bought the car back in March 2010<\/a> and entered it at the Monterey Motorsport Reunion at Laguna Seca last August \u2013 only for the gearbox to seize on the warm-up lap. As a result, Stirling spun off and was hit by a Lotus that came off at the same corner, causing substantial damage to the Porsche\u2019s front end but thankfully not to Stirling. The car was shipped to UK Porsche specialist Maxted-Page & Prill for repair, and will be seen back out on track \u2013 for its first ever race with Stirling at the wheel \u2013 in the Le Mans Legend on Saturday 11 June 2011, a few hours before the start of the modern 24 Hours.<\/p>\nThe Le Mans Legend is a regular fixture at the world\u2019s greatest endurance race. It is a historic support race featuring Le Mans-type cars \u2013 many of them with genuine Le Mans history \u2013 from a selected era of the race\u2019s history. For 2011, the chosen era is 1949-65, and the race has become so popular with entrants, as well as the hundreds of thousands of spectators who flock to Le Mans, that the 61 places on the grid were snapped up soon after entries opened \u2013 with a bulging Reserves list, too.<\/p>\n
From the Ferraris (250LM, 246S, 365 PS) and Listers (Knobbly and Costin) likely to dominate the front of the grid, right back to the earlier, smaller-engined cars such as Frazer Nash and even a 1500cc HRG, a spectacular and diverse array of historic racing cars will take to the world-famous 8.5-mile track for the Le Mans Legend.<\/p>\n
To ensure battles for victory right the way through the field, the entries are split into classes, and Sir Stirling \u2013 sharing the 45-minute race with co-driver Ian Nuthall \u2013 is in the class for sports-racing cars from 1959-65, with engines of no more than 2 litres. This puts his Porsche RS 61 up against a Porsche RS 60, Ferrari 206P, Lotus 15 \u2013 and a 2-litre, 6-cylinder Porsche 904-6 prototype, one of just six built, of which only four survive.<\/p>\n
\u201cDespite the incredible provenance and value of the cars entered, the Le Mans Legend is a fiercely fought race and none of Stirling\u2019s opponents will be hanging back,\u201d commented Duncan Wiltshire of Motor Racing Legends, which organises the Le Mans Legend. \u201cThere\u2019s no doubt that Stirling will have quite a fight on his hands; but then, he\u2019s used to that. In fact, he positively thrives on it.\u201d<\/p>\n
The 61 cars in the 2011 Le Mans Legend will take to the track at 10am on Saturday 11 June, shortly before the start of the Le Mans 24 Hours. For more details of the race, see www.motorracinglegends.com<\/a> \u2013 or, for more details on Sir Stirling\u2019s car, visit www.stirlingmoss.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n[Source: Le Mans Legend; photo credit: Ned Lawler]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A highlight of Le Mans Legend 2011, the historic support race at the Le Mans 24 Hours, will be Sir Stirling Moss\u2019s first race at the wheel of his own 1961 Porsche RS 61. Sir Stirling bought the car back in March 2010 and entered it at the Monterey Motorsport Reunion at Laguna Seca last August \u2013 only for the gearbox to seize on the warm-up lap. As a result, Stirling spun off and was hit by a Lotus that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":789735,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[260,13063],"tags":[432,15234,17266],"class_list":["post-369382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car-events","category-vintage-car-racing","tag-events","tag-events-vintage-racing","tag-vintage-race-le-mans-legends"],"yoast_head":"\n
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