81 Spectators and 1 driver killed at the LeMans race. Good Lord!
Wouldn't our LAW yers have a field day.
Bartruff1
06-11-2017 04:20 PM
You didn't know that ??
Karl Bebout
06-11-2017 04:56 PM
I'd heard about a nasty crash, but never read the specifics. Just happened to see a note that today is the anniversary.
Armrer
06-11-2017 06:12 PM
6/11/1967 win at Le Mans with Dan Gurney and A. J. Foyt in Mk IV J-6 for a brighter side.
Shootnride
06-11-2017 07:42 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Armrer
(Post 1423647)
6/11/1967 win at Le Mans with Dan Gurney and A. J. Foyt in Mk IV J-6 for a brighter side.
....and I was there to see it. What a great day it was to be an American !
Ted
Armrer
06-11-2017 08:05 PM
Shootnride,
I can imagine what a great race you were blessed to see!
Best-
HealeyRick
06-11-2017 10:09 PM
As an Austin-Healey guy, I'm very familiar with the LeMans accident. This is a good documentary on the subject:
DanEC
06-12-2017 05:17 AM
Very bad for the spectators but it was just an all around dangerous sport back then. It was almost certain if you were a race car driver that they would be seriously injured in an accident and there was a very good chance they would die in it. Old Shelby raced during some of the most dangerous years. He was and we are very lucky he survived and got out when he did so he could develope the Cobra.
