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	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/24 Hours of Le Mans
		In 1969, for his first Le Mans 24 hours, a young Belgian talent and F1 GP winner, Jacky Ickx, made a pointed demonstration of the danger of this start method, when instead of running across the track to his machine, he slowly walked towards it, then entered his car and locked the safety belts properly.
		Le Mans is also known for the worst accident in the history of motor racing, the 1955 Le Mans disaster, in which over 80 people, including Levegh, were killed.
		The most successful marque in the history of the 24 hour race is Porsche, with 16 overall victories (including seven in a row, from 1981 to 1987), followed by Ferrari with nine (including six in a row, from 1960 to 1965).
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/24_Hours_of_Le_Mans (2005 words)

	24 Hours of Le Mans - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		So the traditional Le Mans practice was partially discontinued the next year in 1970; for this year, the cars were still lined up in echelon formation along the pit straight, with engines off, but the drivers were strapped in prior to the start.
		The most successful marque in the history of the 24 hour race is Porsche, with 16 overall victories (including seven in a row, from 1981 to 1987), followed by Ferrari with nine (including six in a row, from 1960 to 1965).
		The 24 hours were cancelled in June after the May 1968 events, instead the race was run in September being the last race of the championship.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/24_hours_of_Le_Mans (11678 words)

	Pierre Levegh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 1953 he came in eighth, and in 1954 he was involved in an accident in the seventh hour of racing.
		In the third hour of racing, while on the Tribunes Straight, he clipped the Austin-Healey of Lance Macklin that was forced to make an evasive move after Mike Hawthorn dove into the pits.
		The small British firm of Bristol Cars, whose entrants achieved a 1-2-3 finish in the 2-litre class at Le Mans that year, decided to abandon racing altogether as a result of the tragedy, scrapping all but one of their racing cars.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/24_hours_of_Le_Mans_disaster (405 words)

	1955 Le Mans Disaster
		Hours after flame and flying metal erupted, few of the spectators at Le Mans, France knew what had happened.
		As the race entered its third hour the cars were breaking records at every lap when Jaguar Driver Mike Hawthorn received a signal from his pit crew to stop for gas.
		Two sorrowful priests, two hours after the crash, walk among the dead, to whom they had administered last rites.
	www.ewilkins.com /wilko/lemans.htm (460 words)

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		Unfortunately, Le Mans 24 Hours does not provide a Forfeit (or similar) option, so you are required to actually go out to the track; from here, press Start, select Quit, and confirm to cancel out of a race.
		Tire selection is extremely important at Le Mans because of the immense length of the circuit; if your tires wear out in the early portion of the circuit, you may well find yourself sliding around in corners later in the lap.
		The 2000 configuration (used in Le Mans 24 Hours) is 8.454 miles in length; as such, the circuit has numerous long straightaways and sections with gentle, full-throttle curves.
	www.computerunderground.com /gameguides/gameguide_2336.txt (18484 words)

	24 HOURS OF LE MANS FACTS AND INFORMATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		24 hours of Le Mans (''24 heures du Mans'') is the most famous sports car endurance_race held at Circuit de la Sarthe near Le_Mans, France, in the French Sarthe dÃ©partement.
		The works entered four prototypes in Le Mans (three 3.3 L 275 P and a 4.0 L 330 P) and other Ferrari prototypes, including two 330 Ps, were entered by the British team Maranello Concessionaires, the Belgian team Equipe Nationale Belge and the American North_American_Racing_Team.
		Matra cut down its participation in endurance-racing to focus on "Le Mans", while Ferrari made the opposite choice preferring to compete for the World Championship and to bypass Le Mans, as the F1 inspired 312 PB was optimized for 1000 km (620 mi) races.
	www.amysflowershop.com /lb:24_Hours_of_Le_Mans (11334 words)

	GrandPrix.com > News > No reaction from Le Mans
		THE motor racing world will be crossing its fingers this weekend during the Le Mans 24 Hours as the race organizers appear to have decided to ignore a warning from the FIA that the cars have been found to be dangerous if they go sideways at speeds greater than 95 mph.
		The danger for Le Mans is that the 8.5-mile track is run largely at very high speeds with six sections of the circuit seeing the cars running at speeds in excess of 95mph.
		The big worry is the section by the pits (where the Le Mans disaster occurred in 1955) where the cars are travelling at 165mph with crowds on one side of the circuit and pit crew on the other.
	www.grandprix.com /ns/ns06437.html (472 words)

	20 Years of the Le Mans 24 Hours
		Jaguar had been to Le Mans before in the 50s and were as dominant then as Porsche were in the 1980s, but that was history.
		The first attempt at Le Mans by the Jaguars was brave, and then in 1987 the cars were specially built to take on the long and fearsomely fast Mulsanne straight (now broken up by chicanes).
		Le Mans, however, is bigger than the any particular regulations and they launched their own GT regulations.
	www.sportscar-racing.thesaxbys.co.uk /24hours.htm (1301 words)

	BBC ON THIS DAY \| 11 \| 1955: Le Mans disaster claims 77 lives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The race had promised to be one of the fastest and most keenly contested ever held at Le Mans.
		It was several hours before spectators on the far side of the track knew of the crash.
		The number of those who died in the Le Mans tragedy rose to at least 80.
	news.bbc.co.uk /onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/11/newsid_3726000/3726535.stm (480 words)

