Racing's Darkest Day: LeMans, 1955
Horsepower Heritage
English - March 23, 2022 10:00 - 25 minutes - 17.8 MBAutomotive Leisure Hobbies Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
The "Golden Age of Auto Racing" began after World War II and lasted until the early Seventies. It's a period that is frequently romanticized.
But that thin veneer was shattered on the afternoon of June 11, 1955, when a catastrophic collision caused the deaths of Mercedes-Benz driver Pierre Levegh and at least 83 spectators. Here's the story of that terrible day and its aftermath.
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