[Healeys] LM Disaster film

[Jose Vicente Vargas]

The same story...same version....

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On 9/08/2013, at 5:51 p.m., "Patrick & Caroline Quinn" <p_cquinn at tpg.com.au>
wrote:

> G'day
>
> Below is an extract of the findings from the French investigation following
> the tragedy.
>
> b
Mr Hawthorn, driver of Jaguar car No. 6  b& overtook on the left the car
No
> 26 driven by Lance Macklin, then suddenly came back on the right and
braked;
> Macklin, surprised by such driving inclined to the left just as he was
> joined by car No. 20 driven by Levegh who, trying to pass on the extreme
> left of the track, happened to collide with the left side of car No. 26 and
> ran against the safety banking.b

>
> Hoo Roo
>
> Patrick Quinn
> Blue Mountains, Australia
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: healeys-bounces at autox.team.net
[mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of JosC) Vicente Vargas
> Sent: Saturday, 10 August 2013 1:54 AM
> To: Alan Seigrist; Healey
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] LM Disaster film
>
> Regarding this accident there is a great interview of Fangio (the best of
> all
> times) in spanish explaining how the accident happened and how he saved his
> life.
> Of what I can remenber Fangio says that the accident was caused because
> Hawthorn in his Jaguar made an abrupt change of course to enter pits,
> believing that the Healey was slower, and this made the Healey to change
> course to avoid hitting the Jag and getting slammed in the back by the
> Mercedes.
> Fangio says that when he was entering the straight he saw all the public
> looking in the same direction and that no one in the public was looking at
> the incoming cars, which is normal, and therefore he suspected that
> something had happened in the straight and he slowed down and this way he
> saved his life....
>
>
>
> Josi Vicente Vargas
> Musmi
>
>
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>
> Bogota, Colombia
>> ________________________________
>> From: Alan Seigrist <healey.nut at gmail.com>
>> To: Healey <Healeys at autox.team.net>
>> Sent: Thursday, August 8, 2013 11:24 PM
>> Subject: [Healeys] LM Disaster film
>>
>>
>> British Pathe uploaded a HD version
> of the newsreel of the disaster a while
>> ago, it's the best quality film I've
> ever seen of the disaster, be sure to
>> set the quality to 720.
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMoh5hZAaZk&feature=c4-overview-vl&list=
>> PLADB
> 9C9B996134C1C
>>
>> I hadn't realized that it was the motor that had killed so
> many people
>> because it separated from the car and the trajectory was mostly
> at shoulder
>> height.
>>
>> Alan
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