{"id":498559,"date":"2020-01-10T12:26:03","date_gmt":"2020-01-10T20:26:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=101305"},"modified":"2024-12-06T03:49:48","modified_gmt":"2024-12-06T03:49:48","slug":"historic-lotus-19-raced-by-moss-clark-hill-ireland-to-be-sold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/historic-lotus-19-raced-by-moss-clark-hill-ireland-to-be-sold\/","title":{"rendered":"Historic Lotus 19 Raced by Moss, Clark, Hill & Ireland to be Sold"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the most significant Lotus 19s is set to take the classic car world by storm when it goes under the hammer at Silverstone Auctions Race Retro Sale on the 22nd and 23rd of February at Stoneleigh Park.
\nRaced by some of the most famous British racing drivers Chassis 953 comes onto the open market for the first time in 57 years having undergone significant restoration and owned by Lotus enthusiasts and collectors along the way.<\/p>\n

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The Lotus 19, designed by the great Colin Chapman, is one of the favourite two-seater open sports racecars fitted with the 2.5 liter Coventry-Climax engine. This car was known as the giant killer, taking on the larger and more powerful V8s of the time. Chapman nicknamed the car Monte Carlo after Sir Stirling Moss\u2019 victory at Monaco in 1960.<\/p>\n

Sir Stirling Moss played an integral part in the development of the 19, as he undertook most of the testing in 1960 and then drove it to victory on its debut at Karlskoga in Sweden.<\/p>\n

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Moss wasn\u2019t the only top British driver to race this particular car. Other drivers included Innes Ireland and Graham Hill who won six of the seven races in 1962 and came second in the other. Hill also managed to lap Snetterton in chassis 953 for the first time in a sports racer at an average speed of 100 mph.\u00a0Chassis 953 wasn\u2019t just successful in Europe. It also ventured to America and Canada where Maston Gregory won the Players 200 at Mosport in 1962.<\/p>\n