14th June 1952: The Race That Rewrote The Rules Part 4

Four races. Four dates. All June the fourteenth.In 1924, a privately entered Bentley fought three works Lorraine-Dietrichs through brutal heat to give the British marque its first Le Mans victory. In 1952, a Frenchman named Pierre Levegh drove alone for nearly twenty-three hours — and came within one hour of winning the race by himself. In 1969, Jacky Ickx walked to his car in protest, started last, and won the closest finish in the race's history. And in 1980, Jean Rondeau won Le Mans in a car bearing his own nameCover image: By ZANTAFIO56 - 24 heures du MANS 1969, CC BY-SA 2.0, LinkSend us Fan MailMusic by #Mubert Music Rendering