Against Death and Time: One Fatal Season in Racing's Glory Years by Brock Yates

Author:Brock Yates
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2010-01-12T12:26:00+00:00

The shattered wreckage of the so-called "little Bastard" lies at the roadside near Cholame, California. The primary impact was directly behind the left front wheel, meaning Dean's body was protected only by a thin layer of aluminum bodywork. The fate of this automobile-one of the most notorious in historyremains unknown to this day.

The skeletal remains of Pierre Levegh's Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR smolders atop the earthen barrier intended to protect the crowd from the speeding cars at LeMans. The deaths were caused not by the automobile, but from its engine and suspension bits that flailed through the packed crowd. Levegh was thrown clear of the wreck and died on the track surface. In the background are the pits mobbed with curious onlookers. Race officials made the decision to continue with the competition so that emergency vehicles would be able to leave the crash site unimpeded by the giant crowd departing the track following an immediate cancellation.

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