Pages:
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Page 1 - Introduction - Explanatory Notes etc.
Page 2 - The Cast (In Alphabetical Order)
Page 3 - Preparations
Page 4 - Practice and Qualifications
Page 5 - The Race I: Before The Crash
Page 6 - The Crash
Page 7 - The Race II: After The Crash
Page 8 - Conclusion
Page 9 - Credits And Bibliography
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9. Credits And Bibliography
PTRACER for IDing, some images, and some capping.
Warren for some capping and all video hosting.
Vladimir Kovalenko for some rare videos.
Neil for some images and quotes.
Xen for various translations from the French.
Various websites and the internet in general, for many pics and much information. Some of these are found here (there were many others, but some of the links were unfortunately lost along the way): http://www.jmfangio.org/gp1955lemans.htm ; http://chbastin.free.fr/dossiers/1955_accident/1955_accident.htm ; http://www.germaris.com/le_mans.html ; http://www.ewilkins.com/wilko/lemans.htm ; http://www.motorsportmemorial.org/query.php?db=ct&q=year&n=1955 .
British Pathe for some videos and a few pics.
The Motor for several articles.
Le Miroir Des Sports for an article.
Life Magazine for an article.
Autoweek for an article.
Motor Racing for several articles.
L'Auto-Journal for several pics.
Books* about the crash (or mentioning the crash to some extent), in alphabetical order:
Michel Bonté: 11 Juin 1955 (2005) (only in French):
Juan-Manuel Fangio: My Racing Life (1986)
Juan-Manuel Fangio: My 20 Years Of Racing (1961)
John Fitch: Adventure On Wheels (1959)
Graham Gauld: Ecurie Ecosse (1992)
Mike Hawthorn: Challenge Me The Race (1958)
Geoffrey Healey: The Healey Story (1994)
Christopher Hilton: Le Mans '55 - The crash that changed the face of motor racing (2004)
Christopher Hilton's book in French translation (2004)
Richard W. Jacobs: An MG Experience (1976)
Mark Kahn: Death Race (1976)
Alfred Neubauer: Speed Was My Life (1960)
Chris Nixon: Mon Ami Mate (1991)
Brock Yates: Against Time And Death** (2004)
FOOTNOTES:
* = only Christopher Hilton's book was used in the preparation of this tribute post.
** = combines fact and fiction, so probably unreliable as authentic source.
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