1982 Mercedes Benz 450 SL Trans Am Racer

This Mercedes is a DeAtley Motorsport, Michelob Trans Am Racer Car driven by Loren St. Lawrence. Neat DeAtley owned a MercedesBenz dealership in Lewiston, Idaho and this car was built from the ground up, its the first MercedesBenz race car in a pro series since that dreadful 1955 LeMans crash. The engine which is a 5. 0L OHC motor destroked to 4. 5L to meet (the then) engine size requirements and was built by Edwin Hatch. The best finish of this car was 6th at Road America.