Le Mans is a name that immediately conjures images of Porsches, Ferraris, Fords, Jaguars, Audis, and other cars roaring through the French countryside for 24 hours every June. Steve McQueen’s movie about the race, simply titled “Le Mans” captured one of the magic eras of the race, with Porsche 917’s battling Ferrari 512’s.
The greatest tragedy in the history of the sport also took place there, when Pierre Levegh’s Mercedes sailed into the crowd, killing nearly 100 people in 1955. I was … More