Le Mans winner. Land Speed record holder. Cars raced by Juan Manuel Fangio, Stirling Moss, and Michael Schumacher. That’s just a sampling of the 11 cars to be offered for auction by RM Sotheby’s from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum.
Here are four cars that stand out.
Craig Breedlove became the first man to break the 600-mph barrier with this …
Dang. I'd have a hard time deciding if I'm only allowed to pick one...
...so I guess I'll take all of them. 
Yeah, like Colin, said, Dang.
The GT40 being auctioned did not make the list?
That 250LM, though... This was my desktop wallpaper for a long time. I loved the details from this shot, with all the stone chips in the paint. I mean, yes, it's lovely to go to Monterey or Pebble and see a car with what looks like 3mm of carnauba wax over an insane restoration, but you simply can't replicate chips from flying down the Mulsanne.
I used a vertical shot of the same car as the cover of the September 2022 Ferrari-club magazine I produce. The caption: "The last Ferrari to win Le Mans... so far." And yes, the following year I had the 499P on the cover.
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