Hemmings Daily: Could Aston Martin DBR1/1 set a record for a British car sold at auction?

Aston Martin DBR1/1. Photos by Tim Scott, courtesy RM Sotheby's. Aston Martin DBR 1/1 failed to finish in seven of the 17 races it entered, but the car's sole victory at the 1959 Nurburgring 1000 Kilometers set the stage for the British marque to win the 1959 World Sportscar Championship. Raced in-period by Tony Brooks, Reg Parnell, Roy Salvadori, Carroll Shelby, Stirling Moss, Jim Clark and Bruce McLaren, it reportedly represents the first Aston Martin DBR1 to be offered in a public auction. For these reasons, R [View in Browser | Subscribe]( [Hemmings Daily] Thursday, July 13, 2017 [Could Aston Martin DBR1/1 set a record for a British car sold at auction?]( [Could Aston Martin DBR1/1 set a record for a British car sold at auction?]( Posted by Kurt Ernst - Aston Martin DBR1/1. Photos by Tim Scott, courtesy RM Sotheby's. 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