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This is a vintage original 1952 Mercedes poster annoucing their hard-fought double victory in the 1952 running of Les 24 Heures du Mans.

French driver Pierre Levegh, who was driving his privately entered Talbot Lago T26 GS Spider, was leading by a comfortable 4 laps when his engine gave up the ghost and the lead was passed to Herrmann Lang and Fritz Riess in their Mercedes-Benz 300 SL with Theo Helfrich and Helmut Niedermayr, also on a 300 SL in second place.

Levegh, although officially partenered with Rene Marchand, had no relief driver and had been at the wheel for 22 hours and 45 minutes (!) when the Talbot's engine blew up.

Levegh tried it two more time at Le Mans with his ageing Talbot before moving over to Mercedes-Benz in 1955 which lead to, what is considered, the biggest catastrophy in motor racing history...

Completely unaware of what the future held in store, Mercedes proudly issued this poster in the second half of 1952 to annouce their victory.

French text.

Dimensions:
8.5 x 12 inches
21 x 29.7 cm

For the full results of this race, please see 24 Heures du Mans results 1952.

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This is a vintage 1955 photo of Pierre Levegh, casualy leaning on the hood of a Mercedes-Benz road car prior to the 1955 running of the 24 Heures du Mans.

Levegh's Mercedes 300 SLR would plough into the main grandstand at the start finish line after a mere 34 laps at around 18.26H local time, instantly killing Levegh (real name Pierre Bouillin) before the eyes of his wife and 82 spectators. It is widely considered to be the worst accident in motorracing history.

Images of Levegh outside his racing car are rare and this is a great opportunity to acquire a VINTAGE photo of the man.

It measures some 18 x 24 cm of 7 x 9.5 inches.

The race was won by Mike Hawthorn and Ivor Bueb in their Jaguar D-Type (S/N XKD505) with a total of 307 laps to their name.

For the full results of this race, please see 24 Heures du Mans results 1955.

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This is a vintage 1955 photo of Pierre Levegh (right) and John Fitch, casualy discussing prior to the 1955 running of the 24 Heures du Mans.

Levegh's Mercedes 300 SLR would plough into the main grandstand at the start finish line after a mere 34 laps at around 18.26H local time, instantly killing Levegh (real name Pierre Bouillin) before the eyes of his wife and 82 spectators. It is widely considered to be the worst motorracing accident in history.

Images of Levegh outside his racing car are rare and this is a great opportunity to acquire a VINTAGE photo of the man.

It measures some 17 x 23 cm of 5.75 x 9.5 inches.

The race was won by Mike Hawthorn and Ivor Bueb in their Jaguar D-Type (S/N XKD505) with a total of 307 laps to their name.

For the full results of this race, please see 24 Heures du Mans results 1955.

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This is the June 19 1955 issue of French weekly magazine "Radar" that deals mainly with the Le Mans disaster of 1955 where Pierre Levegh's Mercedes went into the crowd at the main grand stand and killed some 90 spectators.

Levegh's Mercedes 300 SLR would plough into the main grandstand at the start finish line after a mere 34 laps at around 18.26H local time, instantly killing Levegh (real name Pierre Bouillin) before the eyes of his wife and 82 spectators. It is widely considered to be the worst accident in motorracing history.

DRAMATIC artist's impression of the accident on the front and rear cover spread.

Inside is a three page article on the crash.

This is a LARGE format, newspaper-like, magazine.

For the full results of this race, please see 24 Heures du Mans results 1955.

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This is an original 1989 24 heures Heures du Mans Programme Officiel.

The cover follows the design of the 1989 Le Mans poster and features the same color image of the Nr 61 and 62 Sauber Mercedes C9's during practice.

The booklet measures some 19 x 27 cm and counts 89 pages which are filled to the brim with info on the race, the cars, the drivers and contemporary advertising.

Unused with blank lap timing sheets but some minor shelf wear to the cover.

The race was won by Jochen Mass, Manuel Reuter & Stanley Dickens in their # 63 Sauber Mercedes C9 with a total of 389 laps to their name.

For the full results of this race, please see 24 Heures du Mans results 1989.

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