Iconic Cars from the Renowned Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum Collection to Headline Multiple Auctions with RM Sotheby’s

The sale of the collection will come to auction in a three-part sale series: Stuttgart, Paris, and Miami in February 2025 with proceeds supporting the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum, allowing the Museum to further enhance and care for its collection of Indianapolis 500 and Indianapolis Motor Speedway artifacts. 

• RM Sotheby’s will auction iconic cars from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum to support the Museum’s efforts to grow and care for its collection.
• RM Sotheby’s auctions will take place in Stuttgart, Paris, and Miami in February 2025.
• The auctions will showcase legendary vehicles, including the 1954 Mercedes-Benz W 196 R Stromlinienwagen, driven by Juan Manuel Fangio and Stirling Moss, which will be sold in Stuttgart.
• Luigi Chinetti’s North American Racing Team (NART) 1965 Le Mans-winning Ferrari 250 LM will be offered in Paris.
• A Holman-Moody 1966 Ford GT40 Mk II, the 2nd-place finisher at Sebring 1966 and one of only eight Mk IIs campaigned by Ford at Le Mans 1966, will be offered in Miami.
• The Zora Arkus-Duntov-designed Corvette SS Project XP-64, considered the most desirable Corvette in existence, will also be offered in Miami.
• Arguably one of the most historic collections ever to come to auction, this is an unrepeatable opportunity to acquire significant racers long thought unobtainable.
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INDIANAPOLIS, IN – November 26, 2024 – (Motor Sports NewsWire) – RM Sotheby’s, in partnership with the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum, is excited to announce the sale of some of the world’s most desirable and historically significant cars. These cars will headline premier auctions through February at the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart, in Paris during Rétromobile Week, and in Miami, during ModaMiami. Proceeds will benefit the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum and allow the Museum to further enhance and care for its collection of Indianapolis 500 and Indianapolis Motor Speedway artifacts.

Among the legendary automobiles on offer are a 1954 Mercedes-Benz W 196 R Stromlinienwagen driven by Juan Manuel Fangio and Stirling Moss; Masten Gregory and Jochen Rindt’s 1965 24 Hours of Le Mans-winning Ferrari 250 LM; the 1966 Ford GT40 MK II campaigned by Holman-Moody at the 1966 24 Hours of Sebring and 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans; arguably the most desirable Corvette in existence, the Zora Arkus-Duntov-designed 1957 Chevrolet Corvette SS Project XP-64; and some of the most significant…