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Track action scene, left to right: Car Number 160, a Mercedes-Benz 300 SL, Dick Duncan, driver (helmet, seated), Car Number 22, a Jomar Mk I, Gus Ehrman, driver (helmet, seated), practice session.

Cumberland National Championship Sports Car Races

  • Title Cumberland National Championship Sports Car Races
  • Source Tom Burnside Photograph Collection  
  • Description Track action scene, left to right: Car Number 160, a Mercedes-Benz 300 SL, Dick Duncan, driver (helmet, seated), Car Number 22, a Jomar Mk I, Gus Ehrman, driver (helmet, seated), practice session.
  • Years 1956  
  • Date 1956-05-19
  • Photographer Tom Burnside  
  • City Cumberland  
  • State Maryland  
  • Country United States  
  • People Duncan, Dick   Ehrman, Gus  
  • Marque Mercedes-Benz   Jomar  
  • Model Mercedes-Benz 300 SL   Jomar Mk I  
  • Engine Type Mercedes-Benz L6, Ford L4  
  • Group/Class DP   GM  
  • Vehicle Markings Car Number 160, Mercedes-Benz (grill logo), Car Number 22
  • Event SCCA National Cumberland  
  • Venue Cumberland Municipal Airport  
  • Race Data Dick Duncan driving Car Number 160, a Mercedes-Benz 300 SL, finished second overall and second in class in the 45 minutes CP, DP race.Gus Ehrman driving Car Number 22, a Jomar Mk I, finished fourteenth overall in the 45 minutes GM, HM race.
  • Identifier 2015-012BURN-b3_2.14_0030
  • Original Format black-and-white negatives  
  • Rights Copyright has been assigned to The Revs Institute. Although copyright was transferred by the donor, copyright in some items in the collection may still be held by their respective creator. The researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming to the laws of libel, privacy, and copyright which may be involved in the use of this collection.

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