The Damonte OSCA Vignale coupe at Le Mans in 1953. From the book 'Le Mans The Official History of the World’s Greatest Motor Race 1949-1959'
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Le Mans The Official History of the World’s Greatest Motor Race 1949-1959
Haynes Publishing, U.K. 2011 ISBN 978 1 84425 537 5
352 pages $69.95
Illustrations: 50+ color & 300 b/w ill
Size: 9.0 x 11.0 x 1.0
Weight: 4.063 lb.
Licensed by the Automobile Club de l’Quest (ACO)
By Quentin Spurring
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Review by Pete Vack
All photos courtesy Haynes Publishing
Author Quentin Spurring believes that the first post war decade at L e Mans was significant because the race survived after not one but two tragedies, the first being World War II; the second ten years later after the 1955 accident which killed over 80 spectators. The tragedy shut down racing temporarily and forever in some countries (if you have even wondered why there in no F1 race in Switzerland, the Le Mans disaster is the reason). [Read more…] about The Ten Best Years of Le Mans