Le Mans `55 - The Crash that Changed the Face of Motor Racing
Code No: 15467
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Author: Hilton, Christopher
Published: 2004
Binding: Hardcover
No. Pages: 256
Dimensions: 18 x 25
Illustrations: Black & white photographs of the cars, the people, the crash and the aftermath
Description: Motor racing historian Christopher Hilton has researched the events surrounding the catastrophic crash at Le Mans in 1955 that affected motor racing world wide. He has obtained access to material never before made public and has pieced together the most detailed study to date of motor racing`s worst crash. He then examines the aftermath - the blame game, conflicting testimonies, the threat to motor sport and the beginning of the culture of safety that exists in motor racing today.