Motorworld: Big Bangers do the honors

Motorsport fans should plan a visit to the Motorworld Manufaktur Zurich region in the next two months. Until July 18, 2021, Solitude GmbH is realizing the special show "Big Bangers - the Interserie lives" with the support of motorsport specialist Kuno Schär.

This is to commemorate the fastest racing class in the world, which first competed in 1970. Swiss personalities and brands played a special role.

Vehicles come from Swiss collectors
The exhibition covers around 200 square meters and features eight high-performance racing cars with the nickname Big Bangers, which were provided by Swiss collectors.

A Ferrari 512 and a Porsche 917 will be available from the autobau Erlebniswelt, while Edi Wyss, The Swiss Wiz, will be providing the McLaren M8 that George Loos successfully drove from 1971 onwards.

Also from collectors' hands are a Lola Coupé T 70 and a Spyder version of the English sports prototype, and Engelbert Möll's famous Abarth collection also contributes some highlights. The Sauber C5, winning car of Herbert Müller, rounds off this unique PS show.

The Swiss Wiz Edi Wyss screwed for the elite
Born in 1942, Edi Wyss from the Zurich Oberland joined McLaren in England in 1968 as a mechanic and accompanied Dennis Hulme to the F1 World Championship title.

He then moved around the world as a traveling mechanic, working with Joakim Bonnier, Clay Regazzoni and Herbert Müller, among others. 50 years ago, The Swiss Wiz was Jo Siffert's race mechanic in the CanAm Cup.
He was in charge of its more than 1,000-hp Porsche 917/10.

In 1974, Edi Wyss designed the C4, the Swiss racing team's first monocoque race car, for Peter Sauber. He then set up his own workshop in Zurich-Witikon, focusing on classic Ferraris.

Various victories of the Swiss race car builders
Herbert Müller, widely known as Stumpen-Herbie, won the Interserie three times between 1974 and 1976, the first two times on a Porsche and in 1976 with a Sauber C5 BMW.

The autobau Erlebniswelt Romanshorn is a cooperation partner of the Big Banger Show. Owner Fredy Lienhard himself drove a Horag CanAm in the Interseries. Based on F3000 monocoques, a number of successful vehicles with 3.5-liter F1 engines were built from 1987 onwards.

The Swiss race car manufacturers won the overall European Interseries in 1995, 1996 and 1997. The championship was held until 2009.

Limited special series of the Aston Martin Vantage
Bridging the gap into the motorsport modern era, the Aston Martin Vantage V12 Zagato Heritage Twins by R-Reforged will be on display in the foyer of the exhibition hall during the first week of the show. The special series, limited to 19 pairs of vehicles, is being created to mark 100 years of Zagato and 60 years of collaboration with Aston Martin.

Photos: Christian Lienhard
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