[Fot] Le Mans DVD W/Triumph

William G Rosenbach wgrosenbach at juno.com
Thu Mar 22 18:04:13 MDT 2007


From: The Motorsport Collector <pz at motorsportcollector.com>

THE BEST OF LeMANS - DVD
>From the producers of Motorfilms Quarterly, three completely restored and
remastered full color (or colour) promotional films from the archives of
Standard Triumph chronocling the 1955, 1960 and 1961 24 Hours of LeMans: 
LeMans 1955 - Perhaps the most infamous sports car race in history
because of the crash that killed 80+ spectators. The Fangio/Moss Mercedes
300SLR led early but was withdrawn after Levegh's fatal accident, giving
Jaguar a 1-2-3 finish with their new D-type. 19 minutes.

LeMans 1960 - No less than 12 works Ferraris led the charge against the
beautiful Birdcage Maserati and Briggs Cunningham's Corvette. 24 minutes.

Triumph at LeMans 1961 - Triumph took the team prize for the second
straight year with their team of experimental TRs as Hill and Gendebien
took the overall win for Ferrari. Historic footage of Jim Clark in the
Border Reivers Aston Martin, which led part of the race. 35 minutes.

TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 1 HOUR 18 MINUTES $45.00 
In case anyone hasn't seen this. . . 
Bill



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