Back home after 10 days of sailing in Brittany

W

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Sorry wrong post
I continue
What I found starting from your below post


Indeed the 1956 Sverige GP

raced by August 12th consisted in two races
An opening race of 104 kilometers long, dedicated to the tourist cars mostly Mercedes 300 SL Gullwings, Alfa Romeo and Porsche 356 Carrera

and a 1000 kilometers sport cars GP 5th round of the 1956 FIA World sport cars championship
27 cars entered this race mostly Ferrari's, Maserati and Jaguar D type as seen on this pre grid pic

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Amongst these 27 cars 5 off 550 spyders


Car race number 41 was the yellow 550-0081 of the Ecurie Nationale Belge driven by Claude Dubois and my favorit lady driver Gilberte Thirion



finish the race 12th overall
car race number 42 was Carel Godin de Beaufort 550-0041 driven by Mathieu Hezemans/Hubert Oebels they were DNF no pic

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Car race number 43 was Theo Elfrich 550-0081 driven for the race by Richa

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again a wrong post
Car race number 43 was driven by Richard von Frankenberg and the US pilot William Duff





They finish 8th overall 1st in below 2.0 Liter class
Car race number 44 was 550 -0045 driven by Hans Hermann/Gert Kaiser they finish 13th

Car race number 45 was 550-0035 driven by Wolfgang Seidel/Peter Nocker they finish 11 th