Oslo to Lisbon 2009 - "The Moss Marathon"

12th Oct 2009

The team crossed the Portuguese border at 10:07 BST on Friday 16th October having taken 89 hours and 7 minutes to visit 15 countries. More news, blogs and photos to follow shortly.

The Max Adventure team are to recreate a historic drive by Stirling Moss as part of their ‘warm-up’ training to the London to Cape Town run.

Stirling Moss with the 1952 team and the Humber Super Snipe

Back in December 1952, at the same time as George Hinchliffe was battling his way across Africa to establish yet another new record to Cape Town, Stirling Moss and three co-drivers left Norway in an attempt to visit 15 countries in five days before arriving in Portugal. Full Story>

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Sir Stirling Moss congratulates team

17th Oct 2009

Sir Stirling Moss meets the Max Adventure team

Sir Stirling Moss invited the Max Adventure team to join him at his hotel in southern Portugal to chat about their recent drive around Europe which recreated his run of 1952.

Competing in a classic car race near Faro, driving an OSCA 1500 along with co-driver Roger Earl and competing against much more powerful cars during the two hour circuit race, he hopes they will win their class. Stirling will drive the first and last 40 minute session, with Roger at the wheel for the middle stint.

After posing with the two Land Rovers and team for photos, for over an hour Stirling chatted openly and freely about his 3,300 mile race around Europe, describing in great detail the adventure that he and his four man team had in the Humber Super Snipe. Stories were swapped about road conditions, vehicle specifications, eating and sleeping on the road, and even tips about how to stay awake during the continuous 3 1/2 days behind the wheel.

The Max Adventure film crew of Will Clough and Jack Burnford then interviewed Stirling for their film about the 15 countries in 5 days challenge from Oslo to Lisbon. This film will soon be available to watch on the Max Adventure website and Stirling Moss TV. Full article >

They've made it!

16th Oct 2009

The Max Adventure team have finally reached the finish point after recreating the drive that their patron Stirling Moss undertook back in 1952. The clock stopped at 11:07 Central European Time on Friday 16th October at the Portuguese border town of Villa Formoso.

Stirling's 3,300 mile drive around Europe was a publicity event to promote the launch of the new Humber super snipe saloon car. Starting in Oslo, Norway his four man crew actually visited 16 countries in total but did not count visiting the tiny alpine principality of Lichtenstein in their total tally.

Realising that motoring journalists liked to be wined and dined by car manufacturers (even back in the early fifties), the boss of the Humber car group arranged for the car to then be driven to Lisbon for a welcoming reception.

The Max Adventure team are now on their way to the main Land Rover dealer in the city where the two vehicles and six man crew will be greeted by the staff there.

Forgetting Austria

14th Oct 2009

Crossing the Julier Pass in the Swiss Alps

The Max Adventure team were doing so well, but now it has gone wrong.

In their excitement to visit Liechtenstein for the first time and with tired eyes and weary heads, they totally overlooked the fact that they had to visit Austria as well.

With time always against them and the clock hand always ticking they braved the icy rain that was falling down on them and had a quick photo taken on the bridge separating Liechtenstein with Switzerland, then it was back in their vehicles for the long and steep climb over the Julier pass.

At over 7300 feet in height or would be around ten degrees colder than the tiny principality they were in. The climb through the night was breathtaking and as the darkness gave way to a feint twilight the huge mountains surrounding the tiny vehicles came into view. Full article >

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