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The Deadliest Crash: Disaster at Le Mans
Early in the 1955 Le Mans 24-hour race, Pierre Levegh's Mercedes 300 SLR smashed into the crowd, killing 83 and injuring 120, the worst disaster in motor racing history. The story was engulfed by conspiracy theory, blame and scandal. Was the explosion caused by Mercedes gambling on untried technologies? Did they compound it by using a lethal fuel additive?
- Category
- Documentary / Auto racing / Special
- Original air date
- 2012-05-11
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