After a comprehensive restoration, the most valuable and infamous Austin-Healey in the world made its public debut at Bonhams auction house in London. Its incredible history includes involvement in ...

Auto racing is a dangerous game: Hundreds of drivers have perished on the track, including Dale Earnhardt Senior, Blaise Alexander, and Pierre Levegh, who wiped out 86 spectators when he crashed at ...

The Austin Healey 100 that was involved in motorsport's deadliest crash during the 1955 24 Hours of Le Mans sold for more than $1 million during Bonham's December Sale at Mercedes-Benz World in ...

Robert Bull, Bob to his friends, was sitting in the grandstand behind the pit area as the 1955 24 Hours of Le Mans ran through its 35th lap. He was 17 and, like all spectators, separated from the ...

In the 1950s and ’60s, the 24 hours of Le Mans in France were not just a race but, according to Playboy editor Baime, “the most magnificent marketing tool the sports car industry had ever known.” It ...

The 1955 Le Mans race is grimly remembered for Mercedes driver Pierre Levegh's horrific crash on the pit straight, which claimed the lives of more than 80 spectators. But it's an event that also ...

One of the darkest days in motorsports is arguably June 11, 1955. On this day, at the Le Mans 24-hour race, on lap 35, Pierre Levegh’s Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR hit the back of Lance Macklin’s ...