The most remembered motor race in history, because of a crash that killed eighty spectators, the 1955 Le Mans 24-Hour Race was the scene of a titanic struggle between Britain and Germany, Jaguar and Mercedes-Benz. Stirling Moss and Juan-Manuel Fangio in a Mercedes 300SLR equipped with a flap air-brake held off the challenge of the disc-braked D-Type Jaguar of Mike Hawthorn and Ivor Bueb. Mercedes withdrew their team after the accident - and from racing for more than thirty years - and the Jaguars went on to score a 1-2-3 clean sweep. Of the twenty-one finishers, thirteen were British, and among them was a team of three Triumph TR2s which ran without troubling the mechanics for the full distance, finishing 14th, 15th and 19th - a good result for production sports cars. (20 minutes) SPITFIRES AT LE MANS (1964) Three prototype GT Spitfires were entered for the 1964 Le Mans and the found themselves amongst the most formidable company possible. Driving in other cars were Graham Hill, John Surtees, Innes Ireland, Phil Hill, Mike Parkes, Paddy Hopkirk, Dan Gurney, Pedro Rodriguez and Lorenzo Bandini to name but a few. Even Triumph had David Hobbs and Bob Tullius. While the battle raged at the front, two of the Spitfires crashed with the one driven by Hobbs and Slotemaker from Holland finishing intact, averaging 100 mph excluding pit stops, and reaching speeds up to 136 mph. (30 minutes).