{"id":491996,"date":"2011-09-01T11:00:13","date_gmt":"2011-09-01T11:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=32702"},"modified":"2025-01-06T00:46:31","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T00:46:31","slug":"fast-exposure-september-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/fast-exposure-september-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Motorsport Moment &#8211; Mexico\u2019s fabled Carrera Pan-Americana"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Karl Kling\/Hans Klenk Mercedes 300SL<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Where: <\/strong>Mexico<strong>\u00a0\/\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Date: <\/strong>November 1952<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">During the November 1952 running of Mexico\u2019s fabled Carrera Pan-Americana, the Karl Kling\/Hans Klenk Mercedes 300SL makes a pit stop for new tires in the Sierra Madre after Tehuantepec. Note that the windshield has been smashed by hitting an errant buzzard at high speed, and that Klenk is wearing goggles as a result. The pair went on to finish the race in 2nd place behind the 300SL team car of Hermann Lang and Erwin Grupp.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Details:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Photo courtesy of: <\/strong>THE KLEMANTASKI COLLECTION<\/li>\n<li><strong>Address: <\/strong>PO Box 8204, Stamford, CT 06905 USA<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tel: <\/strong>(203) 461-9804<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fax: <\/strong>(203) 968-2970<\/li>\n<li><strong>E-mail:<\/strong> <a href=\"mailto:info@klemcoll.com\" data-uw-styling-context=\"true\">info@klemcoll.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Web site: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.klemcoll.com\" data-uw-styling-context=\"true\">www.klemcoll.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Blog:<\/strong> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/klemcoll.wordpress.com\/\" data-uw-styling-context=\"true\">klemcoll.wordpress.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karl Kling\/Hans Klenk Mercedes 300SL Where: Mexico\u00a0\/\u00a0Date: November 1952 During the November 1952 running of Mexico\u2019s fabled Carrera Pan-Americana, the Karl Kling\/Hans Klenk Mercedes 300SL makes a pit stop for new tires in the Sierra Madre after Tehuantepec. Note that the windshield has been smashed by hitting an errant buzzard at high speed, and that Klenk is wearing goggles as a result. The pair went on to finish the race in 2nd place behind the 300SL team car of Hermann [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":180,"featured_media":641083,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73,261,12314,8907],"tags":[13683,75,20275,6304,22848,548,17167,13719,11961,89,18837,3799,22567,22929],"class_list":["post-491996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mercedes-benz","category-motorsport-racing","category-fast-exposure","category-pictures-videos","tag-fast-exposure","tag-mercedes-benz","tag-mercedes-benz-featured","tag-mercedes-300-sl","tag-300-sl-featured","tag-motorsport","tag-motorsport-moments","tag-hans-klenk","tag-karl-kling","tag-porsche","tag-porsche-911","tag-porsche-race-cars","tag-porsche-race-cars-featured","tag-race-cars-featured"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Motorsport Moment - Mexico\u2019s fabled Carrera Pan-Americana<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Fast Exposure: September 2011\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/fast-exposure-september-2011\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Motorsport Moment - Mexico\u2019s fabled Carrera Pan-Americana\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Fast Exposure: September 2011\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/fast-exposure-september-2011\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Supercars.net\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Supercars.net\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KlemColl\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-09-01T11:00:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-01-06T00:46:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/FE201109-p1-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"702\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"457\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"The Klemantaski Collection\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"The Klemantaski Collection\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/fast-exposure-september-2011\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/fast-exposure-september-2011\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"The Klemantaski Collection\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/ccc7d0cfdd38c1bf16eb89896465bcf3\"},\"headline\":\"Motorsport Moment &#8211; 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