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Grand Prix History in Scale Models

1962, Anatoly Protasov, de Agostini Avtolegendy SSSR, Moskvich, PCT, Russian Motorsport, Sergey Smirnov, Sports Cars, Vadim Rzhechitsky

1962 Moskvich 407 Coupe Protasov / Rzhechitsky / Smirnov

Moskvich 407 Coupe was built at Moscow Plant of Small Cars (MZMA) in 1962 in two copies, based on a serial Moskvich 407 passenger car. Cars No. 49 and No. 50 were driven by Emmanuil Livshits and Anatoly Protasov, respectively,  in Group B USSR Sportscar Champoinship in 1962, where Livshits was 3rd. However, the main application of this car was the hippodrome racing, very popular in the USSR, in which in 1962 season  Moskvich No. 50 was driven by Vadim Rzhechitsky  and Sergey Smirnov.

SeasonSeriesEvent
1962Sports CarsUSSR Champ. Gr. B., Round 1, tallinn / Hippodrome races
Driver No.Entrant
Anatoly Protasov / Vadim Rzhechitsky  / Sergey Smirnov50Trud
Scale ManufacturerCollection
1:43PCTDe Agistini Avtolegendy SSSR
Cat. No.QualityRarity
No. 231

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