On This Day 61 Years Ago – Stirling Moss achieves his Grand Prix dream!
On 16th July 1955 Stirling Moss achieved his dream of winning a Grand Prix. It was the first time that an Englishman had triumphed in the British Grand Prix which was held at the Aintree track near Liverpool. Stirling held off a stiff challenge from his Argentine team mate: world champion Juan Manuel Fangio who had posted the second-fastest time after Stirling during the warm-ups and led for the first couple of laps of the race but was overtaken by Stirling on the 3rd lap. Juan gained the lead Read more [...]