This car shown here is the extremely special 1958 Aston Martin DBR1 chassis DBR 1/3. This car is certainly a legendary machine, being that it made 4 Le Mans appearances, and successfully won the 1958 Nürburgring 1000km race after being driven by British motorsports racing driver, Stirling Moss, and Australian motorsports racing driver, Jack Brabham. Chassis DBR 1/3 was the third of five DBR1 examples produced by British independent manufacturer Aston Martin in order to be raced in the World Sportscar Championship as well as other various non-championship sportscar races at the time. The DBR1 model was made famous after chassis DBR1/2 successfully won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1959 being driven by British motorsports racing driver, Roy Salvadori and American racing driver, entrepreneur and automotive designer, Carroll Shelby. That victory still to this day remains to be Aston Martin’s only outright win at the endurance classic, and allows the DBR1 to this day to remain one of only three cars in the 1950s to ever win both the World Sports Car Championship and 24 Hours of Le Mans in the same year. The DBR1 model made it’s world debut during the 1956 24 Hours of Le Mans which took place on the 28th and 29th in July of 1956 on the Circuit de la Sarthe. British automotive engineer, Ted Cutting, served as the DBR1 project’s chief designer, and is credited for the design of the engine, the body, the chassis, the suspension, and all of the other various engineering that went into the car. This car a shown here, DBR1/3, was completed in 1958 and was quite successful in racing overall, even beyond Le Mans and the victory at the 1958 Nürburgring 1000km race. Quite a special moment to spend some time around this car thanks to the @simeonemuseum!
How many made? 5
Engine: 2.5L (2493 cc) all alloy racing engine (RB6.250) that was loosely based on the famous automobile engine known as the Lagonda Straight-6/ RB6.300 Straight-6 (2992 cc) engine which was rated at 250 hp (186 kW).
Debut: non championship 1956 24 Hours of Le Mans
Top Speed: around 150mph
0-60mph: around 6 seconds
Photo Credit: @am_media_ny
Research: @rarecarsonly