1-2 win in long-distance race in Mexico

Date:
19 - 23 November 1952
Description:
Karl Kling and his co-driver Hans Klenk win the third Carrera Panamericana Mexico – an endurance race over a distance of 3,111 km – in a Mercedes-Benz 300 SL. Hermann Lang and co-driver Erwin Grupp finish in second place.

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Third Carrera Panamericana Mexico, 1952. The winning team of Karl Kling / Hans Klenk at the wheel of the Mercedes-Benz 300 SL during a tyre change. The windscreen is already broken following a collision with a vulture.

Third Carrera Panamericana Mexico, 1952. One of the many tyre service depots that Mercedes-Benz had set up on the route. Service stop on the first stage from Tuxtla Gutierrez to Oaxaca. The winning team Karl Kling / Hans Klenk on the Mercedes-Benz 300 SL changing tyres. The windscreen has already been destroyed by the collision with a vulture.

Third Carrera Panamericana in Mexico, 1952. Poster by Hans Liska celebrating victory in the race.

Third Carrera Panamericana Mexico, 1952. The winning team of Karl Kling / Hans Klenk at the wheel of the Mercedes-Benz 300 SL during a tyre change. The windscreen is already broken following a collision with a vulture.