Driver dies in le mans race

 · Danish driver Allan Simonsen died following a crash at the 24 Hours of Le Mans on Saturday in the first driver fatality at the high-speed endurance event since Race organizers said the 34 Estimated Reading Time: 4 mins.  · American racing legend Bob Bondurant has passed away aged A man who made his F1 debut in a Ferrari no less and won Le Mans in a Shelby Cobra Daytona alongside Dan Gurney. What a career. 67 rows · André Guilbert was the first driver to die in June during the race's third year, Estimated Reading Time: 8 mins.

PARIS — Danish driver Allan Simonsen died Saturday following a crash at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in the first driver fatality at the high-speed endurance event since Race organizers said. Haller's death today was the first driver casualty at Le Mans since A resident of Strasbourg, Haller was not well known elsewhere, even in auto racing circles, although he was champion of. Sebastien Enjolras lost his life in pre-qualifying in The last driver fatality in the hour race itself was Jo Gartner in The worst crash in Le Mans history occurred in when.

Le Mans hr sports car race; C Heins (Brazil) killed in crash; illus. Miles died in a crash while testing Ford's J-Car later that year. British-born Ken Miles was a gifted race car engineer and driver. Through his work for Carroll. There were two things that every good race driver in the world knew about the hour Grand Prix of Endurance at Le Mans. France.