CARROLLTON, Ky. (LEX 18) — It's been 37 years since a fatal bus collision in Carroll County claimed the lives of 27 people and the Carrollton Police Department is remembering the victims.

All racing was halted in Switzerland in 1955, the country’s authorities banning motorsport following the 24 Hours of Le Mans disaster that year — 83 people died and more than 100 were injured ...

Mercedes had firmed up its relationship with the Sauber team, officially re-entering circuit racing for the first time since the 1955 Le Mans disaster, and its motorsport boss Jochen Neerpasch ...

In the end though, it wasn't even an accident at the track which caused its removal from the calendar. Instead, the 1955 Le Mans disaster at the Circuit de la Sarthe in France was the catalyst for a ...

April 24 (Reuters) - Roger Federer will serve as official starter for this year's 24 Hours of Le Mans sportscar race in June, organisers said on Thursday. The Swiss tennis great will lower the ...

On April 5, 2010, 29 miners lost their lives at the Upper Big Branch mine in Whitesville following a coal dust explosion, causing the worst mining disaster in 40 years. In the wake of the incident ...

John Yang: Gene Hackman, the versatile everyman actor who won two Oscars, appeared in some 79 films in a career that's spanned more than four decades. He was widely praised for his ability to ...

Sports car variants were dominant too, but the SLR is infamous for its key part in the 1955 Le Mans disaster. The company withdrew from auto racing at the end of the 1955 season and did not return ...

Mercedes-Benz only campaigned it for two seasons, then pulled out of racing altogether after the 1955 Le Mans disaster. Fangio won two consecutive World Championships in ’54 and ’55 (he won again in ...

The automaker withdrew from competition following the 1955 24 Hours of Le Mans disaster, in which Pierre Levegh’s Mercedes 300 SLR vaulted into a grandstand, killing Levegh and scores of spectators.