1922 Mercedes 6/40/65 Scheef

In 1922 Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft decided to participate only at the Targa Florio with their modified 1914 Grand Prix cars, other large engine cars of the 28/95 type and two 6/25/40 small sports cars. 42 Targa Florio starters were divided into seven categories. Six of them were allocated according to engine displacements (up to 1100, 1500, 2000, 3000, 4500 cc, and over 4500 cc). Seventh category was for racing cars. Mercedes arrived with six vehicles. Two of their updated 1914 Grand Prix cars for Christian Lautenschlager and Otto Salzer were  in the racing cars category. Count Giulio Masetti raced a similar type entered privately and painted in red. Max Sailer and Christian Werner driving the type 28/95 with 7250 cc 6-cylinder engines, modified since 1913, were the only two entries in the Category VI over 4500 cc.  And finally in the Category II (1101 to 1500 cc)  Mercedes entered two of their supercharged 6/40/65 sports cars with 1500 cc 4-cylinder twin o.h.c. 16-valve engine, producing 54 hp without supercharger at 4500 rpm and 79 hp with supercharger. The drivers were Ferdinando Minoia and Paul Scheef.

Scheef was delayed on lap 1 for 35 minutes after he hit a dog and spin off the road into a ditch. Two wheels were broken but after twenty minutes he had the car back on the road. He then lost a further 15 minutes when a soldier did not want to let him join the race, but after he was explained his mistake, Scheef could restart. As a result, he was 37^th out of 38 drivers, who completed first lap. Then Sceef was able to recover gradually and finished 20^th overall and 3^rd in the Category II.

Season	Series	Event
1922	FL	Targa Florio
Driver	No.	Entrant
Paul Scheef	12	Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft
Scale	Manufacturer	Collection
1:43	Brian Phipps
Cat. No.	Quality	Rarity