Author's Note: This comic pays homage to the cover of the September 1955 issue of the Road & Track motoring magazine, with the 1955 Le Mans Tragedy being the main feature in that particular issue. The Mercedes-Benz logo on the red arrow symbolizes Pierre Levegh's Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR, while the 84 coffins on the blue stripe represents the 84 people who died in the 1955 Le Mans Tragedy, including Pierre Levegh.
It's been 70 years since the worst automobile accident in history. The 1955 Le Mans Tragedy claimed the lives of Pierre Levegh and 83 spectators. As a result, circuit racing was prohibited in Switzerland until 2022, while Mercedes-Benz went into self-imposed exile from Formula 1 until 2010. The most depressing part is that this tragedy was never even turned into a "Seconds from Disaster" episode. If it was, it would have given motoring accidents more attention.
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