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		It was not until 1952 that they had their first and only Le Mans victory as a full factory effort.
		Archrivals Porsche and BMW returned to Le Mans, beginning 1995, spurred on by new GT regulations favouring the use of (in theory) road-going supercars.
		Within the first hour and a half of the race, both Mercedes were out when the exact same componant failed in both instances.
	members.lycos.co.uk /simonlewis1/le-mans3.html (1468 words)

	Le Mans 2001 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The reformed Southern Comfort team took a very well deserved win at Le Mans 2002 repeating their 1994 Le Mans victory, although the team was very different to that of 8 years ago.
		Naturally the priority was the 24 hour race at the weekend which the track had to be ready for.
		Race Control completed the 24 hours a further 100 laps back satisfied with their lot especially with all the extra work they took on to run the event.
	www.dhorc.freeserve.co.uk /le_mans_2000.htm (10527 words)

	Le Mans (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The 1955 Le Mans was to be the fastest ever and the two Mercedes of Stirling Moss(GB) and Juan Manuel Fangio (Arg) were expected to dominate the race.
		The extent of the disaster was kept from the remaining drivers, particularly Levagh's team-mates Moss and Fangio but at two o'clock in the morning, orders were received by the Mercedes team manager Alfred Neubauer, direct from the German factory, to pull all their cars out of the race.
		The Le Mans officials were blameless as their safety measures were found to be more than adequate, and the speed at which the injured were taken to hospital was also exemplary.
	freespace.virgin.net /d.chadwick/html/le_mans/lemans.htm (1727 words)

	The Babblers - Motor racing - Le Mans 24 hours facts and figures (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		LE MANS, France, June 13 (Reuters) - Facts and figures for the 69th Le Mans 24-hour endurance race on June 16-17.
		Disaster struck in 1955 when at least 82 spectators were killed after Frenchman Pierre Levegh's Mercedes came off the track and went into the crowd.
		That same year the famous Le Mans start, where the drivers ran across the track to their cars at the drop of a green flag, was dropped for safety reasons.
	www.babblers.org /forums/showthread.php?t=818 (701 words)

	GrandPrix.com > GP Encyclopedia > Circuits > Le Mans
		The international fame of Le Mans was not to be based on Grand Prix racing, however, but rather on the 24 Heures du Mans which was held for the first time in 1923.
		It was at Le Mans in 1955 that the sport suffered its greatest disaster when Pierre Levegh's Mercedes flew into the crowd killing the driver and at least 83 spectators.
		The Le Mans 24 Hours went on with Jacky Ickx winning his first race (sharing his Ford GT40 with Jackie Oliver) in 1969, the pair winning by just 120 meters.
	www.grandprix.com /gpe/cir-037.html (886 words)

	Le Mans 24-Hour - Corvette take fifth GT1 victory - Eurosport
		Corvette Racing took the battle to Aston Martin in the greatest test of sports car racing, the Le Mans 24 Hours, taking their fifth GT1 victory in six years with Oiver Gavin, Olivier Beretta and Jan Magnussen at the wheel of the No 64 Compuware Corvette C6.R taking their third consecutive win.
		Disaster once again prevented Aston Martin from tasting victory, rearing its head early in the proceedings when the No 69 BMS Scuderia Italia driven by Fabio Babibi, Fabrizio Gollin and Christian Pescatori crashed out of control into the safety barriers after just three laps of the 13.6 kilometre circuit.
		The 009 Aston Martin came into the pits just three hours from glory in need of a new clutch after having lead for nearly 14 hours, opening the door for the C6-R to retake the lead that a puncture had earlier stolen from them.
	www.eurosport.co.uk /carracing/le-mans-24-hour/2006/sport_sto909396.shtml (630 words)

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	Le Mans 24 Hours Complete FAQ - IGN FAQs
		First time at the Le Mans 24 Hour race - retired due to mechanical failure after 17 hours while running in the top ten.
		At the pre-qualifying sessions for the Le Mans 24 Hours, an electric-hybrid version of the GTR-1 - the Panoz Q9 - was entered.
		Q9 was entered with the two factory GTR 1s and finished 2nd in the GT1 class - the first electric hybrid vehicle to race in an international event.
	faqs.ign.com /articles/374/374537p1.html (17599 words)

	Club Arnage the Le Mans 24 hours LIVE index
		But they are the new kids on the block, you don’t get on the podium win Le Mans on your first visit old boy.
		At precisely 16:00 hrs the 1999 24 Heures du Le Mans is over, BMW win, in the end by a safe margin.
		Nobody would believe such a film or even the book of the film, but we, along with several hundred thousand cheering enthusiasts spent an emotional and hugely enjoybale weekend here, we were the lucky ones and it was all true.
	www.club-arnage.com /lm99/99RaceReview.htm (825 words)

	Le Mans 24 Hours Team Info FAQ - IGN FAQs
		Le Mans 24 Hours Team Info FAQ - IGN FAQs
		==================================== ==================================== ==================================== INTRODUCTION This guide is designed to provide readers with information about the various racing teams included in Le Mans 24 Hours.
		As a major part of the unlocking strategy of the game, players must win or beat posted goal times in various game modes in order to unlock most cars in the game - thus, players cannot drive for most teams until the teams' car(s) are unlocked.
	faqs.ign.com /articles/374/374536p1.html (9391 words)

	Club Arnage - 2001 Le Mans 24 hours
		Willi Weber phoned me the week after the Monaco GP and said there is a good chance that you will do the 24 hours of Le Mans.
		The good news is they want you to drive with them in Le Mans, but the bad news is that you will have to invest yourself because they don't pay me!"
		There is a new fastest lap for the No. 33 MG with Anthony Reid at the wheel, in the dark and with less than an hour of qualifying to go.
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