[Healeys] LM Disaster film

[Jose Vicente Vargas]

This is correct. Hawthorn said that he did not think the Healey was going so
fast and that is why he crossed the track unexpectectly

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On 9/08/2013, at 10:36 p.m., "Greg Lemon" <glemon at neb.rr.com> wrote:

> Wasn't '55 the first year the S spec 100s ran at Le Mans?, I think I
remember reading some speculation that Hawthorne wasn't expecting it to be so
fast, and that may have had something to do with him misjudging the
overtaking.
>
> Greg Lemon
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Alan Seigrist" <healey.nut at gmail.com>
> Sent: Friday, August 9, 2013 6:58 PM
> To: "Jose Vicente Vargas" <jvvmusme at yahoo.com>
> Cc: "Healey" <Healeys at autox.team.net>
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] LM Disaster film
>
>> Ultimately the blame should be on the engineers of the track in my view.
>> Racing is unpredictable.... They should have known better even in 1955....
>>
>> On Saturday, August 10, 2013, Jose Vicente Vargas wrote:
>>
>>> The same story...same version....
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPad
>>>
>>> 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.
>>> >
>>> > Mr Hawthorn, driver of Jaguar car No. 6   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.
>>> >
>>> > Hoo Roo
>>> >
>>> > Patrick Quinn
>>> > Blue Mountains, Australia
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