1978 Fiat 131 Abarth #5
Pilots: W. Röhrl / C. Geistdörfer
Team: FIAT Alitalia
Race: 1st overall at the Acropolis Rally 1978
CMR - WRC022 (diecast)
Review HERE
1978 Fiat 131 Abarth #5
Pilots: W. Röhrl / C. Geistdörfer
Team: FIAT Alitalia
Race: 1st overall at the Acropolis Rally 1978
CMR - WRC022 (diecast)
Review HERE
I just found this article, though it was published not even two weeks ago. The Le Mans accident of 1955 has always been a subject of interest to me. Why? No, no morbid curiosity or something like that, far from it. With Le Mans being a great passion of mine, the tragedy always hits a chord within me. How something so fantastic could have been the stage for such pain and devastation? All the race stories of greatness and passion kind of pale when I think about the tragedy. That being so, I really can’t enumerate how many articles and videos I’ve seen about the 1955 race. Some truly good, yet mostly superficial or just utterly non-factual. However, today I stumbled upon this article by Darrell Hartman. His piece is one of the best I’ve ever seen – factual, well-written and just as important, objective. Unhappily, the majority of stories written about the tragedy try to deflect blame. To glaze over a few details. Hartman, however, exposes (the known) facts – and with facts you can arrive at your own conclusions. The accident happened because of a multitude of factors, however one small detail was the fulcrum to the ensuing disaster.
Nonetheless, whatever were the reasons for the accident, knowing what happened will not make it less of a tragedy. Yet, it will bring enlightenment. Therefore, knowing the facts is always a great thing. So let us be glad that motorsports have evolved enough that something like what happened in 1955 will NEVER happen again. And to ensure that it really never does, let us always be aware of the facts.
1951 Porsche 356/2 SL “Gmünd Coupe” #46
Pilots: A. Veuillet, E.Mouche
Team: Porsche KG
Race: 20th overall (1st in S 1.1 class) at Le Mans in 1951
Spark - S5215 (resin)
Review HERE
1983 Grid S1 #49
Pilots: F. Stiff, D. Wood, R.Ratcliff
Team: Grid Motor Racing Ltd.
Race: DNF (Group C) at Le Mans in 1983
Spark - S9424 (resin)
Review HERE
1980 Ferrari 512 BB/LM #47
Pilots: J-C. Andruet, C. Ballot-Léna, H. Regout
Team: Charles Pozzi S.A.
Race: 5th overall (1st in IMSA GTX class) at Le Mans in 1981
Ixo - LMC 078 (diecast)
Review HERE
2023 Porsche 911 RSR-19 #56 “Rexy”
Pilots: M. Cairoli, P. J. Hyett, G. Jeannettey
Team: Project 1 - AO
Race: 35th overall (7th in the LMGTE-Am class) at Le Mans in 2023
Spark - S8762 (resin)
Review HERE