Wasn't '55 the first year the S spec 100s ran at Le Mans?, I think I
remember reading some speculation that Hawthorne wasn't expecting it to be
so fast, and that may have had something to do with him misjudging the
overtaking.
Greg Lemon
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From: "Alan Seigrist" <healey.nut@gmail.com>
Sent: Friday, August 9, 2013 6:58 PM
To: "Jose Vicente Vargas" <jvvmusme@yahoo.com>
Cc: "Healey" <Healeys@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] LM Disaster film
> Ultimately the blame should be on the engineers of the track in my view.
> Racing is unpredictable.... They should have known better even in 1955....
>
> On Saturday, August 10, 2013, Jose Vicente Vargas wrote:
>
>> The same story...same version....
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>> On 9/08/2013, at 5:51 p.m., "Patrick & Caroline Quinn" <
>> p_cquinn@tpg.com.au> wrote:
>>
>> > G'day
>> >
>> > Below is an extract of the findings from the French investigation
>> following
>> > the tragedy.
>> >
>> > Mr Hawthorn, driver of Jaguar car No. 6 overtook on the left the
>> > car
>> No
>> > 26 driven by Lance Macklin, then suddenly came back on the right and
>> braked;
>> > Macklin, surprised by such driving inclined to the left just as he was
>> > joined by car No. 20 driven by Levegh who, trying to pass on the
>> > extreme
>> > left of the track, happened to collide with the left side of car No. 26
>> and
>> > ran against the safety banking.
>> >
>> > Hoo Roo
>> >
>> > Patrick Quinn
>> > Blue Mountains, Australia
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