Legacy: The Lasting Impact of the Le Mans Disaster The 1955 Le Mans disaster left a profound legacy. It forced the racing world to confront its responsibility to protect both drivers and spectators.

LONDON (Reuters) - An unrestored car involved in motor racing's worst accident, at Le Mans in 1955, has sold at auction for more than $1 million after 42 years under wraps. Auctioneers Bonhams ...

Motorsports has had plenty of dark days in its history, but few compare to the 1955 ... Macklin at Le Mans ’55, this was the Austin-Healey involved in the catastrophic Le Mans Disaster, when ...

Robert Bull, Bob to his friends, was sitting in the grandstand behind the pit area as the 1955 24 Hours of Le Mans ran through ... and injuring many more. The disaster’s repercussions went ...

Yet safety measures had yet to catch up, resulting in the 1955 Le Mans Disaster in which Frenchman Pierre Levegh's Mercedes 300 SLR suffered a collision that sent him into a crowd of spectators ...

Macklin in NOJ 393 (car no. 26) in the 1955 Le Mans 24-hour race A vintage car involved in the Le Mans disaster of 1955 has sold for a world record £843,000 in Weybridge. The Austin-Healey 100 ...

At the 1955 24 Hours of Le Mans, the 300 SLR driven by Frenchman ... race program Rudolf Uhlenhaut realized the magnitude of the disaster, he withdrew Mercedes from the contest.

They were based on the New Yorker and called the Le Comte and La Comtesse ... almost 90,000 Lancer models in 1955, the La Femme was indeed a marketing disaster. Far from surprising, considering ...

The 1955 24 Hours of Le Mans will forever be remembered for the incredibly tragic crash which launched Pierre Levegh's Mercedes 300SLR into the gathered crowds, killing 84 and injuring a further 120.

The carmaker ultimately shuttered its racing division later that year after the 1955 Le Mans disaster, which killed Mercedes-Benz driver Pierre Levegh and 83 spectators. It remains the most deadly ...

Mercedes-Benz has stayed away from Le Mans. However, there was no loss of life following that sensational involuntary fly-by stunt. A complete opposite of the 1955 disaster, when over 80 people ...

If you haven’t seen the short film below by Q. Baillieux about the deadly accident at the 1955 24 Hours of Le Mans, it’s a rare gem. Not only is it a good animated movie involving car culture ...