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The 1967 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 35th Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on 10 and 11 June 1967. It was also the seventh round of the 1967 World Sportscar Championship . Dan Gurney and A. J. Foyt , driving a Ford Mk IV , won the race after leading from the second hour, becoming the first and as of 2025 the only all-American victors ...
22 drivers have died while competing in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, held at Circuit de la Sarthe, half of which occurred at the Mulsanne Straight.. This is a list of 24 Hours of Le Mans fatal accidents, which consists of all the drivers who have died during a 24 Hours of Le Mans weekend, or in pre-race testing or practice sessions in preparation of the event.
Lorenzo Bandini (21 December 1935 – 10 May 1967) was an Italian racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 1961 to 1967. Bandini won the 1964 Austrian Grand Prix with Ferrari . In endurance racing , Bandini won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1963 , as well as the 24 Hours of Daytona in 1967 , both with Ferrari.
The season ran from 4 February 1967 to 3 September 1967 and comprised 14 races in total. This was the last championship season to include a hill climb event, due to safety concerns. Also, growing speed at Le Mans caused a controversial CSI decision to limit the engine capacity of Group 6 Sports-Prototypes to 3 litres, beginning in 1968.
The 2023 edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans Event – 100 years after the first edition – takes place this weekend, Saturday 10 June-Sunday 11 June.. The event in the north-west of France is the ...
24 Hours of Le Mans: Shelby-American Inc. 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF 1966 Can-Am: Bruce McLaren Motor Racing: 6 0 0 1 2 10 6th British Sports Car Championship: 4 0 0 1 3 0 NC Formula One: Cooper Car Company: 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC Chris Amon Racing: 1 0 0 0 0 24 Hours of Le Mans: Shelby-American Inc. 1 1 0 0 1 N/A 1st: 1967 Formula One: Scuderia Ferrari: 10 0 0 ...
A staggering 83 people died when Pierre Levegh's Mercedes 300 SLR broke up into the spectator stands at Le Mans 1955 and Robert Bull saw it all. The Deadliest Racing Crash in History Lives in the ...
Tom Kristensen has won the 24 Hours of Le Mans nine times, more than any other driver.. The 24 Hours of Le Mans (French: 24 Heures du Mans) is an annual 24-hour automobile endurance race organised by the automotive group Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) and held on the Circuit de la Sarthe race track close to the city of Le Mans, the capital of the French department of Sarthe.