Le Mans, June 11 1955, was the worst car racing disaster in history with 83 spectators killed. Stanley Karnow was covering the story for Sports Illustrated and describes his experience.
I know this was all a long time ago but to say that Mr Karnow's recollections are flawed in this instance would be a major understatement - Hawthorn & Levegh never made contact - His point about not stopping the race to avoid reimbursing spectators is ludicrous - it wasn't stopped because if it had been the roads would have been jammed with departing fans and emergency services wouldn't have been able to assist the rescue efforts - Hindsight is a wonderful thing but accuracy is even more so!
I know this was all a long time ago but to say that Mr Karnow's recollections are flawed in this instance would be a major understatement - Hawthorn & Levegh never made contact - His point about not stopping the race to avoid reimbursing spectators is ludicrous - it wasn't stopped because if it had been the roads would have been jammed with departing fans and emergency services wouldn't have been able to assist the rescue efforts - Hindsight is a wonderful thing but accuracy is even more so!
DSCGRAHAM 2 months ago 2
Magnesium body ignited. truly gastly
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