1955 Le Mans Disaster

By Michael Berenis

Tampa Sports Car Examiner

The worst accident in all of motorsports history, the 1955 Le Mans Disaster is a great example of why we have rules in racing. With out rules, chaos presumes. Almost two hundred people were hurt or killed because of a lack of rules regarding brakes, body panel materials, and proper safety barriers. Read more about the historical crash at Tampa Sports Car Examiner.

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Posted at 1:07 am in 1955, Crash, Disaster, Le Mans

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cknarf
Mar 22, 2010 at 1:50 pm

That clip was from Havoc 4. Havoc was a kick-ass series of car crash videos, and I’ve been tryin’ to find ‘em forever…