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  3. Le Mans 60 years ago - The greatest disaster in motorsport history

Le Mans 60 years ago - The greatest disaster in motorsport history

Jun 11, 2015

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  • TRIBUTE TO THE JUNE 11 1955 CRASH AUTOMOBILE : Fia Wec Test Day - 24 hours of Le Mans - Commemoration - 30 05 2015 VisionSport

    TRIBUTE TO THE JUNE 11 1955 CRASH AUTOMOBILE : Fia Wec Test Day - 24 hours of Le Mans - Commemoration - 30 05 2015 VisionSport

  • The tangled wreckage of Pierre Levegh s Mercedes after the disaster which claimed 84 lives in the early stages of the 24-hour Le Mans race, France. 12th June 1955. UnitedArchives00925860

    The tangled wreckage of Pierre Levegh s Mercedes after the disaster which claimed 84 lives in the early stages of the 24-hour Le Mans race, France. 12th June 1955. UnitedArchives00925860

  • Pierre Levegh, French Veteran driver who was killed in his Mercedes after the disaster which claimed 84 lives in the early stages of the 24-hour Le Mans race, France. The Mercedes smashed at 120 miles an hour into a British car and exploded like a bomb. Engine and front axle scythed through the packed crowd watching the race. Some were decapitated, others terribly burned by blazing petrol. Besides the 84 dead, 100 were injured. Levegh was dead when pulled from the wreckage of this car. The race went on. 12th June 1955 A 1948 pic of Levegh UnitedArchives01021710

    Pierre Levegh, French Veteran driver who was killed in his Mercedes after the disaster which claimed 84 lives in the early stages of the 24-hour Le Mans race, France. The Mercedes smashed at 120 miles an hour into a British car and exploded like a bomb. Engine and front axle scythed through the packed crowd watching the race. Some were decapitated, others terribly burned by blazing petrol. Besides the 84 dead, 100 were injured. Levegh was dead when pulled from the wreckage of this car. The race went on. 12th June 1955 A 1948 pic of Levegh UnitedArchives01021710

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